# Question about logstash snmp input engine-id option

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash-snmp-input-engine-id-option/189617>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 9, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash-snmp-input-engine-id-option/189617 "2019-07-09T19:47:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![az123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@az123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/az123)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash-snmp-input-engine-id-option/189617/1 "2019-07-09T19:47:28Z")

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Hi, I am trying to get some data from a node via snmpv3 into logstash. I need to provide engine-id for the snmpwalk to get meaningful data from the node. How do I do that in the logstash config file?

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**Author:** ![az123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@az123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/az123)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash-snmp-input-engine-id-option/189617/2 "2019-07-15T16:29:59Z")

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Planning to raise a feature request on github for this issue.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-about-logstash-snmp-input-engine-id-option/189617/3 "2019-08-12T16:30:00Z")

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