Not able to start the SNMPD services, snmpd[xxxxx]: Error opening specified endpoint "" found in /var/log/messages

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to start snmpd service. Finding messages similar to the below in /var/log/messages:
Dec  8 13:45:31 hostname snmpd[xxxxx]: Error opening specified endpoint ""
Dec  8 13:45:31 hostname snmpd[xxxxx]: Server Exiting with code 1
Dec  8 13:45:31 hostname systemd: snmpd.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Dec  8 13:45:31 hostname systemd: Unit snmpd.service entered failed state.
Dec  8 13:45:31 hostname systemd: snmpd.service failed.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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