It works with Apache 1.3.6 and higher. The idea behind the SNMP-module is that a larger ISP, webhosting sites, colocation sites, etc, etc can as well monitor apache using SNMP, but also control in real time some important values. This SNMP module might enable someone not only to detect when a service is hanging, spinning out ot control, etc., but also to make it possible to make some reconfiguration changes so that the server as such, and any other services it renders for perhaps other customers, are not affected that much. Especially, the module could be of interest when organisations have a NOC that already uses SNMP based management applications of their network and services. The MIB represents a collection of managed objects of remote devices that are accessible via SNMP-agents.
Managers can query an agent for the values of objects managed by the agent.
This module is not a bridge for viewing SNMP information via Apache on your web browser, but a bridge via SNMP to the internal status of the Apache web server. The MIB provides administrative management information of the system in which the agent resides. A specific MIB for the Apache HTTP Sever that provides SNMP access to the scoreboard. A specific MIB for the Apache HTTP Sever that provides access to some configuration directives. This module acts in the SNMP agent-role using SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 Community based security.