"How-To" Tutorials: How to connect Auvik to Ubiquiti devices using SNMP v3 to UniFi controller

 

Auvik Support provides this How-To article to connect to Ubiquiti devices through the Unifi controller using SNMP v1:

https://support.auvik.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000842663-How-to-enable-SNMP-on-Ubiquiti-devices-using-the-UniFi-controller

 

But what what if you have a security need to use SNMP v3? 

Unfi just gives simple Username and Password fields:

I could not find an Auvik document on the matter, but this Ubuqiti Community post led me in the right direction:

https://community.ui.com/questions/Unifi-SNMPv3-authorization-error/58da50b6-668f-4982-8bdc-e008c524f662

So, that gave some good info that it was SHA and AES (unspecified).  With some playing around, I found it's SHA and AES-128 with the Auth and Privacy Passhrase being the same:

We just used an SNMP username of snmpv3 but you can use your own preference.

Once you've given Auvik time to retry the authentication, it connects!

 

Hope this helps you out!

 

 

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