August 2023 - observium - lists.observium.org

PowerDNS Recursive Server application
by Kevin Riahi 18 Jan '24

18 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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error on "Applications" in device settings
by Bryan Fields 01 Sep '23

01 Sep '23

I'm running 23.8.12912 (2nd August 2023), svn revision 12959 on Debian 12. This is the subscription version. When I go to edit a device and then the "Applications" tab I get an error of "Oops! Something went wrong." The below is a quote of the page with the detail errors: > Cannot increment array in /opt/observium/html/pages/device/edit/apps.inc.php:116 > #0: (unknown function) called at [/opt/observium/html/pages/device/edit/apps.inc.php:116] > 111: echo('<td class="text-center">' . generate_form_element($item) . '</td>'); > 112: //echo(" </td>"); > 113: echo(" <td>" . nicecase($app) . "</td>"); > 114: echo(" </tr>"); > 115: > 116: $row++; > 117: } > 118: } > 119: ?> > 120: </tbody> > 121: </table> > #1: include called at [/opt/observium/html/pages/device/edit.inc.php:119] > 114: $vars = get_vars('POST'); // Note, on edit pages use only method POST! > 115: $attribs = get_dev_attribs($device['device_id']); > 116: $model = get_model_array($device); > 117: > 118: register_html_resource('js', 'js/jquery.serializejson.js'); > 119: include($filename); > 120: } else { > 121: print_error('<h3>Page does not exist</h4> > 122: The requested page does not exist. Please correct the URL and try again.'); > 123: } > 124: > #2: include called at [/opt/observium/html/pages/device.inc.php:771] > 766: This device is being discovered now. Discovery started ' . format_unixtime($discovery_start) . ' (' . format_uptime(time() - $discovery_start) . ' ago).'); > 767: } > 768: } > 769: > 770: if (is_file($config['html_dir'] . "/pages/device/" . basename($tab) . ".inc.php")) { > 771: include($config['html_dir'] . "/pages/device/" . basename($tab) . ".inc.php"); > 772: } else { > 773: print_error('<h4>Tab does not exist</h4> > 774: The requested tab does not exist. Please correct the URL and try again.'); > 775: } > 776: > #3: include called at [/opt/observium/html/index.php:234] > 229: </div> > 230: </div> > 231: <div class="col-xl-8 col-lg-12">'; > 232: } > 233: > 234: include($page_file); > 235: echo '</div>'; > 236: } > 237: > 238: // Register default panel if custom not set > 239: if (!isset($GLOBALS['cache_html']['page_panel'])) { I checked the /opt/observium logs and didn't see anything that indicates the problem further. Does anyone know how to troubleshoot this or what this may be? Thanks, -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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APC EPDU1132M not showing power readings
by promise kumalo 29 Aug '23

29 Aug '23

Hello i am having trouble adding the new APC EPDU1132M to the observium. The device is being added and recognised as an APC PDU, but there are no power readings being recorded. i have added an old model APC AP7854 B2 to observium and its works perfectly, i can see the power readings. i am running obversium CE 23.1.12493.

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How to filter only fibre network ports in an alert for link down?
by Thomas Stather 25 Aug '23

25 Aug '23

Hi, I want to create an alert for network ports that are down, but only associate the alert with fibre ports in our network infrastructure. I didn't find something like "ifPortType = fibre" or similar i can use. I could go with the interface speed but there could also be 1GBit fibre ports. How can i solve this? Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services Max-Planck Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstraße 29 69120 Heidelberg Room: U1.509 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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APC Smart-UPS SRT 6000 Alerting
by Bryan Fields 25 Aug '23

25 Aug '23

Been working on getting this configured and my head around this alert. I've got it working to alert me of going on battery now, and if the batteries are marked as bad. This is specifically tested with an APC Smart-UPS SRT 6000, SKU: SRT6KXLT. I have three checks: 1: UPS on battery Test Condition: status_value eq 3 Association: Status Type in powernet-upsbasicoutput-state Device in $device 2: UPS battery needs replacing Test Condition: status_value ne 1 Association: Status Type in powernet-upsbatteryreplace-state Device in $device 3: UPS battery status Test Condition: status_value ne 2 Association: Status Type in powernet-upsbattery-state Device in $device I hope this will be helpful as I didn't see much come up in my searching before. -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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Re: my server freaks out sometimes!
by Tony Guadagno 23 Aug '23

23 Aug '23

Adam, I hear what you are saying about udp flooding...there are routers (no filters) in between but no firewalls. i don't see any indication in the logs that there are udp flooding issues...also, why only every couple of months? Why not every night? 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] From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 12:14 PM To: Observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org>; Tony Guadagno via observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> Cc: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org>; Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] my server freaks out sometimes! This is likely a firewall or similar intervening device being unhappy at UDP volume and rate limiting. It's likely that your discovery run starts at midnight, so increases SNMP UDP traffic. adam. Tony Guadagno via observium wrote on 22/08/2023 14:01: * Hi, I am using the pro version Observium 23.8.12912 (stable)<https://www.observium.org/> I am having an issue where over the course of 2 hours (or so) all my devices go down and then up. It claims that it missed pings but there is no issue with any of the devices. This has happened to me 2 times in the past 3 months, both times starting at midnight. When I look in the event log, I am seeing some odd things on that date: [cid:image005.jpg@01D9D50B.B1A30DF0] First, notice that there are a bunch of snmp timeouts which do not occur on any other day. Also, it seems that all the devices have changes...again this does not happen on any other night. After the first incident I increased the RAM on the server thinking that it was constrained, but the poller info does not look bad: [cid:image006.jpg@01D9D50B.B1A30DF0] I would appreciate help in determining what to look at for the cause of this. 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] _______________________________________________ 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>

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my server freaks out sometimes!
by Tony Guadagno 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

* Hi, I am using the pro version Observium 23.8.12912 (stable)<https://www.observium.org/> I am having an issue where over the course of 2 hours (or so) all my devices go down and then up. It claims that it missed pings but there is no issue with any of the devices. This has happened to me 2 times in the past 3 months, both times starting at midnight. When I look in the event log, I am seeing some odd things on that date: [cid:image004.jpg@01D9D4D7.42656A20] First, notice that there are a bunch of snmp timeouts which do not occur on any other day. Also, it seems that all the devices have changes...again this does not happen on any other night. After the first incident I increased the RAM on the server thinking that it was constrained, but the poller info does not look bad: [cid:image005.jpg@01D9D4D7.42656A20] I would appreciate help in determining what to look at for the cause of this. 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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Graphs not collecting data after a route reboot
by Shawn L 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

After having a Cisco ASR9001 router reboot over the weekend, some graphs are no longer displaying data and new graphs have been created. Some graphs like processors, memory, etc. are populating correctly, while others like traffic and ports are empty. This router has been in observium for years. The only thing that changed was a reboot over the weekend due to a power issue. No upgrades, changes, etc. In some cases, the "old" graph for an interface is showing nothing, but a new graph for that interface seems to have been automatically created and is now showing data. Is there any way to fix this? I could probably delete the device completely and re-add it, but I hate to loose all of the historical data from it. I can post links to screenshots to illustrate thanks

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Graphs not collecting data after a route reboot
by Shawn L 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

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How to exclude only one drive of a server from the alerts
by Thomas Stather 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Hi, Observium Pro: 23.5.12837 We have one Windows Server monitored, which has a usb drive attached to it. I want to exclude only this drive from the hdd alert e-mails (it is full but thats not a problem), how can i do that, please? Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services Please put it-help(a)mr.mpg.de always in CC, so that you can be helped as fast as possible. Max-Planck Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstraße 29 69120 Heidelberg Room: U1.509 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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