ahmed-r-hashim / kafka-connect-snmp

Kafka Connect connector for converting SNMP traps to Kafka records.

Introduction

kafka-connect-snmp connector is used to receive SNMP traps and convert them to a record in Kafka.

Supported MPv3 standards are

• MPv1
• MPv2c
• MPv3 (though this requires specific configuration properties below)

See Connectors to Kafka for more info.

Configuration

kafka-connect-snmp can be configured with properties or using Strimzi CRD properties with either KafkaConnect or KafkaConnector CRD.

Kafka related configuration properties can be deducted from documentation

General configuration properties

Name	Description	Type	Default	Valid Values	Importance
topic	topic	string			high
batch.size	Number of records to return in a single batch.	int	1024	[10,...,2147483647]	medium
poll.backoff.ms	The amount of time in ms to wait if no records are returned.	long	250	[10,...,2147483647]	medium
dispatcher.thread.pool.size	Number of threads to allocate for the thread pool.	int	10	[1,...,100]	low
listen.address	IP address to listen for messages on.	string	0.0.0.0		low
listen.port	Port to listen on.	int	10161	ValidPort{start=1025, end=65535}	low
mpv3.enabled	'true' if mpv3 is enabled	boolean	false	[true, false]	medium

MPv3 configuration properties

Name	Description	Type	Default	Valid Values	Importance
authentication.protocols	Username used for USM with MPv3	string	MD5,SHA	[MD5, SHA]	medium
privacy.protocols	Username used for USM with MPv3	string	DES3,AES128	[DES3, AES128]	medium
usm.username	Username used for USM with MPv3	string			medium
usm.passphrases.privacy	Privacy passphrase for USM with MPv3	string			medium
usm.passphrases.authentication	Authentication passphrase for USM with MPv3	string			medium
usm.protocols.privacy	Privacy protocol used for MPv3 for defined user	string	AES128	[DES3, AES128]	medium
usm.protocols.authentication	Authentication protocol used for MPv3 for defined user	string	MD5	[MD5, SHA]	medium