SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is an operating system for servers developed by Novell.

To use service templates for monitoring SLES applications, you must first configure the SNMP protocol.

Procedure: How to configure SNMP for SLES version 11

1. Log in to the host to be monitored as the root user.

2. Run the command below to install the Net-SNMP package for your SUSE Linux Enterprise distribution.

3. Configure SNMP.

• Run the command below.

• Enter the required information for the system prompts.
  • Select all (Read in and merge the SNMP configuration files).
  • Select option #1 (Create snmpd.conf).
  • Select option #1 (Access Control Setup).
  • Select option #3 (Setup a read-only access community).
    • Specify the SNMP community.
    • Press <Enter> (Allow all hosts and network addresses to access the community).
    • Press <Enter> (Not restrict the community to any specific OID).
  • Select finished.
  • Select finished.
  • Select quit.

4. Run the command below to restart the SNMP service.