January 2023 - 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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Ignore priority 7 syslog
by Lars Joergensen 23 Feb '23

23 Feb '23

Hi Some unfortunate soul enabled BGP debugging on a device and then forgot all about it. I'm now trying to delete 76 million records from the syslog database.. Is there a way to ignore syslog messages with priority 7 in the syslog import in Observium? It'll probably happen again someday. Lars ________________________________ Disclaimer: This e-mail, including any attachments, is for the intended recipient only. If you have received this e-mail by mistake please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments, without opening the attachments, from your system. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on any part of this e-mail by anyone else is prohibited. This e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. Chr. Hansen does not represent and/or warrant that the information sent and/or received by or with this e-mail is correct and does not accept any liability for damages related thereto. https://www.chr-hansen.com/en/legal-notice

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Port Group aggregate graphs refresh
by Marian Rychtecky 04 Feb '23

04 Feb '23

Hi all, I have a question (or maybe a feature request). Can I automatically refresh aggregated graphs based on Port Group? Let's say I have a Port Group based on ifAlias regexp. I can manually create an aggregated graph of it - bits, broadcasts, or discards. Then use created graph in the dashboard. The problem is a number of items in Port Group are changing over time, and I need to refresh these aggregated graphs manually. That means performing these steps 1) Ports -> Groups -> <My group name> 2) Aggregate Graphs -> Bits 3) Click on graph -> Add to the Dashboard 4) Repeat for all Aggregated graphs (Bits, Broadcasts, Multicasts, Discards) 5) delete old Aggregated graphs from the dashboard 6) position newly added graphs (with the actual number of ports) It would be very handful to have a script refreshing aggregated graphs automatically. Thank you, Marian -- Marian Rychtecký mr(a)nix.cz Phone +420 724 397 441 NIX.CZ z.s.p.o. Americká 23, Praha 2 130 52 Czech Republic http://www.nix.cz

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OSBRidge antennas..
by George Michalopoulos 01 Feb '23

01 Feb '23

hello all, i discovered Observium few days ago, i have to sleep some days.. :) as far as i go deeper, it seems like the ultimate tool to monitor a network.. thank you very much for your work! a simple question. i have 2 OSBridge wireless antennas, they have snmp, and as far as i saw, they have mibs, but they are not included in the distribution.. can i add them manually, or you can include them in a future release ? -- regards, George Michalopoulos born & raise @ Metron 6 (six) Metron6(a)gmail.com

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Error "Creation Failed" when Adding Port Groups
by Justin Radke 01 Feb '23

01 Feb '23

Goal: Attempting to make “aggregate” graphs by calculating port bandwidth from multiple devices. For example, a graph that shows the total bandwidth of IP transit or IXP Peering ports that are not in LAG groups on Cisco gear. Problem Statement: When creating a “Group” of ports I get an error in red that says “Creation Failed: Unknown action requested.” Problem Description: 1. Click “Create New Group” in the GUI 2. Select Entity Type “Port” 3. Give group name of “TestGroup1” 4. Select “Device” from the dropdown, default to “in” and select a Cisco router in the dropdown that is already present and working in Observium 5. Click “Add rule” select “AND” choose “Port ifIndex” “equals” enter in the field the ifindex a. I’ve also tried adding just one or even multiple rules with “OR’s” results in this message b. I’ve also tried adding the port with “Port ID”, “Port ifDescr”, “Port ifName” and others all result in this failure message c. I’m getting the port_id, ifindex, ifName, etc from the “Data” tab when viewing a Port of the Cisco in Observium 6. Click the bottom right, green “Add Group” and receive the error message: “Creation Failed: Unknown action requested.” Can someone direct me to how to make such graphs? And/or explain what I might be doing wrong that I cannot create Port Groups? Observium Subscription License Version 1.3: Observium 22.12.12421 (21st December 2022) OS Linux 4.18.0-408.el8.x86_64 [amd64] (CentOS 8) Apache 2.4.37 (centos) OpenSSL/1.1.1k PHP 7.2.24 (OPcache: ENABLED) (Memory: 128MB) Python 3.6.8 (python3 not used as default python) MariaDB 10.3.28-MariaDB (extension: mysqli 5.0.12-dev) SNMP NET-SNMP 5.8 RRDtool 1.7.0 Fping 4.2 (IPv4 and IPv6) -=JGR

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Forwarding the eventlog to a syslog server
by Stuart Taoro-Ahsin 01 Feb '23

01 Feb '23

Hi All We have a compliance requirement to forward the observium event log to a separate syslog server or some sort of logstash. Is there any functionality in observium for this? My googlefu seems to be really weak with this query Kind regards, Stuart Taoro-ahsin GPG Fingerprint: 7D0A 3303 A851 5335 95F1 E051 96C1 4368 5763 17BD

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Still cannot log onto the web console
by Matthew Cotter 30 Jan '23

30 Jan '23

Hi Adam, A long time ago, I sent an email saying I could not log onto the Observium website. It appears to be still working when I look at the log file which is HUGE, 1781351488 in size. I was looking at the housekeeping option but when I was poking around in the terminal, I see there is cron.daily, cron.weekly, cron.monthly. no cron.d How can I run this on the fly to clean up that file? I could not figure that out. my Linux is amateur at best. I can navigate around, and edit files, but no coding experience. Please help.. I have made many changes to our network and I need to ger this so we can log in and I need to update the devices. Thank you! Matt Matthew Cotter Network Administrator Boston Inc. dba Furniture & ApplianceMart | Ashley HomeStore 2404 W, Beltline Hwy Madison, WI 53713 (p) 608-277-7700 (e) Matt.Cotter(a)BostonFAM.com BostonFAM.com<http://www.BostonFAM.Com> | AshleyHomestores.com<https://www.ashleyfurniturehomestore.com> | furnitureappliancemart.com<https://www.furnitureappliancemart.com/> [FAM Stores] "Improving the quality of people's lives by making amazing rooms together!" Central Wisconsin Area - Marshfield | Rhinelander | Stevens Point | Wausau Fox Valley Area - Appleton | Green Bay | Oshkosh | Sheboygan Madison Area - Madison East | Madison West | Janesville Milwaukee Area - Greenfield | Kenosha | Pewaukee | Richfield All locations owned & operated by Boston Inc. This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of Boston Inc. or one or more of its employees. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, please be advised that any retention, dissemination, or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original e-mail from your mailbox.

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