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View SNMP community string that was used in add node

Is there somewhere to view the SNMP Community String that was used to add a node ??

we have a few cisco switches that are monitored by solarwinds, I  would like to find out the community string that was used when these nodes were added to monitoring

thank you

  • Click edit node and the community info shows up there.

  • That only shows the Community String name not the actual string that was used

  • So you are looking for a place to unencrypt snmpv3 credentials it sounds like, the short answer is that there is no way to pull that data back out of current versions, it was stored in plain text years ago but that has since been fixed.

  • thank you . i understand now...

  • Are you looking for associated SNMP v1/v2 credentials for the associated SNMP v3 credentials?  Because you can get the associated SNMP v3 credentials if you use SWQL Studio.  You'll have to do a little SWQL magic to get the nodes and the credentials lined up, but it's completely possible.  The table you'll want to use is "Orion.SNMPv3Credentials".  here's what it shows in plain text.

    SELECT TOP 1000

    NodeID, Username, Context, PrivacyMethod, PrivacyKey, PrivacyKeyIsPassword, AuthenticationMethod, AuthenticationKey, AuthenticationKeyIsPassword, RWUsername, RWContext, RWPrivacyMethod, RWPrivacyKey, RWPrivacyKeyIsPassword, RWAuthenticationMethod, RWAuthenticationKey, RWAuthenticationKeyIsPassword

    FROM Orion.SNMPv3Credentials

    You can view plain text SNMP v1/v2 community in "Orion.Nodes", but not RW Community.