Use cluster IP address for SNMP traffic

17 votes

The IP address used for SNMP traffic in a cluster setup is the address of the node, nut the cluster. Please change this

Not planned Suggested by: Thomas Lippert (22 May, '22) • Upvoted: 22 Apr • Comments: 2

Comments: 2

02 Jun, '22
Robert Sander
All outgoing connections will be established with the primary IP as the source IP by the linux kernel (if the process does not say otherwise).

We used iptables NAT rules to rewrite the source IP to the cluster IP for all processes running as the site user.
18 Oct, '23
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