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Using the application via the SNMP protocol
This section provides instructions on using the application via the SNMP protocol and configuring traps for events that occur during operation of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway.
About receiving runtime information via the SNMP protocol
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)—Protocol for managing network devices.
The SNMP protocol is used in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway as follows:
- SNMP agent—Network management software module of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway, which monitors the operation of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway.
- Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway can send this information in the form of SNMP traps—application event notifications.
You can use the SNMP protocol to access the following information about Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway:
- General information
- Runtime statistics of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway since the time of its installation
- Information about Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway runtime events.
For example, Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway sends SNMP traps in the following cases:
- The license is renewed.
The SNMP trap contains the license number, license type, available functionality, and the license expiration date.
- License grace period.
The SNMP trap contains the license number and the number of days until the grace period ends.
An SNMP trap is sent when the grace period begins and subsequently once every 24 hours, and when Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway is restarted.
Read-only access is granted.
Enabling and disabling the use of the SNMP protocol in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway
To enable or disable the use of SNMP with Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway:
- In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and SNMP subsection.
- Do one of the following:
- Flip on the toggle switch next to the name of the Use SNMP settings group to enable the use of SNMP.
- Flip off the toggle switch next to the name of the Use SNMP settings group to disable the use of SNMP.
Configuring the connection to the SNMP server
To configure the connection to the SNMP server:
- In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and SNMP subsection.
- Click the SNMP server connection address and port or SNMP server timeout link to open the SNMP server connection settings window.
- In the SNMP server connection address and port field, enter the SNMP server connection address and port.
For example, you can type tcp:localhost:705.
- In the SNMP server timeout field, specify the maximum amount of seconds to wait for a response from the SNMP server. You can specify a value in the range from 1 to 255 seconds.
The default value is 15 seconds.
- Click the OK button.
Enabling and disabling the transmission of SNMP traps
To enable or disable delivery of SNMP traps with information about Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway runtime events:
- In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and SNMP subsection.
- Flip on the toggle switch next to the name of the Use SNMP settings group if it is off.
- In the Use SNMP section, do one of the following:
- Flip on the toggle switch next to the name of the Send SNMP Traps group of settings to enable delivery of SNMP traps.
- Flip off the toggle switch next to the name of the Send SNMP Traps group of settings to disable delivery of SNMP traps.