Enabling SNMP/email alerts

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1. Log in to the Traffic Management Shell (tmsh) by typing the following command:

tmsh

1. To configure the system to send locally generated email messages, use the following command syntax:

modify /sys outbound-smtp mailhub <mail_server>:<port>

3.To save the configuration, type the following command: save /sys config

5.Optional: If the SMTP mail host supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/TLS authentication but does not establish a secure connection automatically, you must add the following four additional parameters into the /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf configuration file: UseSTARTTLS=yes

UseTLS=yes
AuthUser=<SMTP-Account-Username>
AuthPass=<SMTP-Account-Password>

7.Verify that ssmtp is configured properly and can send an email message:

echo "ssmtp test mail" | mail -vs "Test email" [email protected]

8.To modify the permissions on the user_alert.conf file to include write access, type the following command: chmod 644 /config/user_alert.conf

alert BIGIP_SHELL_BP_CONFIGURATION_LOADED {

snmptrap OID=".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.28";
email toaddress="[email protected]"
fromaddress="root"
body="New configuration loaded"
}

alert BIGIP_MCPD_MCPDERR_POOL_MEMBER_MON_DOWN "Pool (.*?) member (.*?):(.*?) monitor status down." {

snmptrap OID=".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.10";
lcdwarn description="Node down" priority="1"
email toaddress="[email protected]"
fromaddress="root"
body="A pool member went down"

}

alert BIGIP_MCPD_MCPDERR_POOL_MEMBER_MON_UP "Pool (.*?) member (.*?):(.*?) monitor status up." {

snmptrap OID=".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.11"
email toaddress="[email protected]"
fromaddress="root"
body="A pool member came back up"

}

alert BIGIP_MCPD_MCPDERR_NODE_ADDRESS_MON_DOWN "Node (.*?) monitor status down." {

snmptrap OID=".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.12";
lcdwarn description="Node address down" priority="1"
email toaddress="[email protected]"
fromaddress="root"
body="A node went down"

}

alert BIGIP_MCPD_MCPDERR_NODE_ADDRESS_MON_UP "Node (.*?) monitor status up." {

snmptrap OID=".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.13"
email toaddress="[email protected]"
fromaddress="root"
body="A node came up"

}

9.To restore the permissions on the user_alert.conf file, type the following command: chmod 444 /config/user_alert.conf

10.To restart the alertd process, type the following command: tmsh restart /sys service alertd