November 2022 - observium - lists.observium.org

User access levels
by Tibor Marchyn 06 Dec '24

06 Dec '24

Hi, I have another beginner question please. I have setup Active Directory authentication, but how can I limit users to exact devices? I really do not want for some users to see anything else than they need to and all of them have level 1 access. And I can't see any option to limit them or assign user to device. Also it would be great to assign users to exact device group I have created. Thanks a lot Tibor

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How to add a device which only responds to ping/icmp?
by Thomas Stather 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

Hi How can i add a device which cannot (!) speak any snmp and only responds to ping/icmp requests? We have an Aruba wlan setup (Mobility Master and two Mobility Controllers) and i want to add the aps to Observium, so that they are monitored but only by ping/icmp. (The MM and the two MCs are already added to Observium, but i cannot see if one AP went offline or came back online again) The aps cannot speak any snmp when managed by the MM or MC, thats why it fails when i try to add one via ./add_device.php I appreciate any help :) Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services VCP4, VCP6-DCV, VCP6.5-DCV Tel: +49 6221 486 628 Fax: +49 6221 486 561 Bevor Sie diese Mail ausdrucken, prüfen Sie bitte ob dies wirklich nötig ist. Umweltschutz geht uns alle an!

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Missing some nice stats from Cisco 9800 that I got from Cisco 5520
by andri＠harpa.is 12 Aug '24

12 Aug '24

Hi Our organization recently upgraded from Cisco 5520 WLC to Cisco 9800 WLC. In observium I get really good statistics about wireless client count and wireless ap count on the 5520 but not on the 9800. I am not sure if this is something on observium side or cisco side. But I wanted to ask if anyone has the same issue and if they found a solution. Or maybe this is just something that needs to be added. Please let me know if there is any further information I can submit. Best regards Andri

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Many devices shown as down(dns)
by Marios.P＠crowe.com.cy 19 Jul '24

19 Jul '24

Hello all, I can see in my observium installation that many devices changed their status to down(dns). This is a new installation and we migrated the configuration yesterday on a new server and devices were working properly. At around the same time (14:20:00) a lot of our machines changed their status to down. The message in the Event log is "Device status changed to Down (dns)". I tried to find what the problem may be but I can see SNMP are correct and dns records exist for the systems. Any ideas? Thank you, Marios

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Group Email Alerts
by Luis Londoño 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

Is there a way to group email alerts so there is not an email alert for every sensor that might go down at the same time? For example multiple fans on a server might show as an alert if the device itself is not responding

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Minimum OID view on Cisco CPE to be pollable by Observium?
by Adam Thompson 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

Hi, Short of trial-and-error, how can we find the minimum set of OIDs required for Observium to be willing to detect an older Cisco router (e.g. 8xx, 18xx) and add it, so that interfaces can be polled? I already know that if we enable access to ifTable only, Observium doesn't want to play ball and won't add the device. I don't mind reading the source if I have a clue what & where to look for, but I haven't yet found anything promising. Clues, please? -Adam Adam Thompson Consultant, Infrastructure Services [MERLIN] 100 - 135 Innovation Drive Winnipeg, MB R3T 6A8 (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) https://www.merlin.mb.ca<https://www.merlin.mb.ca/> [cid:image002.png@01D8FEA1.078201A0]Chat with me on Teams<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=athompson@merlin.mb.ca>

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Re: snmp view
by Mati 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

Hello, I have configured one of our routers only to allow SNMP access to .1.3.6.1.2.1.2 oid using the snmp-server view command, but Observium will not add the device. However, if an SNMP object name is used instead eg *cisco*, the device is successfully polled. Is there a way of just polling the above oid in Observium? Kind regards Mati

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always show table footer
by Wiethoff, Helge 20 Nov '22

20 Nov '22

Hi, I noticed that the table footer is not shown if less than 100 objects are displayed. Can it be configured so that the number of objects is always displayed? I often filter by firmware version, etc. and it would be helpful to have the number displayed. Best regards Helge

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SNMP returning too much data
by Timothy Stoddard 18 Nov '22

18 Nov '22

I am trying to graph the number of GPS satellites my receiver is seeing, however, what is returned via SNMP has more information than what I need. This is from the documentation. I just want to strip the first integer as the answer. For one satellite with vehicle number 16: 1,16,C,-158 <-- I need the "1" For six satellites: 6,12,C,-156,14,C,-155,8,T,-162,24,C,-158,18,C,161,6,C,-160 <-- I need the "6" Can Observium do this? Thanks, -- Tim

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hide ports automagically?
by Alex Rubenstein 13 Nov '22

13 Nov '22

Is there a way to automatically enable "hide shutdown" of ports any time you view a collection of ports?

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