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Alert to monitor cisco ARP table
by Lambert, Benoit 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

We want an alert when a new mac address is added to an access port. I did some more research and I got the switch to send a Mac-Notification-Change trap to the server. Is there an easy way to implement this? I am testing with snmptrapd daemon. I assume once the server receives the trap it can be re-routed to syslog-ng and brought into Observium. Switch --> Server (udp 162) -->Script/Program that re-routes -->Server (udp 514) --> syslog-ng -->Observium instance I was also struggling with the TRAP payload, the mac, port index and vlan weren't part of the message. Do I need the CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB? Thank you.

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My graphs don't work - all values "-NAN"
by Rudolf Hoehler 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Saicom Offers Inbound and Outbound Call Centre Solutions Hello All, Busy playing around with Observium and my graphs don't work. :) Jokes aside, very cool piece of software, but my graphs all display -NAN as values. The snmp walk is working and pulling information and it's displaying fine on the web interface, but the graphs don't display the values - sceenshots: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13359577/1__ssh_and_Observium____-_za-j… https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13359577/Observium__NAN_Graph.jpg I followed the wiki instructions, double checked my bash history and it seems fine. Running Debian 7 - Debian 3.2.65-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux Server has 16gigs of RAM and 8 CPU cores. On the mailing list people have warned agaistn a 1.5 version of rrdtool, but I am running version 1.4.7. _____________________________________________________________ rrdtool -v RRDtool 1.4.7 Copyright 1997-2012 by Tobias Oetiker <tobi(a)oetiker.ch> Compiled Aug 2 2012 07:02:39 _____________________________________________________________ PHP Version seems fine. _____________________________________________________________ php -v PHP 5.4.41-0+deb7u1 (cli) (built: May 22 2015 12:49:18) _____________________________________________________________ In the MySQL DB, the storage-state table seems fine, but I cannot find any historic data in the database - where should I look for this information? _____________________________________________________________ mysql> select * from `storage-state`; +------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | storage_id | storage_polled | storage_size | storage_units | storage_used | storage_free | storage_perc | +------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | 1 | 1434541853 | 277800820736 | 4096 | 173082042368 | 104718778368 | 62 | | 2 | 1434541853 | 8341504000 | 4096 | 0 | 8341504000 | 0 | | 3 | 1434541853 | 397803520 | 1024 | 56981504 | 340822016 | 14 | | 4 | 1434541853 | 984341426176 | 4096 | 122228555776 | 862112870400 | 12 | +------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) Thanks for your time folks, appreciate any help. Regards, Rudolf -- Rudolf Hoehler Technical Team Manager Office: 0861 SAICOM (724 266) Direct: 010 140 5104 Support: 010 140 5050 Cell: 083 644 7800 Fax: 010 140 5001 Visit our website: www.saicomvoice.co.za

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Re: [Observium] hdd temperature sensor keeps vanishing ?
by Adam Armstrong 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

If we don't see the sensor returned in the agent output, it'll be removed. If it reappears, it'll be readded. It's likely a timing thing with hddtemp causing that sensor to be occasionally not returned correctly. Adam. On 17 Jun 2015 10:34, Simon Smith <simonsmith5521(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > hoping someone has seen this issue I’m having > > for some mad reason the HDD temperature sensor on one our of servers keeps disappearing ? > > but whats mad is the event log is showing the Entity as BLANK ? > > and another mad thing I’ve noticed is when it gets re-added or updated the HIGH and LOW keep getting adjusted to 0, so i have to all the time go and manually adjust the values? > > is it possible a problem with hddtemp, observium, or something else I’m just missing? > > I have attached a screenshot showing what I mean > > regards > > Simon >

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hdd temperature sensor keeps vanishing ?
by Simon Smith 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Hi All, hoping someone has seen this issue I’m having for some mad reason the HDD temperature sensor on one our of servers keeps disappearing ? but whats mad is the event log is showing the Entity as BLANK ? and another mad thing I’ve noticed is when it gets re-added or updated the HIGH and LOW keep getting adjusted to 0, so i have to all the time go and manually adjust the values? is it possible a problem with hddtemp, observium, or something else I’m just missing? I have attached a screenshot showing what I mean regards Simon

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Rsyslog after upgrade from 13.10.4585 to 14.4.XX
by Koen Claes 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hello, I am currently using an installation of Observium that works very well. I installed rsyslog according to this link : http://www.observium.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Syslog_Server I tried upgrading it for the first time to the most recent version, and everything seemed to work fine, but after a few hours syslogs stopped showing in the web interface. They do still arrive to the machine according to tcpdump. I rolled back the server and it worked again, even for a week now. After upgrading it again it does the same, works for a while and then stops. So I have 2 questions: 1: Where are syslogs saved? In the mysql database? 2: Did anything change regarding to syslog in the major version? I did notice a new logs folder. Thanks This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com

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A same rsyslog config for observium + remote logging
by Jason Lixfeld 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

I was working on trying to get my rsyslog configuration working with observium as well as preserving my configuration for logging inbound logs to files based on the sender’s hostname so Splunk could eat them. It was a bit of a pain, so I thought I’d share incase anyone else found it useful: # /etc/rsyslog.d/30-remote.conf # # Based on a default rsyslog.conf file from Debian Jessie (8) # module(load="omprog") module(load="imtcp") module(load="imudp”) template(name="observium" type="string" string="%fromhost%||%syslogfacility%||%syslogpriority%||%syslogseverity%||%syslogtag%||%$year%-%$month%-%$day% %timereported:8:25%||%msg%||%programname%\n") template(name="hostname" type="string" string="/var/log/remote/%HOSTNAME%.log”) ruleset(name="remote"){ action(type="omprog" binary="/opt/observium/syslog.php" template="observium") action(type="omfile" dynafile="hostname") } input(type="imtcp" port="601" ruleset="remote") input(type="imudp" port="514" ruleset="remote”) #<EOF>

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Alert to monitor cisco ARP table
by Lambert, Benoit 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hello Observium team, Is there a way for an alert checker to check for a new ARP entry in the arp table? Thanks.

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MySQLi extension at r6455 (professional edition).
by Mike Stupalov 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hi, today added a new feature with ability to use modern php mysqli extension for db connections. It will not add new ponies in your piggy bank, but will give us opportunity to refuse in the future from obsolete php mysql extension. Currently new code will work ONLY if you manually add in config.php option: $config['db_extension'] = 'mysqli'; Also now added some new configurable options for db connections: $config['db_extension'] = 'mysqli'; // The PHP MySQL extension to use ('mysql' or 'mysqli') #$config['db_port'] = ''; // MySQL port (leave blank for default port: 3306) #$config['db_socket'] = ''; // Path to the socket (leave blank for default socket) #$config['db_persistent'] = FALSE; // Whether persistent connections should be used or not. WARNING use at own risk! #$config['db_compress'] = FALSE; // Use compressed protocol for the MySQL connection Please test new options and especially mysqli extension and report here (or in jira) about your success story ;) -- Mike Stupalov http://observium.org/

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SNMPv3 with AES256
by Thiedek, Vic 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Greetings! Does Observium support AES256 for SNMPv3 for Cisco Devices? Testing with SHA / AES128 SNMPv3 Authentication Successful Testing with SHA / AES256 SNMPv3 Authentication Fails I would use AES128, but the environment (750+ devices) was already setup for AES256. Thanks in advance! Vic

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Location to request to add a MIB?
by Jason Lixfeld 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

I understand fully that MIB addition are on a best effort basis, especially for the obscure ones that might only matter to one person out of Observium’s entire install base :) So, where would I submit such a request for a MIB to be added? Here or JIRA? Elsewhere? Thanks!

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