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subscription past_due DOH
by Simon Smith 23 May '16

23 May '16

Hi All our subscription ran out yesterday and we forgot to change our card details so our subscription wasn’t renewed I’ve clicked the modify button on our subscription on the subs page and updated our details now what do i do? how long does it take? the is another button at the bottom of the page saying 'Purchase Subscription' and I’m worried if i do that ill get a new user and pass OR be charged twice also the is no contact information on the Observium website hense why I’m having to email the General list instead Regards Simon

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Smokeping for alerts
by Andrew Colin 23 May '16

23 May '16

Hi Guys Is it possible to use smokeping to do the checks and send alerts vs the normal way? I find smokeping to be more reliable Regards Andrew

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Adding device fail
by Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani 21 May '16

21 May '16

Hi, Where i can see log that show detail about error/fail? Last time i adding device using ubuntu, no problem. Regards, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani Technical Support

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Alert Dependencies
by Spencer Ryan 20 May '16

20 May '16

I've asked about this before but how hard would it be for you guys to implement alert dependencies? The easiest way I can think of doing it would be to simply let us set a "parent" device for anything, and if that device is offline don't send any alerts for downstream devices. For example we have a testlab that has no UPS/Generator power that we monitor about 200 devices, when the building loses power we get those 200 alarms about devices being offline, when in reality there is a single 6500 as the gateway, and if that switch is offline, i know the rest will be. We don't want to disable the offline alarms because we do want to know when individual devices drop out. Thanks! *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.net *Arbor Networks* +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) www.arbornetworks.com

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Re: [Observium] monitoring fileZilla ftp server on Windows 2008R2 bestpractice ?
by PROST pierrick 20 May '16

20 May '16

I extend my question :) .... generally : - for a Windows 2K server , how can we do service monitoring ? - for web server , how can we run check tcp/udp ports 80 - 8080 over network ? regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Which is the best way to monitore à fileZilla ftp server runing on windows Server 2008R2 with observium ? Can I run à check on port 21 from observium poller ? We have just taken the annual support for observium ... nice tools! Regards. Pierrick Prost Service du Système d'Information CNRS Délégation Régionale Rhône Auvergne 2, avenue Albert Einstein - BP61335 69609 VILLEURBANNE CEDEX www.dr7.cnrs.fr<http://www.dr7.cnrs.fr>

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RRD Files - Error Drawing Graph - Before you groan, its limited to OpenBSD and I have an RRDCommand.. ; )
by Andy Lemin 20 May '16

20 May '16

Hi, On Observium commercial, all of our OpenBSD firewalls fail to draw the "Processors" graph on the device Overview page :( However if you go to the "Graphs" tab on the Device page, the "Processors" graphs do draw.. It seems to only be limited to the "Overview" tab on the device page. Our Linux servers, Cisco, HP gear etc are all fine. For both the OpenBSD firewalls and the Linux servers, the Processors graph on the Overview page seems to be based on "Device (ucd_ss_cpu)". But the Processors graph which does work looks to be based on "Device (processor)". So it seems that "Device (ucd_ss_cpu)" is not populated for OpenBSD, where Observium thinks it should be. Here is the RRD Command for a failing one; root@intermap:/opt/observium/rrd/ar1406.live.brandwatch.net# /usr/bin/rrdtool graph /tmp/11MUfpl7O7LSQtoX.png -g -Y --lower-limit 0 --alt-autoscale-max --start 1463587788 --end 1463674188 --width 1152 --height 300 -c BACK#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEA#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEB#EEEEEE00 -c FONT#000000 -c CANVAS#FFFFFF00 -c GRID#a5a5a5 -c MGRID#FF9999 -c FRAME#5e5e5e -c ARROW#5e5e5e -R normal --font LEGEND:8:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal -E COMMENT:' Now Min Max Avg' COMMENT:'\l' CDEF:total= HRULE:0#555555 ERROR: String ends after the = sign on 'CDEF:total=' Here is the RRD Command for a Linux device which works; root@intermap:/opt/observium/rrd/ar1406.live.brandwatch.net# /usr/bin/rrdtool graph /tmp/vskuqlACvSuyBGUW.png -g -Y --lower-limit 0 --alt-autoscale-max --start 1463587973 --end 1463674373 --width 1152 --height 300 -c BACK#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEA#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEB#EEEEEE00 -c FONT#000000 -c CANVAS#FFFFFF00 -c GRID#a5a5a5 -c MGRID#FF9999 -c FRAME#5e5e5e -c ARROW#5e5e5e -R normal --font LEGEND:8:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal -E COMMENT:' Now Min Max Avg' COMMENT:'\l' DEF:ssCpuRawUser=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawUser.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawNice=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawNice.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawSystem=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawSystem.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawWait=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawWait.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawInterrupt=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawInterrupt.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawSoftIRQ.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawKernel=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawKernel.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawIdle=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawIdle.rrd:value:AVERAGE CDEF:total=ssCpuRawUser,UN,0,ssCpuRawUser,IF,ssCpuRawNice,UN,0,ssCpuRawNice,IF,ssCpuRawSystem,UN,0,ssCpuRawSystem,IF,ssCpuRawWait,UN,0,ssCpuRawWait,IF,ssCpuRawInterrupt,UN,0,ssCpuRawInterrupt,IF,ssCpuRawSoftIRQ,UN,0,ssCpuRawSoftIRQ,IF,ssCpuRawKernel,UN,0,ssCpuRawKernel,IF,ssCpuRawIdle,UN,0,ssCpuRawIdle,IF,+,+,+,+,+,+,+ CDEF:ssCpuRawUser_perc=ssCpuRawUser,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawNice_perc=ssCpuRawNice,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawSystem_perc=ssCpuRawSystem,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawWait_perc=ssCpuRawWait,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc=ssCpuRawInterrupt,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc=ssCpuRawSoftIRQ,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawKernel_perc=ssCpuRawKernel,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawIdle_perc=ssCpuRawIdle,total,/,100,* HRULE:0#555555 AREA:ssCpuRawUser_perc#c02020:'User ' GPRINT:ssCpuRawUser_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawUser_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawUser_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawUser_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawNice_perc#008f00:'Nice ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawNice_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawNice_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawNice_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawNice_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawSystem_perc#ea8f00:'System ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawSystem_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSystem_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSystem_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSystem_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawWait_perc#1f78b4:'Wait ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawWait_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawWait_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawWait_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawWait_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc#a6cee3:'Interrupt ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc#b2df8a:'SoftIRQ ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawKernel_perc#fb9a99:'Kernel ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawKernel_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawKernel_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawKernel_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawKernel_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawIdle_perc#f5f5e5:'Idle ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawIdle_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawIdle_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawIdle_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawIdle_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n 1233x339 Failing OpenBSD Example; Working Linux Example; Thank you very much for your time, and a great system. The more I use Observium, the more I love it. Cheers, Andy.

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monitoring fileZilla ftp server on Windows 2008R2 bestpractice ?
by PROST pierrick 20 May '16

20 May '16

Hi Everyone, Which is the best way to monitore à fileZilla ftp server runing on windows Server 2008R2 with observium ? Can I run à check on port 21 from observium poller ? We have just taken the annual support for observium ... nice tools! Regards. Pierrick Prost Service du Système d'Information CNRS Délégation Régionale Rhône Auvergne 2, avenue Albert Einstein - BP61335 69609 VILLEURBANNE CEDEX www.dr7.cnrs.fr<http://www.dr7.cnrs.fr>

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Package not available
by Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani 20 May '16

20 May '16

Hi, I saw some package not available on centos 6.7 when install using yum. Any workaround for this issue? No package php-posix.x86_64 available. No package php-mcrypt.x86_64 available. No package vixie-cron.x86_64 available. No package fping.x86_64 available. Regards, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani Technical Support

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Ownership
by Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani 20 May '16

20 May '16

Hi, Is this correct ownership? [root@observium observium]# ll total 204 -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 8432 Jan 15 16:37 add_device.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1890 Jan 15 16:37 adduser.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 3629 Jan 15 16:37 alerter.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 943 Jan 15 16:37 alerts.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1571 Jan 15 16:37 check-errors.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2548 Jan 15 16:37 check-services.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1001 May 19 18:17 config.php -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 998 Dec 17 13:17 config.php.default -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 466 Jan 15 16:37 config_to_json.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1272 Jan 15 16:37 delete_device.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 7994 Jan 16 00:03 discovery.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 4042 Jan 15 16:37 housekeeping.php drwxrwxr-x 10 1000 1000 4096 May 4 20:38 html drwxrwxr-x 14 1000 1000 4096 Jan 26 22:35 includes -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 165 Oct 4 2015 INSTALL -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 10750 Jan 15 16:37 irc.php drwxrwxr-x 7 1000 1000 4096 Jan 15 16:37 libs -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 2323 Jan 26 22:35 LICENSE.COMMUNITY drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 20 09:32 logs drwxrwxr-x 156 1000 1000 24576 Jan 20 00:01 mibs -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 7236 Jan 15 16:37 poller.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 14763 Oct 4 2015 poller-wrapper.py -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 990 Oct 4 2015 README -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1670 Jan 15 16:37 rename_device.php drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 May 19 18:19 rrd drwxrwxr-x 4 1000 1000 4096 Jan 26 17:21 scripts -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 29 Oct 4 2015 snmp.conf.example -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 385 Oct 4 2015 snmpd.conf.example -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1033 Jan 15 16:37 snmptrap.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1468 Jan 15 16:37 syslog.php drwxrwxr-x 5 1000 1000 4096 Oct 4 2015 templates -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1818 Jan 15 16:37 test_alert.php drwxrwxr-x 4 1000 1000 4096 Jan 15 16:37 tests drwxrwxr-x 2 1000 1000 12288 Jan 16 22:05 update OS: Centos 6.7 Final x86_64. Regards, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani Technical Support

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Help needed with unix-agent
by Gaurav Chaturvedi 19 May '16

19 May '16

Hello, I have installed ubuntu on virtual machine, configured bind and unix-agent successfully, in observium were able to see the application "bind" and all the graphs related to bind were displayed. After few days, I made a copy of vmware virtual machine (on which bind was running), added it to observium (with new IP), telnet to 36605 shows the output related to bind but observium showing that no application is running on the new virtual machine. so, 2 queries: 1) what am i missing? 2) How to debug step by step Regards Gaurav

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