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Implementing an SNMP Reporter (agent) in C# (must run on Mono)?

I am attempting to implement some additional statistics gathering in a C# server application - I have about 20 or so variables I'd like to be able to report to network monitoring tools; so I am assuming (hopefully correctly) that SNMP is the correct way to go.

There are however two problems:

  • The application is an open source server that cant include proprietary components, and
  • It needs to run on Mono under *nix environs as well as Windows via .NET.

The "#SNMP" library at http://sharpsnmplib.codeplex.com/ appears to be a promising solution - but there are no samples I can find; and my knowledge of SNMP is lacking.

Does anyone here have any (quick) examples of reporting data via SNMP? (ideally using a library under the LGPL, X/MIT, BSD or Zlib licenses)

Help much appreciated

Edit: The problem appears to be a lack of libraries capable of acting as SNMP servers, if anyone is aware of any - this would probably solve the problem nicely.

Edit #2: Basically I'm looking for a SNMP server library or sample reference implementation.

Solution

  • As the author :) I suggest you check out TestAgent sample. It can send out TRAP or INFORM messages to the IP address you specify.

    Note that this is a tiny sample, which does not reveal all powers of SNMP.