# SNMP Trap listener died - bind: name or service not known

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmp-trap-listener-died-bind-name-or-service-not-known/60936
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 19, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmp-trap-listener-died-bind-name-or-service-not-known/60936 "2016-09-19T19:21:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![agonzalez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@agonzalez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agonzalez)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmp-trap-listener-died-bind-name-or-service-not-known/60936/1 "2016-09-19T19:21:47Z")

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This was working before and now getting this error. Any idea?

{:timestamp=\>"2016-09-19T20:39:59.548000+0000", :message=\>"SNMP Trap listener died", :exception=\>#\<SocketError: bind: name or service not known\>, :backtrace=\>["org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyUDPSocket.java:160:in `bind'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/snmp-1.2.0/lib/snmp/manager.rb:540:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/snmp-1.2.0/lib/snmp/manager.rb:585:in `create_transport'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/snmp-1.2.0/lib/snmp/manager.rb:618:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-input-snmptrap-3.0.2/lib/logstash/inputs/snmptrap.rb:74:in `build_trap_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-input-snmptrap-3.0.2/lib/logstash/inputs/snmptrap.rb:78:in`snmptrap\_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-input-snmptrap-3.0.2/lib/logstash/inputs/snmptrap.rb:53:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:323:in`inputworker'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:317:in `start_input'"], :level=>:warn} {:timestamp=>"2016-09-19T20:40:04.549000+0000", :message=>"SNMP Trap listener died", :exception=>#<SocketError: bind: name or service not known>, :backtrace=>["org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyUDPSocket.java:160:in`bind'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/snmp-1.2.0/lib/snmp/manager.rb:540:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/snmp-1.2.0/lib/snmp/manager.rb:585:in`create\_transport'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/snmp-1.2.0/lib/snmp/manager.rb:618:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-input-snmptrap-3.0.2/lib/logstash/inputs/snmptrap.rb:74:in`build\_trap\_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-input-snmptrap-3.0.2/lib/logstash/inputs/snmptrap.rb:78:in `snmptrap_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/logstash-input-snmptrap-3.0.2/lib/logstash/inputs/snmptrap.rb:53:in`run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:323:in `inputworker'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:317:in`start\_input'"], :level=\>:warn}

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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmp-trap-listener-died-bind-name-or-service-not-known/60936/2 "2016-09-19T19:27:13Z")

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What does you snmptrap configuration look like?

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### Author: ![agonzalez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@agonzalez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agonzalez)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmp-trap-listener-died-bind-name-or-service-not-known/60936/3 "2016-09-20T13:40:01Z")

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```
input {
        beats {
                port => 5044
        }

        snmptrap {
                type => "snmptrap"
                community => "public"
                port => 8162
        }
}

### Add your filters / logstash plugins configuration here

filter {
  if "_grokparsefailure" in [tags] {
        drop {}
  }
}

output {
        elasticsearch {
                hosts => "elasticsearch:9200"
                index => "%{[index]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
                document_type => "%{type}"
        }
}
```

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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: [July 6, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snmp-trap-listener-died-bind-name-or-service-not-known/60936/4 "2017-07-06T04:37:47Z")

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