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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 45
by Dudu 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

Hi All. Thank you for the reply. I do agree that this information is not published via snmp. Maybe it will be the first system to use telnet or ssh and do some text parsing. Its also a lot more reliable. That can be a great thing. Thanks again David. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: observium-request(a)observium.org Date:11/09/2014 19:32 (GMT+02:00) To: observium(a)observium.org Cc: Subject: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 45 Send observium mailing list submissions to observium(a)observium.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to observium-request(a)observium.org You can reach the person managing the list at observium-owner(a)observium.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Maybe I got it Wrong. (Spencer Gaw) 2. Re: Maybe I got it Wrong. (Tristan Rhodes) 3. Re: Maybe I got it Wrong. (Tristan Rhodes) 4. Manually edit the port name / description (Anthony Polselli) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 08:18:54 -0600 From: Spencer Gaw <spencerg(a)frii.net> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Maybe I got it Wrong. Message-ID: <5411AF4E.7080506(a)frii.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed You might want to read up on SNMP and how it operates. Observium does not run commands on any device - it merely reports the data it gathers via SNMP. Regards, SG On 9/11/2014 4:31 AM, Dudu wrote: > Hi All, > I'm new here and I'm not sure about the port view. I can see the > neighbours and computers on the vlan on right side , the command looks > like show ip arp > > Maybe it's better to map the computer to the port itself? sh mac > address-table > > So out of the box we will know which server is connected to which > port. That could help to find VM's as well. > > Many Thanks > David. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:06:18 -0600 From: Tristan Rhodes <tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Maybe I got it Wrong. Message-ID: <CALeA1nfH+R-g7JdeQ4UD9nbtv6cN87-1UVDhcxSAveJ4WHC3ZQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" David, I think you had the same confusion as me, regarding how to find MAC addresses of nodes (computers). 1) Start by clicking on the name of a device. (You can search for it on the top right) 2) Click on the "Ports" tab. 3) If this is a router, there will be a tab called "ARP/NDP Table", this is IPv4 and IPv6 mapping of MAC address to IP address. If this device was only a layer-2 switch, then this tab would not be displayed. 4) There is a tab called "FDB Table", this is the mapping of MAC address to switchport. (I have always called this the CAM table). Due to the functionality of broadcasts, this will show every device in the same VLAN (the MAC address is seen on switch uplinks) However, I wish there was a node lookup tool that showed which switchport a computer was plugged into. We should be able to identify the interface closest to the computer by removing all interfaces that are CDP/LLDP neighbors with another known network device. Does this make sense? Cheers, Tristan *Tristan Rhodes* Network Engineer Weber State University 801.626.8549 On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Spencer Gaw <spencerg(a)frii.net> wrote: > You might want to read up on SNMP and how it operates. Observium does not > run commands on any device - it merely reports the data it gathers via SNMP. > > Regards, > > SG > > > On 9/11/2014 4:31 AM, Dudu wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I'm new here and I'm not sure about the port view. I can see the >> neighbours and computers on the vlan on right side , the command looks like >> show ip arp >> >> Maybe it's better to map the computer to the port itself? sh mac >> address-table >> >> So out of the box we will know which server is connected to which port. >> That could help to find VM's as well. >> >> Many Thanks >> David. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >

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Maybe I got it Wrong.
by Dudu 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

Hi All, I'm new here and I'm not sure about the port view. I can see the neighbours and computers on the vlan on right side , the command looks like show ip arp Maybe it's better to map the computer to the port itself? sh mac address-table So out of the box we will know which server is connected to which port. That could help to find VM's as well. Many Thanks David.

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Re: [Observium] how to make observium not to poll certain mibs
by Zhenhui Liang 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

I tried that. But seems only a few module are listed there. I think if I disable any of them, a big class of monitors would be disabled with it. I am looking for a way to disable certain mib/objects. Thanks a lot. Would removing/commenting out those objects from the mib file help? On 9/9/14, 2:19 PM, "Pedersen, Sean" <spedersen(a)io.com> wrote: >On the device's page in Observium, there is a small gear icon on the far >right hand side of the screen. Click on that. Then click on the MIBs link >in the Edit bar. You should see a list of MIBs associated with that >device. From there you can disable individual MIBs from being polled. > >-----Original Message----- >From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of >Zhenhui Liang >Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 2:11 PM >To: Observium Network Observation System >Subject: [Observium] how to make observium not to poll certain mibs > >Hi, Sorry if this has been answered. But I didn't find the answer in >doing search. > >So we have a router bug of memory leak core-dump which was caused by >observium trying to do snmpwalk against a certain mib. Vendor advise us >to upgrade the code to latest, which we can't do without significant >amount of coordination. So I am trying to figure out how to make >observium not to poll it. didn't find from gui. >If I delete the mib definition from the mibs/ sub dir, would that be >enough? > >Thanks a lot. >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > >Founded in 2007, IO is a worldwide leader in software defined data center >technology, services and solutions that enable businesses and governments >to intelligently control their information. > >The communication contained in this e-mail is confidential and is >intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that >is privileged, proprietary, attorney work product or exempt from >disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in >error, or are not the named recipient(s), please note that any form of >distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in >it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately notify >the sender of the error, and delete this communication including any >attached files from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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The ports on the switches doesn't seems to display correct network throughput
by Arya, Renuka [BSD] - MED 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

Hi Team, I installed Observium recently. It seems to be working just fine. However, I do see discrepancies in the throughput result. When I run a network performance tool (Nuttcp) on one of the server and monitor the corresponding port on the switch through observium. I observe that the the server is generating around 9.8 Gbps data. If I check the ports directly on the switch I see same thing (~9.8 Gbps) but when I see in through observium on the corresponding port , I see frequent spikes to 12 - 15 Gbps. I am not sure why I am seeing these high value because the NICs on servers are having a 10 G NICs and I never see anything higher than 10 Gbps on server or on the port on the switch. But the real time graphs on Observium shows the spikes of around 12 - 15 Gbps. I would be really glad if you help me on this. I really like the tool but the discrepancy in the throughput result is kind of driving me crazy. Thanks! Regards Renuka ________________________________ This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this email message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and destroy/delete all copies of the transmittal. Thank you.

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Re: [Observium] Eventlog time and date
by Tomasz Karczewski 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

Ok i've changed in php.ini date.timezone value to Europe/Warsaw and now is fine :) Tnx for the advice. Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tomasz Karczewski Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:22 PM To: 'Observium Network Observation System' Subject: Re: [Observium] Eventlog time and date SELECT TIMEDIFF(NOW(), UTC_TIMESTAMP); +--------------------------------+ | TIMEDIFF(NOW(), UTC_TIMESTAMP) | +--------------------------------+ | 02:00:00 | +--------------------------------+ 1 row in set (1.18 sec) php -i | grep timezone PHP Warning: Unknown: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in Unknown on line 0 Default timezone => UTC date.timezone => no value => no value date +%::z +02:00:00 Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Mike Stupalov Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:00 PM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Eventlog time and date Hi, On 10.09.2014 13:07, Tomasz Karczewski wrote: Hi there, I've got one question. Fresh eventlogs and syslogs have format <https://observium.man.olsztyn.pl/> -1y -1d -2h . How to change it? pls show some info for your server: 1. mysql timezone, from console: $ mysql SELECT TIMEDIFF(NOW(), UTC_TIMESTAMP); 2. php timezone: $ php -i | grep timezone 3. system timezone: $ date +%::z Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Mike Stupalov http://observium.org

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Eventlog time and date
by Tomasz Karczewski 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

Hi there, I've got one question. Fresh eventlogs and syslogs have format <https://observium.man.olsztyn.pl/> -1y -1d -2h . How to change it? Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

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email alerts
by Zhenhui Liang 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

Hi, All I tired many ways to make email working. But seems to be out of luck. >From linux command line, mail prove to be work on either local sendmail/postfix or via external smtp server. Php test email works either way as well. But observium seems not able to generate any alert email. A tcpdump session would not capture any email data as well when my configured alert checker fires off an alert. Seems from config.php, I need to configure $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "Observium Email Alert"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "email"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contact'] = “zliang(a)xxxx.com"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['email_from'] = “observium(a)xxxxxx.com"; $config['email_backend'] = "mail"; $config['email_smtp_host'] = 'localhost’; Also tried $config['email']['from'] = “observium(a)xxx.com"; $config['email']['backend'] = "mail"; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = 'localhost'; $config['email']['default_only'] = 'true'; $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = 'false’; And $config['email']['from'] = “observium(a)mydomain.com"; $config['email']['backend'] = “smtp"; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = ’smtp.mydomain.com'; $config['email']['default_only'] = 'true'; $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = 'false’; None of those combination of configs works. It looks like we are deprecate old format of $config['email_from’] to $config[‘email’]['from’] style? With later format, from global settings, I could see my change taking effect. But using the old format, some values got updated, some not. But nevertheless, email were never sent out. Please advise. I am using code version of Observium 0.14.9.5798 Apache 2.2.15 (CentOS) PHP 5.3.3 MySQL 5.1.66 SNMP NET-SNMP version: 5.5 RRDtool 1.3.8

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how to make observium not to poll certain mibs
by Zhenhui Liang 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

Hi, Sorry if this has been answered. But I didn’t find the answer in doing search. So we have a router bug of memory leak core-dump which was caused by observium trying to do snmpwalk against a certain mib. Vendor advise us to upgrade the code to latest, which we can’t do without significant amount of coordination. So I am trying to figure out how to make observium not to poll it. didn’t find from gui. If I delete the mib definition from the mibs/ sub dir, would that be enough? Thanks a lot.

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FW: FTOS 9.4 not working properly with Observium whereas 8.3.12.0 for Force10 switches
by Arya, Renuka [BSD] - MED 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

Hi Team, I recently installed Obervium I am in process of adding my switch devices to Observium network monitoring tool. It seems that my Force10 S4810 switch with FTOS 8.3.12.0 displays correct graphs whereas the Force10 S4810 switches with FTOS 9.4 doesn't display graphs correctly.It works partially, but doesn't display a lot of other information. The website http://www.observium.org/wiki/Supported_Devices says they have tested FTOS till 8.2.1.2 and I can see it works fine at least till 8.3.12.0. So Iam not sure what should be expected for higher version of FTOS. It works just fine with Arista OS 4.13.6F I'll be really glad if you can look into this. Thanks! Regards Renuka Arya University of Chicago ________________________________ This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this email message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and destroy/delete all copies of the transmittal. Thank you.

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alert checker based on a specific mib value?
by Zhenhui Liang 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

Hi, I am trying the enterprise observium version now for the alert checkers. I understand that we could add checkers based on existing conditions and metics listed on http://www.observium.org/wiki/Alerting_Metrics_and_Attributes But say, if I want to alert on another mib value not listed here, is there currently a way to do so? for instance, I have this mib listed under mibs/PAN-MIB-MODULES panSessionActive OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of active sessions." ::= { panSession 3 } Can I add an alert checker to put condition as panSessionActive gt 100000 ? I tried, but seems not able to. Is there a special way to do so? Thanks a lot. —Zhenhui Liang

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Email Alert setup
by Darian Jimenez 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

Hello, I was able to get some alert checks going but email doesn't seem to be working. When I try the test_mail.php script it eventually times out giving me the following. ./test_mail.php -h fwtec.sup.domain.local Sending test notification for fwtec.sup.domain.local...Mailer Error: Failed to connect to myemailserverl.protection.outook.com:25 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: Connection timed out (code: -1, response: )] done. my config.php has the following for email settings. $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "xxx@mydomain"; $config['email_from'] = "Observium <observium(a)mydomain.com>"; $config['email_backend'] = "smtp"; $config['email_smtp_host'] = 'mymaildoman.protection.outook.com'; $config['email_smtp_port'] = 25; $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['email_smtp_auth'] = TRUE; $config['email_smtp_username'] = 'xxx@mydomain'; $config['email_smtp_password'] = 'xxxx'; $config['email_smtp_timeout'] = 10; I am able to successfully telnet to my email server on port 25 but can't seem to send. What am i Missing?

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Port errors
by Darian Jimenez 06 Sep '14

06 Sep '14

I just saw I had a warning on port errors and looked at it. It is monitoring a Juniper switch interface. From the legend I can't tell what the "m" stand for for the y axis. would this be resource errors from the switch interface stats? Errors: 275, Drops: 0, Framing errors: 275, Runts: 0, Policed discards: 0, L3 incompletes: 0, L2 channel errors: 0, L2 mismatch timeouts: 0, FIFO errors: 0, Resource errors: 11740453 Thanks, Darian

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Empty graphs
by Joel 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Hi all, just installed Observium CE 0.14.4.5229 on a CentOS 6.5 64bits in VMware Workstation 9 environment : no problem thanks to well done install procedure (http://www.observium.org/wiki/RHEL_Installation); added manually network devices via following commands with no errors : ./add_device.php xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ./discovery.php -h all ./poller.php -h all crontab updated as stated in install procedure ; Everything seems OK during all these steps ; When looking at the results via web interface, I can see all (CISCO here) devices with all their discovered characteristics (type/model, soft version, interfaces, % RAM, % CPU, thruput figures on interfaces, ...) but no graph is drawn at all (even after 4 hours) ; by the way, the graphs legends are correclty, and the grids too, but no curve drawn; when looking at /opt/observium/rrd directory, I can see a sub-dir created per each disvovered device and inside each of them, 1 RRD file created for each collected variable ; (each device RRD subdir is about 40MB after a while, RRD files inside are not empty) Any idea to investigate more about those empty graphs ? thanks for any help

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wrong post
by Joel Guillerm 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

sorry for previous post about netdisco; my mistake

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(no subject)
by Joel Guillerm 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Hello Chris, thanks for your feedback; in the meantime, I had downloaded and tested the netdisco demo VMware appliance and got some problems ; I posted the following mail on the netdisco mailing list but did not get any feedback yet; if you have any ideas, thanks in advance Joel ************************************************* newbie in netdisco, just downloaded and tested netdisco demo VMWare package (V1.0 netdisco version ... a bit too old maybe, even for a test) To run a quick test, 1) I just edited community values and uncomment "discover_only =" statement followed by a comma-separated list of IP routers to be discovered in /usr/local/netdisco/netdisco. conf ; I let "#discover_no =" statement untouched ; 2) then, I restart netdisco via : ./netdisco -p restart ==> OK after a few minutes, I still did not see any IP routers added on the discover_only list shown via web interface; nothing shown in /usr/local/netdisco/data/logs apart from messages related to "netdisco starting" 3) so, I tested the 2 manual commands below via SSH : ./netdisco -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (for 1 single IP) ./netdisco -r xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,yyy.yyy.yyy. yyy, zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz, .... for my list of IPs routers Both commands work successfully and results are OK via web interface Questions : a) what else should I do to avoid having to issue the manual commands and let netdisco do its job ? b) with recent netdisco versions, is there a function that allows to export resulting infos (such as the Devices List with their discovered ard/soft infos) as a CSV file for example ? thanks for any help *************************************************

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Accounting for electricity
by Simon Schmitz 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Hi, what do you think of an accounting for electricity, the same as the network port on a switch only here of a PDU switch. Simon

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Alerts for Network devices›
by Darian Jimenez 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Hello, I just need basics on alerting if device is down or maybe if VPN interface is down etc. Attached I set an alert to just try and find devices that are currently "up" to see if it discovers them with the names starting as fw*. Once it works I will change to check for devices that are “down” What am I doing wrong here since it isn't finding anything.

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Re: [Observium] Alerts for Network devices›
by Adam Armstrong 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

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How to limit Discovery/Polling to infos visible on the main Device panel ?
by Joel Guillerm 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Hello, newbie in Observium ; is it possible to configure Observium to limit its job to get only the informations available on the main Devices panel ? i.e. Device/Location, Platform, Operating System, Uptime/Sysname so, nothing about interfaces, CP, RAM, ... This would be for quick and basic Device inventory purpose only for some environments The idea is to reduce the total discovery/polling time to the minimum for this basic inventory, otherwise, this could last very long time in case of 100's of devices to deal with. thanks for any advice

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Re: [Observium] Google Maps not showing
by Christian Gerbrandt 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

I have this in my config: $config['geocoding']['api'] = 'google'; And is working fine. Where can I find information about this config changes? On Sep 01, 2014, at 05:02 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: On 2014-09-01 16:23, Sebastian Pitei wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First, congrats ot the devs for making such a nice piece of software. > Simple, to the point, perfect! > > Second, my issue: I'm trying to change the maps engine to Google Maps. > I've change the engine to "google" in config.php but unfortunately > nothing is happening. Any ideas? google-mc is the default, and the only one currently expected to work. The old API map was kinda messy, and no one really uses it anymore. adam. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Observium Draw errors
by Adriaan Smuts 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Hi Guys, For some reason Observium is giving Draw Errors on all of our graphs. This started happening after the latest svn update. We have this error on our live observium and our staging/testing one. Does anyone know how to fix this? Please see screenshot below: [cid:image001.png@01CFC769.4007A4D0] Regards Adriaan Smuts Systems Administrator - Windows [file:///C:\Users\adriaan\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\WebAfrica_Files\signature_logo.jpg] ________________________________ Direct Line +27 21 464 9565 Reception 086 000 9500 Website www.webafrica.co.za<http://www.webafrica.co.za/>

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Apache 2.4 config (for newer versions of Linux)
by Tristan Rhodes 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

I saw in the list archives that someone recently asked about using newer versions of Linux with Observium. I am not an Apache expert, but I got it working by simply changing to "Require all granted" in the recommended Observium config: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html root@observium:/opt/observium/includes# cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /opt/observium/html <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> <Directory /opt/observium/html/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log LogLevel warn CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined ServerSignature On </VirtualHost> I also had to manually enable the php5-mcrypt module: sudo php5enmod mcrypt sudo service apache2 restart I hope this was helpful! Tristan *Tristan Rhodes* Network Engineer Weber State University 801.626.8549

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 5
by matthew waterman 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

ok great, I will get a few basic alerters programmed and await an update at some stage with further examples. I will update tommorrow if the alerts have been successful. I like the send recovery toggle - sometimes the little hamster would go ape for up to 20 emails with a missed SNMP down. Glad to send the end of that. Matt On 1 September 2014 20:34, <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3 (Tom Laermans) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:32:27 +0200 > From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3 > Message-ID: <54042F1B.8060804(a)powersource.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" > > Hi Matt, > > Yes, the legacy alerters have been removed as they did not work very > well. The new alerting system is a lot better. > > I was planning to create example alerts to replicate the old ones, but I > haven't gotten around to that unfortunately. > > For example, device rebooted: > > - Entity type: device > - Alert conditions: device_uptime < 300 > - Entity match: * > - Device match: * > > + Turn off "Send recovery" so you don't get a recovery mail after 5 > minutes. > > Tom > > On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, matthew waterman wrote: > > hmmm, > > > > I think I am beginning to see the error in my ways perhaps, > > > > I do not have any Alert-checkers..... > > > > I have never had to add them or go near them as the version I was > > originally running just simply emailed me with Device down, device up, > > device rebooted, or if I wanted it to - port down etc > > > > So the new version will not do this by default? Do I need to created > > alert checkers for all my devices? > > > > matt > > > > > > > > On 1 September 2014 19:53, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> wrote: > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > observium-owner(a)observium.org <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 (Tom Laermans) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:52:26 +0200 > > From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx > > <mailto:tom.laermans@powersource.cx>> > > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 > > Message-ID: <540425BA.6050808(a)powersource.cx > > <mailto:540425BA.6050808@powersource.cx>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > > > Hi, > > > > Please share your alert checker configuration (screenshot) so we > > can see > > if those are alright, first. > > > > Tom > > > > On 01/09/2014 09:46, matthew waterman wrote: > > > Thanks for your replies, > > > > > > I have un commented the line "$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] > > > = TRUE;" , and also confirmed that I have the correct cron job > > > configured. I then gave the VM a reboot as It is one of the devices > > > that I observe. Unfortunalty i did not receive an email alert, so I > > > reboot another device for a full 5 minutes so I should have > > received 1 > > > x email alert for device down and 1 x reboot alert. I did not > > receive > > > either. Is there a way I can monitor/watch the email being sent or > > > processed to confirm that it is indeed happening? > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > On 1 September 2014 11:20, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>>> wrote: > > > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > <mailto:observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org>> > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific > > > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Email setup in Config.php (matthew waterman) > > > 2. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Tristan Rhodes) > > > 3. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Nathan Phelan) > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:32:15 +1200 > > > From: matthew waterman <mwaterman1982(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com> > > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com>>> > > > To: observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > <mailto:observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > > Subject: [Observium] Email setup in Config.php > > > Message-ID: > > > > > > > > <CAMq=ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK+ugBQ6OB2eK+6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > > <mailto: > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%2BugBQ6OB2eK%2B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > > <mailto: > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%2BugBQ6OB2eK%2B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > > <mailto: > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%252BugBQ6OB2eK%252B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com>>> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and > > > recently, > > > approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, > > upgraded > > > via SVN > > > and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at > > > the moment > > > and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this > > > working again. > > > Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to > > > what needs > > > to be changed to get email working again. > > > > > > Config.php: > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of > > > settings you > > > can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! > > > > > > // Database config > > > $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; > > > $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; > > > $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; > > > $config['db_name'] = "observium"; > > > > > > // Location > > > $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; > > > > > > // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a > particular > > > hostname/port > > > // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any > other > > > hostname > > > #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; > > > > > > // Default community list to use when adding/discovering > > > $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); > > > > > > // Authentication Model > > > $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other > > options: > > > ldap, > > > http-auth, please see documentation for config help > > > > > > // Enable alerter > > > // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; > > > > > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > > > > > > // SNMP Settings > > > $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms > > > $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to > > > retry the > > > query > > > > > > //Ping Settings > > > $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms > > > $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to > > > retry the > > > query > > > > > > //Alert Settings > > > $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = > > "myemail(a)domain.co.nz <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz> > > > <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz>>"; > > > $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < > > > myeamil(a)domain.co.nz <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz> > > <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz>>>"; > > > $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > > > $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; > > > $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time > to > > > display > > > reboot warning > > > //Poller and Discovery Modules > > > > > > //Syslog settings > > > $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; > > > $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", > > > "Connection from > > > UDP: [", > > > "ipSystemStatsTable node > > > ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", > > > "diskio.c: don't know how to > > > handle"); ## > > > Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon > > > > > > //Geocoding Configuration > > > > > > > > > // End config.php > > > > > > > > > > > > *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) > > *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 > > > *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 > > > *RRDtool*1.4.7 > > >

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6500 PSU Voltage Check
by Jake Turner 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Hi All, I was wondering if I could configure alerts for the voltage on a couple of 6500 power supplies (to try and alert on power failures). I've used the Entity Type of Voltage and this picks up the Enitity's from the 6500 (110/220v AC power supply, 2500 watt 2 - Power Supply 2 power-input) however I'm unsure on how to configure the 'Check Conditions' and 'Associations'. The below is a guess for the check conditions: Metric Condition Value sensor_voltage lt 220 In Associations I have simply put * * which I suspect is incorrect. Has anybody else tried setting up checks on voltage? Thanks Jake

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Google Maps not showing
by Sebastian Pitei 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Hi everyone, First, congrats ot the devs for making such a nice piece of software. Simple, to the point, perfect! Second, my issue: I'm trying to change the maps engine to Google Maps. I've change the engine to "google" in config.php but unfortunately nothing is happening. Any ideas? Regards, Sebi

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3
by matthew waterman 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

hmmm, I think I am beginning to see the error in my ways perhaps, I do not have any Alert-checkers..... I have never had to add them or go near them as the version I was originally running just simply emailed me with Device down, device up, device rebooted, or if I wanted it to - port down etc So the new version will not do this by default? Do I need to created alert checkers for all my devices? matt On 1 September 2014 19:53, <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 (Tom Laermans) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:52:26 +0200 > From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 > Message-ID: <540425BA.6050808(a)powersource.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > Hi, > > Please share your alert checker configuration (screenshot) so we can see > if those are alright, first. > > Tom > > On 01/09/2014 09:46, matthew waterman wrote: > > Thanks for your replies, > > > > I have un commented the line "$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] > > = TRUE;" , and also confirmed that I have the correct cron job > > configured. I then gave the VM a reboot as It is one of the devices > > that I observe. Unfortunalty i did not receive an email alert, so I > > reboot another device for a full 5 minutes so I should have received 1 > > x email alert for device down and 1 x reboot alert. I did not receive > > either. Is there a way I can monitor/watch the email being sent or > > processed to confirm that it is indeed happening? > > > > Matt > > > > > > On 1 September 2014 11:20, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> wrote: > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > observium-owner(a)observium.org <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Email setup in Config.php (matthew waterman) > > 2. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Tristan Rhodes) > > 3. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Nathan Phelan) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:32:15 +1200 > > From: matthew waterman <mwaterman1982(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com>> > > To: observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > Subject: [Observium] Email setup in Config.php > > Message-ID: > > > > <CAMq=ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK+ugBQ6OB2eK+6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto:ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%2BugBQ6OB2eK%2B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q@mail.gmail.com > >> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hi, > > > > I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and > > recently, > > approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, upgraded > > via SVN > > and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at > > the moment > > and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this > > working again. > > Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to > > what needs > > to be changed to get email working again. > > > > Config.php: > > > > <?php > > > > ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of > > settings you > > can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! > > > > // Database config > > $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; > > $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; > > $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; > > $config['db_name'] = "observium"; > > > > // Location > > $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; > > > > // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a particular > > hostname/port > > // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any other > > hostname > > #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; > > > > // Default community list to use when adding/discovering > > $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); > > > > // Authentication Model > > $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: > > ldap, > > http-auth, please see documentation for config help > > > > // Enable alerter > > // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; > > > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > > > > // SNMP Settings > > $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms > > $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to > > retry the > > query > > > > //Ping Settings > > $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms > > $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to > > retry the > > query > > > > //Alert Settings > > $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "myemail(a)domain.co.nz > > <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz>"; > > $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < > > myeamil(a)domain.co.nz <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz>>"; > > $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > > $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; > > $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time to > > display > > reboot warning > > //Poller and Discovery Modules > > > > //Syslog settings > > $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; > > $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", > > "Connection from > > UDP: [", > > "ipSystemStatsTable node > > ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", > > "diskio.c: don't know how to > > handle"); ## > > Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon > > > > //Geocoding Configuration > > > > > > // End config.php > > > > > > > > *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) > *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 > > *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 > > *RRDtool*1.4.7 > >

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1
by matthew waterman 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Thanks for your replies, I have un commented the line "$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE;" , and also confirmed that I have the correct cron job configured. I then gave the VM a reboot as It is one of the devices that I observe. Unfortunalty i did not receive an email alert, so I reboot another device for a full 5 minutes so I should have received 1 x email alert for device down and 1 x reboot alert. I did not receive either. Is there a way I can monitor/watch the email being sent or processed to confirm that it is indeed happening? Matt On 1 September 2014 11:20, <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Email setup in Config.php (matthew waterman) > 2. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Tristan Rhodes) > 3. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Nathan Phelan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:32:15 +1200 > From: matthew waterman <mwaterman1982(a)gmail.com> > To: observium(a)observium.org > Subject: [Observium] Email setup in Config.php > Message-ID: > <CAMq= > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK+ugBQ6OB2eK+6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and recently, > approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, upgraded via SVN > and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at the moment > and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this working again. > Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to what needs > to be changed to get email working again. > > Config.php: > > <?php > > ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of settings you > can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! > > // Database config > $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; > $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; > $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; > $config['db_name'] = "observium"; > > // Location > $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; > > // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a particular > hostname/port > // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any other hostname > #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; > > // Default community list to use when adding/discovering > $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); > > // Authentication Model > $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: ldap, > http-auth, please see documentation for config help > > // Enable alerter > // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > > // SNMP Settings > $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms > $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to retry the > query > > //Ping Settings > $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms > $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to retry the > query > > //Alert Settings > $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "myemail(a)domain.co.nz"; > $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < > myeamil(a)domain.co.nz>"; > $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; > $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time to display > reboot warning > //Poller and Discovery Modules > > //Syslog settings > $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; > $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", "Connection from > UDP: [", > "ipSystemStatsTable node > ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", > "diskio.c: don't know how to handle"); ## > Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon > > //Geocoding Configuration > > > // End config.php > > > > *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 > *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 > *RRDtool*1.4.7 >

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Email setup in Config.php
by matthew waterman 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Hi, I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and recently, approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, upgraded via SVN and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at the moment and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this working again. Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to what needs to be changed to get email working again. Config.php: <?php ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of settings you can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! // Database config $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; $config['db_name'] = "observium"; // Location $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a particular hostname/port // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any other hostname #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; // Default community list to use when adding/discovering $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); // Authentication Model $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: ldap, http-auth, please see documentation for config help // Enable alerter // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) // SNMP Settings $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to retry the query //Ping Settings $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to retry the query //Alert Settings $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "myemail(a)domain.co.nz"; $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < myeamil(a)domain.co.nz>"; $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time to display reboot warning //Poller and Discovery Modules //Syslog settings $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", "Connection from UDP: [", "ipSystemStatsTable node ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", "diskio.c: don't know how to handle"); ## Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon //Geocoding Configuration // End config.php *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 *RRDtool*1.4.7

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Re: [Observium] Syslog msg empty temporary fix
by Mike Stupalov 30 Aug '14

30 Aug '14

1. write questions to list pls, I'm not a service support 2. why do you have a line break in $template, all text betwen $template and \n" this is one line (use copy-paste) 3. about '& stop' vs '& ~', tilde - legacy but still working variant, and therefore suitable for the old and new rsyslog versions and in irc you sayd that syslog messages displayed if in cisco device set logging without timezone, this is not true? On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Wouter Prins <wp(a)null0.nl> wrote: > It still doesn't work correctly here. > Any idea's? :) > > I've pasted this into /etc/rsyslog.conf: > > -- > $template > observium,"%fromhost%||%syslogfacility%||%syslogpriority%||%syslogseverity%||%syslogtag%||%$year%-%$month%-%$day% > %timereported:8:25%||%msg%||% > programname%\n" > $ModLoad omprog > $ActionOMProgBinary /opt/observium/syslog.php > > :inputname, isequal, "imudp" :omprog:;observium > > & stop > #--------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Any idea why i still dont see any cisco syslog messages? When i restart > rsyslogd its not complaining about syntax etc. > I do see unix syslog from servers. > > > On 24 August 2014 12:37, Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> yes, everything works >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Wouter Prins <wp(a)null0.nl> wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> Is this config working for you in 14.04.1? >>> >>> >>> On 20 August 2014 07:14, Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> .. or just use Rsyslog because it is in base Ubuntu system: >>>> http://observium.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Syslog_Server >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Robert Williams < >>>> Robert(a)custodiandc.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Further to Pav's comments earlier, I’ve found that setting the >>>>> “no-parse” flag in syslog-ng stops it from messing with the string and >>>>> restores some reasonable sanity to the messages which get passed to >>>>> Observium. Clearly something has changed within syslog-ng from Ubuntu >>>>> 12->14 and this new issue is nothing to do with the >>>>> Observium-importing-the-message element. >>>>> >>>>> For anyone suffering the same fate, the actual setting syntax to be >>>>> used within the Observium definition for syslog-ng is: >>>>> >>>>> source s_net { >>>>> udp(flags(no-parse)); >>>>> }; >>>>> >>>>> This restores 100% normal message structure for /most/ of the devices >>>>> I’ve just tested with, including all the IOS 15.x ones which had all >>>>> started showing simply "%" as the message content. >>>>> >>>>> The ones which are still a little bit broken are the IOS-XR based >>>>> units as they seem to pass a load of process name, event log number, >>>>> process number, favourite colour and other random crap in the “message” >>>>> element. However, they were all a bit broken before all this anyway to be >>>>> fair. >>>>> >>>>> I can see that within the /includes/syslog.php there is a rather >>>>> extensive section of preg_match/replace for a number of $os types. So I >>>>> guess the best way forwards to sanitise the extra IOS-XR crap is to build >>>>> it in there and submit a patch. Although I have a feeling that IOS and >>>>> IOS-XR count as the same $OS type? So we won't necessarily be able to >>>>> filter the manipulation using that to match them. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, if we make any progress with it we’ll let you know! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers guys, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Robert Williams >>>>> Custodian Data Centre >>>>> Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com >>>>> http://www.CustodianDC.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> observium mailing list >>>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mike Stupalov >>>> http://observium.org/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> observium mailing list >>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wouter Prins >>> wp(a)null0.nl >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Stupalov >> http://observium.org/ >> > > > > -- > Wouter Prins > wp(a)null0.nl > > -- Mike Stupalov http://observium.org/

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RSS
by Johnson, Edward A. 30 Aug '14

30 Aug '14

I’m trying to get RSS working. php-mcrypt is installed and under “My Settings” it says my RSS/Atom key was created. I can’t find any documentation anywhere that explains anything further.

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Re: [Observium] Avtech Room Alert 4E support?
by Scott Benninger 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

I was able to svn add the new file I copied and modified as well as make the diff file with the changes I made to the other files. How would I go about submitting my changes/adds to you to verify and commit? Or does the svn add accomplish this? I am not well versed in the use of svn. Thanks, Scott On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > Only if you submit them to us and we commit them to the repository. > > "svn add" any new files to SVN and then do "svn diff" to get SVN to > generate a file containing your changes. > > adam. > > > On 2014-08-28 17:52, Scott Benninger wrote: > >> Thanks! I managed to get it working. Not perfect but returns the 2 >> temp sensors I need. There is no internal humidity sensor on the 4E so >> may remove the humidity code as well. >> >> For reference I modified the definitions/os.inc.php roomalert os to >> use the 4E mib. I then coped the 24E sensor .php and modified it to >> use the 4E mibs and had to change the OID from 5 to 6 (the different >> product code) otherwise the mibs are almost the same up until the >> extra sensors that are available in the 24E. >> >> I guess my final question is will all the changes I made stick through >> SVN updates? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Scott >> >> AVTech uses a different MIB for each product, unfortunately. So it needs >> some coding to be done... >> >> Tom >> >> On 08/28/2014 03:41 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> Hi Scott, >> >> You need to write code to discover the objects in the new MIB. >> >> You can look at the old ones as an example, you'll find them in >> includes/discovery/sensors/ >> >> adam. >> >> On 2014-08-28 14:33, Scott Benninger wrote: >> I have been trying to get our Room Alert 4E working to record >> temperature and alert if needed. On the latest svn build(5770). I see >> on the website that the 24E is the only one supported currently since >> they have different MIBS. (FYI they no longer sell the 24E in NA). >> >> I have been able to get it to discover as and AVtech device but I had >> to modify the roomalert discovery and poller php files to add a space >> to RoomAlert as the sysDescr on the 4E is "Room Alert 4E v3.1.1". >> >> I see the 4E mibs are there as well but the temp is not getting >> polled properly. >> >> Is it possible for me to make modifications to get the temp polling >> properly? If so where should I be looking to get the 4E MIBS working >> properly? I am not sure where the mappings are done etc. Is this >> difficult to do? >> >> Otherwise how would I go about getting the working properly? >> >> Thanks, >> >> _ Scott_ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >

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Avtech Room Alert 4E support?
by Scott Benninger 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Thanks! I managed to get it working. Not perfect but returns the 2 temp sensors I need. There is no internal humidity sensor on the 4E so may remove the humidity code as well. For reference I modified the definitions/os.inc.php roomalert os to use the 4E mib. I then coped the 24E sensor .php and modified it to use the 4E mibs and had to change the OID from 5 to 6 (the different product code) otherwise the mibs are almost the same up until the extra sensors that are available in the 24E. I guess my final question is will all the changes I made stick through SVN updates? Thanks, Scott > AVTech uses a different MIB for each product, unfortunately. So it needs > some coding to be done... > > Tom > > On 08/28/2014 03:41 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >>* Hi Scott, *>>>>* You need to write code to discover the objects in the new MIB. *>>>>* You can look at the old ones as an example, you'll find them in *>> *includes/discovery/sensors/ *>>>>* adam. *>>>>* On 2014-08-28 14:33, Scott Benninger wrote: *>>>* I have been trying to get our Room Alert 4E working to record *>>>* temperature and alert if needed. On the latest svn build(5770). I see *>>>* on the website that the 24E is the only one supported currently since *>>>* they have different MIBS. (FYI they no longer sell the 24E in NA). *>>>>>>* I have been able to get it to discover as and AVtech device but I had *>>>* to modify the roomalert discovery and poller php files to add a space *>>>* to RoomAlert as the sysDescr on the 4E is "Room Alert 4E v3.1.1". *>>>>>>* I see the 4E mibs are there as well but the temp is not getting *>>>* polled properly. *>>>>>>* Is it possible for me to make modifications to get the temp polling *>>>* properly? If so where should I be looking to get the 4E MIBS working *>>>* properly? I am not sure where the mappings are done etc. Is this *>>>* difficult to do? *>>>>>>* Otherwise how would I go about getting the working properly? *>>>>>>* Thanks, *>>>>>>* Scott*

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Avtech Room Alert 4E support?
by Scott Benninger 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

I have been trying to get our Room Alert 4E working to record temperature and alert if needed. On the latest svn build(5770). I see on the website that the 24E is the only one supported currently since they have different MIBS. (FYI they no longer sell the 24E in NA). I have been able to get it to discover as and AVtech device but I had to modify the roomalert discovery and poller php files to add a space to RoomAlert as the sysDescr on the 4E is "Room Alert 4E v3.1.1". I see the 4E mibs are there as well but the temp is not getting polled properly. Is it possible for me to make modifications to get the temp polling properly? If so where should I be looking to get the 4E MIBS working properly? I am not sure where the mappings are done etc. Is this difficult to do? Otherwise how would I go about getting the working properly? Thanks, Scott

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remove old event log data
by Simon Smith 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Hi All, hoping again someone can assist me with my problems or questions… i fixed the WMI problem i was having a few weeks ago, however it has left loads and loads of Device rebooted event logs in my database is the an easy way of deleting this data as really i only wanted the log to show once? not really 2,000 times…. I’ve attached a screenshot of showing the data from the mysql i was simply gunna do 'delete from event log where reference = 2447807' but im not 100% sure incase i screw anything up in the database as its a running live system i use regards Simon

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Re: [Observium] Syslog msg empty temporary fix
by Robert Williams 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hi, Further to Pav's comments earlier, I’ve found that setting the “no-parse” flag in syslog-ng stops it from messing with the string and restores some reasonable sanity to the messages which get passed to Observium. Clearly something has changed within syslog-ng from Ubuntu 12->14 and this new issue is nothing to do with the Observium-importing-the-message element. For anyone suffering the same fate, the actual setting syntax to be used within the Observium definition for syslog-ng is: source s_net { udp(flags(no-parse)); }; This restores 100% normal message structure for /most/ of the devices I’ve just tested with, including all the IOS 15.x ones which had all started showing simply "%" as the message content. The ones which are still a little bit broken are the IOS-XR based units as they seem to pass a load of process name, event log number, process number, favourite colour and other random crap in the “message” element. However, they were all a bit broken before all this anyway to be fair. I can see that within the /includes/syslog.php there is a rather extensive section of preg_match/replace for a number of $os types. So I guess the best way forwards to sanitise the extra IOS-XR crap is to build it in there and submit a patch. Although I have a feeling that IOS and IOS-XR count as the same $OS type? So we won't necessarily be able to filter the manipulation using that to match them. Anyway, if we make any progress with it we’ll let you know! Cheers guys, Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Graph Netstats
by Darian Jimenez 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hello, Anyone know where I could get an understanding of how to interpret the graphs for network devices? Is there any documentation to help explain what to look for in devices for packet loss or problems with service? I don't see a way to tell packet drops like you would see on a device normally.

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Re: [Observium] Weird database issue?
by Nick Pais 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hogan, I'm talking about the current throughput, screenshots attached. Please excuse my "fantastic" GIMPing skills :D Thanks! > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 17:40:03 +0000 > From: Hogan Whittall <whittalh(a)yahoo-inc.com> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Weird database issue? > Message-ID: <6CDB9AE7-7909-401B-80E3-D404CDA371AC(a)yahoo-inc.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > If you?re referring to the link speed (100Mb, 1Gb, etc) then that has historically been a problem with permissions when snmpd tries to access ethtool info. You basically have 3 options: > > - Run snmpd as ?root? (Not recommended) > - Enable ETHTOOL_GSET in the kernel > - Add the link speed of each NIC to snmpd.conf (interface ethX 6 <speed in bits/s>) > > I went with the third option and wrote a script to do this for me. This info is kept in the ?ports? table. > > Or are you talking about current throughput and not port speed? > > -Hogan

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fixing graphing of FortiGate memory (used to work, now broken)
by Nathan Phelan 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hi Guys, Short version: Fortinet memory stops showing in Observium after updating due to Fortinet MIBS not being where Observium expects them. Hack Solution: mv /opt/observium/mibs/FORTINET-* /opt/observium/mibs/fortinet/ ./discovery.php -h all Long version: We have been running a very old version for a long time ( 0.14.1.4945 ) and it's been ticking along nicely but I've finally found some time to do a test update to the latest svn and ran into an issue with Fortigate memory. I ran a discovery with debug; attached as "memory debug.txt". If I run one of those commands manually I get the following: root@clone:/opt/observium# /usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c 'test -snmp' -OvQ -m FORTINET-FORTIGATE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/fortinet 'udp':'testdev.test.local':'161' fgSysMemUsage.0 MIB search path: /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/fortinet Cannot find module (FORTINET-FORTIGATE-MIB): At line 0 in (none) fgSysMemUsage.0: Unknown Object Identifier (Sub-id not found: (top) -> fgSysMemUsage) The FORTINET-FORTIGATE-MIB files don't appear to have changed but Observium appears to be looking for them under "/opt/observium/mibs/fortinet/" when they are actually just under "/opt/observium/mibs/" After doing this: root@clone:/opt/observium# cd mibs root@clone:/opt/observium/mibs# mkdir fortinet root@clone:/opt/observium/mibs# mv FORTINET-* ./fortinet/ and then running discovery again memory stats came back. Has anyone else had this issue? If so maybe the MIBS need to be relocated in SVN? Cheers, Nathan

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Quote for feature
by Benoit Lambert 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Where can I get a quote for a new feature? The Professional Services (http://www.observium.org/services/) page doesn't contain any information on who to contact. Thanks, Benoit

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Pagination on edit settings?
by Michael Loftis 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Is there *any* way to get pagination added to the edit setting pages? F/ex the "Sensors" page is unusable on a majority of my devices try waiting for load/render when you've got something like a fully loaded Juniper EX9214 so you can disable a sensor alert on one port ... ~300 ports - it's just pure pain assuming it finishes at all. And then you have to set PHP's limits so high to get the submit/save to work. Another issue is I kind of need an ability to occasionally do a "reset all" on the limits page. Individually checking off hundreds of sensors is a completely unnecessary waste of time. I realise I could go muck in the database for both of these in my particular but thats just not always an option and this just seems like something it should be doing when it hits a couple hundred records or some configurable limit. -- "Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds." -- Samuel Butler

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Re: [Observium] Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

If anyone is interested, this is how I did it without shutting down the server. And it worked. #Add 2 30GB disk (sdb1=DB | sdc1=rrd) #Rescan to find HDD - without shutdown echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host2/scan #check if it got added fdisk -l ls -la /dev/sd* #Stop daemons service crond stop service snmpd stop service syslog-ng stop service httpd stop service auditd stop #Stop sql last service mysqld stop #Configure DB HDD fdisk /dev/sdb n p 1 <cr> <cr> w #Configure rrd HDD fdisk /dev/sdc n p 1 <cr> <cr> w #Format them in ext4 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1 #Rename DB folder cd /var/lib/ mv mysql mysql_tmp #Recreate mysql folder mkdir mysql #Mount the DB hard drive mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /var/lib/mysql #Copy files over and preserve owners/perms cp -rp mysql_tmp/* mysql/ #change owner/perms of mysql folder chown mysql:mysql mysql #Rename rrd folder cd /opt/observium mv rrd rrd_tmp #Recreate rrd folder mkdir rrd #Mount the rrd hard drive mount -t ext4 /dev/sdc1 /opt/observium/rrd #Copy files over and preserve owners/perms cp -rp rrd_tmp/* rrd/ #change owner/perms of mysql folder chown apache:apache rrd #mount at startup - edit /etc/fstab /dev/sdb1 /var/lib/mysql ext4 defaults 0 0 /dev/sdc1 /opt/observium/rrd ext4 defaults 0 0 #Start daemons service mysqld start service httpd start service syslog-ng start service snmpd start service crond start service auditd start

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Re: [Observium] help with observium
by Benoit Lambert 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Add this to your config.php #PING Settings - Retries/Timeouts $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; // How many times to retry ping (1 - 10) $config['ping']['timeout'] = 1000; // Timeout in milliseconds (50 - 2000)

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help with observium
by Magnus Svensson 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Hi! I got a problem with my new install. i get messege: 2014-08-25 11:00:01 "host" System Device status changed to Up 2014-08-25 10:55:07 "host" System Device status changed to Down (ping) its always down 5min, and if i ping the host its up. its just observium that think its down. ive google it and tried ping settings in config and i dont get it to work. someone know whats wrong? //magnus

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Status Proxmox-VE-Monitoring
by Cyrill Matenaers 23 Aug '14

23 Aug '14

Hi all, I just read something about Proxmox-Monitoring here http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-471. What is the actual status of this development? Is there any documetation on how to use it? Thanks for your help! Kind regards, Cyrill

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Re: [Observium] alerting
by Jake Hansen 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

Can anyone help with an issue we are having regarding alerting. Every since updating a few weeks ago, we no longer get email alerts when outages occur. I have verified that the email on the server it self is working, we simply get no events generated when things go down. Did something change in this regard? How can I restore email alerts? -- Jake Hansen Sr. Network Administrator ZTelco / Zray Technologies, Inc. 858-431-4411 Direct 858-565-2155 Office

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Apache access config for Ubuntu 14.04
by Al Nash 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

Hello Observium Just curious, your documentation here http://www.observium.org/wiki/Debian_Ubuntu_Installation#Problems mentions modifying the Apache access configuration for 13.10 and 14.04. Are there any helpful articles that can assist with making the necessary modifications? Thank You -- <http://dattobackup.com/email-signature> *Al Nash*DEVT Engineer Datto, Inc. 877-455-6015www.dattobackup.com

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Odd real time graph behavior
by Derek 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

I'm getting some strange looking graphs on some ports on my routers, where the graph is basically just a bunch of spikes. Set at 1 second intervals, it will register traffic for one tick, then nothing for anywhere from 4-10 ticks, then register traffic again, and so on. This is happening on Cisco 2811's, 2911's, and a 7206VXR, and it happens on the FastEthernet, GigEthernet, and SVI ports on them. If I set the interval to 5 seconds or higher, it looks normal again. Now, these same routers with this problem have no issue doing a 1 second interval on their Serial ports or sub-interfaces. We have several 2960 switches that seem to work just fine. I've attached an example graph to show you what I see. I happen to know that this port had at least a consistent 1MB connection throughout the time period of the graph. Thanks, Derek

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Simple question about application monitoring
by Christopher K. Brown 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

Looking at Observium for the first time and wanted confirmation on this: From looking around at an install and the scripts in the scripts/agent-local directory, I believe these data-gathering scripts are executed locally on each host that is being monitored. Is that correct? Thanks!

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Re: [Observium] Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Perfect, thanks! I won't forget to chown/chmod :P Benoit

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Re: [Observium] Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Can I move entire DB to another disk? Like this? : 1. Stop the daemons 2. Rename the DB folder "mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql-tmp" 3. Recreate the folder "mkdir /var/lib/mysql" 4. Mount the new disk to the new folder "mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /var/lib/mysql" (put in fstab after) 5. Copy the files from the old folder to the new folder (cp mysql-tmp/* mysql/) 6. Restart the daemons. And voila??? Thanks, Benoit

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Re: [Observium] Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Would this work? http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/symbolic-links.html Thanks, Benoit

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Cannot Ping
by Greg Lipschitz 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Hi All, Seeing an issue where the interface is reporting it cannot ping the host but you can ping it fine from the console of the server. Anyone else seen this issue? Adding host xxxxxxxxx community mycomunity port 161 Could not ping xxxxxxxxxxx. Greg Lipschitz Director Summit IT Management<http://www.thesummitgroup.com.au> | Summit Internet<http://www.summitinternet.com.au> | Summit Creative<http://www.summitcreative.com.au> - ‘reach your peak’ Divisions of The Summit Group (Australia) Pty Ltd Phone (Australia): 1300 049 749 Phone (US & Canada): (321) 216 3844 E-mail: Greg(a)thesummitgroup.com.au<mailto:Greg@thesummitgroup.com.au> Internet: http://www.thesummitgroup.com.au/<http://www.thesummitgroup.com.au> Address: Level 1, 39 Railway Road, Blackburn VIC 3130 Postal: P.O. Box 3225, Doncaster East VIC 3109 Follow us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/thesummitgroup/> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/1942329> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/summitgroupau/> -- ExchangeDefender Message Security: Click below to verify authenticity https://admin.exchangedefender.com/verify.php?id=s7LBpcHQ003797&from=greg@t…

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Traffic graphs have red line on it
by Marco Marques 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Hi Guys, When looking at the traffic graphs for the ports on a devices, it has these red lines on the graph. What do they represent? See attached. Marco Marques

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Alert Checker - Device match
by Jake Turner 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Hi All, I hope somebody can help. I’m currently trying to add device alerts for all my Cisco devices. As per the example in the alerting guide I’ve used ‘os equals iOS’ which works perfectly for my iOS devices but doesn’t alert on any of my XR devices. I gave 'os match iOS’ a go but that again only gives iOS devices. ‘os equals iosxr’ pulls the XR devices but obviously not the iOS devices. I’ve also tried the two statements on separate lines and that just breaks the checker. Is there any way to put the iOS and XR devices on one checker (based on os) or am I going to have to look into selecting on hostname or something similar? Thanks Jake Turner

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Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

I want to move all logs and rrds to another partition. I know rrds are stored in "/opt/observium/rrd"... But where on disk does Observium store syslogs|eventlogs? Unless they are in the DB and moving them to another partition is impossible...? I have it installed on Centos 6.5. Thanks in advance for any help! Benoit

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Alerting
by RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Just to be clear Alerting is only available in the paid version? the website observium states future ... "is the future is now"??? this is a very important feature that is lacking Computer King CaN-Mail Surveillance King http://computerking.ca http://canmail.org http://surveillanceking.net Surveillance - Sales Service - Hosting Backup Internet Based Surveillance Systems Custom Service Pac kages Secure IMAP Email - Automated Remote Backups - Photo Blogs - Online ERP and Accounting Packages

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Re: [Observium] No port names in traffic accounting
by Travis Kreikemeier 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Any thoughts on this issue? Is this a known issue? Observium 0.14.7.5736 (stable) TRAVIS KREIKEMEIER From: Travis Kreikemeier Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 1:27 PM To: 'observium(a)observium.org' Subject: No port names in traffic accounting When adding a Calix E7 port to a customer in traffic accounting. All of the interfaces in the drop down are blank, so hard to figure out which one to select. A work around I have been doing is going to the switch port and clicking "Create Bill". Would like to add the ports in the traffic accounting area. [cid:image001.jpg@01CFB87C.115A9BC0] Some of the ports on the device: [cid:image002.jpg@01CFB87C.115A9BC0] TRAVIS KREIKEMEIER

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Port Alerts
by Tech8 otelafrica 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Hi Guys On the subscription version, what would be an example of setting up an alert if a serial0/0 or eth0 port goes down on a device? Regards Anton

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server rebooted log over and over again
by Simon Smith 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Hi All, I seem to have an issue with a Windows machine and SNMP, every 5 mins when the Observium checks one of our windows machine, I keep getting ‘Device rebooted after X days’ in the event logs of that machine I did do a server reboot the other day on that machine, however if i enable the Device Ignore, i never see this issue but again thats only a work around!? is the a bug possible?! im happy to help with this issue Regards Simon

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dealing with locations
by Mike Glass 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

How does one go about changing the location, is there somewhere I can input gps coordinates to change the map pointers to a specific location. Most of my devices show up in the UK as they are tagged "Server Room". Thanks Mike

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monitor device by multiple ips
by Simon Smith 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Hi All, this is a daft random question, can i monitor a device via multiple ip addresses? for instance, we have a site with a mikrotik router, they currently have 3 internet lines (DONT ASK!) 2xADSL,1xFTTC currently we use PPPOE on the router so we can see the mikrotik directly, ive enabled SNMP remotely and i monitor the box via 1 of the ADSL lines, however its constantly goes up and down and never makes up its mind! the other issue i have is the FTTC line is dynamic ip and never stays the same for more then 48hrs so in my mind, /etc/hosts or DNS for site1.router goes to 1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8, 9.10.11.12 then every check it always use one of three ip addresses ? am i correct? or is the another way of monitoring this device? regards Simon

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Postgresql fails to execute?
by Kaya Saman 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hi, I'm running Observium on a FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE x64 system. For some reason the Postgresql script isn't working; I have turned debugging on: set 0 -> 1 The output however just seems to be: ./postgresql.pl Execute Failed The odd thing is that other Perl based scripts are working on the same box. eg. Apache. the postgresql.conf file has the correct details: db_driver set to: Pg db_host is set to the IP address of the database Jail etc.... These modules are installed which I'm sure are the relevant ones: perl5-5.16.3_11 Practical Extraction and Report Language perl5-5.16.3_11 Practical Extraction and Report Language p5-Class-DBI-3.0.17_1 Simple Database Abstraction p5-Class-DBI-Pg-0.09_1 Extensions to Class::DBI for PostgreSQL p5-DBD-Pg-3.2.1 Provides access to PostgreSQL databases through the DBI p5-DBI-1.631 Perl5 Database Interface, required for DBD::* modules p5-DBIx-ContextualFetch-1.03 Add contextual fetches to DBI p5-Ima-DBI-0.35 Database connection caching and organization Would anyone be able to suggest anything? I have been looking at this: http://www.observium.org/wiki/Application/Postgresql but unfortunately it's not very helpful in my case. Permissions are also set properly. Thanks. Kaya ./postgresql.pl Execute failed ./postgresql.pl Execute failed root@Alpha-Ray: ./postgresql.pl Execute failed ./postgresql.pl Execute failed

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Syslog msg empty temporary fix
by Pavelas Sokolovas 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hi, all. After dist upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 syslog messages from cisco IOS devices became empty. There is a similar thread/bug: http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-850 http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/2014-August/007527.html We’ve managed to work around it by changing: template ("$HOST||$FACILITY||$PRIORITY||$LEVEL||$TAG||$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY $HOUR:$MIN:$SEC||$MSG||$PROGRAM\n") to: template ("$HOST||$FACILITY||$PRIORITY||$LEVEL||$TAG||$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY $HOUR:$MIN:$SEC||:: : :: $MSG||$PROGRAM\n") in syslog config. For the developers: it happened after update of syslog/php to 3.5.3-1 [@9695e81] / PHP 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.3 from whatever was current on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS , worked fine before that. Also, the data examplesyslog sends to the script is: 10.x.x.x||local7||notice||notice||bd||2014-08-19 20:21:10||%SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by xx on vty3 (10.x.x.xx)||BST Hope this helps! Pav Pavelas Sokolovas Custodian Data Centre Email: ps(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Billing history
by Simon Schmitz 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

hello, there is a plan for a billing history with over the last month? Greetings Simon

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Question octets to Mbps conversion.
by Senses0 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hi, I am using below query to convert ifInOctets_rate to Mbps value. mysql> SELECT ifInOctets_rate, CONCAT(ROUND((ifInOctets_rate*8)/1024/1024,2), " Mbps") ConvertedValue FROM `ports-state` WHERE port_id=105; +-----------------+----------------+ | ifInOctets_rate | ConvertedValue | +-----------------+----------------+ | 55014356 | 419.73 Mbps | +-----------------+----------------+ The value I get different from the value printed on the graph for the same port_id. On the graph I got 427Mbps, while this conversion gives me 419. Since I don't know where in the code this conversion happens, I couldn't figure out if this is the way to go about it or not. Could someone shed some light? Thanks

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Observium SNMP VMware Hosts
by Darian Jimenez 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hello, I am able to monitor pretty much everything from firewalls to switches but I am having problems with my vmware hosts. It will add the devices fine via SNMP but when it comes to polling them it will give an "SNMP UnreachableMySQL" after running the poller.php -h 'vmware host' It will show as down on the site and every now and then it comes back online. Then it will show as down again.Attached is a screenshot of the polling information.[image: Inline image 1]

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Accessing our subscription
by Richard Berndt 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

We did purchase the subscription edition of Observium. How do we access the SVN?

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Add_device fails at SNMP
by Richard Berndt 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

I am a little confused and looking for suggestions on what I can do to troubleshoot this issue. On the machine that I am running Observium on I can use snmpwalk to view the device’s system information. ubuntu@mgh-netmon:/opt/observium$ snmpwalk -Os -v 2c -c communitystring mx-hospital system sysDescr.0 = STRING: Meraki MX80 Cloud Managed Security Appliance sysObjectID.0 = OID: enterprises.29671.2.103 sysName.0 = STRING: MX-HOSPITAL sysORID.1 = OID: snmpMIB sysORID.2 = OID: vacmBasicGroup sysORID.3 = OID: ifMIB sysORDescr.1 = STRING: The MIB module for SNMPv2 entities sysORDescr.2 = STRING: View-based Access Control Model for SNMP. sysORDescr.3 = STRING: The MIB module to describe generic objects for network interface sub-layers sysORUpTime.1 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01 sysORUpTime.2 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01 sysORUpTime.3 = Timeticks: (16) 0:00:00.16 However when I use add_device it tells me that it cannot add the device. ubuntu@mgh-netmon:/opt/observium$ ./add_device.php mx-hospital communitystring v2c 161 udp Observium v0.14.4.5229 Add Device(s) Try to add mx-hospital: Trying v2c community communitystring ... No reply on community communitystring using v2c. Could not reach mx-hospital with given SNMP community using v2c. Devices skipped: 1. Any ideas? I know it Is not a network/firewall related issue since SNMPWALK can access the device. I know it is not an SNMP string issue because both SNMPWALK and another monitoring system is able to access this device using the provided SNMP string.

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Up/Down Monitoring
by Lane Eckley 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hi Guys, I am attempting to setup an alert checker for when a server goes into a "down" state for either SNMP or Ping - ideally I would like to create one alert checker for each (ping & snmp). Reviewing the metrics documentation I believe I should be using a combination of the following two: device_status (0 = down, 1 = up) device_status_type (reason for down, 'snmp'/'ping') Using the above I am failing miserably it seems as I am unable to get the alert checker to "match" a machine I turned off to do the testing. Can anyone share a quick step by step on how to setup this alert checker correctly? Thanks! -Lane

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Remove WiFi errors from dashboard
by Franjo Posavec 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Is posible to remove wifi errors from dashboard, like on atachment? -- Franjo Posavec system administrator entitas d.o.o. M: +385 (0)98 8808 72 S: franjo.posavec

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Observium Remote Poller Option
by Ben House 17 Aug '14

17 Aug '14

Hello There, Does Observium have an ability to deploy poller nodes. We currently support a number of fixed wireless networks in which we don't have visibility into. We are looking to deploy a remote node to poll/monitor remote network devices i.e deploy a VM into network and have necessary ports open back to master node and have single display? Let me what's possible for the above requirement. -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au

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http-auth
by John P Arends 17 Aug '14

17 Aug '14

I configured observium to use the http-auth method combined with our web sso system. I believe it is OpenAM, but I’m a consumer of the service and not someone who maintains it. I’m mentioning this because the docs state there are no known users of http-auth. It works well, and required no configuration on my part. I just have to create users for each person that match their campus NetIDs. This is incredibly useful.

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Traffic Accounting > Accurate Graphs
by Spencer Gaw 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

Anyone else getting a jpgraph error 25008 when trying to view Accurate Graphs in Traffic Accounting? I don't frequent this area very often and just noticed it today. Regards, SG

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Setting Alerts
by Darian Jimenez 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

hello, I want to setup alerts inside of observium to notify us if any links go down basically. Nothing fancy but just link connectivity/ping tests maybe. Is the alerting feature only available on the paid version? Thanks, Darian

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Deleting Device
by Mike Glass 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

I have deleted a router that we no longer have in Observium, it is now back and replicates multiple times throughout the week, how can I keep this from happening, I have used both command line and web interface to delete. Thanks Mike

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Harddisk email alerts
by Tech8 otelafrica 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

Hi guys I want to set up email alerts for harddrive space how would I set that up? Regards Anton

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paid version not reporting any data
by Anthony Polselli 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Got something very odd going on...after testing Observium, I purchased it and installed it onto a clean Ubuntu VM. Everything went fine, I added devices, cron job, etc and started to get some graphs. But yesterday and todays graphs are all blank. When I drill-down to a specific interface and click on real-time, I get these odd spikes where it shows 31Mbps In (which is high for this port). I did a side-by-side comparison to the test VM I setup with the free version of Observium and the real-time is working correctly there. [cid:image001.jpg@01CFB7C1.2D1F4970] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli, Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 10225 Barnes Canyon Rd. Suite A105 San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232 office (858) 202-0301 fax

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Observium Syslog-NG and Cisco Catalyst
by Tomasz Karczewski 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hi, I've got one problem with logs from cisco catalyst switches. On switches logs looks fine but in observium i have something like that "% :" Other vendors looks fine in logs. Where could be the problem? Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

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Observium constantly device down and up by ping
by Chris Pelling 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hi Guys, Our observium (latest) 0.14.8.5749 has for some time been showing devices up and down in the event log, graphs missing chucks of information as well. As an example, here is the memory usage on one ubnt box, but, its the same for others too (network / memory ) http://gyazo.com/18db347a5d49e557c082f343b8e96ea5 Here is the copy of the event log for the device : http://gyazo.com/4324c896e6cc268a8869d17c80964340 I can't seem to narrow it down. The machine is running Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS and as mentioned above, latest Observium. Any ideas where to poke ? Its not a single device, its multiple devices. The only thing so far I have not swapped out is the server observium sits on. -- Kind regards, Chris

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CBQoS 'drop' vs 'policed-transmit'
by Robert Williams 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hi, Just noticed that the CBQoS stuff has gone active recently (which is very cool) - currently we get all this via (very) painful integration with Cacti. On looking closer I've found what I think is an issue, but stand ready to be corrected. What I think is happening is that Observium is considering packets the Cisco counted as "Exceeded" to have been "Dropped" where in reality they were just re-marked and transmitted normally. As an example, here is the graph for gi3/1 (class-default) on a 6500 chassis: Here is the output of the show policy-map int gi3/1: GigabitEthernet3/1 Service-policy input: <name> class-map: <Class A> (match-any) Match: protocol arp Match: access-group name <ACL A1> Match: access-group name <ACL A2> police : 32000 bps 102400 limit 102400 extended limit Earl in slot 3 : 1377162657 bytes 5 minute offered rate 2280 bps aggregate-forwarded 1377162657 bytes action: transmit exceeded 0 bytes action: drop <- Zero drops aggregate-forward 2520 bps exceed 0 bps class-map: class-default (match-any) Match: any police : 40000000 bps 3200000 limit 3200000 extended limit 1000000000 pir-bps Earl in slot 3 : 10562039041987 bytes 5 minute offered rate 11748848 bps aggregate-forwarded 10562039041987 bytes action: set-dscp-transmit exceeded 297846881624 bytes action: policed-dscp-transmit violated 0 bytes action: drop <- Zero drops aggregate-forward 13842064 bps exceed 0 bps violate 0 bps So in summary, there have never been any actual drops on the port, only re-marking of the DSCP (incrementing the exceeded counter) and then a transmit. Since the re-marking occurs in the "exceeded" counter, I think Observium is considering them as dropped, instead of just exceeded. This also messes up the pre-policy and post-policy counters, because it implies that traffic didn't make it through when in reality it all did. We use re-marking extensively and so all of the CBQoS graphs show incorrect drop and post-policy information. Either that or we've got a bug/misconfiguration (or I just don't get it), so maybe someone else can confirm? Let me know what debug info is needed if it helps :) Cheers! Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Possible bug in BGP Prefixes graphs?
by Erwin Heringa 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hi Observium team, Earlier this week the global route table hit 512k prefixes, so I was looking in Observium how many prefixes each peer announces. But there is something wrong that I can't explain and it could be a bug. This morning I upgraded to the latest (paid) version r5747, that didn't change this. For peer 195.69.144.192 my Juniper router shows 89 received prefixes: rtr1> show bgp neighbor 195.69.144.192 | match prefixes Active prefixes: 47 Received prefixes: 89 Accepted prefixes: 89 Advertised prefixes: 7 Via snmp on the router: This peer has index 155, and Peer with index 155 has 89 prefixes: rtr1> show snmp mib wal decimal 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1 | match 144.192 | match PeerIndex jnxBgpM2PeerIndex.0.1.195.69.144.49.1.195.69.144.192 = 155 rtr1> show snmp mib wal decimal 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2 | match \.155\. | match Prefixes jnxBgpM2PrefixInPrefixes.155.1.1 = 89 jnxBgpM2PrefixInPrefixesAccepted.155.1.1 = 89 jnxBgpM2PrefixInPrefixesRejected.155.1.1 = 42 jnxBgpM2PrefixOutPrefixes.155.1.1 = 7 Via snmp on the Observium server: snmpwalk -v3 -l authPriv -u ***** -a SHA -A ****** -x AES -X ******* rtr1 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2 | grep \.155\. iso.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.7.155.1.1 = Gauge32: 89 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.8.155.1.1 = Gauge32: 89 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.9.155.1.1 = Gauge32: 42 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.10.155.1.1 = Gauge32: 7 But the graphs looks like this, with only 8 prefixes: [cid:image001.png@01CFB7A9.99364360] And even worse for our transit provider: rtr1> show bgp neighbor 195.69.144.34 | match prefixes Active prefixes: 158327 Received prefixes: 505071 Accepted prefixes: 505070 Advertised prefixes: 7 snmpwalk -v3 -l authPriv -u ***** -a SHA -A ***** -x AES -X ****** rtr1 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1 | grep '\.4\.1\.1' iso.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.7.4.1.1 = Gauge32: 505068 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.8.4.1.1 = Gauge32: 505066 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.9.4.1.1 = Gauge32: 346727 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.10.4.1.1 = Gauge32: 7 [cid:image002.png@01CFB7AC.69D3A650] This behavior seems to have changed around March 1st. Any thoughts? Met vriendelijke groet, kind regards, Erwin Heringa SIDN | Meander 501 | 6825 MD | Postbus 5022 | 6802 EA | ARNHEM T +31 (0)26 352 55 59 | F +31 (0)26 352 55 05 erwin.heringa(a)sidn.nl | www.sidn.nl

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syslog no msg
by Vilberg Eiríksson 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hi All, I have just set up observium now and successfulli integrated it with syslog-ng but i am not seeing anything in the message column. I have tried the patch from her: http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-850?jql=text%20~%20%22msg%22 but it did not work. If i go to mysql and check the msg field in the syslog table it is just empy (or just has %). All my devices are cisco devices running IOS. Any ideas? Regards Vilberg

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process list WMI
by Simon Smith 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

Hi all, just a quick question is the currently a WMI module that checks out for number of running Processes for a windows machine? or even a table I can look at to see the currently running processes on observium? I’ve seen your able to get ahold of the processes via WMI just not sure if the is one already integrated? if the isn’t, can anyone point me in the direction as to create the module ? regards Simon

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Internet 512k global routes
by KENNETH D MILLER II 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

With the Internet hitting 512k routes, I was looking in observium for the IPv4 prefixes for our Brocade XMR routers. I'm getting a draw error on all prefix updates. graphs/type=bgp_updates is working ok. graphs/type=bgp_prefixes_ipv4unicast or any of the prefix graphs are not. I've tried on observium version 5728 and CE version 5229. Is anyone else using XMR, CES/CER, or MLX routers getting the same thing? Thanks, Ken

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Description in CentOS Interfaces
by Andres Pugawko 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

Hi ! Somebody know if it is possible to add description in CentOS interfaces? There is a script for adding description in Debian interfaces, Is there another for centOS or somebody developed one? Regards Andres Pugawko Network Engineer Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CEAF1A.D081C8A0 Cámara Argentina de Internet – CABASE IXP Suipacha 128 - Piso 3° F (C1008AAD) Buenos Aires - Argentina Tel: (54-11) 4326-0777 int 9112 Cel: 11-6915-7866 <http://www.cabase.org.ar/> www.cabase.org.ar

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Billing
by Mike Grant 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

I have the subscription version and have the billing working. What I am trying to do is work out if I can only bill certain traffic. i.e. I only want to charge for international traffic at a $ per MB rate but charge nothing for local traffic. I'm using a Mikrotik Cloudcore router, the international data goes out one gateway and the domestic out another. So I really only want to bill the data for a port that goes in and out one particular gateway. Anyone doing anything like this? Thanks, Mike.

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Defunct processes
by kai＠angry-monk.com 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

Hey, Ever since I installed observium I've been getting lost of defunct "sh" processes showing up in my process list. I'm running Ubuntu Linux. 14.04 LTS Linux ***** 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I'm running the latest version of the Open source edition (installed 2 days ago) and I see this in my process list all the time since the install. www-data 27725 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 10:37 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 28164 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 10:42 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 28589 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 10:47 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 28989 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 10:52 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 28991 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 10:52 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 29398 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 10:57 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 29810 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:02 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 29820 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:02 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 30656 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:12 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 31062 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:17 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 31074 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:17 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 31903 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:27 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 32698 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:37 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 32700 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:37 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 32722 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:37 0:00 [sh] <defunct> www-data 32732 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 11:37 0:00 [sh] <defunct> Any Suggestions? Kai

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Re: [Observium] Billing
by Anthony Polselli 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

Netflow Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com) -----Original Message----- From: Mike Grant [mikeg(a)itcl.co.nz] Received: Tuesday, 12 Aug 2014, 2:04PM To: observium(a)observium.org [observium(a)observium.org] Subject: [Observium] Billing I have the subscription version and have the billing working. What I am trying to do is work out if I can only bill certain traffic. i.e. I only want to charge for international traffic at a $ per MB rate but charge nothing for local traffic. I’m using a Mikrotik Cloudcore router, the international data goes out one gateway and the domestic out another. So I really only want to bill the data for a port that goes in and out one particular gateway. Anyone doing anything like this? Thanks, Mike.

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Sensor_value alerts do not process
by Alain Gyger 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

I'm using SVN version 5742 and all of my alerts work except those that are supposed to check a sensor_value metric. I'm able to check and get emails for alerts on processor_usage, toner_current, and mempool_perc, to name a few, so I know the system is working. When I run the alerter.php script against one of the hosts indicated under the processor_usage alert and I get "1 Status: OK" messages. But when I run alerter.php against a host indicated under the sensor_value alert for Battery Capacity or for APC UPS Temperature I get "-1 Unknown status". The graphs for these sensors are fine, the MySQL table sensors-state lists the correct values as well. My configuration for temperature looks like this: Entity Type: Temperature Delay: 1 Status: 0/0/0/0/2 Check Conditions: Require any condition Tests: sensor_value gt 40 Device Match: type match power Entity Match: sensor_descr match Temp* The alert checker seems fine, but it looks like the tests are failing when they are run. Has anyone else had the same issues with sensor_value alerts? Or is this feature not quite ready to be used?

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Re: [Observium] buying the paid version
by Anthony Polselli 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

Thanks, but already did that step on Friday Sent from my Android phone using TouchDown (www.nitrodesk.com) -----Original Message----- From: Travis Kreikemeier [travis(a)travko.com] Received: Monday, 11 Aug 2014, 8:07PM To: Observium Network Observation System [observium(a)observium.org] Subject: Re: [Observium] buying the paid version Anthony, Hope this helps. http://www.observium.org/subscribed/ TRAVIS KREIKEMEIER From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Polselli Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 9:57 PM To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: [Observium] buying the paid version Hi all, On Friday, I purchased the paid version and really anxious to get it up and running but my login isn’t working yet. Can someone kindly point me in the right direction of who to contact about this… Thanks, [cid:image001.jpg@01CFB5B0.8D5456E0] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli, Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 10225 Barnes Canyon Rd. Suite A105 San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232 office (858) 202-0301 fax

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buying the paid version
by Anthony Polselli 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

Hi all, On Friday, I purchased the paid version and really anxious to get it up and running but my login isn't working yet. Can someone kindly point me in the right direction of who to contact about this... Thanks, [cid:image001.jpg@01CFB59E.416545D0] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli, Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 10225 Barnes Canyon Rd. Suite A105 San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232 office (858) 202-0301 fax

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Map Settings
by chott＠praha1.net 11 Aug '14

11 Aug '14

Hello, How i can set HOME location in Map? Or can i set some zoom? Like default Street address? Tomas

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No port names in traffic accounting
by Travis Kreikemeier 10 Aug '14

10 Aug '14

When adding a Calix E7 port to a customer in traffic accounting. All of the interfaces in the drop down are blank, so hard to figure out which one to select. A work around I have been doing is going to the switch port and clicking "Create Bill". Would like to add the ports in the traffic accounting area. [cid:image003.jpg@01CFB49E.C9494B50] Some of the ports on the device: [cid:image004.jpg@01CFB49E.C9494B50] TRAVIS KREIKEMEIER

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Clean up duplicate ports in DB?
by Hogan Whittall 09 Aug '14

09 Aug '14

Long story short, there was a period of time where hosts were added and removed from Observium a number of times (Essentially all hosts added, deleted, added, etc). In general, there were no ill effects other than losing the previous graph data and ports not being deleted from the DB when hosts were removed. So now I have this. mysql> select count(*) from ports; +----------+ | count(*) | +----------+ | 20701 | +----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) 907+5+1+582 = 1495 So there are a number of stale/orphaned port entries in the DB. What would be the best way to fix this? Thanks! -Hogan

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IPMI setup
by Matthew Green 09 Aug '14

09 Aug '14

Hi, >From the reading I've done it seems that Observium supports IPMI and I've got a Supermicro motherboard I'd like to get stats from. However, I can't see any way to configure the device, if I try to add devices it only lets me poll over SNMP, which the Supermicro board doesn't seem to allow. Other than stating that you need IPMItools installed, the Observium documentation doesn't provide any details about how IPMI devices should be configured. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Cheers, Matt

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Weird database issue?
by Nick Pais 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

Hi guys, It's been a while since I posted on here, but I made a fresh Observium installation (for the moment, yes, it's CE, can't convince the CEO to shell out that cash for Pro yet...) however I'm having a weird issue with the table ports-state: root@comet:/opt/observium# ./poller.php -h 1 -d | grep -C2 MEMORY\ DB SQL[INSERT INTO `ports-state` (`port_id`) VALUES ('1')] Certain MEMORY DB error for table 'ports-state'. SQL[UPDATE `ports-state` set `poll_time` ='1407517231',`poll_period` ='1407517231',`ifInOctets` ='2974209',`ifOutOctets` ='2974209',`ifInErrors` ='0',`ifOutErrors` ='0',`ifInUcastPkts` ='10310',`ifOutUcastPkts` ='10310',`ifInOctets_perc` ='0',`ifOutOctets_perc` ='0',`ifOctets_rate` ='0',`ifUcastPkts_rate` ='0',`ifErrors_rate` ='0' WHERE `port_id` = '1'] -- SQL[INSERT INTO `ports-state` (`port_id`) VALUES ('2')] Certain MEMORY DB error for table 'ports-state'. SQL[UPDATE `ports-state` set `poll_time` ='1407517231',`poll_period` ='1407517231',`ifInOctets` ='997162274',`ifOutOctets` ='12070347',`ifInErrors` ='0',`ifOutErrors` ='0',`ifInUcastPkts` ='929556',`ifOutUcastPkts` ='92562',`ifInOctets_perc` ='0',`ifOutOctets_perc` ='0',`ifOctets_rate` ='0',`ifUcastPkts_rate` ='0',`ifErrors_rate` ='0' WHERE `port_id` = '2'] -- SQL[INSERT INTO `ports-state` (`port_id`) VALUES ('3')] Certain MEMORY DB error for table 'ports-state'. SQL[UPDATE `ports-state` set `poll_time` ='1407517231',`poll_period` ='1407517231',`ifInOctets` ='17012646',`ifOutOctets` ='369532358',`ifInErrors` ='0',`ifOutErrors` ='0',`ifInUcastPkts` ='74830',`ifOutUcastPkts` ='550361',`ifInOctets_perc` ='0',`ifOutOctets_perc` ='0',`ifOctets_rate` ='0',`ifUcastPkts_rate` ='0',`ifErrors_rate` ='0' WHERE `port_id` = '3'] root@comet:/opt/observium# This in turn doesn't enable the "current" port speeds on the web and when I look in the database itself, the table is empty. Has anyone come accross this before? Is there a way to fix this? Details: OS: Debian 7.6 PHP: 5.4.4-14+deb7u12 MySQL: 5.6.15 Observium: v0.14.4.5229 Thanks in advance guys!

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Patch for Jira ticket 333 throws error
by Laurens Vets 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

Hello, I've installed Netdisco 2 with the Observium plugin. This plugin allows Netdisco to show graphs and open interface pages in Observium from within Netdisco. This is also related to Jira ticket 333. When I open a URL, http://observium.server//device/hostname=name.domainname/tab=port/ifdescr=R…) in Netdisco, I get the following error: "Invalid device/port combination. The port/device combination was invalid. Please retype and try again.". However, the correct page is shown in Observium... Any idea what generates this error message?

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Bind graph problems
by Brad Pearpoint 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

Hi all, I have a problem with my bind graphs in Observium 0.14.8.5736 with RRDtool 1.4.7. I have the Unix-agent configured with the bind plugin on two dev DNS servers. These DNS servers are under really low load, just a couple of requests a minute at most. If I run dns# ./bind | grep -i req-in,Q I receive: req-in,QUERY:1562 Which is correct. Then on my Observium box if I run: obs# rrdtool info /opt/observium/rrd/dns2 /app-bind-1-req-in.rrd | grep query ds[query].index = 0 ds[query].type = "DERIVE" ds[query].minimal_heartbeat = 600 ds[query].min = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[query].max = 7.5000000000e+06 ds[query].last_ds = "1562" <<<<<<<<< Looks good ds[query].value = 0.0000000000e+00 ds[query].unknown_sec = 0 But my graphs in the web interface of totally wrong. My incoming requests graph is showing 100-250 million. Any tips of where to start looking to solve this? Thanks, Brad

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No description names on Calix
by Travis Kreikemeier 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

In Observium we are not getting any port descriptions on Calix E7 active ports, nor are we getting ONT names on GPON. Something we need to change or needs to be added to Observium? Thanks! [cid:image001.png@01CFB227.ED080C30] TRAVIS KREIKEMEIER

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Ubuntu vs CentOS
by Anthony Polselli 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

Hi all, We are looking at purchasing the software and want to know which platform is better? We are a CentOS shop, but if we need paid support or want some custom development done, would Ubuntu be better? Thanks, [cid:image001.jpg@01CFB213.F86539E0] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli, Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 10225 Barnes Canyon Rd. Suite A105 San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232 office (858) 202-0301 fax

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