February 2020
High performance python based SNMP poller
In my last post, I wrote a basic SNMP poller using python easysnmp module. To make it more practical and industry ready I have further enriched it with following: Read SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 devices from CSV file. Based on the field count in device record use SNMPv2 or SNMPv3 module. Poll thousands of devices by […]
SNMP polling to get network interface statistics
This is very common used case in industry. Lets see how this can be implemented in python using easysnmp python module. This can be further extended to inject collected data into databases or CSVs. Here is the sample result of above program.
Ping and NMAP as REST API
I came across this idea while working on problem statement, where requirement was to run ping and nmap checks on devices and hosts from a jump server. Best way to offer nmap and ping check without getting users on jump server was to offer ping and nmap in some form of web service. To do […]
Python Dictionary – versatile data Structure
Python is really simple and powerful when you have to handle complex data objects. Dictionary is one of the popular data structures used in python. Just thought to put up quick code explaining what all you can do with a dictionary object in really simple way. Here is the output you get upon executing above […]