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unix-agent scripts conflicting with check_mk
by Mark Chaney 01 Oct '12

01 Oct '12

I cant seem to use any of the unix-agent scripts with check_mk as it ruins all the check_mk local script results. Basically any existing scripts start giving an error in the check_mk gui and state "Check output not found in local checks". If I reinventory the host, none of the scripts show up at all. As soon as i remove the observium local agent scripts from the check_mk local folder and I reinvetory the host, everything is fine again. I am unfortunately not sure what our options are though. The only thing I can think of is to somehow serialize the data so that it shows up on one line for each script, then is parsed back out by observium once it receives it. That way we easily ignore them within our main.mk files. Can't really do that now because of how there are so many lines for each result (apache/mysql for example). Thoughts? Im quite surprised this hasn't already been an issue. I am running check_mk 1.2.0p3 and observium 0.12.9.3385. - MACscr

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Re: [Observium] Links not working
by Will McDermott 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

Awesome, that works. Thank you! Just for historical reasons: I changed Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all to Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all --Will >>> Tom Laermans 09/28/12 5:20 PM >>> Hi, You don't have allowoverride set up [as detailed in the install guide, but probably in a part that you didn't need due to no vhost], so .htaccess doesn't take effect, ergo no rewrite rules even though the module is loaded. Tom On 29/09/2012 1:29, Will McDermott wrote: > Thank you for your quick response! > > I double checked mod_rewrite and it looks like it's running: > > root@mon:/etc/apache2/mods-available# a2enmod rewrite > Module rewrite already enabled > > Also I have ovservium running in the root. I do not have a domain name associated with the server, Is that a problem? > > --Will > > >>>> Mark Chaney 09/28/12 4:16 PM >>> > You probably dont have mod_rewrite enabled. Also note that observium > has to run within the root directory of a domain or subdomain. > > On 2012-09-28 18:06, Will McDermott wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I just installed Observium from SVN on Ubuntu Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS. I >> fallowed the Ubuntu installation guide. Observium comes up but when I >> log in. But when I click any of the links at the top they say "Not >> found" and give a invalid URL. For example when I click Devices> Add >> Devices it sends me to server.com/addhost/ which doesn't exist, >> because in the addhost directory is in a subdirectory called "pages." >> Did I miss something during the install? I have tried it a couple >> times, and reinstalled the server. >> >> Thanks! >> >> --Will >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Re: [Observium] Links not working
by Will McDermott 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

Thank you for your quick response! I double checked mod_rewrite and it looks like it's running: root@mon:/etc/apache2/mods-available# a2enmod rewrite Module rewrite already enabled Also I have ovservium running in the root. I do not have a domain name associated with the server, Is that a problem? --Will >>> Mark Chaney 09/28/12 4:16 PM >>> You probably dont have mod_rewrite enabled. Also note that observium has to run within the root directory of a domain or subdomain. On 2012-09-28 18:06, Will McDermott wrote: > Hello, > > I just installed Observium from SVN on Ubuntu Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS. I > fallowed the Ubuntu installation guide. Observium comes up but when I > log in. But when I click any of the links at the top they say "Not > found" and give a invalid URL. For example when I click Devices> Add > Devices it sends me to server.com/addhost/ which doesn't exist, > because in the addhost directory is in a subdirectory called "pages." > Did I miss something during the install? I have tried it a couple > times, and reinstalled the server. > > Thanks! > > --Will > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Links not working
by Will McDermott 29 Sep '12

29 Sep '12

Hello, I just installed Observium from SVN on Ubuntu Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS. I fallowed the Ubuntu installation guide. Observium comes up but when I log in. But when I click any of the links at the top they say "Not found" and give a invalid URL. For example when I click Devices> Add Devices it sends me to server.com/addhost/ which doesn't exist, because in the addhost directory is in a subdirectory called "pages." Did I miss something during the install? I have tried it a couple times, and reinstalled the server. Thanks! --Will

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Re: [Observium] How to add linux server?
by Adam Armstrong 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Documentation or features, its a simple choice. Andrey Lebedev <alg(a)condensa.ru> wrote: >On 2012-09-25 23:41:31 +0100, Tom Laermans said: > >> On 26/09/2012 0:38, Andrey Lebedev wrote: >>> >>> Tell us how you found it? >>> >>> http://www.observium.org/wiki/Documentation - nothing >>> http://www.observium.org/wiki/Main_Page - link to Professional Services >>> http://www.observium.org/wiki/Main_Page -> search -> word "Services" >>> -> appropriate page >>> >>> But. Thanks! >>> I'm find it. >> The last one, indeed. It's not linked anywhere because it's deprecated, >> unsupported and buggy. >> >> Tom >Annoying. But I think I can cope without this feature. >Once again I want to say - this is a good product, but it is not very >good documentation. >However - it's "as is". >Thank all for your help. And clarifications. > >Andrey > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] How to add linux server?
by Adam Armstrong 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Services are deprecated. The code is still there because it would take time to remove. Do not use it. We have plans to implement better alerting in the future, but there is always a shortage of time. Adam. Andrey Lebedev <alg(a)condensa.ru> wrote: >On 2012-09-25 23:05:51 +0100, John Broome said: > >> I prefer my car, but that doesn't mean I'm going to use it to open a >> can of beans. I use the tool that's designed to do what I want, >> reliably. And if the creators of the software say it's not meant to >> be used for service monitoring I'm going to take their word for it. > >Hmm ... interesting that the author wanted to say a demo of their >product. Maybe this is a joke? >http://demo.observium.org/device/device=34/tab=services/ >http://demo.observium.org/device/device=7/tab=services/ >http://demo.observium.org/device/device=6/tab=services/ >http://demo.observium.org/ >kermit >Service Down >ssh > >It's no "service monitoring"? >Ok. :) > > > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] How to add linux server?
by Adam Armstrong 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

I think you misunderstand Occam's razor. We do not do up/down monitoring, no more than cacti or Mrtg do. Adam. Andrey Lebedev <alg(a)condensa.ru> wrote: >On 2012-09-25 21:45:12 +0100, Paul Cupis said: > >> "Observium is not intended to replace an up/down alerting system, but >> rather to complement it with an easy to manage, intuitive representation >> of historical and current performance statistics, configuration >> visualisation and syslog capture." > >Do not see any logic. >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor >IMHO. > >But observium is preferd for me (over nagios or zabbix). > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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How to add linux server?
by Andrey Lebedev 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hi all, Sorry. 1) Offtopic. I unfortunately do not get your answers via mail. And look at them through http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/2012-September/thread.html How do I reply to this thread - but do not start a new topic every time? I have long lost touch (and forgotten) how to use mailing lists - last it was 10 years ago. 2) For monitoring unix servers use snmp? I do not understand a bit - but then why in wiki talk about the unix- agent. I saw that to unix-agent in any way no related to snmp. In my look this product have a lot of undocumented features that are unclear how they work. Regards, Andrey

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How to add linux server?
by Andrey Lebedev 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

Hi all! Sorry for the newbie question. I just Installed Observium. Connected to many snmpv3 network devices - Cisco, Extreme, Juniper ... I'm fine. I'm happy with everything. Now I want to connect my first Linux server. But I find no documentation - how? I installed check_mk_agent on linux. root@monitoring:/opt/observium# telnet x.x.x.60 6556 | head Trying x.x.x.60... Connected to x.x.x.60. Escape character is '^]'. <<<check_mk>>> Version: 1.2.0p2 AgentOS: linux PluginsDirectory: /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/plugins LocalDirectory: /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local AgentDirectory: /etc/check_mk OnlyFrom: 127.0.0.1 x.x.x.61 I do not know what to do next? Thank you for your help. Regards, Andrey

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How to add linux server?
by Andrey Lebedev 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

+screenshot Only snmp devices: http://s11.postimage.org/6izs930cj/Picture_478.png

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