Why is my name showing as 0x6d79206e616d65?
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Not all numbers in SNMP are exposed as numbers, which is why regex_extracts exists.
Many problems with the snmp_exporter turn out to actually be issues elsewhere, but how can you tell?
Prometheus isn't limited to monitoring just machines and applications, it can provide insight for any system you can get metrics out of. That includes network devices, so let's look at how to monitor SNMP.
