SNMPTT setup with ZABBIX 7.0 LTS

[tiago.guimaraes]

Hi everyone, i'm facing issues regarding SNMPTT setup with ZABBIX 7.0 LTS.
After several attemps at configuring SNMPTT, am lost with the official documention, seams unclear to me, could someone give me a hand on how to successfuly configure SNMPTT as a daemon using snmptthandler-embedded,
also I'm not worried about mibs, I mainly work with oids.

[tiago.guimaraes]

Hey, does anybody have a clue how to install SNMPTT correctly?

[tim.mooney]

Hey, does anybody have a clue how to install SNMPTT correctly?

I chose to use zabbix_trap_receiver.pl at my site, but the process of setting up SNMPTT is (I think) similar.

What part of the documentation are you getting stuck on? Is it the SNMPTT documentation:

https://snmptt.sourceforge.net/docs/snmptt.shtml#Installation-Unix-Embedded

or the Zabbix Trap integration:

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/config/items/itemtypes/snmptrap

https://blog.zabbix.com/snmp-traps-in-zabbix/8210/
https://blog.zabbix.com/parsing-snmp...rnative/11577/

With the information you've provided so far, it's not clear where in the process you're getting stuck.

[tiago.guimaraes]

tim.mooney, Thank you for your response to my question. After considering different approaches, I decided to build a custom middleware that listens for SNMP traps externally, parses them, and then publishes them to a Kafka broker. This architecture allows me to decouple the trap ingestion process from zabbix.

Once the data is in Kafka, I use a custom Kafka consumer that reads these SNMP trap messages and forwards them into Zabbix via trapper item. This setup provides a flexible and scalable solution: I can handle high volumes of SNMP traps in Kafka while still leveraging Zabbix’s monitoring and alerting capabilities. It also makes it easier to enrich or transform the data in the middleware before sending it on to Zabbix.

Overall, this approach has helped me maintain a clear separation of concerns, improve reliability, and streamline my SNMP trap monitoring workflow.