diff --git a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_compute.pp b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_compute.pp
index dcf6374036..99220ffd2b 100644
--- a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_compute.pp
+++ b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_compute.pp
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ snmp::snmpv3_user { $snmpd_user:
 }
 class { '::snmp':
   agentaddress => ['udp:161','udp6:[::1]:161'],
-  snmpd_config => [ join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
+  snmpd_config => [ join(['createUser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name'), ' MD5 "', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_password'), '"']), join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
 }
 
 hiera_include('compute_classes')
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller.pp b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller.pp
index 0d6a23898d..1d1dc5c56c 100644
--- a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller.pp
+++ b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller.pp
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ if hiera('step') >= 3 {
   }
   class { '::snmp':
     agentaddress => ['udp:161','udp6:[::1]:161'],
-    snmpd_config => [ join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
+    snmpd_config => [ join(['createUser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name'), ' MD5 "', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_password'), '"']), join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
   }
 
   hiera_include('controller_classes')
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp
index 2bb081aaff..fb04c45f4e 100644
--- a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp
+++ b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_controller_pacemaker.pp
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ if hiera('step') >= 3 {
   }
   class { '::snmp':
     agentaddress => ['udp:161','udp6:[::1]:161'],
-    snmpd_config => [ join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
+    snmpd_config => [ join(['createUser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name'), ' MD5 "', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_password'), '"']), join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
   }
 
   hiera_include('controller_classes')
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_object.pp b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_object.pp
index 1ac66904ff..ae074589a6 100644
--- a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_object.pp
+++ b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_object.pp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ snmp::snmpv3_user { $snmpd_user:
 }
 class { '::snmp':
   agentaddress => ['udp:161','udp6:[::1]:161'],
-  snmpd_config => [ join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
+  snmpd_config => [ join(['createUser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name'), ' MD5 "', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_password'), '"']), join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
 }
 
 hiera_include('object_classes')
diff --git a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_volume.pp b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_volume.pp
index 66722f57d3..134dc43b6f 100644
--- a/puppet/manifests/overcloud_volume.pp
+++ b/puppet/manifests/overcloud_volume.pp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ snmp::snmpv3_user { $snmpd_user:
 }
 class { '::snmp':
   agentaddress => ['udp:161','udp6:[::1]:161'],
-  snmpd_config => [ join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
+  snmpd_config => [ join(['createUser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name'), ' MD5 "', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_password'), '"']), join(['rouser ', hiera('snmpd_readonly_user_name')]), 'proc  cron', 'includeAllDisks  10%', 'master agentx', 'trapsink localhost public', 'iquerySecName internalUser', 'rouser internalUser', 'defaultMonitors yes', 'linkUpDownNotifications yes' ],
 }
 
 hiera_include('volume_classes')