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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 24
by Claudionei Mendes 06 May '16

06 May '16

Just complementing, I don't have those IP addresses on the /etc/hosts, not even in a DNS Server. I have added all, apparently by IP address. Em sex, 6 de mai de 2016 às 13:11, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 23 (Claudionei Mendes) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 06 May 2016 16:11:07 +0000 > From: Claudionei Mendes <claudionei.mendes(a)gmail.com> > To: observium(a)observium.org > Cc: "luiz.hf(a)miltelecom.com.br" <luiz.hf(a)miltelecom.com.br> > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 23 > Message-ID: > < > CAK_X4nFv0XmDoNbsabLDYqX77rJc--yTpnv-uAKYz9sYkE9Fdw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hello, > > > I am trying to add some new devices to monitoring, but I am receiving the > error Could not resolve 10.251.15.182 > > > I have added the devices with IP 10.251.15.181, 10.251.15.183, > But devices 10.251.15.182 and 10.251.15.184 presents the Resolve Error. > > > As you can see, it's an IP address. > > > Pinging from the console is possible, as the traceroute leads to the same > path. > > > The reverse path works. > > > Searching I found the way to add by command line. > > > It was possible to add the two devices, 10.251.15.182 and 10.251.15.184. > > > Ok. But now, when I try to add other devices on the same network, the error > "Could no resolve 10.251.15.xxx" persists. > > > The server is on the same network. 10.251.15.22 > > > Apparently it's a kind of bug with the interface, that is trying to resolve > with the DNS an IP address. > > > This other case, I am not sure, but in a moment, it apparently to try to > add a device, but not sure what message it gives, but it was related to > snmp comunity, I guess, and in a second try,it presents the Can not > resolve, error. This case I don't have much details. It only happened one > time. > > > Sorry for my English, > > > Claudionei Fernandes Mendes > > Em sex, 6 de mai de 2016 às 10:12, <observium-request(a)observium.org> > escreveu: > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname > (Spencer Ryan) > 2. Re: Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname > (Adam Armstrong) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 09:00:17 -0400 > From: Spencer Ryan <sryan(a)arbor.net> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by > hostname > Message-ID: > <CA+HzidQCxjvbd9iXZm8i1tg4ngZwPKxe9USwsHONn-qY4kwqng(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Yeah, you adding it by hostname has absolutely nothing to do with you > trying to add it by IP address, it simply won't work. Like what Joseph > said, you need to get generic DNS entries in via some method (DNS server, > /etc/hosts) > > > *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.net > *Arbor Networks* > +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) > www.arbornetworks.com > > On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Joseph Zancocchio <joseph(a)nyi.net> wrote: > > > As far as I know, hostnames are strictly required for Observium to talk > to > > a device. If you cannot get DNS records set, or implement some sort of > > customized DNS server setup, you will have to use /etc/hosts entries > (which > > is basically a custom DNS server setup, just not as elegant/flexible... > and > > its probably somewhat slower when dealing with a lot of addresses). > > > > Observium can't resolve an IP to an IP because it isn't a hostname. Host > > file (and DNS A/AAAA record) lookups don't work "backwards" like that. > > > > Also, a hosts file pre-filled with a generically syntaxed hostname for > > each IP address within any of the subnets which you wish to monitor would > > pretty much never have to be updated. If you ever have any new IP ranges > > come into play, you would simply have to append the generic entries for > it > > to the hosts file. What else would there be to manage/maintain? It > > certainly wouldn't require a full-time role. > > > > If you did this, anytime you have a device on an IP without a DNS record, > > you could add it with the generic hostname. > > > > The only other option would be to do some pretty involved patching of > your > > Observium install, which almost assuredly WOULD be a nightmare to > maintain. > > > > > > On 05/05/2016 07:02 PM, Ivan Jukic wrote: > > > > The reason why I ask this is that. I've successfully added a device by > > Hostname, deleted it then tried via IP Address and get "Can't resolve > > 10.0.0.1". Even though, the hostname/IP address is still in the hosts > file. > > > > Furthermore, we literally have millions of IP Addresses (both public and > > private) so managing this would require a full-time role. > > > > Is there any way we can add devices without using hostnames? > > > > Cheers, > > Ivan > > > > On 6 May 2016 at 08:29, Ivan Jukic <ijukic13(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I was thinking to do that. But I wanted to avoid that all together. So > >> just to confirm, Observium can only add devices by hostname only and not > IP > >> Address? > >> > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Ivan > >> > >> On 6 May 2016 at 08:21, Joseph Zancocchio < <joseph(a)nyi.net> > >> joseph(a)nyi.net> wrote: > >> > >>> It would probably be easiest to use a small script to generate a list > of > >>> "hostnames" in whatever format you'd like for the IP(s) in the subnet > that > >>> don't have any DNS records (perhaps something like 10.0.0.1 -> > >>> 10-0-0-1.noDNS.<yourdomain>, or whatever), and then add corresponding > >>> entries to /etc/hosts for those hosts. Then, you can add the range > using > >>> that list of hostnames. > >>> > >>> > >>> On 05/05/2016 05:41 PM, Ivan Jukic wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi All, > >>> > >>> I have many devices in our network that do no have hostnames and nor do > >>> I want to maintain DNS records for devices that do as this will be a > >>> nightmare to managed. > >>> > >>> Is there a way I can simply add a whole subnet range to Observium > >>> without using hostname? > >>> > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Ivan > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> observium mailing listobservium@observium.orghttp:// > 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 listobservium@observium.orghttp:// > 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] observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 23
by Claudionei Mendes 06 May '16

06 May '16

Hello, I am trying to add some new devices to monitoring, but I am receiving the error Could not resolve 10.251.15.182 I have added the devices with IP 10.251.15.181, 10.251.15.183, But devices 10.251.15.182 and 10.251.15.184 presents the Resolve Error. As you can see, it's an IP address. Pinging from the console is possible, as the traceroute leads to the same path. The reverse path works. Searching I found the way to add by command line. It was possible to add the two devices, 10.251.15.182 and 10.251.15.184. Ok. But now, when I try to add other devices on the same network, the error "Could no resolve 10.251.15.xxx" persists. The server is on the same network. 10.251.15.22 Aparently it's a kind of bug with the interface, that is trying to resolve with the DNS an IP address. This other case, I am not sure, but in a moment, it aparentely to try to add a device, but not sure what message it gives, but it was related to snmp comunity, I guess, and in a second try,it presents the Can not resolve, error. This case I don't have much details. It only happened one time. Sorry for my English, Claudionei Fernandes Mendes Em sex, 6 de mai de 2016 às 10:12, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: Send observium mailing list submissions to observium(a)observium.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to observium-request(a)observium.org You can reach the person managing the list at observium-owner(a)observium.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname (Spencer Ryan) 2. Re: Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname (Adam Armstrong) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 09:00:17 -0400 From: Spencer Ryan <sryan(a)arbor.net> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname Message-ID: <CA+HzidQCxjvbd9iXZm8i1tg4ngZwPKxe9USwsHONn-qY4kwqng(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Yeah, you adding it by hostname has absolutely nothing to do with you trying to add it by IP address, it simply won't work. Like what Joseph said, you need to get generic DNS entries in via some method (DNS server, /etc/hosts) *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.net *Arbor Networks* +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) www.arbornetworks.com On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Joseph Zancocchio <joseph(a)nyi.net> wrote: > As far as I know, hostnames are strictly required for Observium to talk to > a device. If you cannot get DNS records set, or implement some sort of > customized DNS server setup, you will have to use /etc/hosts entries (which > is basically a custom DNS server setup, just not as elegant/flexible... and > its probably somewhat slower when dealing with a lot of addresses). > > Observium can't resolve an IP to an IP because it isn't a hostname. Host > file (and DNS A/AAAA record) lookups don't work "backwards" like that. > > Also, a hosts file pre-filled with a generically syntaxed hostname for > each IP address within any of the subnets which you wish to monitor would > pretty much never have to be updated. If you ever have any new IP ranges > come into play, you would simply have to append the generic entries for it > to the hosts file. What else would there be to manage/maintain? It > certainly wouldn't require a full-time role. > > If you did this, anytime you have a device on an IP without a DNS record, > you could add it with the generic hostname. > > The only other option would be to do some pretty involved patching of your > Observium install, which almost assuredly WOULD be a nightmare to maintain. > > > On 05/05/2016 07:02 PM, Ivan Jukic wrote: > > The reason why I ask this is that. I've successfully added a device by > Hostname, deleted it then tried via IP Address and get "Can't resolve > 10.0.0.1". Even though, the hostname/IP address is still in the hosts file. > > Furthermore, we literally have millions of IP Addresses (both public and > private) so managing this would require a full-time role. > > Is there any way we can add devices without using hostnames? > > Cheers, > Ivan > > On 6 May 2016 at 08:29, Ivan Jukic <ijukic13(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was thinking to do that. But I wanted to avoid that all together. So >> just to confirm, Observium can only add devices by hostname only and not IP >> Address? >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> Ivan >> >> On 6 May 2016 at 08:21, Joseph Zancocchio < <joseph(a)nyi.net> >> joseph(a)nyi.net> wrote: >> >>> It would probably be easiest to use a small script to generate a list of >>> "hostnames" in whatever format you'd like for the IP(s) in the subnet that >>> don't have any DNS records (perhaps something like 10.0.0.1 -> >>> 10-0-0-1.noDNS.<yourdomain>, or whatever), and then add corresponding >>> entries to /etc/hosts for those hosts. Then, you can add the range using >>> that list of hostnames. >>> >>> >>> On 05/05/2016 05:41 PM, Ivan Jukic wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have many devices in our network that do no have hostnames and nor do >>> I want to maintain DNS records for devices that do as this will be a >>> nightmare to managed. >>> >>> Is there a way I can simply add a whole subnet range to Observium >>> without using hostname? >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ivan >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> observium mailing listobservium@observium.orghttp:// 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 listobservium@observium.orghttp:// 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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Observium - Custom OID view for Global Read ONLY users ?
by Bradley, Jim 05 May '16

05 May '16

Hi All, Is there a way to share live/active charts for custom OID’s with Global Read Only view users ? I want my User Support team to be able to see a live chart of the Cisco Any connect users I’ve got a Custom OID for; it is a single chart covering all gateway devices specifically for SSL VPN/AnyConnect type connections, it lets us see the distribution of connections across gateways. I can give them a static chart easily enough, but apparently not one that can be updated or updates itself. Any ideas ? Many thanks. [cid:FE21DD9D-C7F4-4C33-AF27-8DC09732712E] -- Jim Bradley

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Bill summary problems
by Eduardo Schoedler 05 May '16

05 May '16

Hi, In accurate graphs, I see one day more in the graph: [image: Imagem inline 6] In quick graphs is ok: [image: Imagem inline 5] Can you verify? Thank you. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Email Alerts from Observium
by Murali Krishna Kanagala 05 May '16

05 May '16

Hello Everyone, I have been using Observium to monitor a variety of network devices and VMWare ESXi hosts. Observium is doing a great job in gathering all the data from these devices and it is really helpful. I am trying to setup some alerts for disk, cpu and network utilizations but not receiving any emails. Here are some more details.Version: Observium CE 0.16.1.7533 1) I have modified below lines with right email address.// set up alerts $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "mail(a)example.com"; ## Default alert recipient$config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = true; ## Only use default recipient$config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = true; ## Disable email alerts as we do not use observium for monitoring but only for metering$config['uptime_warning'] = "86400"; ## Time in seconds to display a "Device Rebooted" warning, defualts to 1 day. Set to 0 to disable warnings.$config['alerts']['port']['ifdown'] = false; ## Generate an alert for ports which enter the ifdown state. 2) Tried sending test mail using ./test_alert.php./test_alert.php -a "some text" 3) Logged in to Web UI, under global settings set all buttons to default under "Use DB" 4) Setup some tests and to trigger alerts and looks like it tried to send some alerts, seeing a time entry under Alerted column. 5) Checked observium log(logs/observium.log) and system logs to see if there were any attempts to send out an email. No entries were found. 6) Observium server is able to send out emails, i have tested it using mailx and sendmail commands, it uses postfix configuration. I am not able to find where the issue is. Can someone help me with this? Thank you,Murali Kanagala412 482 2244

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Observium - Custom OID view for Global Read ONLY users ?
by Bradley, Jim 05 May '16

05 May '16

Hi All, Is there a way to share live/active charts for custom OID’s with Global Read Only view users ? I want my User Support team to be able to see a live chart of the Cisco Any connect users I’ve got a Custom OID for; it is a single chart covering all gateway devices specifically for AnyConnect type connections, lets us see the distribution of connections across gateways. I can give them a static chart easily enough, but apparently not one that can be updated or updates itself. Any ideas ? Many thanks. [cid:4F71EEE9-2081-415D-8E4E-94DBEDE93DEE] -- Jim Bradley

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Observium local network Map(nagvis like)
by prost pierrick 04 May '16

04 May '16

Hi everyone, I'm testing Observium and it's a great monitoring software. Good job ! I'm searching to implement a monitoring map of our local network (like Nagvis for Nagios), how can I do that ? With google map and geolocalisation it's seem impossible no ? Have a good day ! Pierrick

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Observium and PPPoe User ?
by Olivier CALVANO 04 May '16

04 May '16

Hi i am search the documentation for add a lot of graphics on PPPoE connexion into Observium. On two cisco router, with have a lot of connexion: sh users Interface User Mode Idle Peer Address Vi3 CODDSL005(a)adsl.a PPPoVPDN 00:00:01 10.10.253.10 Vi4 CEPDSL00021@adsl PPPoVPDN 00:00:03 172.16.11.37 Vi5 CEPDSL00013@adsl PPPoVPDN 00:00:00 172.16.11.39 Vi6 CODDSL010(a)adsl.i PPPoVPDN 00:00:00 10.10.253.14 Vi7 DICDSL114(a)adsl.a PPPoVPDN 00:00:05 172.16.6.226 It's possible to link the username to observium ? (because interface number change) Thanks Oliviers

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Rancid Question
by Josh Hopper 04 May '16

04 May '16

http://www.observium.org/docs/rancid/ I see in the config file you add a group like this: $config['rancid_configs'][] = "/var/lib/rancid/observium/configs/"; $config['rancid_ignorecomments'] = 0; What if I have more than 1 group or should I put all my devices in a new Observium group? I have 3 (Firewalls, Routers, Switches). -- JOSHUA HOPPER NETWORK ENGINEER 1-828-558-1403 Joshua.Hopper(a)broadplex.net www.broadplex.net

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mikrotik hotspot active numbers
by Simon Smith 04 May '16

04 May '16

Hi All I’m just wondering if the is a way in observium to monitor the number of active users in Hotspot on Mikrotik switches? ive browsed there MIB - http://download2.mikrotik.com/Mikrotik.mib and ive come across the MIB for mtxrHotspotActiveUsersTable the objectID is .1.3.6.1.4.1.14988.1.1.5.1 a sample of the output for a single user is SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.2.3232250549 = INTEGER: 1 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.3.3232250549 = STRING: "kitenmason(a)aol.com" SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.4.3232250549 = "" SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.5.3232250549 = IpAddress: 192.168.58.181 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.6.3232250549 = Hex-STRING: 60 A3 7D 9F EF F0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.7.3232250549 = INTEGER: 1243 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.8.3232250549 = INTEGER: 147576 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.9.3232250549 = INTEGER: 269 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.10.3232250549 = INTEGER: 300 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.11.3232250549 = INTEGER: 300 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.12.3232250549 = Counter64: 7383223 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.13.3232250549 = Counter64: 12105744 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.14.3232250549 = Counter64: 16306 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.15.3232250549 = Counter64: 15028 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.16.3232250549 = Counter64: 0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.17.3232250549 = Counter64: 0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.18.3232250549 = INTEGER: 0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.19.3232250549 = INTEGER: 1 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.20.3232250549 = INTEGER: 2 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.14988.1.1.5.1.1.21.3232250549 = Counter64: 0 also attached is an output using ManageEngine MIB broswer of the full text and info can someone add it into observium? or is it possible i can do it myself with something called custom oid i found in the options? regards Simon

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