How to Enable SNMP on CheckPoint SecurePlatform (UTM-1)

To enable SNMP polling of a CheckPoint SecurePlatform appliance from a network management tool, such as NetIQ or SolarWinds, do the following...


[Expert@scpcputm01]# service snmpd restart
Stopping snmpd: [FAILED]
/usr/sbin/snmpmonitor: Trap Server is not defined [ OK ]


This creates all the SNMP daemon support files that you're going to edit next.


[Expert@scpcputm01]# vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.users.conf


In this file, change the public community string to your own password:


#############################################################################
#
# This file contains snmp daemon's users definitions
# This file updated automatically by snmp configuration script
# So be very careful when making changes to this file
#
#############################################################################

rouser public noauth
rocommunity B3tt3rTH4Nd3faulT

Then restart the SNMP daemon again:

[Expert@scpcputm01]# service snmpd restart
/usr/sbin/snmpmonitor: Trap Server is not defined [ OK ]
[Expert@scpcputm01]#


And we're done.