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Proxmox support
by Marco Bungalski 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

Is there a plan for Observium to support Proxmox? This also includes the display of individual VMs, as is done with VMware. Best Regards, Marco

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Wrapper discovery misbehaving
by Milton Ngan 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

I am running multiple pollers, and we just noticed that the discovery of new hosts is not doing what we would expect when trying to partition the workload. Instead of doing a third of the new hosts, it does a third of all the hosts, essentially doing a full discovery, which is causing some our PDU’s to get overloaded, since they are being hit by 3 parallel discoveries and also possibly a poll at the same time. /opt/observium/observium-wrapper discovery --host new -i 3 -n 0 If I remove the -i and -n options, then it does what I would expect, although it is not distributed, which isn’t a problem because the number of new devices should be pretty small. So the --host and the -i and -n options appear to be mutually exclusive, which isn’t stated in the help at all.

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Netstat Missing
by observium＠lsl-technology.com 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

If I look at the list of devices, when I select any of the network devices and select Graphs, the dropdown menu has an item called NETSTATS ... This item is not available if I select a VM or a server and select Graphs. How do I view network stats on any of my server devices, be them VM or physical server? Thanks Lawrence

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Removing questions in Observium forum/personal info
by scott.brucher＠nelsongp.com 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

I asked a question with my work email and of course forgot to remove my signature. How do I remove all my information? Getting a lot of BOT and sales calls.

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Send email alerts only for some checkers, not all of them
by Silvio del Val Hinojal 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

Hello, First of all, congratulations for your great product :) I have been searching this the forum but I can't find an answer for this :( We are currently using Observium Pro v18.10.9500. I'm trying to configure emailing so that I would like to be notified on some alerts generated by some of the alert checkers but not all of them, but I'm not able to do it :( Currently I'm receiving email alerts from all of my checkers. This is my current "config.php": // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) // $config['email']['default'] = ""; // $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['email']['from'] = "< I omit this part, this is our current email, this is working >"; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = "< I omit, our SMTP email server >"; $config['email']['backend'] = "smtp"; // Mail backend. Allowed: "mail" (PHP's built-in), "sendmail", "smtp". $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = 30; We have only one contact with our destination email address and we have associated only 4 of 7 defined alert checkers, but we are currently receiving email notifications from all of them. Thank you very much [cid:image001.png@01D03B1C.E8E96F80]<http://www.pandasecurity.com/spain/> Silvio del Val Systems Engineer - Panda Security +34 944 343 728 silvio.delval(a)pandasecurity.com<mailto:silvio.delval@pandasecurity.com> pandasecurity.com<http://www.pandasecurity.com/> This e-mail contains confidential information owned by Panda Security. Any such copy, or use, or distribution or disclosure of its contents is strictly forbidden. Please notify us immediately at our phone number (+34 94 425 11 00) if you receive this e-mail and are not its consignee, and then delete this message from your system without copying it, distributing it, or disclosing its contents P Before printing this message, please make sure it is really necessary

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PHP Fatal error
by Henrik Aarfeldt 26 Mar '25

26 Mar '25

Hi, We're running the latest version of Observium. Today we get "PHP Fatal error: html_callback_build_title(): Cannot use output buffering in output buffering display handlers in /opt/observium/html/includes/functions.inc.php on line 130" Returns a blank page (after ok login) -- Best regards, Henrik. ________________________________ Region Hovedstaden anvender de personoplysninger, du giver os i forbindelse med din henvendelse. Du kan læse mere om formålet med anvendelsen samt dine rettigheder på vores hjemmeside: www.regionh.dk/persondatapolitik

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SVN Log not updated
by Thomas Schreiner 23 Mar '25

23 Mar '25

Hello, is the update of the SVN log broken? Neither https://changelog.observium.org nor observium.org/svn.log are updated since 20.2.2025. Best regards Thomas

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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 27 Feb '25

27 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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TBOX - SNMP line not have index part"
by Bonneau Thomas 11 Feb '25

11 Feb '25

Hello, I try to add a new os and a new mib in my Observium. The device is a TBOX from Ovarro. The device is old so the bulk mode does not work. I managed to add custom OID. I managed to get metadata but sensors and status do not work because ". SNMP line 'prgrun = 1' not have index part" Is there a way to make it work? $os = "semaphore-tbox-os"; $config['os'][$os]['sysObjectID'][] = ".1.3.6.1.4.1.27982"; $config['os'][$os]['sysDescr'][] = "Configuration Energie-Annexes"; $config['os'][$os]['snmp']['nobulk'] = TRUE; $config['os'][$os]['snmp']['max-rep'] = 0; $config['os'][$os]['type'] = "power"; $config['os_group'][$os_group]['mib_blacklist'] = $config['os_group']['default']['mibs']; $config['os'][$os]['mibs'][] = "SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB"; $mib = 'SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['enable'] = 1; $config['mibs'][$mib]['mib_dir'] = 'semaphore'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['identity_num'] = '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['descr'] = 'Semaphore RTU MIB.'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['sysname'][] = array('oid' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.2.23.0'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['version'][] = array('oid' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.2.26.0'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['sysdescr'][] = array('oid' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.2.23.0'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['syslocation'][] = array('oid' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.2.24.0'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['sensor'][] = array('oid' => 'prgrun', 'class' => 'gauge', 'descr' => 'prgrun', 'oid_num' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.1.28161'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['status'][] = array( 'oid_num' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.1.20519', 'oid' => 'presbat', 'descr' => 'presbat', 'measured' => 'presbat', 'type' => '0ok'); $type = '0ok'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['states'][$type][0] = array('name' => '0', 'event' => 'ok'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['states'][$type][1] = array('name' => '1', 'event' => 'alert'); The debug : ] prgrun [ CMD[/usr/bin/snmptranslate -On -Pu -m SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/semaphore 'SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB::prgrun'] CMD EXITCODE[0] CMD RUNTIME[0.0094s] STDOUT[ .1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.1.28161 ] SNMP TRANSLATE (CMD): 'SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB::prgrun' -> '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.1.28161' OS-specific no-bulk definition. CMD[/usr/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c *** -Pud -Ih -OQUsb -m SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/semaphore 'udp':'fth-arch-tbox01-yvfi':'161' prgrun] CMD EXITCODE[0] CMD RUNTIME[0.0153s] STDOUT[ prgrun = 1 ] SNMP STATUS[TRUE] Warning. SNMP line 'prgrun = 1' not have index part ] o SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB presbat [OS-specific no-bulk definition. CMD[/usr/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c *** -Pud -Ih -OQUsb -m SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/semaphore 'udp':'fth-arch-tbox01-yvfi':'161' presbat] CMD EXITCODE[0] CMD RUNTIME[0.0146s] STDOUT[ presbat = 0 ] SNMP STATUS[TRUE] Warning. SNMP line 'presbat = 0' not have index part ] disjdepartbt [OS-specific no-bulk definition. CMD[/usr/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c *** -Pud -Ih -OQUsb -m SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/semaphore 'udp':'fth-arch-tbox01-yvfi':'161' disjdepartbt] CMD EXITCODE[0] CMD RUNTIME[0.0144s] STDOUT[ disjdepartbt = 0 ] SNMP STATUS[TRUE] Warning. SNMP line 'disjdepartbt = 0' not have index part ] Thanks in advance. Thomas

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Unexplained alerts for array controller
by eey＠pml.ac.uk 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

We've got a pair of new alerts for a Dell file server having several attached drive arrays. One alert clearly refers to the array controller; it is not clear to what the other refers, other than that it is storage-related. These alerts are: Drive ID 4 storage 3h 17m 52s ago alert fail Drive Controller PERC H730P Mini (Embedded) 3 storage 3h 19m 5s ago alert fail These alerts appeared immediately after starting the Systemd service dsm_sa_datamgrd, which had failed for an unknown reason. I believe this service runs an agent for the Dell OpenManage monitoring portal. Even after the restart of this service, that portal is reporting that it cannot communicate with the system. The iDRAC for this system reports no faults, and all relevant lights on it are green. The system appears to be working, in that the files it serves are available as normal. Do you have any ideas how to take this investigation forward? I see that a similar thread https://lists.observium.org/hyperkitty/list/observium@lists.observium.org/m… was opened nearly a year ago, but this did not receive any responses.

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MIB integration
by Pavel Vraštiak 02 Feb '25

02 Feb '25

Hi, I am not able to correctly detect OS and use MIBs for Bridgetech probes... would you be willing to integrate them? I thought that sysDescr Bridgetech probe might be sufficient to identify this but I might be wrong as this particular virtual appliance is running on linux - they also have dedicated HW appliances. ___ _ _ / _ \ | |__ ___ ___ _ __ __ __(_) _ _ _ __ ___ | | | || '_ \ / __| / _ \| '__|\ \ / /| || | | || '_ ` _ \ | |_| || |_) |\__ \| __/| | \ V / | || |_| || | | | | | \___/ |_.__/ |___/ \___||_| \_/ |_| \__,_||_| |_| |_| Observium Professional 24.12.13796 https://www.observium.org ##### Starting discovery run at 2025-01-31 09:45:09 ##### ##### name [78] ##### +-------------+-----------------------+ | OID | | +-------------+-----------------------+ | sysDescr | Bridgetech probe | | sysObjectID | .1.3.6.1.4.1.24562.10 | +-------------+-----------------------+ o OS Type generic o OS Group unix o SNMP Version v1 o Last discovery 2025-01-31 09:38:00 o Last duration 2.69 seconds ##### Module Start: os ##### -- S pozdravem Ing. Pavel Vraštiak

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Graph is not showing properly
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 26 Jan '25

26 Jan '25

Hi Team, Recently our observium server crashed we changed the HDD & installed as fresh config new versionbut today mrng onwards it will be not showing proper graph. Even webserver also runnning slow. Can u please help me on this. ---- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti NOC HEAD +91 7977783978 sagar(a)nstplnet.com www.nstplnet.com NAVKAR SUPERTECH PVT LTD Unit No 201 Building No F6, Bhumi World Industrial Park, Pimplas, Bhiwandi, Thane-421302

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How to upgrade Observium?
by Bar Russo 20 Jan '25

20 Jan '25

I can see now that Observium has newer version [cid:image001.png@01DB6A87.FD1C2150] . Is there any guide how to upgrade Observium? Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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Observium Integration with MS Teams
by lalit.gupta＠gfl.co.in 20 Jan '25

20 Jan '25

Hi, I am trying to integrate Observium alerts with MS Teams. I am not able to receive alerts on MS Teams. The same is successful when I try to integrate an external webhook-test.com site and passing the parameters in Observium. Any suggestions would be helpful. Regards Lalit

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Time rules for contacts
by noc＠green.ch 19 Jan '25

19 Jan '25

Hi all, We are encountering the following issue and would like to request a new feature to address it. Problem: We have several alert checkers, such as "interface down," configured with time-based conditions for office hours (08:00–18:00) and with "send recovery notification" option enabled. This results in a recovery message being sent at 18:00, even if the interface is still down. Proposed Solution: To resolve this issue, we suggest moving the time restrictions from the alert checker to the contact settings. Specifically, we propose adding the ability to configure time and weekday restrictions directly in the contact settings (e.g., for email contacts). These settings could mirror the time and weekday conditions currently available in alert checkers. For example: Time: between 08:00 and 18:00 Weekdays: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 This feature would allow us to better manage notifications and avoid unnecessary recovery messages outside office hours. Thank you for considering this request, and we look forward to your response. Best regards, Raphael

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Serial number SFP module switch ARUBA 6000+
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 13 Jan '25

13 Jan '25

hi. On our observium we can find SFP modules (searching by serial) installed on switch HP 2530 or Aruba 2530, but search on switch Aruba CX 6000+ not work. we can't find these information to know where is physically located. we appreciate helpus. -- Saluda cordialmente

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webhook Teams 400 bad request
by staf.vangestel＠vitohoogstraten.be 13 Jan '25

13 Jan '25

"Hello, we started using Observium a while back (Observium CE 24.4.13528). I want to receive notifications within our Team in case of issues, so I created a webhook in Teams and added it in Observium under contacts. However, when I perform a test with `test_alert.php`, I get the error message '400 Bad Request' with the error 'Summary or Text is required'. I've read a lot about this issue, but I haven't been able to resolve it. I'm not very skilled at debugging, but I did test with Webhoo.site, and that works. Also, when I run `curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"text": "Hello"}' https://xxxxxx`, the "Hello" message arrives in the Team. So why does it fail with `test_alert.php` (and also with the alerts)? Thank you in advance for any response." Staf Van Gestel Vito Hoogstraten --- Let me know if you need any further adjustments!

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Ports of transit data resume
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 05 Jan '25

05 Jan '25

HELLO, I need to configure an alert for ports with transit description. To know which are transit ports I hope to use the network map. How can I export the data generated with the network map in a table? [image: image.png] The image shows a button to export data, but not in a table. -- Saluda cordialmente

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Monitoring UPS
by Bar Russo 26 Dec '24

26 Dec '24

Hey there. I have UPS of Solar Edge and I succeed to monitor it via the Observium. The thing is, that beside if it's up or down I don't get any information about it. Such as Battery status, etc. Do I need to add some specific OID's or something? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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4 devices showing down after update to Observium
by Anthony Polselli 22 Dec '24

22 Dec '24

4 of my switches are showing: "Down (DNS)..." If I SSH into the server I can still ping the switches by DNS name. Thoughts? [cid:image001.png@01DB53CA.60F46450] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 7047 Carroll Rd. San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232, ext: 101 office [cid:image002.png@01DB53CA.60F46450]

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Building an Observium appliance
by Serge Caron 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

It's time I give something back to the community. This project, GitHub - SergeCaron/observium_appliance: Build and maintain an Observium appliance<https://github.com/SergeCaron/observium_appliance>, is aimed at SMB environments and walks the sysadmin through each phase of creating and maintaining (backup, restore, upgrade) an Observium appliance. It also covers the installation of Let's Encrypt certificates, secure (https) access to the Observium web site, basic email configuration for notifications, and log aggregation. It's basically a recipe with scripts. A small appliance with fault tolerant network configuration is shown to emphasize the standalone nature of the project. Of course, any virtual environment can do ;-) I hope I kept the typos and omissions to a minimum. Regards, Serge Caron

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User access levels
by Tibor Marchyn 06 Dec '24

06 Dec '24

Hi, I have another beginner question please. I have setup Active Directory authentication, but how can I limit users to exact devices? I really do not want for some users to see anything else than they need to and all of them have level 1 access. And I can't see any option to limit them or assign user to device. Also it would be great to assign users to exact device group I have created. Thanks a lot Tibor

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Alert Checker question
by Kalafus, Miroslav 04 Dec '24

04 Dec '24

Hi, Adam, is it possible to create an Alert Checker which will check number of trunks (see picture - trunk1,3,6 = 3) for trunk6 ? Something like: if it greater than 1, alert me? Trunk1,3,6 are discovered by Observium itself, I do not know how to check that type of item. Thanks in advance, Miro

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limit time retention of device
by Raphael Pierazzi 04 Dec '24

04 Dec '24

Hello , I am using the Professional edition. I would like to limit the retention of graph information on a device to a maximum of 2 years. I often have to increase my disk capacity. thank you very much, Best Regard's Raphael

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Observium isn't checking devices anymore.
by Bar Russo 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

Greetings, When I check the alerts I've created I can see that it's been 6 days since the last check was done, six days that the observium didn't check it. [cid:image001.png@01DB4580.CC60ADA0] For some reason it stopped checking my devices, I shut down a server and I don not receive an alert obviously. If I'm checking logs from /opt/observium/logs/observium.log I can see from the 27/11 [2024/11/27 09:45:46 +0200] poller.php(4002645): poller.php: 10.1.6.203 - 1 devices polled in 2.6017 secs [2024/11/27 09:45:46 +0200] poller.php(4002858): poller.php: 10.1.6.70 - 1 devices polled in 2.2512 secs Any ideas please? Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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How to Download Professional Edition
by eddie.reyes＠lscu.coop 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

I have a valid subscription to the professional edition. I have decided to start from scratch and build a new Observium server, but cannot find where to download the Professional edition. Can someone help? Thanks.

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Re: ... subscription has been disabled from email nikto.barrada@gmail.com
by Tobias Cederlund 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

I don't know why... But exactly the same for me. Last message I received on the mailing list was on feb 15. /Tobias

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Ports switch are deleted after polling
by jan.croene＠police.belgium.eu 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

I have more than 100 alcatel switches configured in my observium. All of these can be discoverd/polled properly. However, I have 3 switches whose ports are deleted after the devices were added (I think after polling). When I run a discover again the ports show up in the GUI for a while, until the next polling. Other data such as vlans, temperature etc are always available. Other switches in the same environment does have normal behaviour. Of course the switch does operate normally all the time. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks, Jan

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OBSERVIUM STOP GRAPH
by SIMEON COMPANY CHILE SPA 11 Nov '24

11 Nov '24

Observium does not show the graphs. We are using Observium on a VPS server in the Cloud. We manage the devices via VPN. When you start adding several devices, more than 5 approximately, Observium shows the devices online, but does not show any information in the graphs of the interfaces. We have the professional subscription license. Thanks, José

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Re: Ports showing it error.
by Bar Russo 10 Nov '24

10 Nov '24

? [cid:image001.png@01DB337E.0BE0A850] בר רוסו | מערכות מידע מייל: barr(a)mgrp.co.il<mailto:barr@mgrp.co.il> קבוצת Mgroup | אריאל שרון 8, אור יהודה www.mgrp.co.il<http://www.mgrp.co.il>

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Ports showing it error.
by Bar Russo 07 Nov '24

07 Nov '24

Hey there. For some reason there are some ports in a few switch of mines that seems to be in error. [cid:image001.png@01DB3116.7130B2A0] The ports works fine, is it something I need to deal with or just don't mind it? Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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alert box
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 05 Nov '24

05 Nov '24

Hi A few days 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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Air gapped device - status and monitoring
by Ivo van Tulden 28 Oct '24

28 Oct '24

Hello We have an air gapped device for back-up. This devices is active once a week for a couple of hours to get the latest back-up and then the device goes offline. The default behaviour is that the device is down and gives a 'error' for the rest of the week because it can't be reached. Is their a way to: * For a working window of the device? Meaning that outside the specified couple of hours the device will not show down/error? * Flip the device status when not in the working window? Meaning if the device goes online on a different time there is an alert? Met vriendelijke groet, Ivo van Tulden Industrial Automation [cid:image001.png@01DB2954.D83E8810] **** DISCLAIMER: The information sent in or attached to this e-mail is for the addressee only. If this e-mail message is unclear please contact VLISCO by e-mail or telephone. Disclosure or reproduction of this information to a third party without prior agreement of VLISCO is not allowed. VLISCO does not accept any responsibility for the correct and complete interpretation of this e-mail nor for the time of its arrival. VLISCO cannot be held responsible for any claim resulting from negotiations and/or decisions made directly or indirectly based on information contained in this e-mail message. Vlisco Netherlands B.V. Binnen Parallelweg 27, 5701 PH, Helmond, The Netherlands. Chamber of commerce Eindhoven 50751492. Tel.: +31 (0)492 570922 Fax: +31 (0)492 570230 Visit our website: www.vlisco.com ****

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Observium - Halkbank Enterprise Plan Purchasing
by Recep Oguz AKKUS 25 Oct '24

25 Oct '24

Hello Dear Sir/Madam, We are one of the largest banks in Türkiye. With Observium, we want to monitor more than 4000 UPS and Printers in our branches. We are interested in purchasing a Enterprise plan. In accordance with the institution's procedures, we need to sign a contract for the purchase. We also request technical support for installation. Can we organise a meeting to get acquainted? Do you have a business partner in Turkey? Thanks in advance. Best Regards. [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/logo.png]<https://www.halkbank.com.tr/> Information Technologies Operation Department [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/konum.p…]<https://www.halkbank.com.tr/tr/iletisim.html> [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/web.png] <https://www.halkbank.com.tr/> [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/twitter…] <https://twitter.com/halkbank> [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/faceboo…] <https://tr-tr.facebook.com/halkbank/> [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/linkedi…] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/halkbank/> [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/youtube…] <https://www.youtube.com/halkbank> [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/instagr…] <https://www.instagram.com/halkbank/> Recep Oguz AKKUS / IT Technician [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/mail.png] RecepOguz.AKKUS(a)halkbank.com.tr<mailto:RecepOguz.AKKUS@halkbank.com.tr> 📞 +90 216 503 47 62<sip:0216%20503%2047%2062> [https://beraber.halkbank.com.tr/hbcdn/assets/image/mail/images/imza/doga.png] I avoid wasting paper, I don't print unless necessary. *Bu e-posta ve ilişikteki dosyalar hukuken gizli ve kişisel veri/özel nitelikli kişisel veri içermektedir. Kişisel verilerle ilgili bilgilendirmeyi halkbank.com.tr adresinden okuyabilirsiniz. E-posta ve içeriği, sadece gönderilen gerçek veya tüzel kişinin gönderim amacıyla sınırlı kullanımı içindir. Muhatap, kendisine gönderilen bilgileri gönderim amacıyla sınırlı ve ölçülü olarak kullanacağını kabul eder. Eğer bu e-postanın muhatabı değilseniz bu e-postanın ve eklerinin kopyalarını herhangi bir şekilde kullanamaz, gönderemez, dağıtamaz ve yedekleyemezsiniz. Lütfen bu e-postayı yanlışlıkla aldıysanız, gönderene bu durumu bildiriniz ve e-posta ve ilişiğindeki belgeleri sistemden siliniz. Bu mesaj aksi sözleşme ile belirtilmedikçe herhangi bir işlem teklifi amacı taşımamaktadır. Türkiye Halk Bankası A.Ş.’nin hiçbir çalışanı veya temsilcisi, elektronik posta yolu ile Türkiye Halk Bankası A.Ş. adına bağlayıcı bir sözleşme yapmak için yetkilendirilmemiştir.* *This message contains confidential information and personal data/sensitive personal data. You can reach and read acknowledgement about data protection on halkbank.com.tr. It’s intended only limited use of the individual or legal entity to whom they are addressed only for sending purpose. Recipient acknowledges that he/she shall only use the information in accordance with its sending purpose. If you are not the named addressee, you should not use, disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail and its attachment. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email and its attachment from your system. Unless otherwise specified by a mutual agreement, this message is not intended to be a request for a transaction. No employee or agent is authorized to conclude any binding agreement on behalf of Türkiye Halk Bankası A.Ş. with any third party by e-mail.*

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VMware VMs keeps discovering more and more
by Ivo van Tulden 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

Dear community, This week I started with a new Observium installation, and love the product. A small problem is with my VMware 6.7 hosts (I know they are old) which keeps adding the same VM's to the list. How can I resolve this? Same VM a lot of times: [cid:image001.png@01DB1B14.94FE47F0] Met vriendelijke groet, Ivo van Tulden Industrial Automation **** DISCLAIMER: The information sent in or attached to this e-mail is for the addressee only. If this e-mail message is unclear please contact VLISCO by e-mail or telephone. Disclosure or reproduction of this information to a third party without prior agreement of VLISCO is not allowed. VLISCO does not accept any responsibility for the correct and complete interpretation of this e-mail nor for the time of its arrival. VLISCO cannot be held responsible for any claim resulting from negotiations and/or decisions made directly or indirectly based on information contained in this e-mail message. Vlisco Netherlands B.V. Binnen Parallelweg 27, 5701 PH, Helmond, The Netherlands. Chamber of commerce Eindhoven 50751492. Tel.: +31 (0)492 570922 Fax: +31 (0)492 570230 Visit our website: www.vlisco.com ****

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Observium Professional Subscription
by Joseph Padueng 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

Hi Sir, If i want to Purchase Observium Professional Subscription, so what is the procedure? Regards, Joseph Padueng

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Can't log into Observium
by dwalcott＠asgllc.com 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

Hey everyone, I had a functioning install of Observium 24.4.13528 (26th April 2024) running on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, just using mysql for auth. I then tried to switch to AD by entering info in the "AD" section of the /settings web UI config page. Once I did that, I got the error below when trying to log in. I switched back to mysql login, by manually changing $config['auth_mechanism'] = "ad"; to $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; in config.php, and am able to log in again. Can anyone point me in the direction of what's wrong? array_keys(): Argument #1 ($array) must be of type array, null given in /opt/observium/html/includes/authentication/ad.inc.php:38 #0: (unknown function) called at [/opt/observium/html/includes/authentication/ad.inc.php:38] 33: } 34: } 35: 36: // If no access control groups are specified, use the defined level groups as access control 37: if (!is_array($config['auth_ad_group'])) { 38: $config['auth_ad_group'] = array_keys($config['auth_ad_groups']); 39: } 40: 41: // Synthesize Base DN from configured domain name, if it is not set 42: if (!isset($config['auth_ad_basedn'])) { 43: if (isset($config['auth_ad_domain'])) { #1: array_keys called at [/opt/observium/html/includes/authentication/ad.inc.php:38] 33: } 34: } 35: 36: // If no access control groups are specified, use the defined level groups as access control 37: if (!is_array($config['auth_ad_group'])) { 38: $config['auth_ad_group'] = array_keys($config['auth_ad_groups']); 39: } 40: 41: // Synthesize Base DN from configured domain name, if it is not set 42: if (!isset($config['auth_ad_basedn'])) { 43: if (isset($config['auth_ad_domain'])) { #2: include_once called at [/opt/observium/html/includes/authenticate.inc.php:126] 121: // Always load mysql as backup 122: include_once($config['html_dir'] . '/includes/authentication/mysql.inc.php'); 123: 124: // Load primary module if not mysql 125: if ($config['auth_mechanism'] !== 'mysql') { 126: include_once($auth_file); 127: } 128: 129: // Include base auth functions calls 130: include_once($config['html_dir'] . '/includes/authenticate-functions.inc.php'); 131: } else { #3: include called at [/opt/observium/html/index.php:72] 67: $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] ?? ($_SERVER['ORIG_PATH_INFO'] ?? ''); 68: 69: // Clean global $vars variable, it populated only after correct authenticating 70: unset($vars); 71: 72: include($config['html_dir'] . "/includes/authenticate.inc.php"); 73: 74: // Default theme set in global or user setting 75: if ($config['web_theme_default'] === 'system' && isset($_COOKIE['screen_scheme'])) { 76: $theme = $_COOKIE['screen_scheme']; 77: } else {

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Buy subscription via invoice / bank transfer ?
by anders.jonsson＠norconsult.com 21 Oct '24

21 Oct '24

Hello, Thanks for your excellent software. We are very interested in buying a Professional Subscription subscription (to begin with) but we don't have company issued cards and not allowed to used paypal either. Is there any possibility to do a invoice / bank transfer instead ?

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Custome Dashboard
by Bar Russo 15 Oct '24

15 Oct '24

Hello there. I want to know if there's an option to make a custome dashboard in the Observium that will show me CPU, Memory, Storage usage in percents like it shows me when I press on 'Health' and choose one of them. So instead of pressing on 'Health' and choose 'Processors' or 'Memory' or 'Storage' it'll show me in a dashboard of them in one dashboard. If it's possible I'll be more than glad to get help how to do it. Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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Question about evaluation licenses
by Jonathan Sélea 14 Oct '24

14 Oct '24

Hi! I am wondering if Observium offers evaluation licensenses? I am looking into intergrating Observium with Zabbix, and noticed that Observium has a RESTful API included in the Professional License. I am however, unable to purchase a license in the current organization that I am in due to bureaucracy, and would love to have a evaluation license to we could test it for a month. Would that be possible? Thanks :) -- Jonathan Sélea

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Ubuntu 24.04, rsyslogd 8.2312.0 Syslog integration
by prkjnr＠hotmail.com 11 Oct '24

11 Oct '24

Hi all, I have recently built to introduce Observium into my business. I can see Syslog entries running "tail -f /var/log/syslog" as soon as i enter config into /etc/rsyslog.d/30-observium.conf like from https://docs.observium.org/syslog/ and follow the 8.X instructions i get from an auto install version 2024-10-10T13:49:02.462169+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: action 'action-8-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:02.469290+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: omprog: failed to execute program '/opt/observium/syslog.php': Permission denied 2024-10-10T13:49:02.470590+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: child process (pid 565567) exited with status 1 [v8.2312.0] 2024-10-10T13:49:02.470763+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: omprog: program '/opt/observium/syslog.php' (pid 565567) terminated; will be restarted [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2119 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:02.470894+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: action 'action-8-omprog' suspended (module 'omprog'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:03.476197+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: action 'action-8-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:03.485802+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: omprog: failed to execute program '/opt/observium/syslog.php': Permission denied 2024-10-10T13:49:03.486960+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: child process (pid 565568) exited with status 1 [v8.2312.0] 2024-10-10T13:49:03.487106+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: omprog: program '/opt/observium/syslog.php' (pid 565568) terminated; will be restarted [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2119 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:03.487173+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: action 'action-8-omprog' suspended (module 'omprog'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:04.495956+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: action 'action-8-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:04.503258+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: omprog: failed to execute program '/opt/observium/syslog.php': Permission denied 2024-10-10T13:49:04.503510+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: omprog: program '/opt/observium/syslog.php' (pid 565569) terminated; will be restarted [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2119 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:04.503658+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: child process (pid 565569) exited with status 1 [v8.2312.0] 2024-10-10T13:49:04.513839+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: action 'action-8-omprog' suspended (module 'omprog'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:05.519132+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: action 'action-8-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:05.526462+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: omprog: failed to execute program '/opt/observium/syslog.php': Permission denied 2024-10-10T13:49:05.527605+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: child process (pid 565571) exited with status 1 [v8.2312.0] 2024-10-10T13:49:05.527715+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: omprog: program '/opt/observium/syslog.php' (pid 565571) terminated; will be restarted [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2119 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:05.527812+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: action 'action-8-omprog' suspended (module 'omprog'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ] 2024-10-10T13:49:06.533091+01:00 Observium rsyslogd: action 'action-8-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ] from a manual install 2024-10-10T12:48:21.195520+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: action 'action-2-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:21.203242+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: omprog: failed to execute program '/opt/observium/syslog.php': Permission denied 2024-10-10T12:48:21.203529+00:00 observium2 kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1728564501.202:847): apparmor="DENIED" operation="exec" class="file" profile="rsyslogd" name="/opt/observium/syslog.php" pid=3214 comm=72733A6D61696E20513A526567 requested_mask="x" denied_mask="x" fsuid=103 ouid=1000 2024-10-10T12:48:21.203871+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: child process (pid 3214) exited with status 1 [v8.2312.0] 2024-10-10T12:48:21.208108+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: omprog: program '/opt/observium/syslog.php' (pid 3214) terminated; will be restarted [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2119 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:21.208234+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: action 'action-2-omprog' suspended (module 'omprog'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:22.213298+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: action 'action-2-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:22.220546+00:00 observium2 kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1728564502.219:848): apparmor="DENIED" operation="exec" class="file" profile="rsyslogd" name="/opt/observium/syslog.php" pid=3215 comm=72733A6D61696E20513A526567 requested_mask="x" denied_mask="x" fsuid=103 ouid=1000 2024-10-10T12:48:22.220765+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: omprog: failed to execute program '/opt/observium/syslog.php': Permission denied 2024-10-10T12:48:22.221161+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: child process (pid 3215) exited with status 1 [v8.2312.0] 2024-10-10T12:48:22.275077+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: omprog: program '/opt/observium/syslog.php' (pid 3215) terminated; will be restarted [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2119 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:22.275233+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: action 'action-2-omprog' suspended (module 'omprog'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:23.279060+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: action 'action-2-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:23.287555+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: omprog: failed to execute program '/opt/observium/syslog.php': Permission denied 2024-10-10T12:48:23.287798+00:00 observium2 kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1728564503.286:849): apparmor="DENIED" operation="exec" class="file" profile="rsyslogd" name="/opt/observium/syslog.php" pid=3217 comm=72733A6D61696E20513A526567 requested_mask="x" denied_mask="x" fsuid=103 ouid=1000 2024-10-10T12:48:23.288399+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: child process (pid 3217) exited with status 1 [v8.2312.0] 2024-10-10T12:48:23.292012+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: omprog: program '/opt/observium/syslog.php' (pid 3217) terminated; will be restarted [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2119 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:23.292140+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: action 'action-2-omprog' suspended (module 'omprog'), retry 0. There should be messages before this one giving the reason for suspension. [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2007 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:24.296075+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: action 'action-2-omprog' resumed (module 'omprog') [v8.2312.0 try https://www.rsyslog.com/e/2359 ] 2024-10-10T12:48:24.304221+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: omprog: failed to execute program '/opt/observium/syslog.php': Permission denied 2024-10-10T12:48:24.304648+00:00 observium2 kernel: audit: type=1400 audit(1728564504.302:850): apparmor="DENIED" operation="exec" class="file" profile="rsyslogd" name="/opt/observium/syslog.php" pid=3218 comm=72733A6D61696E20513A526567 requested_mask="x" denied_mask="x" fsuid=103 ouid=1000 2024-10-10T12:48:24.305192+00:00 observium2 rsyslogd: child process (pid 3218) exited with status 1 [v8.2312.0] i have checked permisions -rwxrwxr-x 1 user user 3376 Feb 22 2024 syslog.php any assistance would be gratefully received

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syslog entries
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

Hi, Every 5 minutes we are notified about the same messages sent by a device (repetitive messages). Is there a way to be notified only once a day? Or every 12 hours? example: [image: image.png] -- Saluda cordialmente

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traps
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 08 Oct '24

08 Oct '24

Observium do not support traps? -- Saluda cordialmente

2 1

Enterprise Discord Channel - Can I get added?
by Chris Cottingham 03 Oct '24

03 Oct '24

Is there an Enterprise discord support channel for Observium? If so, can I get added to it? Enterprise license number: Bmaschke-26972681 Thanks! Chris Cottingham Systems + R&D | Apple Music 512-412-1082 ccottingham(a)apple.com

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widgets
by jose.napoli＠neuralsoft.com 03 Oct '24

03 Oct '24

Can ! change the config of any widget or generate new? When clic in config show this: > $widget['widget_config']ajax/actions/edit_widget.inc.php:146 array()

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footer is not showed on alert's email
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Hi, Yesterday we upgrade the observium version (from 23.2.12520 to 24.8.13606), but we don't see the time when alert was generated. Would be good show (on email alert) the alert checker's name. i attach screenshots. observium 24.8.13606 [image: image.png] observium 23.2.12520 [image: image.png] Because the alert can be generated at time distinct of mail -- Saluda cordialmente

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Can't see alerts.
by Bar Russo 30 Sep '24

30 Sep '24

Greetings. For some reason recently I can NOT see any alert status, if I press on 'Alerts' it is empty and doesn't show anything. Sometimes it's showing the alert for a second and then all of the alerts disappeared. I tried to reboot the Ubuntu VM and also tried to see some logs but couldn't handle it, still having this issue. I didn't change anything within the Ubuntu machine the Observium installed on so ain't got a clue what's happened. Maybe you'll be able to assist me please. Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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Purchase multiple instances in one CC transaction
by ccollar＠voltagepark.com 20 Sep '24

20 Sep '24

Greetings, I'd like to purchase multiple instances (multiple systems, multiple DBs) of Observium Pro with one credit card transaction, and am wondering if this is possible, and if so how? Thanks!

2 1

Setting up alerts on received power
by Laurent CARON 19 Sep '24

19 Sep '24

Hi, I'd like to setup alerts on RX power levels of my optical interfaces (on juniper and cisco equipment). In the web interface, this value can be obtained @URL: /device/device=yy/tab=health/metric=dbm/id=xx/ I really can't figure how to properly build an alert checker on this. Did anyone already set it up ? Thanks

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Sensor limit nominal and delta OIDs need different scaling
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Hi, We are trying to set appropriate limits for a frequency sensor. There are OIDs for the nominal frequency and the acceptable deviation from it. The problem is the nominal OID needs 0.1 scaling while the deviation OID needs 1 scaling (the measured value needs 0.1 scaling). Is there a way to handle this? We tried using 'limit_scale' but that applies the same scaling to both the nominal and delta limits. The specific device is a CyberPower ATS PDU. The OIDs are ePDU2SourceStatusSourceAFrequency, ePDU2SourceStatusSourceBFrequency, ePDU2SourceStatusNominalFrequency and ePDU2SourceConfigFrequencyDeviation. Corwin

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API Error 500
by Nicolas Korten 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Hello dear Observium Team, I'm trying to add a device using the API and get an error 500 message instead of the expected notice that the device is not respondig to snmp. > curl -u korten:secret https://observium.domain.net/api/v0/devices/ -X POST -d '{"hostname":"pe-lab02.domain.net", "snmp_community":"test", "ping_skip":"on"}' <h1>500 Internal Server Error</h1><h3>flight\Engine::_json(): Argument #2 ($code) must be of type int, string given, called in /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php on line 86 (0)</h3><pre>#0 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(86): flight\Engine->_json() #1 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(50): flight\core\Dispatcher->runEvent() #2 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Engine.php(113): flight\core\Dispatcher->run() #3 [internal function]: flight\Engine->__call() #4 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(287): call_user_func_array() #5 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Flight.php(143): flight\core\Dispatcher::invokeMethod() #6 /opt/observium/html/api/v0/includes/devices.inc.php(133): Flight::__callStatic() #7 [internal function]: api_add_device() #8 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(250): call_user_func_array() #9 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(237): flight\core\Dispatcher::callFunction() #10 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Engine.php(508): flight\core\Dispatcher::execute() #11 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(86): flight\Engine->_start() #12 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(50): flight\core\Dispatcher->runEvent() #13 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Engine.php(113): flight\core\Dispatcher->run() #14 [internal function]: flight\Engine->__call() #15 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(287): call_user_func_array() #16 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Flight.php(143): flight\core\Dispatcher::invokeMethod() #17 /opt/observium/html/api/v0/index.php(66): Flight::__callStatic() #18 {main}</pre> As far as I can see, the error is in: api/v0/includes/devices.inc.php at line 133: >Flight::json($json, '400'); should be: Flight::json($json, 400); Agree? Thank you and have a nice day, Nico -- Nicolas Korten Dipl.-Ing. Systemtechnik und Dienste/EDV komro GmbH Am Innreit 2 DE-83022 Rosenheim Telefon: +49 8031 365 7913 Telefax: +49 8031 365 7699 Mail: korten(a)komro.net / http://www.komro.net __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Geschäftsführer: Dipl. Ing. Gert Vorwalder Vorsitz im Aufsichtsrat: Oberbürgermeister Andreas März Sitz der Gesellschaft: Rosenheim Registergericht: Traunstein, HRB-Nr. 10689 USt.-IdNr.: DE 188814299 Hinweise zur Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten gem Art. 13 DSGVO: Verantwortlich für die Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten im Rahmen des vorliegenden Kontakts ist die komro GmbH Weitere Informationen zur Verarbeitung Ihrer Daten, insbesondere zu den Ihnen zustehenden Rechten, können Sie unserer Homepage unter https://www.komro.net/datenschutz entnehmen oder auf jedem anderen Wege unter den o.g. Kontaktdaten bei uns erfragen.

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Group section not working in Status Summary widget
by Ricardo Puig 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

Dear Observium Team, The group section in Status Summary widget is pointing to nowhere (javascript:void(0)) Regards.

1 0

NAT Counters Cisco
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 12 Sep '24

12 Sep '24

Hi. How can I get a NAT's sessions total from Cisco ASR-1002X? We get SNMP results by snmp v2 and Observium version is 23.8.12.912. I must enable NAT MIB, but ¿where is an example? NAT MIB can be enable after add the device? -- Saluda cordialmente

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Hello.
by Bar Russo 12 Sep '24

12 Sep '24

I want to subscribe because I need some help with the metrics of the Observium. [cid:image001.png@01DB04FB.F42B1C50] בר רוסו | מערכות מידע מייל: barr(a)mgrp.co.il<mailto:barr@mgrp.co.il> קבוצת Mgroup | אריאל שרון 8, אור יהודה www.mgrp.co.il<http://www.mgrp.co.il>

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Alert Checker association "Storage Description" major problem
by kalafus＠energotel.sk 10 Sep '24

10 Sep '24

Hello, Creating storage alert checker using entity association "Storage Description" renders page https://observium.xxx.sk/alert_checks/ totally unavailable (just blank whole page). Deleting that alert makes it work again. Looking for a solution...

3 4

Unix agent not working on non-default port
by ricardo＠banak.com 10 Sep '24

10 Sep '24

We have several devices behind a NAT that require using an agent_port other than 36602. Even though I have changed the port in the GUI, the poller seems to continue using the standard port. It seems to me that $device['attribs']['agent_port'] has not been populated. Running 24.9.13634 Pro on debian 12. Thank you. Ricardo Puig

2 2

The graphs for few network devices not getting displayed
by Renuka Arya 09 Sep '24

09 Sep '24

Hi Team! We are running Observium pro version Observium 24.6.13582(stable). Lookslike the memory,processor and network graphs are seeing a draw error. You can still the values beside but it wont draw the graphs. It says "Draw error"/nan I looked into the permissions for the rrd folders for these devices and did change a non-working one similar to a working one as root:observium but that did not fix the issue. I also tried deleting (which was not ideal) a device and adding it back but that did not work as well. Please guide! Thanks! Regards Renuka Arya

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Incorrect sensor limits caused by duplicate unit conversion
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

The definition for the temperature sensor on a CyberPower PDU (or UPS) environmental sensor accessory defines both "unit" and "limit_unit" as "F". This seems to cause the limit values to get converted (to Celsius) twice: first in "entity_limits_definition" using "limit_unit" and then in "discover_sensor_ng" using "sensor_unit" which is set from "unit". For us, the SNMP read limits of 59 and 90 F end up as -9.44 and 0.12 C on the sensor in Observium. This is on version r13629. Simply not setting "limit_unit" is a workaround if both the sensor and limit values use the same unit (maybe that is preferred when defining sensors?). If the units are different a proper fix is needed. Also, is this the preferred method for reporting this kind of issue? Corwin

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How to add a device which only responds to ping/icmp?
by Thomas Stather 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

Hi How can i add a device which cannot (!) speak any snmp and only responds to ping/icmp requests? We have an Aruba wlan setup (Mobility Master and two Mobility Controllers) and i want to add the aps to Observium, so that they are monitored but only by ping/icmp. (The MM and the two MCs are already added to Observium, but i cannot see if one AP went offline or came back online again) The aps cannot speak any snmp when managed by the MM or MC, thats why it fails when i try to add one via ./add_device.php I appreciate any help :) Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services VCP4, VCP6-DCV, VCP6.5-DCV Tel: +49 6221 486 628 Fax: +49 6221 486 561 Bevor Sie diese Mail ausdrucken, prüfen Sie bitte ob dies wirklich nötig ist. Umweltschutz geht uns alle an!

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Observium doesn't show interfaces within VPRN on Nokia routers
by Tao Zhang 21 Aug '24

21 Aug '24

Hi Observium team, We are using Observium as a main tool to monitor our router interfaces and collect SNMP stats. We recently replaced our Juniper routers with Nokia SR 7750. We noticed that Observium doesn't work very well with Nokia routers. Observium can only show the interfaces in the master instance, not the interfaces within VPRN or VPLS instances (Nokia call those interfaces SAPs). To be able to see interfaces within VPLS or VPRN, we need to enable two other MIBs, TIMETRA-SAP-MIB and TIMETRA-VRTR-MIB. We are not sure how to enable those two MIBs. Do we need to add them manually? This is the MIBs enabled on the Nokia router (default). [cid:ece89bfc-3ae2-4dcd-9c7c-641c3978f803] Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tao

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Re: How to add a device which only responds to ping/icmp?
by Croene Jan (PZ Antwerpen) 21 Aug '24

21 Aug '24

Dear, We bought the license to monitor devices via ping-check (with the probe functionality). "Observium is designed to collect and display data from SNMP-capable devices, but not every device supports SNMP. In order to monitor non-SNMP capable devices, the probes system can be used to perform checks on non-SNMP devices". I am just wondering how we can add a device in observium that cannot handle snmp? ________________________________ Als u niet de beoogde ontvanger van deze email bent, lees onze disclaimer<https://www.politie.be/nl/maildisclaimer>. Si vous n'?tes pas le destinataire pr?vu de cet email, lisez notre disclaimer<https://www.politie.be/fr/maildisclaimer>. Wenn Sie nicht der beabsichtigte Empf?nger dieser email sind, lesen Sie unseren disclaimer<https://www.politie.be/de/maildisclaimer>. If you aren't the intended recipient of this email, read our disclaimer<https://www.politie.be/en/maildisclaimer>.

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Observium stops displaying stats for all monitored hosts for a period of time
by Kevin Riahi 21 Aug '24

21 Aug '24

Hello Team, It seems Observium stops displaying stats for all (most) monitored hosts for a period of time and then back to normal.!!! I've attached a few screenshots. Has this behavior been documented in the past? If not what is the best way to debug this. Observium ver 24.8.13606 Running on a dedicated server. 12 Core Xeon Proc 64 GB RAM Raided SSD drives. Thank you Kevin Riahi

3 3

Running on a subdomain
by d.wiersma＠dw-its.nl 20 Aug '24

20 Aug '24

Hi, I want to run overservium on a subdomain. My main domain is https://dw-its.nl Is it possible to run in under observium.dw-its.nl?

2 1

Bandwidth alerts based on value in "Device Port Parsed Speed"
by Brad Bendy 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

Hi, Checked around and can't figure out a way to do this and don't see anything in mailing list about it. Is there a way to build alerts based on the bandwidth value we are setting this way? For example we have a description of "[600Mbit]" and then want to alert on 80% of this value for example. I don't see a way to do this as the test conditions are all the parameters from SNMP. Obviously can make up a checker and do the math manually and what not but would not auto adjust and I need 100+ of these created. Would anyone else find this helpful? Thanks

1 0

Missing some nice stats from Cisco 9800 that I got from Cisco 5520
by andri＠harpa.is 12 Aug '24

12 Aug '24

Hi Our organization recently upgraded from Cisco 5520 WLC to Cisco 9800 WLC. In observium I get really good statistics about wireless client count and wireless ap count on the 5520 but not on the 9800. I am not sure if this is something on observium side or cisco side. But I wanted to ask if anyone has the same issue and if they found a solution. Or maybe this is just something that needs to be added. Please let me know if there is any further information I can submit. Best regards Andri

4 6

aerohive devices
by antero.vasconcelos＠truenet.pt 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Hi team is there a way to view the wlans on aerohive AP and connected clients? what mib shoud be enabled? Anterov

2 1

Bug report: Broken scaling on some SFP receive power graphs
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Hi Observium team, We're having issues with some of the generated graphs. Some of our devices report the light level received by SFPs using mW (rather than dBm). We are on the latest stable revision (13582). Issue 1: The graphs generated by Observium for these sensors usually show an excessive scale of at least -100 mW to 100 mW when the data in the specified time interval are entirely within the range 100 nW to 1 mW and usually only a small chunk of that. The calculated minimum and maximum values shown below the graph are correct. These graphs worked properly in the past with a prior version of Observium. Issue 2: Selecting and deselecting the Force Autoscale option appears to have no effect on the generated graph or displayed rrd graph command. Manually running the generated rrd graph command after removing the "--alt-autoscale" option results in a good graph. Here is the raw SNMP output for one of the these sensors showing a current value of 0.5560mW: ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorType.1000004631 = INTEGER: watts(6) ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorScale.1000004631 = INTEGER: milli(8) ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorPrecision.1000004631 = INTEGER: 4 ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorValue.1000004631 = INTEGER: 5560 ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorOperStatus.1000004631 = INTEGER: ok(1) Corwin

5 12

Switch overview: configurable interface sorting?
by Wiethoff, Helge 06 Aug '24

06 Aug '24

Hello everyone, The port sorting in the device overview has been changed at some point. Previously, it was sorted alphanumerically, but now the numbers are prioritized. Before, the order was A1, A2, A3..., B1, B2, B3, etc. And now it is A1, B1, A2, B2..., A3, B3, etc. Is there a way to change the sorting back to the old method using a configuration switch? Thank you and best regards Helge

2 1

Percent CPU
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, cuestion. we have about 600+ devices (switchs, wireless, router), we want know CPU usage on each one . On many devices we see 93% CPU usage. but login into device we can see only 1 measure and shows less than 7% on slot 0.0. While on observium we have 3 measures: processor, processor 1 and slot 0.0. please helpus to get the right measure. example [image: image.png] [image: image.png] [image: image.png] on centos 7 from CLI [image: image.png] -- Saluda cordialmente

1 0

Missing rebuild buttons for groups and alert checkers
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, We use Observium groups extensively, often nested several times. Our alert checkers then reference these groups. After making changes to a group, including by adding a device, we used to force rebuilds of the groups (possibly several times) and checkers so the changes would propagate all the way through. We are on the latest stable revision (r13582) and the rebuild buttons are no longer available in the UI (possibly removed in r13391). What should we do now when we need to forcibly propagate changes? Corwin

2 2

Oxidized Integration?
by Wiethoff, Helge 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, I am currently testing a replacement for rancid. Rancid has worked for a long time, but adding new device classes feels more and more unwieldy. Oxidized [1] makes a good first impression and I was able to add new device classes without big problems. Then of course I would also like to see an integration with my favorite network management tool :-) There are people who have already worked on this: https://github.com/colin-stubbs/observium-oxidized It looks like this patch doesn't quite work for current observium versions, so I'd like to ask if anyone is working on it and what are the chances that there could be an Observium integration (professional edition)? Thanks Helge [1] https://github.com/ytti/oxidized

3 4

Polling - Real time port graphs are different on devices that run Linux natively
by ruben.aninoiu＠zananet.com 01 Aug '24

01 Aug '24

Hi Guys, I have noticed that the real-time graphs for devices that run Linux natively (JunosOS, UnifiOS, etc) display the traffic with "intervals in between". The non-native Linux devices (FortiOS, Cisco IOS) provide a nicer real-time graph for port traffic when polled. Is there something that could be adjusted so that the native Linux devices show the nicer graph? Best regards, Ruben

2 1

Status of OBS-4873
by Williams Sr., Mark Charles (Fed) 31 Jul '24

31 Jul '24

Hello Adam, Following up on the status of OBS-4873 (Oops during discovery of Dell N4000 Series Switches). Or Was this the correct place to send Maintenance issues? Mark C Williams Sr. Scientific Systems | Research Services Office Office of Information Systems Management National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) US Dept of Commerce

1 0

Abend on alert checker
by Joey Stanford 25 Jul '24

25 Jul '24

2 3

F5 Device not discovered
by dariusz.nowak＠contemi.com 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

Hi All, First email - welcome! I believe got small problem with discovering my F5 device , see below screenshot: https://postimg.cc/D4vm9mm8 Please correct me If I'm wrong but these F5 MiBs should not fail yeah? Now device is discovered with OS: F5 BIG-IP 16.1.0 Build 0.28.19 Engineering Hotfix (afm apm asm avr ltm) And I have basic stats like Network interfaces but nothing related to virtual servers that I believe is in other MIBs. Can somebody point me in right direction where to start troubleshoot this? Thanks Dariusz

2 2

Many devices shown as down(dns)
by Marios.P＠crowe.com.cy 19 Jul '24

19 Jul '24

Hello all, I can see in my observium installation that many devices changed their status to down(dns). This is a new installation and we migrated the configuration yesterday on a new server and devices were working properly. At around the same time (14:20:00) a lot of our machines changed their status to down. The message in the Event log is "Device status changed to Down (dns)". I tried to find what the problem may be but I can see SNMP are correct and dns records exist for the systems. Any ideas? Thank you, Marios

6 7

BGP alert
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 25 Jun '24

25 Jun '24

hi, in the observium's web keeps [image: image.png] This alert box appears from sunday (expected, we change of isp) but now is wednesday and show 0s. not 2d or real time since down we can disable this alert? without disable all bgp sessions -- Saluda cordialmente

2 1

Apache / https hung after updating Observing
by Roger Larsen 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Dear Observium Community We have for several times experienced problem after Obsevium Professional update. Today we updated from 24.4.13501 to 24.6.13582 (by using $ svn update & $ ./discovery.php -u) OS CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) updated today w/ kernel: 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 After restarting server we struggle logging in to WebGUI. Apache /httpd is complaining on “to many concurrent connections”. Are there any suggestion on how to update Observium without getting these problems? Any householding processes needed for a better update? Or maybe we need to be more patient and give the server some more minutes after update? Today we waited 30 minutes, and still not able to login… R Austevoll Breiband AS - LYSGLIMT Roger Larsen Teknisk sjef / CTO Tlf +47 9523 7640 / +47 5508 0111 Epost roger.larsen(a)ikt.lysglimt.net<mailto:roger.larsen@ikt.lysglimt.net> [signature_3169845242] www.lysglimt.net<http://www.lysglimt.net> Denne e-posten er beregnet for den institusjon eller person den er rettet til og kan være belagt med lovbestemt taushetsplikt. Dersom e-posten er mottatt ved en feil, vennligst returner den til Austevoll Breiband AS og slett den fra systemet. This email with attachments is solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please return the e-mail to the Austevoll Breiband AS without producing, distributing or retaining copies thereof.

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incomplete list of windows services
by Tony Guadagno 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Hi, I have noticed (now that I am looking) that the list of services on my windows servers is incomplete. In particular, I installed a service about 1 month ago on all my servers and this services does not show on any server in Observium. Can someone tell me how to start troubleshooting this issue? thanks Tony

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Import end devices via CSV - What's the format?
by Chris Cottingham 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

I want to import a lot of my devices via a CSV file. I know there is a way to import from the command line but I don’t see much on the file format for the command line utility. Anyone know the best way to import a lot of devices quickly? Is a CSV the best way to go? Thanks!!

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Trial version help
by Chris Humphreys 13 Jun '24

13 Jun '24

Hi all, We are trialling the software and it was working fine but now when accessing the site we get this message. “DB not connected, please check database connection configuration. DB Error 2002: No such file or directory” Any ideas how I might be able to sort this? Thanks Chris Humphreys Senior IT Infrastructure and Applications Manager (m) +44 7852 040601 www.fladgate.com<https://www.fladgate.com/> for Fladgate LLP (p) +44 20 3036 7151 Address click here<https://www.fladgate.com/contact-us> [cid:image001.jpg@01DABCBC.07213020] [Twitter]<https://twitter.com/fladgatellp> [LinkedIn]<https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-humphreys-1b199535/> [cid:image004.jpg@01DABCBC.07213020]<https://www.fladgate.com/> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL to the named recipient(s) and may be legally privileged. If you are not a named recipient please notify us and ensure that this e-mail is deleted and not read or copied or disclosed to anyone else. E-mail may be corrupted, intercepted or amended and so we do not accept any liability for the contents received unless they are the same as sent by us. E-mail sent or received using our system may be monitored, intercepted or read by us before or after it reaches the recipient; if you reply to this message you consent to this activity in relation to your response. Fladgate LLP is a limited liability partnership, registered in England and Wales with registered number OC334334. It is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, number 484783. The term partner is used to refer to a member of Fladgate LLP. A list of members is available at the above registered office. For more information, including our Terms of Business and Personal data processing notice, please visit http://www.fladgate.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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LDAP - Synology
by Lanham Rattan 07 Jun '24

07 Jun '24

I believe I have LDAP sort of working. I am trying to authenticate against a Synology LDAP server. When I use debug mode I see debug info for invalid users and bad passwords but if I enter a proper user and password there is no debug information and I get the error message “User is disabled”. So, I believe I am missing something. Beyond the server bindings I have these settings: $config['auth_ldap_prefix'] = "uid"; $config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",dc=clearnetworx,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_groupbase'] = "dc=clearnetworx,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_groups']['Observium-Users']['level'] = 5; $config['auth_ldap_groupmembertype'] = "fulldn"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmemberattr'] = "memberOf";

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Cisco ASA stopped reporting port metrics
by Tony Guadagno 24 May '24

24 May '24

Hi, around October 2023 all my asa graphs start looking like this: [cid:image001.jpg@01DAAD26.4CD63480] All my port counters are zero from then on. I have 17 asa's and they all are behaving this way. It is very possible about that time, I applied an update to the asa's. Can someone give me some steps to troubleshoot this, so I can figure out if cisco actually broke something, or if there is an observium issue.... Much appreciated Tony Guadagno

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postgres / nginx app script update?
by Wolf Noble 23 May '24

23 May '24

the "current" version of the postgresql app `unix agent stats script` doesn't seem to work on "modernish" postgres installs ``` root@bluebox:/usr/lib/observium_agent/scripts-available# ./postgresql.pl Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 88. Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 134. Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 140. <<<app-postgresql>>> Use of uninitialized value $version in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 151. version: cCount:0 tDbs:0 tUsr:0 tHst:0 idle:0 select:0 update:0 delete:0 other:0 Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 161. xact_commit: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 162. xact_rollback: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 163. blks_read: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 164. blks_hit: Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 165. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 166. tup_returned: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 167. tup_fetched: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 168. tup_inserted: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 169. tup_updated: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 170. tup_deleted: ``` (this is on postgres 14... current is 16... ) Has someone already solved this problem? Also, are there plans to address the current limitation of the nginx `unix agent app script` that constrains it to a single instance of nginx? for systems with multiple containers running isolated nginx stacks, the current 'one instance of an app per monitored device' is kinda limiting... is this something that's likely to be addressed anytime soonish? hope the world's treatin y'all well! W Wolf Noble Hoof & Paw loiosh(a)wolfspaw.com -=[ This message has been composed and transmitted with 100% recycled electrons ]=-

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Locking Down Observium
by Chris Cottingham 22 May '24

22 May '24

Is there any way to setup SAML or Mutual TLS on the Observium server? Chris Cottingham Transmission Facility Engineering Systems + R&D | Apple Music (512) 412-1082 Cell. ccottingham(a)apple.com

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Script transport to Line Notify
by kfps214＠kfps.tp.edu.tw 17 May '24

17 May '24

I write a php script about alert notify，in scripts I use observium variable ex:ALERT_STATE but is valids, vareabels can not show，how do I do?

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Unknown Ports Showing Down.
by lawrence＠e2snail.com 11 May '24

11 May '24

I am very sorry but I am new to Observium and I don't really know how to ask this question. This also means that I have tried but cannot find questions of issues similar to what I am asking. I have a Unifi network. This question happens on all my switches. Is there a way to send a screenshot of what I am seeing. Basically I have an 8 port switch as can be seen below. Each of the physical ports are showing good, apart from port 8 where nothing is connected, but everything from 3/5 up to 3/26 are all down. what are all these ports and where do they source from. Is there a way to suppress them, and have them not showing. Device Port Name Bits[In/Out] Media[In/Out] 192.168.1.50| 0/1|Port 1 2.92Mbps|142kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/2|Port 2 125kbps|2.91Mbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/3|Port 3 8bps|5.85kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/4|Port 4 2.83kbps|7.85kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/5|Port 5 9.96kbps|5.78kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/6|Port 6 48bps|5.89kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/7|Port 7 2.22kbps|7.34kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/8|Port 8 0bps|0bps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/1| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/2| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/3| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/4| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/5| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/6| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/7| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/8| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/9| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/10| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/11| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/12| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/13| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/14| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/15| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/16| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/17| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/18| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/19| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/20| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/21| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/22| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/23| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/24| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/25| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/26| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| CPU Interface: 5/1| 6.33kbps|3.7kbps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9b UP Thanks Lawrence

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NEWBIE Question: Global MIB Configuration
by lawrence＠e2snail.com 11 May '24

11 May '24

I am looking through the Global MIB Configuration and I see loads and loads of MIBs that are not used within my infrastructure. Things like Cisco, and A3COM, and many more. My question is two fold. The first is, is it good practise to disable non-used MIBS Then my second question is, is there a way to mass update the disabling of MIBS. The issue is, if I select a MIB and click disable, then the page refreshes and goes to teh top of the page. This is annoying for many because there are very many MIBs that I would like to disable. Thanks in advance for a GREAT product. Keep it up. Thanks Lawrence

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Strange VLAN ID's 4096 + 4097 with VMWare ESX Hosts
by grendel＠grendelbox.de 08 May '24

08 May '24

Observium 23.9.13005 Community Edition shows under PORTS --> VLANs two VLAN which are out of IEEE 802.1Q Range (0-4095) VLAN ID VLAN Name 4096 vlan4096 31 4097 VLAN 4097 after klicking on the VLAN Names it shows for both VLAN-Names all LAN Connects of our VMWare ESXi Hosts we got 2 older ESXi Hosts (v6 level) and 4 new ESXi Hosts (v8 level) an of course NO ESXi has a VLAN ID 4096/4097 Is this some kind of misinterpretation?

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PowerDNS recursive Unix Agent
by Bergen, Ryan 02 May '24

02 May '24

Observium polling PowerDNS Recursor stats broke in Fall 2023 CE update, could we get this fixed? [Observium] Re: PowerDNS Recursive Server application (mail-archive.com)<https://www.mail-archive.com/observium@lists.observium.org/msg00563.html> Oops! Something went wrong! You may want to report this to the Observium developers. explode(): Argument #2 ($string) must be of type string, array given in /opt/observium/includes/polling/applications/powerdns.inc.php:17 Stack trace: #0: (unknown function) called at [/opt/observium/includes/polling/applications/powerdns.inc.php:17] 12: */ 13: 14: if (!empty($agent_data['app']['powerdns'])) { 15: $app_id = discover_app($device, 'powerdns'); 16: 17: foreach (explode(",", $agent_data['app']['powerdns']) as $line) { 18: [$key, $value] = explode("=", $line, 2); 19: $powerdns[$key] = $value; 20: } 21: 22: $data = [ Ryan Bergen Network Lead HyLife Ltd 30 Market Boulevard Steinbach, Manitoba R5G 2X9 p 204-424-2300 x472 hylife.com<https://hylife.com/> • Ryan.Bergen(a)Hylife.com<mailto:Ryan.Bergen@Hylife.com> [cid3813500305*image001.png(a)01D93182.760726F0]

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test ml
by Mike Stupalov 01 May '24

01 May '24

pls ignore me. -- Mike Stupalov, Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GjpNXKWm8W Observium Limited, https://observium.org

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