Installation

Debian 7+ Python 2.7

# apt-get install libsnmp30 libsnmp30-dev python-zmq libczmq3 libczmq-dev
# pip install netsnmp-py

Debian 7+ Python 3

# apt-get install libsnmp30 libsnmp30-dev libczmq3 libczmq-dev
# pip3 install pyzmq
# pip3 install netsnmp-py

Basic usage

SNMP GET

>>> with netsnmp.SNMPSession('archt01', 'public') as ss:
...     ss.get(['.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0', '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0', '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0'])
...
[('.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0', 'STRING', '"Linux archt01 ... 2015 x86_64"'), ('.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0', 'Timeticks', '1:11:36:30.56'), ('.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0', 'STRING', '"archt01"')]

SNMP GETNEXT

>>> with netsnmp.SNMPSession('archt01', 'public') as ss:
...     ss.getnext(['.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1', '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0', '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0'])
...
[('.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0', 'STRING', '"Linux archt01 ... 2015 x86_64"'), ('.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.3.0', 'Timeticks', '1:11:39:35.05'), ('.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0', 'STRING', '"archt01"')]

SNMP WALK (generator)

>>> with netsnmp.SNMPSession('archt01', 'public') as ss:
...     [response for response in ss.walk(['.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.3'])]
...
[('.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.3.1', 'STRING', '"0.37"'), ('.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.3.2', 'STRING', '"0.25"'), ('.1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.10.1.3.3', 'STRING', '"0.29"')]

IPv6 support, if included in NET-SNMP

>>> with netsnmp.SNMPSession('udp6:[fe80::c67:bb2b:dbb4:8c63]', 'public') as ss:
...     ss.get(['.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0'])
...
[('.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0', 'STRING', '"Linux archt01 4.3.0-1-ck #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 15 13:24:29 EST 2015 x86_64"')]