January 2024 - 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 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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Observium doesn't show interfaces within VPRN on Nokia routers
by Tao Zhang 21 Aug '24

21 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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dark ui image legend legibility
by Wolf Noble 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

Howdy, all! is there some voodoo necessary to coerce observium to generate graphs with textual legends that aren't black when dark mode is active? it's kinda hard to view black text on dark blue backgrounds :) I don't see an obvious knob for this, but it's entirely possible I'm just missing the "legend text color" or "make graph text legible in dark mode" or "learn to read" button somewhere :) [= 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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regarding STP change alert
by Gurupad Deshmukh 27 Jan '24

27 Jan '24

Dear team, can we monitor stp change and broadcasting in cisco/huawei switches please help to configure STP change alert. regards, gurupad.

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Re: observium Digest, Vol 162, Issue 17
by Chris Wopat 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

> > Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:41:29 -0700 > From: Brad Bendy <brad.bendy(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Observium] FEC errors / FEC statistics > To: Observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> > > Hi, > > We've got various Juniper devices with links that have FEC enabled and > CLI output shows the FEC stats, but I don't see them anywhere in > Observium. > > Is this not supported or am I missing something to where it's at / > what is it called? > We opened a JTAC case about this a year or so ago. At the time, there is NO fec available via ANY snmp mib. "we currently do NOT have support for Ethernet FEC Statistics via SNMP. There is a feature request that has been created internally to add support for it" Ask your SE about "RLI 46223" --Chris

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Error in Observium
by Luis Enrique Torres Jacinto 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

Hello, good morning I have a problem seeing the information of 3 Cisco CBS350 Switches in observium (professional version), I add them normally like any other device, however it does not show me its Processor, Temperature, fanspeed, Status Indicators, etc. [cid:image006.jpg@01DA4F7C.759355E0] In other Cisco Switch models the tool works correctly. [cid:image007.jpg@01DA4F7C.759355E0] With the following command ./discovery.php -h 10.1.X.X. we found the following error: [cid:image005.png@01DA4F7C.5F5A1890] If anyone can support me I would appreciate it. Greetings

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FEC errors / FEC statistics
by Brad Bendy 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

Hi, We've got various Juniper devices with links that have FEC enabled and CLI output shows the FEC stats, but I don't see them anywhere in Observium. Is this not supported or am I missing something to where it's at / what is it called? Thanks

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cisco ASA's polling slow
by Tony Guadagno 24 Jan '24

24 Jan '24

Hi, I am just noticing that my Cisco ASA's poll really slow. While all my other infrastructure seems to poll about 5 to 7 sec per device, the ASA's all take 50 to 60 sec. Does anyone know why this is and maybe how to speed things up? 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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Re: Aruba Instant AP wireless info? (clients, etc)
by Wolf Noble 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

I’d be happy to help however I can with this.. I'd really like to be able to see some information from my APs around usage/clients/errors/etc.... if you want more mib walks i can update the jira ticket with them again? but im not sure there will be much else to glean as not much has changed here.. if that's jus not gonna happen .... for.... whatever reason ... is there a vendor whose APs *ARE* well supported? I'd kinda figured this would be a solved problem.... or at least, wouldn't still be an issue several years later. is there anything I can do to help get traction here? I'm not sure what help is actually helpful and what's obnoxious ;) W [= 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 =] > On Nov 14, 2023, at 20:47, Adam Armstrong via observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> wrote: > > I think someone asked about this last week, and it appears we don't actually have any support for any wireless metrics from Aruba at all at the moment. > > I do have a set of walks from an aruba device and might look at adding some support for them, though. > > Wireless is a bit of a mess, all of the vendors present the data in different ways with different demarcations, so it's quite difficult to collect and handle all of the different vendors in a sane manner. > > adam. > > Wolf Noble via observium wrote on 14/11/2023 23:40: >> 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 =] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list -- observium(a)lists.observium.org > To unsubscribe send an email to observium-leave(a)lists.observium.org

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LXC Proxmox Container
by Yesaya A. Medellu 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Hi All Can Observium Monitoring LXC Container at least count it as VM inside PVE VMs thanks in advance Abraham Makingroup Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Makingroup Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system.

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need help to subscribe professional.
by Gurupad Deshmukh 19 Jan '24

19 Jan '24

Dear team, I have install observium communitiy edition on ubuntu, but I want to subscribe professional version , can you please help us how to upgrade subscription. please share contact details , I have some queries to clear before professional subscription. Regards, Gurupad deshmukh, 9767416210.

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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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RRD went missing after interface description change, screwing up billing.
by smiller＠fasttrackcomm.net 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Hey there, I have a bundle ether interface that had its interface description change, and now when I'm viewing the bill summary which keys to this bundle ether interface, the graphs are missing, and if I hover over the port under "billed ports" in the bill information section, I get 4 of the same error: ERROR: opening '/opt/observium/rrd/<<IP>>/port-113.rrd': No such file or directory. I go into the server and sure enough there is no port-113.rrd in that directory. Also, the port description name under the billed ports section shows the old interface description still. I have another bundle ether that also had an updated interface description and that one is fine, and the port description is updated correctly on the billing page. How do I fix this? It seems like maybe data is still getting successfully pulled because the Used counts are increasing along with the average. What would happen if I created an empty port-113.rrd file in the directory, and why would this file have gone missing? Thanks for any help you can provide. -Seth

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ZyXEL WLAN AP NWA1123ACv3
by Oberreiter Andreas 12 Jan '24

12 Jan '24

Hi, I have ZyXEL WLAN AP NWA1123ACv3 they are spoiling my system by creating new ports, with repeating names, every view hours. I have some APs with nearly 2000 Ports. Is there a way to prevent Observium from scanning for new ports for a specific device group. Kind Regards Mit freundlichen Grüßen Andreas Oberreiter

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upgrade CE edition to Professional edition
by Raphael Pierazzi 10 Jan '24

10 Jan '24

Good morning , I would like to upgrade from the CE edition to the professional edition ( and paid). I risk losing my configuration? how does the upgrade work? Thanks for your feedback, Sincerely,

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Performance
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

Hello, we have installed observium 23.2.12520. When the survey is carried out on the devices, there are several that indicate that the time used was 1 or 2 seconds while others exceeded 20 seconds. How could this be fixed? The devices have the same make and model. -- Saluda cordialmente

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SNMP sysLocation NeDi format
by Brad Bendy 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

I found a post from 2014 showing the NeDi format works when using the Google API. I have tried a few different variations of it but under the location it shows a location for each device as the rack unit is different per device. Is this not supported and we should just do the physical location and not deal with the rack and rack unit or I am missing something? I thought before I had used () or [] in the location and the map parsing still worked but I don't see that in the docs anywhere. Thanks

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PHP Weathermap Integration
by Adam Armstrong 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Hi Guys, We added PHP Weathermap into Observium ~2 years ago, but the enabling option wasn't documented because there was an odd javascript bug breaking the UI. It turns out the bug was the same variable name being used in two completely separate bits of code, causing a clash. Typical Javascript. This is fixed now and it mostly functions, so I've unhidden the enabling option in the web-based config. $config['weathermap']['enable'] = TRUE; It works slightly differently to the original weathermap, it generates maps on the fly and is a little better integrated into the UI. It retains all of the old issues though, the weathermap code is very, very old and should not be enabled on installs untrusted people have access to. Thanks, adam. -- Sent from Postbox <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campai…>

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