Time for action – enabling the SNMP server feature

1. Logon to your Windows system as an administrator.

2. Go to Control Panel then to Administrative Tools.

3. Start the Server Manager and click on the Add Features link:

   

4. In the new window, select the SNMP features as shown in the following screenshot:

   

5. Click on Next , then on Install.

6. When the installation is finished, close the window and reboot the server.

What just happened?

You just installed and enabled the SNMP Service on Windows. After rebooting you'll be able to set security settings like community and allowed management stations. Changing these settings is your next step.

Configuration of the Windows SNMP service

After the installation of the SNMP feature, you'll not be able to poll the system for any performance data because the default settings only allow the localhost system to access the SNMP service. You'll now add your Cacti server to the list of allowed hosts and set a read-only community name for Cacti to use.