Enable SNMPv3

(2026-10-08)

Version: 8.0.1

SSH to the esxi node

esxcli system snmp get
esxcli system snmp set -a SHA1 -x AES128
esxcli system snmp hash --auth-hash secret --priv-hash librenms --secret
esxcli system snmp set --users librenms/ca8a59e86a55c64717dc4b3fe4e58801660d462e/ca8a59e86a55c64717dc4b3fe4e58801660d462e/priv
esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp --enabled true

Optionally, firewall restrict to specific query system(s):

esxcli network firewall ruleset set --ruleset-id snmp --allowed-all false
esxcli network firewall ruleset allowedip add --ruleset-id snmp --ip-address=192.168.238.97