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Syslog
by Paulo Del Rio 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hello, I have started using observium and liked it a lot. In syslog, I would propose a new option of searching for traps with a option to add a NOT, expecially in the priorities search. Example: All traps NOT informational.

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OS Detection
by Todd Kline 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi All I have a few OSX servers and their OS is not detected. I looked in the distro script and see that it does not try to detect OSX. I did see an apple.png file in the images/os directory, so this make me wonder if anyone else has had success in OSX detection? Thanks Todd

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Re: [Observium] Problems with rancid.
by Tom Laermans 15 May '13

15 May '13

Oh right, duh, was not quite awake it seems :) Sent from my mobile, please excuse brevity and spelling errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Problems with rancid. Date: Wed, May 15, 2013 15:13 This isn't how rancid_suffix works. It allows you to have FQDNs in rancid and the short form in Observium. adam. On 2013-05-15 13:09, Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S wrote: > It should be in group apache > > And permissions seems fine. > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l > /usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/sv-e-rt-1 > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25590 May 15 12:59 > /usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/sv-e-rt-1 > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs > > total 60 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 CVS > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25590 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-1 > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25973 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-2 > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid/var/routers > > total 20 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 rancid apache 4096 Aug 19 2010 CVS > > drwxr-xr-x 3 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 configs > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 rancid apache 38 Aug 19 2010 router.db > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 32 May 15 12:59 routers.all > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 0 May 15 12:59 routers.down > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 32 May 15 12:59 routers.up > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid/var > > total 144 > > drwxr-xr-x 7 rancid apache 4096 Jun 23 2011 CVS > > drwxr-xr-x 4 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 firewalls > > drwxr-xr-x 2 rancid apache 122880 May 15 12:59 logs > > drwxr-xr-x 4 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 old > > drwxr-xr-x 4 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 routers > > drwxr-xr-x 4 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 switches > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid > > total 96 > > drwxrwx--- 8 rancid apache 4096 Jun 23 2011 var > > Med venlig hilsen | Best regards > > THOMAS RAABO > > Senior Network Engineer CCIE #33466 > > _____________________________________________ > > tr(a)zitcom.dk | Direkte: +45 69 10 60 18 | Tlf.: +45 70 23 55 66 > > FROM: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] ON BEHALF OF > Tom Laermans > SENT: 15. maj 2013 13:56 > TO: Observium Network Observation System > SUBJECT: Re: [Observium] Problems with rancid. > > Hm, read too fast at first - you configured the suffix.. :) > > Is your apache in group apache and able to traverse the entire > directory tree? Permissions you listed seem to be ok. > > On 15/05/2013 13:30, Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S wrote: > > Did this… > > //Rancid > > $config['rancid_configs'][] = > '/usr/local/rancid/var/switches/configs/'; > > $config['rancid_configs'][] = '/usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/'; > > $config['rancid_suffix'] = 'network.zitcom.dk'; // Domain suffix for > non-FQDN device names > > $config['rancid_ignorecomments'] = 0; // Ignore lines starting with # > > But I don't see a tag with rancid configs…? > > [root@mgmt3 observium]# ls -l /usr/local/rancid/var/routers/configs/ > > total 60 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 rancid apache 4096 May 15 12:59 CVS > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25590 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-1 > > -rw-r----- 1 rancid apache 25973 May 15 12:59 sv-e-rt-2 > > The configs are there.. > > But no rancid > > Med venlig hilsen | Best regards > > THOMAS RAABO > > Senior Network Engineer CCIE #33466 > > _____________________________________________ > > tr(a)zitcom.dk | Direkte: +45 69 10 60 18 | Tlf.: +45 70 23 55 66 > > _______________________________________________ > > observium mailing list > > observium(a)observium.org > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium [1] > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Custom port service type?
by Robert Williams 15 May '13

15 May '13

Hi Paul, That’s excellent thanks! I've just extended that array to include all our (already labelled, thankfully) ports for various service types and it's worked brilliantly. One question, I don't suppose there is an 'easy' way to add a category which is made of up two other port types? Like with the default "Peering & Transit" group? Cheers :) Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Paul Orrock Sent: 15 May 2013 06:00 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Custom port service type? Hi, I've just supplied a patch to the nav bar (commit 4004) that will pick up anything you put followed by a colon and display it as a group under the ports menu. So I have a bunch of ports which have descriptions which start ESXData: Inter: Mgmt: etc and now those headings appear as groups under the port menu automatically when you add them to the config file with $config['int_groups'] = array("EsxData","EsxMgmt","Inter"); If your existing ports don't start with something like that then you'll need to create a custom port description parser which will pull out the type from however you have it laid out in your port descriptions. I took the opportunity to re-label all my 330 ports into a better structure and just use the standard parser but the custom parser is easy enough if you can write regular expressions. regards, Paul On 15/05/2013 02:08, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > > On 2013-05-14, at 5:59 PM, Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: > >> On 14/05/2013 23:45, Jason Lixfeld wrote: >>> My port naming convention for core ports doesn't follow the "Core:" spec required by Observium. Is it possible to specify a custom type, or perhaps change the default? I'd love to see my core ports with a click of the Ports drop-down hopefully by avoiding having to reconfigure over 400 port descriptions. I can't see anything in defaults.inc.php and I'm not well enough versed in php to really know how to go about looking through the php code to try and find the answer. My google-fu is failing me too, so any pointers would be greatly appreciated. >>> >> >> You can write a custom parser and set it in the config: >> >> $config['port_descr_parser'] = "includes/port-descr-parser.inc.php"; # Parse port descriptions into fields >> >> Take a look at that file, make a copy of it, and edit to your needs. It's not the prettiest code, heh - just opened it for the first time. >> >> Basically, the variables used there are the ones you can fill, particularly $type should be filled. $this_port['ifAlias'] is your interface description which you can parse in any way you like. > > I don't get it :( Observium shows core ports in the Ports > Core if the interface description starts with "Core:". I don't see any reference to Core: in that file to change it to reflect what my core facing interface descriptions say. > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Custom port service type?
by Jason Lixfeld 15 May '13

15 May '13

My port naming convention for core ports doesn't follow the "Core:" spec required by Observium. Is it possible to specify a custom type, or perhaps change the default? I'd love to see my core ports with a click of the Ports drop-down hopefully by avoiding having to reconfigure over 400 port descriptions. I can't see anything in defaults.inc.php and I'm not well enough versed in php to really know how to go about looking through the php code to try and find the answer. My google-fu is failing me too, so any pointers would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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Re: [Observium] Smokeping / Ping Tab - 3rd Graph?
by Adam Armstrong 14 May '13

14 May '13

Getting the files in the right place is left as an exercise for the user. :) Rachid Zarouali <rzarouali(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Smokeping / Ping Tab - 3rd Graph?
by Adam Armstrong 14 May '13

14 May '13

Smokeping isn't always 20 pings? Well I never! :) Adam. Robert Williams <Robert(a)CustodianDC.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Smokeping / Ping Tab - 3rd Graph?
by Robert Williams 14 May '13

14 May '13

Hi, Just setup Smokeping integration (and generated targets using Michiel’s groovy script – thanks!). Anyway, it’s all working fine for all the hosts but I’m not sure what the 3rd graph on the Ping tab is meant to show, called localhost. It appears on every single host’s “Ping” tab. Have I just failed to configured a hostname *somewhere* or is this graph meant to display something else? When you click on it you just get an “Insufficient Permissions” message, image attached for reference. Any input or pointers as to what I’ve done wrong are welcome – cheers :) [cid:image001.png@01CE4E68.90BE29B0] Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Observium phones home?
by Dermot Williams 14 May '13

14 May '13

Hi, Can any of the devs explain why Observium phones home (to update.observium.org) when it runs discover.php? What data is being sent and why isn't this behaviour explicitly mentioned anywhere in the docs or on observium.org? Thanks, Dermot

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Re: [Observium] Wiki fix: spikes
by Adam Armstrong 13 May '13

13 May '13

User editing was turned off a year or two ago because of spam. Running the script on every rrd is not advised. Only run it on things with spikes! I'll have a look at the page. Adam. List User <list(a)redspeedservers.com> wrote: >I didn't see how I can edit it so: >http://www.observium.org/wiki/Removing_RRDTool_Spikes > >for i in rrds/*/*.rrd; do scripts/removespikes.pl $i; done; >should be >for i in rrd/*/*.rrd; do scripts/removespikes.pl $i; done; > >Changes: rrds -> rrd >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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