November 2023 - observium - lists.observium.org

Send email alerts only for some checkers, not all of them
by Silvio del Val Hinojal 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

Hello, First of all, congratulations for your great product :) I have been searching this the forum but I can't find an answer for this :( We are currently using Observium Pro v18.10.9500. I'm trying to configure emailing so that I would like to be notified on some alerts generated by some of the alert checkers but not all of them, but I'm not able to do it :( Currently I'm receiving email alerts from all of my checkers. This is my current "config.php": // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) // $config['email']['default'] = ""; // $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['email']['from'] = "< I omit this part, this is our current email, this is working >"; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = "< I omit, our SMTP email server >"; $config['email']['backend'] = "smtp"; // Mail backend. Allowed: "mail" (PHP's built-in), "sendmail", "smtp". $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = 30; We have only one contact with our destination email address and we have associated only 4 of 7 defined alert checkers, but we are currently receiving email notifications from all of them. Thank you very much [cid:image001.png@01D03B1C.E8E96F80]<http://www.pandasecurity.com/spain/> Silvio del Val Systems Engineer - Panda Security +34 944 343 728 silvio.delval(a)pandasecurity.com<mailto:silvio.delval@pandasecurity.com> pandasecurity.com<http://www.pandasecurity.com/> This e-mail contains confidential information owned by Panda Security. Any such copy, or use, or distribution or disclosure of its contents is strictly forbidden. Please notify us immediately at our phone number (+34 94 425 11 00) if you receive this e-mail and are not its consignee, and then delete this message from your system without copying it, distributing it, or disclosing its contents P Before printing this message, please make sure it is really necessary

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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 22 Aug '24

22 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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Observium doesn't show interfaces within VPRN on Nokia routers
by Tao Zhang 20 Aug '24

20 Aug '24

Hi Observium team, We are using Observium as a main tool to monitor our router interfaces and collect SNMP stats. We recently replaced our Juniper routers with Nokia SR 7750. We noticed that Observium doesn't work very well with Nokia routers. Observium can only show the interfaces in the master instance, not the interfaces within VPRN or VPLS instances (Nokia call those interfaces SAPs). To be able to see interfaces within VPLS or VPRN, we need to enable two other MIBs, TIMETRA-SAP-MIB and TIMETRA-VRTR-MIB. We are not sure how to enable those two MIBs. Do we need to add them manually? This is the MIBs enabled on the Nokia router (default). [cid:ece89bfc-3ae2-4dcd-9c7c-641c3978f803] Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tao

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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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PowerDNS Recursive Server application
by Kevin Riahi 17 Jan '24

17 Jan '24

What is the process for support on applications for observium subscribers? In this case the PowerDNS Recursive Server application. Should we reach out to the original author. In this case the script is very simple and it seems it has no documented authors. The issue is the script is no longer working even though it was in the past. It may be because PowerDNS Recursive Server 4.8 has made permission changes to /var/run/pdns-recursor/pdns_recursor.controlsocket Testing the script /usr/lib/observium_agent/local/powerdns-recursor and it will execute with below error. <<<app-powerdns-recursor>>> Fatal: Unable to connect to remote '/var/run/pdns-recursor/pdns_recursor.controlsocket': Permission denied Here is the powerdns-recursor script . #!/bin/sh recctrl=`which rec_control` if [ $? -eq 0 ] then echo '<<<app-powerdns-recursor>>>' $recctrl get-all fi TIA Kevin

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is it possible to disable an alert checker?
by Tony Guadagno 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

Hi, is it possible to disable a specific alert checker without deleting it? I am debugging an alert checker that is pretty noisy so I want to stop the alerts for a bit but I don't want to loose the work I have put into it. thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Discovery problem with an old Dell Powerconnect and Observium CE 23.9.13005
by mosdvas 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

Hello, After the last update i'm experiencing a bug on the discovery on an old switch. This is a Dell PowerConnect 3448. : Vendor/Hardware Dell PowerConnect 3448 Operating system Dell PowerConnect (FastPath) 2.0.0.34 The bug appeared in this CE version, until now the info feedback was correct. The SNMP poller seem ok. Can you help me with this problem? Here's the error dump : ##### Module Start: sensors ##### o POWER-ETHERNET-MIB pethMainPseOperStatus [] o OLD-DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⡶⠋⠁⠙⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣠⡶⠛⠛⠲⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠄⣠⣾⣡⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢰⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣷⣤⡐⣄⣽⡾⠧⠤⠤⣤⣤⣾⣿⣾⣿⣯⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣤⣤⡀⣠⣈⣹⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⠀⢀⡾⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠈⠻⣆⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⣠⠞⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⢳⣆⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣾⣷⣶⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢡⡼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣯⡇⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣜⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣾⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠘⢷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⣿⣿⡟⢠⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣻⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣷⡈⠛⠿⣿⣿⡆⠻⢿⣿⣽⣿⣯⣿⠿⠃⠀⠻⠛⣰⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⠈⠙⠻⠷⠤⠄⢉⡁⠀⠀⠙⢉⣵⣌⠀⠀⠀⣀⠄⠘⠛⠋⠁⢀⣀⣤⣤⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠓⢦⣄⡉⠉⢉⣩⠶⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣆⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣦⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⡟⠿⣿⣟⡿⢿⡛⠀⣘⣿⣿⡆ ⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣷⣿⡆⠀⠀⣶⣶⣾⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠁⢀⢀⠲⣬⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠘⡏⠳⣤⡄⠀⡄⠀⠀⠈⠙⢿⣧⠀⢀⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣯⣷⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⠀⠀⠉⠳⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⠀⢸⣿⣿⣆⢠⠀⡆⣰⡿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣧⠀⠀⠀⠹⣷⣤⣄⠀⡈⣾⡆⢸⡿⠋⠿⠾⠴⠷⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⠞⠉⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣇⠸⡷⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⢄⣠⣶⣤⣤⣤⡤⠤⠖⠛⠉⠀⠠⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢻⣷⠶⠒⠀⠀⠁⠈⢿⡄⣷⣆⣤⣶⡿⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣧⣿⣿⡿⢋⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣶⣫⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢦⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠳⠦⣴⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⢷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣾⣿⣋⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⣦⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡴⠂⣀⡀⠀⡀⡀⡀⢠⣬⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⡴⠊⠉⠀⠈⢹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⠾⡿⡿⠿⣷⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠷⠦⠤⠤⠴⠶⠶⠶⠶⠚⠉⠀⠀⠈⣉⣩⠽⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⣁⣠⠿⠛⠋⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oops! Something went wrong! You may want to report this to the Observium developers. count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, null given in /var/www/observium/includes/discovery/sensors/old-dnos-boxservices-private-mib.inc.php:14 Stack trace: #0: (unknown function) called at [/var/www/observium/includes/discovery/sensors/old-dnos-boxservices-private-mib.inc.php:14] 9: * @subpackage discovery 10: * @copyright (C) 2006-2013 Adam Armstrong, (C) 2013-2023 Observium Limited 11: * 12: */ 13: 14: if (count($valid['sensor']['temperature']['DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB']) || 15: count($valid['sensor']['power']['DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB'])) { 16: // Exit from discovery, since already added valid sensors by DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB 17: // Note, DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB and OLD-DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB are crossed 18: echo 'Skipped by DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB'; 19: return; #1: include called at [/var/www/observium/includes/include-dir-mib.inc.php:32] 27: 28: if (is_file($inc_file)) { 29: print_cli_data_field("$mib "); 30: 31: $inc_start = microtime(TRUE); // MIB timing start 32: $inc_status = include($inc_file); 33: echo(PHP_EOL); 34: 35: if ($include_lib && is_file($inc_dir . '.lib.php')) { 36: // separated functions include, for exclude fatal redeclare errors 37: include_once($inc_dir . '.lib.php'); #2: include called at [/var/www/observium/includes/discovery/sensors.inc.php:52] 47: } 48: } 49: 50: // Run sensor discovery scripts (also discovers state sensors as status entities) 51: $include_dir = "includes/discovery/sensors"; 52: include($config['install_dir'] . "/includes/include-dir-mib.inc.php"); 53: 54: // Run status-specific discovery scripts 55: $include_dir = "includes/discovery/status"; 56: include($config['install_dir'] . "/includes/include-dir-mib.inc.php"); 57: #3: include called at [/var/www/observium/includes/discovery/functions.inc.php:870] 865: $GLOBALS['module_stats'][$module] = []; 866: $valid[$module] = []; 867: 868: print_cli_heading("Module Start: %R" . $module); 869: 870: include("includes/discovery/$module.inc.php"); 871: 872: $m_end = utime(); 873: $GLOBALS['module_stats'][$module]['time'] = round($m_end - $m_start, 4); 874: print_module_stats($device, $module); 875: echo(PHP_EOL); #4: discover_device called at [/var/www/observium/discovery.php:216] 211: 212: foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT * FROM `devices` WHERE `disabled` = 0 $where ORDER BY `last_discovered_timetaken` ASC", $params) as $device) { 213: // Additional check if device SNMPable, because during 214: // discovery many devices (long time), the some device can be switched off 215: if ($options['h'] === 'new' || is_snmpable($device)) { 216: discover_device($device, $options); 217: } else { 218: $string = "Device '" . $device['hostname'] . "' skipped, because switched off during runtime discovery process."; 219: print_debug($string); 220: logfile($argv[0] . ": $string"); 221: } Cordialement, Florian Isolet AS42929 - FI1735-RIPE LIGNE DIRECTE 05 18 10 18 12 artefact-groupe.fr <https://www.artefact-groupe.fr> Les donnees et renseignements contenus dans ce message sont personnels, confidentiels et secrets. Toute publication, utilisation ou diffusion, meme partielle, doit etre autorisee. Si vous n'etes pas le bon destinataire, nous vous demandons de ne pas lire, copier, utiliser ou divulguer cette communication. Nous vous prions de notifier cette erreur a l'expediteur et d'effacer immediatement cette communication de votre systeme. Any data and information contained in this electronic mail is personal, confidential and secret. Any total or partial publication, use or distribution must be authorized. If you are not the right addressee, we ask you not to read, copy, use or disclose this communication. 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cisco router tunnel interfaces
by Tony Guadagno 28 Nov '23

28 Nov '23

Hi, I just noticed that Observium does not seem to list GRE Tunnel interfaces on Cisco routers. Are one of these including Tunnel interfaces? How do I get tunnel interfaces polled? thanks [cid:image002.jpg@01DA2205.08A73E50] Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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is there an alert kill switch?
by Tony Guadagno 28 Nov '23

28 Nov '23

Hi, when my Microsoft servers patch monthly, they often reboot and that causes an alert that is unnecessary for me. Is there a way (maybe a script I could write) that would disable alerting? I am thinking about making a cron job that would run monthly (at the time I am patching) that would disable alerting...then maybe 2 hrs later, re-enable alerting. Is this possible? Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Security Questions
by Wilkinson, Matthew 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

Hello, I am deploying Observium into a secured environment and I've a few questions. * What security measures are in place to protect subscription SVN branch? * Does SVN do any checksums or hashing of the code after it is checkout to the client to ensure no malicious attempts were made in transit? * Is there a contact name and email we can document in cases where we need to get direct support? * Is there a regular notification mechanism for updates to Observium? E.g. via the mailing list or blog post? In other words, how do we find out about new security patches? Thanks for any and all help. Matt

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Recover dashboard and alerts
by Chris James 26 Nov '23

26 Nov '23

We recently had to rebuild our observium server. Of course we lost the custom dashboards and alerts. Everything in the old observium directory was backed off. Can we recover the dashboards and alerts from the old directory? Chris James Vessel Production Systems Manager Infrastructure & Support

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snmp syslocation dynamic geolocation
by Chris James 26 Nov '23

26 Nov '23

Does anyone know a way of integrating dynamic positioning into snmp? Usually you put the location in to syslocation attribute in snmpd.conf file. We have vessels which move about and wondered if there was away of using dynamic positioning. We have plenty of GPS sources onboard so not a problem there. Chris James Vessel Production Systems Manager Infrastructure & Support Telephone: +44 1932 376000 Direct: +44 1932 376817 Mobile: +44 7768 480557 Email: chris.james(a)pgs.com<mailto:chris.james@pgs.com>

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Graph is not showing for a recently added Arista DCS-7020SRG-24C2 Switch.
by Prasun Kumar Mitra (NOC) 24 Nov '23

24 Nov '23

Hello, I am using Subscription version of Observium for over 4 years collecting data on over 35 devices including switch, routers and servers, using it daily I have recently added a Arista switch where traffic graph is not showing [or not getting drawn] although i can see the realtime traffic graph and all other info collected by observium. i have tried removing and re adding it to observium but the graph didn't worked. Can anyone help me resolve this. Observium Version: 23.11.13173 (15th November 2023) Device/ Hardware: Arista DCS-7020SRG-24C2 Device Firmware: Arista EOS 4.30.3M Regards, Prasun Kumar Mitra System Admin Alliance NOC Alliance Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd. P-89,C.I.T Road, Kolkata-700014 [cid:d027dbdc-38bf-4029-89b9-c38dff80934c]

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Teams webhook images green/red
by Ivo van Tulden 21 Nov '23

21 Nov '23

Dear members, We have a webhook link to Microsoft teams for alerting from Observium. This works except for the "green/red" icons for a new alert or a fixed alert. We get "🔥" and "✅" instead of the icon, we have seen this working once but can't get it the work anymore. Do you have a solution how we can fix this? Examples: 🔥[servername] [storage] Disk near full 90% ✅[servername] [storage] Disk near full 90% Met vriendelijke groet, Ivo van Tulden Technical Infrastructure Engineer - IT Department << Security is van ons allemaal >> **** DISCLAIMER: The information sent in or attached to this e-mail is for the addressee only. If this e-mail message is unclear please contact VLISCO by e-mail or telephone. Disclosure or reproduction of this information to a third party without prior agreement of VLISCO is not allowed. VLISCO does not accept any responsibility for the correct and complete interpretation of this e-mail nor for the time of its arrival. VLISCO cannot be held responsible for any claim resulting from negotiations and/or decisions made directly or indirectly based on information contained in this e-mail message. Vlisco Netherlands B.V. Binnen Parallelweg 27, 5701 PH, Helmond, The Netherlands. Chamber of commerce Eindhoven 50751492. Tel.: +31 (0)492 570922 Fax: +31 (0)492 570230 Visit our website: www.vlisco.com ****

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help with a filter
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 20 Nov '23

20 Nov '23

Hi, When I look into a device (any brand), I can't view only ports down. [image: image.png] When I apply Hide UP, nothing happens, but Hide DOWN works fine -- Saluda cordialmente

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OpenBSD uptime
by Bryan Fields 16 Nov '23

16 Nov '23

I've setup a couple hosts running openbsd and note that uptime as reported in observium (I'm on the latest stable 13154) is showing incorrectly. Last reboot is showing as Jan 1 1970 as well. Has anyone else seen this on OpenBSD? Thanks, -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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WMI Polling shows only 3 services
by Scott Kohnert 15 Nov '23

15 Nov '23

First time posting and hopes that someone can assist. Been using Subscription version of Observium for over 10 years collecting data on over 150 server farm using it daily and have been asked to now add monitoring of Windows Services. I started to do this via Probes and SNMP checks but due to the shear volume of services and servers involved this would be a tedious process. I would like to use WMI to monitor Windows Services as it appears to poll faster. Unfortunately I ran into an issue where it only displays 3 services at a time. Windows Server has over 200 services by default, I don’t plan on monitoring all of them but at least a couple dozen. Using WMI would be a much easier way to setup alerts if I could get the full listing to appear, which is where I am needing help. Here is my setup to reproduce the issue (generalized information used for security) Follow the WMI setup in the help documentation for my UB 22.04 server Global Settings > Polling > WMI (turn on) Server discovered via SNMP Open Properties of Server and edit WMI information (per server polling only no global settings) WMI Hostname = nacn_ip_TCP:hostname.domain.local[sign] WMI Domain= domain WMI Username = username WMI Password = password After a couple of minutes, I get the results of only showing 3 services not a full list. AllJoyn Router Service Remote Desktop Service Themes I have tried this on multiple servers and the same 3 services appear each time. I began to look into the code and run the wmic query on the web server itself using the following query wmic -U “domain\username%password” //ncacn_ip_TCP:hostname.domain.local[sign] “select DisplayName, Name, State, Status from Win32_Service” It gave me the full listing results and from what I can see this is where the issue lies. CLASS: Win32_Service DisplayName|Name|State|Status AllJoyn Router Service|AJRouter|Stopped|OK Application Layer Gateway Service|ALG|Stopped|OK Application Identity|AppIDSvc|Stopped|OK … Telephony|tapisrv|Stopped|OK CLASS: Win32_TerminalService DisplayName|Name|State|Status Remote Desktop Services|TermService|Running|OK CLASS: Win32_Service DisplayName|Name|State|Status Themes|Themes|Running|OK Storage Tiers Management|TieringEngineService|Stopped|OK … The first item of the WMI services is the AllJoyn Router Service, then about halfway down the listing it produces a different CLASS:Win32_TerminalService and the headers. Then it has Remote Desktop Services and starts again with CLASS:Win32_Service and headers again, and the third entry to be displayed Themes. Looking through the code I think the issue resides in the /opt/observium/includes/wmi.inc.php code and the function wmi_parse. This is the function that is used (from what I can back trace) for performing the parsing of the WMI call and populating the database with the WMI entries. But when running the mysql query for the services listing it only shows these 3 listed and not all the services that the manual query performed on the server displays. I would like to ask if someone can look into the WMI process and check the coding to allow the WMIC query to populate ALL the service results in the web site. As a separate test I also went into the Global Settings > Discovery > WMI AutoDiscoveryOptions and added in several services manually (list of 10) not including the Remote Desktop Services and the results I get on the Windows Services tab show the Remote Desktop Services. So the 2nd CLASS that appears for this service appears to be causing the issue. Any help is appreacited.

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Aruba Instant AP wireless info? (clients, etc)
by Wolf Noble 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

howdy all! does anyone else have the problem of seeing no wireless stats in observium from Aruba instant APs? [= The contents of this message have been written, read, processed, erased, sorted, sniffed, compressed, rewritten, misspelled, overcompensated, lost, found, and most importantly delivered entirely with recycled electrons =]

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Re: observium Digest, Vol 160, Issue 8
by Luis Olavarrieta 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

Is there something to use with the api? This email is confidential and / or may contain inside information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive your emails, you must NOT use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this email or any other information herein, please notify the sender immediately by reply this email and delete this email and its attachments.Privacy note a: www.wynnmex.com Este correo electrónico es confidencial y/o puede contener información privilegiada. Si usted no es su destinatario o no es alguna persona autorizada por éste para recibir sus correos electrónicos, NO deberá utilizar, copiar, relevelar o tomar ninguna acción basada en este correo o cualquier otra información incluida en el, favor de notificar al remitente de inmediato mediante el envío de este correo y borrar a continuación totalmente este correo y sus anexos. Consulta nuestro aviso de privacidad en:www.wynnmex.com El 14/11/23, 10:47 a.m., "observium-request(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium-request@lists.observium.org>" <observium-request(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium-request@lists.observium.org>> escribió: Send observium mailing list submissions to observium(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium@lists.observium.org> To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to observium-request(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium-request@lists.observium.org> You can reach the person managing the list at observium-owner(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium-owner@lists.observium.org> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: reporting (Ahmed Rahal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:01:51 -0500 From: Ahmed Rahal <arahal(a)fibrenoire.ca <mailto:arahal@fibrenoire.ca>> Subject: [Observium] Re: reporting To: Observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium@lists.observium.org>> Cc: "observium-request(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium-request@lists.observium.org>" <observium-request(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium-request@lists.observium.org>>, Luis Olavarrieta <luis.olavarrieta(a)wynnmex.com <mailto:luis.olavarrieta@wynnmex.com>> Message-ID: <CAHaNNBUL=BOdS=QK5nmW3BF4DHtpSiO+sjMSdVKWm01HNUER6Q(a)mail.gmail.com <mailto:QK5nmW3BF4DHtpSiO+sjMSdVKWm01HNUER6Q@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="0000000000005bc91f060a1ee823" Hi Luis, Observium does not produce reports, but the API can provide you with most of the things you need for reporting. HTH, Ahmed. Le ven. 10 nov. 2023, à 09 h 22, Luis Olavarrieta via observium < observium(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium@lists.observium.org>> a écrit : > Hi Team: > > > > Is there a way to generate / export info to generate a monthly report? > > > > > > > > > > [image: signature_3057771358] > > > > This email is confidential and / or may contain inside information. If you > are not the addressee or authorized to receive your emails, you must NOT > use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this email or any other > information herein, please notify the sender immediately by reply this > email and delete this email and its attachments.Privacy note a: > www.wynnmex.com > > > > Este correo electrónico es confidencial y/o puede contener información > privilegiada. Si usted no es su destinatario o no es alguna persona > autorizada por éste para recibir sus correos electrónicos, NO deberá > utilizar, copiar, relevelar o tomar ninguna acción basada en este correo o > cualquier otra información incluida en el, favor de notificar al remitente > de inmediato mediante el envío de este correo y borrar a continuación > totalmente este correo y sus anexos. Consulta nuestro aviso de privacidad > en:www.wynnmex.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list -- observium(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium@lists.observium.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to observium-leave(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium-leave@lists.observium.org> > -- Ahmed Rahal Administrateur de Systèmes / Systems Administrator *Videotron/Fibrenoire* - www.fibrenoire.ca A: 612 Rue Saint-Jacques, Montréal, QC H3C 1E2 ahmed.rahal(a)videotron.com <mailto:ahmed.rahal@videotron.com> Twitter: @fibrenoire

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reporting
by Luis Olavarrieta 14 Nov '23

14 Nov '23

Hi Team: Is there a way to generate / export info to generate a monthly report? This email is confidential and / or may contain inside information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive your emails, you must NOT use, copy, disclose or take any action based on this email or any other information herein, please notify the sender immediately by reply this email and delete this email and its attachments.Privacy note a: www.wynnmex.com Este correo electrónico es confidencial y/o puede contener información privilegiada. Si usted no es su destinatario o no es alguna persona autorizada por éste para recibir sus correos electrónicos, NO deberá utilizar, copiar, relevelar o tomar ninguna acción basada en este correo o cualquier otra información incluida en el, favor de notificar al remitente de inmediato mediante el envío de este correo y borrar a continuación totalmente este correo y sus anexos. Consulta nuestro aviso de privacidad en:www.wynnmex.com

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rancid device discover
by Sébastien Gay 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

Hello, I'm trying to insert a Huawei MA5800 router into rancid. It doesn't even appear in the router.db file. Can anyone advise me on the following command: $config['rancid']['os_map']['huawei'] = 'huawei' Best regards to all Sébastien

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can i disable getbulk for a specific device?
by Tony Guadagno 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Hi, I have some devices who's manufacturer states they do not support getBulk. In these cases, can I disable getBulk for these specific devices? Thanks Tony

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ASSITANCE NEEDED IN CREATING AN ALERT (OBSERVIUM) ||
by Sarfaraz 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Dear Team, We require assistance in setting up an alert, We have encountered some difficulties in triggering alerts and would greatly appreciate your guidance on this matter. We would be grateful if you could provide us with step-by-step instructions or any necessary resources to help us successfully create and trigger this alert. Regards, Sarfaraz Technical Support Engineer Pulse Telesystems Pvt Ltd. <http://www.pulse.in/> www.pulse.in | <mailto:data@pulse.in> data(a)pulse.in Phone: +91 84284 22555 <https://in.linkedin.com/company/pulsetelesystems> <https://twitter.com/pulsetele?lang=en> <https://www.facebook.com/pulsetelesystems/> <https://www.instagram.com/pulsetelesystems/>

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Traffic accounting not showing previous period
by Anthony Polselli 03 Nov '23

03 Nov '23

All of the sudden, when I look at traffic accounting for last month, it's blank. Current month has data though. Any way to get this back? Thanks, [cid:image001.png@01DA0CD8.6342C380] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 7047 Carroll Rd. San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232, ext: 101 office [cid:image002.png@01DA0CD8.6342C380]

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