On Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 16:39 Alexander Wilke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
> thanks for the fast response. Unfortunately the linux environment I have
> is very restricted and I first have to check which snmpwalk tool I can use
> because downloads are very limited.
> Will take me some time but I think I will open the issue with the
> information I have.
>
The output from the exporter is fine, no need for other tools.
> if I run ltmNodeAddresstype I can see a value of (1) for the IPs in the
> /Common partition which is the base partition and has no suffix like %xyz.
> Other partitions I have the suffix and the address Type value is (3).
>
Yup, that's what I thought.
> So it is probably as you said:
> ipv4z(3) A non-global IPv4 address including a zone index as defined by
> the InetAddressIPv4z textual convention.
>
>
> PS:
> is it possible that this may cause instability of the prometheus webui? If
> I browse the "graph" page and searching for f5 metrics sometimes the
> rbwoser is showing a white error page "STATUS_BREAKPOINT".
> This is a test environment and maybe there something else wrong - however
> - it feels like it started with the monitoring of f5 devices via SNMP.
>
No, this is just a failed string conversion. So you get the default hex
conversion instead.
I don't know what your error is, but I am fairly sure this is unrelated to
Prometheus or SNMP data.
> Ben Kochie schrieb am Montag, 12. Februar 2024 um 15:20:05 UTC+1:
>
>> Looking at the MIB (F5-BIGIP-LOCAL-MIB), I see this MIB definition:
>>
>> ltmPoolMemberAddr OBJECT-TYPE
>> SYNTAX InetAddress
>> MAX-ACCESS read-only
>> STATUS current
>> DESCRIPTION
>> "The IP address of a pool member in the specified pool.
>> It is interpreted within the context of an ltmPoolMemberAddrType
>> value."
>> ::= { ltmPoolMemberEntry 3 }
>>
>> InetAddress syntax comes from INET-ADDRESS-MIB, which has several
>> conversion types. Without knowing what the device is exposing
>> for ltmPoolMemberAddrType it's hard to say, but I'm guessing it's type
>> 3, InetAddressIPv4z.
>>
>> I don't think we have this textual convention implemented in the exporter.
>>
>> Would you mind filing this as an issue on GitHub?
>> * It would also be helpful to have the sample data as text, rather than a
>> screenshot. This makes it easier to work with for creating test cases.
>> * Please also include walks of `ltmPoolMemberAddrType` as well as
>> `ltmPoolMemberAddr`
>>
>> https://github.com/prometheus/snmp_exporter/issues
>>
>> It would also be helpful to have the sample data as text, rather than a
>> screenshot. This makes it easier to work with for creating test cases.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 2:54 PM Alexander Wilke <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am using the snmp_exporter 0.25.0 and prometheus 2.49.1.
>>>
>>> I am collecting metrics from F5 LTM Loadbalancers. I want to collect the
>>> IP-Address.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> in general it is working however some IP-address formats are looking
>>> like that:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 10.10.10.10 which I can import in the correct fromat
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Others a displayed by the F5 system like this:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 10.10.10.10%0
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> 10.10.10.10%1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The trailing %0 or %1 ... represents a logical separation on the system.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The ingestion into prometheus works however the format is then different
>>> and looks like hex. Any chance to get the "raw" information or at least
>>> replace the trailing %0?
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: ip_address_format_includes_percent.jpg]
>>>
>>>
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