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Odd issues after recent upgrade:
by Duncan 22 Mar '25

22 Mar '25

Hello all, Environment: Observium CE 24.12.13800, home lab. Rocky Linux release 9.5 (Blue Onyx) VM on ESXi. Problem: Since upgrading recently, I've had issues with constant "Processors: 1 deleted.", "Processors: 1 added." log entries, looks like against Ubiquiti gear only. I've tried splitting the scans: 00 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -i4 -n0 >> /dev/null 2>&1 10 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -i4 -n1 >> /dev/null 2>&1 20 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -i4 -n2 >> /dev/null 2>&1 30 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -i4 -n3 >> /dev/null 2>&1 But it's still persisting. Somewhat irritating... Charts end up looking like this, and clearly going to miss something in the eventlog... I've always had issues monitoring my Ubiquiti kit, butit seems to have got worse: "sysDescr -> ''" "sysDescr -> 'Ubiquiti UniFi UXG-Lite ~blah~'" "WARNING! Ports snmpwalk did not complete. Try to increase SNMP timeout on the device properties page." (set to 30 already) Many thanks in advance for any solutions!

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Alert Checker for inactive switch ports
by blub＠kabelbw.de 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Is it possible to create an alert checker that reports ports that have been inactive for more than two months? Thanks in advance Dilbert

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Incorrect data in ArcGIS geocoding
by Stephen Kent 19 Mar '25

19 Mar '25

I noticed when adding geolocation info to devices, I would consistently get incorrect data regardless of address format for ArcGIS in Observium and when using the test_geo.php script. Specifically, the United States address's "State". My preferred format is the NeDi hierarchical format<https://www.nedi.ch/documentation/index.html> (US;CA;Anaheim,1234 Main Street;2nd Floor;Server Room). Even using a typical format, info is incorrect. (1234 Main Street, Anaheim,CA) I suspect ArcGIS is returning the correct info, but the php is stuffing the data in the wrong fields. I don't know php enough to confirm. So below is a query using typical US address format. /opt/observium# ./test_geo.php -a arcgis '1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca' +--------------------------------+ | Location | +--------------------------------+ | 1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca | +--------------------------------+ +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | Geo: API | Lat | Lon | Country | State | County | City | Error | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | arcgis | 33.8144249 | -117.9249177 | United States | Disneyland | Orange | Anaheim | | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ And in NeDi format: /opt/observium# ./test_geo.php -a arcgis 'US;CA;1313 Disneyland Drive;Building 1' +----------------------------------------+ | Location | +----------------------------------------+ | US;CA;1313 Disneyland Drive;Building 1 | +----------------------------------------+ +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | Geo: API | Lat | Lon | Country | State | County | City | Error | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | arcgis | 33.8144249 | -117.9249177 | United States | Disneyland | Orange | Anaheim | | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ All fields other then "State" is correct. When you run the test-geo.php in debug, we get a lot of info, but I want to point out this section: I think this is the json formatted return from ArcGIS. All this data looks correct. In particular, notice the field descriptor "StName" with value "Disneyland". I think this is where to disconnect occurs. I think there was a misunderstanding that "StName" was the "State" value, while it is actually returned in "Region" (California) I think "StName" is the street name (Disneyland). So the solution would be for the php to stuff the "State" field with the value from "Region". Not sure what Observium is doing with Street name. /opt/observium# ./test_geo.php -dd -a arcgis '1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca' DEBUG! Load class 'Console_Color2' from '/opt/observium/libs/pear/Console/Color2.php': OK DEBUG: is_cli() == TRUE, PHP_SAPI: 'cli', REMOTE_ADDR: ''DEFINITIONS Time : 0.0343442 ms REQUEST[https://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer… REQUEST STATUS[TRUE] REQUEST RUNTIME[0.4547s] RESPONSE CODE[200 OK] RESPONSE[ {"spatialReference":{"wkid":4326,"latestWkid":4326},"candidates":[{"address":"1313 S Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, California, 92802","location":{"x":-117.924917739781,"y":33.814424874175},"score":99.5,"attributes":{"Score":99.5,"Type":"","PlaceName":"","StName":"Disneyland","City":"Anaheim","Subregion":"Orange County","Region":"California","Territory":"","Country":"USA"},"extent":{"xmin":-117.925917739781,"ymin":33.813424874175,"xmax":-117.923917739781,"ymax":33.815424874175}}]} ] > $http_response_header /opt/observium/includes/http.inc.php:195 null TRUE Response [4326] valid: [spatialReference->wkid] regex [^\d+$] /opt/observium/includes/http.inc.php:691 array( [spatialReference] => array( [wkid] => int(4326) [latestWkid] => int(4326) ) [candidates] => array( [0] => array( [address] => string(48) "1313 S Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, California, 92802" [location] => array( [x] => double(-117.92491773978) [y] => double(33.814424874175) ) [score] => double(99.5) [attributes] => array( [Score] => double(99.5) [Type] => string(0) "" [PlaceName] => string(0) "" [StName] => string(10) "Disneyland" [City] => string(7) "Anaheim" [Subregion] => string(13) "Orange County" [Region] => string(10) "California" [Territory] => string(0) "" [Country] => string(3) "USA" ) [extent] => array( [xmin] => double(-117.92591773978) [ymin] => double(33.813424874175) [xmax] => double(-117.92391773978) [ymax] => double(33.815424874175) ) ) ) ) ... > $location /opt/observium/test_geo.php:88 array( [location] => string(30) "1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca" [location_geoapi] => string(6) "arcgis" [location_lat] => double(33.8144249) [location_lon] => double(-117.9249177) [location_city] => string(7) "Anaheim" [location_county] => string(6) "Orange" [location_state] => string(10) "Disneyland" [location_country] => string(13) "United States" [location_status] => string(315) "Geocoding ENABLED, try detect device coordinates: by FORWARD query (API: ARCGIS, sysLocation: 1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca) - FOUND GEO API REQUEST: GEO LOCATION: United States (Country), Disneyland (State), Orange (County), Anaheim (City) GEO COORDINATES: 33.8144249 (Latitude), -117.9249177 (Longitude)" ) +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | Geo: API | Lat | Lon | Country | State | County | City | Error | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | arcgis | 33.8144249 | -117.9249177 | United States | Disneyland | Orange | Anaheim | | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ Observium CE 24.12.13800 (24th December 2024) OS Linux 5.15.0-131-generic [amd64] (Ubuntu 22.04) Apache 2.4.52 (Ubuntu) PHP 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20 (OPcache: ENABLED) (Memory: 128MB) Python 3.10.12 MySQL 8.0.41-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 (extension: mysqli 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20) SNMP NET-SNMP 5.9.1 RRDtool 1.7.2 Fping 5.1 (IPv4 and IPv6) Fetch cURL 7.81.0 (OpenSSL/3.0.2, LibZ 1.2.11, LibIDN 2.3.2)

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api integration with Aruba Central
by Sam Sarkis 05 Mar '25

05 Mar '25

Hi All, Aruba Central is aruba cloud monitoring/management platform for aruba wireless and switching. They have full API capabilities. Can we interface Observium with Aruba Central to get alerts or show status of devices ? Thanks

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0mPHP Fatal error
by Shekhar Basnet 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

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alert box
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

Hi A few months ago we updated observium (from 23.2.12520 to 24.8.13606) and now we don't see the alerts for monitored ports. Before we saw yellow boxes (warnings), now they don't appear. Does it no longer show that information? port down we must add something in the config file? -- Saluda cordialmente

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Missing 'HttpOnly' Cookie Attribute (HTTP)
by Martin Gilhooly 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

subscribe Dear Support, I'm trying to correct this in my ubuntu config. I have adjusted my config. Php to no avail - see atatched. I have added the relevant to the web host: <VirtualHost *:80> # Listen on HTTP ServerName monitor.holycrossprep.com # Force a redirect to HTTPS for any requests to observium. example.com RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] RedirectPermanent / https://monitor.holycrossprep.com/ </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:443> ServerName monitor.holycrossprep.com DocumentRoot /opt/observium/html <FilesMatch \.php$> SetHandler application/x-httpd-php </FilesMatch> <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/holycrossprep.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/certs/holycrossprep.key <Directory /opt/observium/html/> DirectoryIndex index.php Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog /error.log LogLevel warn CustomLog /access.log combined ServerSignature On </VirtualHost> Would else should I be looking at? Thank you, Martin [https://www.holycrossprepschool.co.uk/_Includes/images/banner.png] Martin Gilhooly IT Manager +44 (0)20 8942 0729 martin.gilhooly(a)holycrossprep.com<mailto:martin.gilhooly@holycrossprep.com> www.holycrossprepschool.co.uk [https://www.holycrossprepschool.co.uk/_Includes/images/hcp_logo.png] [advertisement]<https://www.holycrossprepschool.co.uk> Holy Cross Preparatory School * George Road * Kingston Upon Thames * Surrey * KT27NU CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE, DISCLAIMER AND MONITORING: This email is intended for the person to whom it is addressed. The message and any attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete the email from your computer systems. You should not make any unauthorized use of the information contained in the email. While all reasonable precautions are taken to ensure that no viruses are transmitted with this message, Holy Cross Preparatory School will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the transmission of this message. Please note that Holy Cross Preparatory School reserves the right to monitor emails in accordance with the School IT policy.

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Problem with Alert-Checkers
by jonas.meyer＠noz-digital.de 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

I have a problem with some alerters... Although the alert really triggers and I get the confirmation “ALERT_NOTIFIY”, I get no message. No matter if by mail, SMS or webhook. Everything works normally with other alert checkers.

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Eventlog incorrectly says interface circuit attribute has changed on every poll
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 26 Feb '25

26 Feb '25

We have some very long interface aliases (130 characters). The Observium parsed circuit ID is 66 characters but it appears to be limited to 64 characters somewhere. The annoying part is every time the device is polled a message is written to the eventlog saying the circuit ID has changed, showing the parsed circuit ID and a truncated version of it. We don't need the character limit increased (although that would be nice); we want the constant (incorrect) eventlog messages to stop (without changing the configured interface alias). (For those curious, the long circuit IDs are for circuits made of up several segments chained together from multiple providers.) Corwin

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Owning alerts
by FRANKS, Andy (THE SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST) 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Hi, This might have been asked before, apologies if so. Is it possible somehow to assign ownership of raised alerts? We operate a largish support function and have noticed people are suppressing alerts they think other people are working on, sometimes erroneously. Having notes or a ownership assignment of a raised alert might help sort this. Thanks! Andy Franks ************************************************************************************** ****************************** This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please: i) inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it; and ii) do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in relation to its content (to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful). Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is the secure email, collaboration and directory service available for all NHS staff in England. NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and other accredited email services. For more information and to find out how you can switch visit Joining NHSmail - NHSmail Support<https://support.nhs.net/article-categories/joining-nhsmail/>

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