September 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 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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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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Observium working very slow
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

Hi Team, I recently updated to new version to observium after that it will be worked for 4-5 days everything fine. But yesterday onwards it will be unable to generate the graph properly. I have checked my side. is there anyone have issue of this. thank you in advance. -- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti 7977783978 Navkar Supertech Pvt Ltd

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Edit Network Map
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Hi Team, Anyone knows the how to edit network map to add manually devices to monitor the network. -- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti 7977783978 Navkar Supertech Pvt Ltd

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database structure
by luis.olavarrieta＠wynnmex.com 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

dear team: is there any documentation about the structure of the database where the info is located? we are about to create a dashboard with Grafana and we will connect Observium to it. Having the database structure will make our live easier!!! and if it matters, this is from a "licenced account". Please advice --

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sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do i read traffic graphs???
by Tony Guadagno 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Hi, after several years of using Observium, it just occurred to me recently that I am not sure how to read the traffic graphs. For example, I always thought that above "0" on the horizontal axis was transmit and below was receive. But as I look closer, that cannot be. Also, the colors on the graph do not seem to line up with the legend...for example in this graph, I see 4 colors, light/dark green and light/dark purple. But the legend seems to have the same color for g0/0/0 as g0. I guess my questions are: How are transmits and receives represented on the traffic graphs? Why are the colors in the graph not lining up with the legend? What does negative 100M represent? thanks [cid:image004.jpg@01D9F11E.FB948DB0] 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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Device Showing Down in Alerts but Device is online
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Hi Team, We have problem with device alerts. Due to this we can't monitor our network. Actually, our devices are online but, in the alerts, it will be showing down. I have tried to forceful discover but still same. I think it will be software bug then i will update to latest version but at here also same issue. If anyone have solution, please let me know. Thanks in advance. -- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti 7977783978 Navkar Supertech Pvt Ltd

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