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xinetd not supported on RHEL 9, use systemd instead
by Tony Guadagno 29 Dec '23

29 Dec '23

Hi, as xinetd is not provided for RHEL 9, I wrote a couple of systemd units to make this work. I am sure someone smarter than me could make this better, but I have confirmed this does work on any modern systemd implementation. Would it be possible to get this in the documentation so the knowledge is not lost? Here is the info: Create a new file: /etc/systemd/system/observiumagent.socket Paste this into the file: [Unit] Description=Observium Agent Socket Requires=observiumagent@.service [Socket] ListenStream=36602 Accept=yes [Install] WantedBy=sockets.target Change permissions on the file: Chmod 660 /etc/systemd/system/observiumagent.socket Create another new file: /etc/systemd/system/observiumagent@.service<mailto:/etc/systemd/system/observiumagent@.service> Paste this into the file: [Unit] Description=Observium Agent Server PartOf=observiumagent.socket [Service] ExecStart=-/usr/bin/observium_agent #User=example #Group=example StandardInput=socket Sockets=observiumagent.socket Change permissions on the file: Chmod 660 /etc/systemd/system/observiumagent@.service<mailto:/etc/systemd/system/observiumagent@.service> Reload systemd: systemctl daemon-reload Enable and start the service: systemctl enable --now observiumagent.socket That's it, of course, follow the rest of the direction on the page (UNIX Agent - Observium<https://docs.observium.org/unix_agent/>), just ignore the ones involving xinetd Thanks ) Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Traffic accounting not working anymore
by Anthony Polselli 13 Dec '23

13 Dec '23

We recently built a new server with Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and migrated Observium over. Everything seams to be working fine except for the Traffic Accounting. On the summary screen, it shows data from months ago (just before the upgrade), but when you click on one of the "bills" and look at the bandwidth graph, it's blank. I've tried adding a new bill and it same thing, no data. But if I click on the interface and go the that switch port, all the graphs are there. How can I reconnect the Traffic Accounting to pull data from the switchport graphs again? Thanks all!

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Network Traffic Map
by rpierazzi＠azfrance.fr 11 Dec '23

11 Dec '23

Good morning, I would like to know how to program the visualization of the network Traffic Map. When I go to the page and click on one device, nothing happens.. Thanks for your feedback, Sincerely,

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units on error graphs?
by Tony Guadagno 04 Dec '23

04 Dec '23

Hi, sorry if this is obvious, but it just occurred to me that I don't understand this graph. This comes from an Ethernet port on a cisco router.... [cid:image001.jpg@01DA26BB.DFC59A20] What are the units??for example the "last in errors/s" is 44.25m???? 44.24 million? That can't be right. Thanks in advance Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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is it possible to disable an alert checker?
by Tony Guadagno 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

Hi, is it possible to disable a specific alert checker without deleting it? I am debugging an alert checker that is pretty noisy so I want to stop the alerts for a bit but I don't want to loose the work I have put into it. thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Discovery problem with an old Dell Powerconnect and Observium CE 23.9.13005
by mosdvas 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

Hello, After the last update i'm experiencing a bug on the discovery on an old switch. This is a Dell PowerConnect 3448. : Vendor/Hardware Dell PowerConnect 3448 Operating system Dell PowerConnect (FastPath) 2.0.0.34 The bug appeared in this CE version, until now the info feedback was correct. The SNMP poller seem ok. Can you help me with this problem? Here's the error dump : ##### Module Start: sensors ##### o POWER-ETHERNET-MIB pethMainPseOperStatus [] o OLD-DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⡶⠋⠁⠙⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣠⡶⠛⠛⠲⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠄⣠⣾⣡⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢰⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣷⣤⡐⣄⣽⡾⠧⠤⠤⣤⣤⣾⣿⣾⣿⣯⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⢷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣤⣤⡀⣠⣈⣹⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⠀⢀⡾⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠈⠻⣆⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⣠⠞⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⢳⣆⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣾⣷⣶⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢡⡼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣯⡇⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣜⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣾⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠘⢷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡇⠈⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⣿⣿⡟⢠⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣻⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣷⡈⠛⠿⣿⣿⡆⠻⢿⣿⣽⣿⣯⣿⠿⠃⠀⠻⠛⣰⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⠈⠙⠻⠷⠤⠄⢉⡁⠀⠀⠙⢉⣵⣌⠀⠀⠀⣀⠄⠘⠛⠋⠁⢀⣀⣤⣤⣭⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠓⢦⣄⡉⠉⢉⣩⠶⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣆⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣥⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣦⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⡟⠿⣿⣟⡿⢿⡛⠀⣘⣿⣿⡆ ⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣷⣿⡆⠀⠀⣶⣶⣾⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⡟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠁⢀⢀⠲⣬⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠘⡏⠳⣤⡄⠀⡄⠀⠀⠈⠙⢿⣧⠀⢀⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣯⣷⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⠀⠀⠉⠳⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⠀⢸⣿⣿⣆⢠⠀⡆⣰⡿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣧⠀⠀⠀⠹⣷⣤⣄⠀⡈⣾⡆⢸⡿⠋⠿⠾⠴⠷⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⠞⠉⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣇⠸⡷⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⢄⣠⣶⣤⣤⣤⡤⠤⠖⠛⠉⠀⠠⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢻⣷⠶⠒⠀⠀⠁⠈⢿⡄⣷⣆⣤⣶⡿⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣧⣿⣿⡿⢋⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣶⣫⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢦⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠳⠦⣴⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⢷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣾⣿⣋⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⣈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⣦⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡴⠂⣀⡀⠀⡀⡀⡀⢠⣬⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⡴⠊⠉⠀⠈⢹⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⠾⡿⡿⠿⣷⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠷⠦⠤⠤⠴⠶⠶⠶⠶⠚⠉⠀⠀⠈⣉⣩⠽⠟⠋⠁⠀⠀⣁⣠⠿⠛⠋⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Oops! Something went wrong! You may want to report this to the Observium developers. count(): Argument #1 ($value) must be of type Countable|array, null given in /var/www/observium/includes/discovery/sensors/old-dnos-boxservices-private-mib.inc.php:14 Stack trace: #0: (unknown function) called at [/var/www/observium/includes/discovery/sensors/old-dnos-boxservices-private-mib.inc.php:14] 9: * @subpackage discovery 10: * @copyright (C) 2006-2013 Adam Armstrong, (C) 2013-2023 Observium Limited 11: * 12: */ 13: 14: if (count($valid['sensor']['temperature']['DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB']) || 15: count($valid['sensor']['power']['DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB'])) { 16: // Exit from discovery, since already added valid sensors by DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB 17: // Note, DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB and OLD-DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB are crossed 18: echo 'Skipped by DNOS-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB'; 19: return; #1: include called at [/var/www/observium/includes/include-dir-mib.inc.php:32] 27: 28: if (is_file($inc_file)) { 29: print_cli_data_field("$mib "); 30: 31: $inc_start = microtime(TRUE); // MIB timing start 32: $inc_status = include($inc_file); 33: echo(PHP_EOL); 34: 35: if ($include_lib && is_file($inc_dir . '.lib.php')) { 36: // separated functions include, for exclude fatal redeclare errors 37: include_once($inc_dir . '.lib.php'); #2: include called at [/var/www/observium/includes/discovery/sensors.inc.php:52] 47: } 48: } 49: 50: // Run sensor discovery scripts (also discovers state sensors as status entities) 51: $include_dir = "includes/discovery/sensors"; 52: include($config['install_dir'] . "/includes/include-dir-mib.inc.php"); 53: 54: // Run status-specific discovery scripts 55: $include_dir = "includes/discovery/status"; 56: include($config['install_dir'] . "/includes/include-dir-mib.inc.php"); 57: #3: include called at [/var/www/observium/includes/discovery/functions.inc.php:870] 865: $GLOBALS['module_stats'][$module] = []; 866: $valid[$module] = []; 867: 868: print_cli_heading("Module Start: %R" . $module); 869: 870: include("includes/discovery/$module.inc.php"); 871: 872: $m_end = utime(); 873: $GLOBALS['module_stats'][$module]['time'] = round($m_end - $m_start, 4); 874: print_module_stats($device, $module); 875: echo(PHP_EOL); #4: discover_device called at [/var/www/observium/discovery.php:216] 211: 212: foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT * FROM `devices` WHERE `disabled` = 0 $where ORDER BY `last_discovered_timetaken` ASC", $params) as $device) { 213: // Additional check if device SNMPable, because during 214: // discovery many devices (long time), the some device can be switched off 215: if ($options['h'] === 'new' || is_snmpable($device)) { 216: discover_device($device, $options); 217: } else { 218: $string = "Device '" . $device['hostname'] . "' skipped, because switched off during runtime discovery process."; 219: print_debug($string); 220: logfile($argv[0] . ": $string"); 221: } Cordialement, Florian Isolet AS42929 - FI1735-RIPE LIGNE DIRECTE 05 18 10 18 12 artefact-groupe.fr <https://www.artefact-groupe.fr> Les donnees et renseignements contenus dans ce message sont personnels, confidentiels et secrets. Toute publication, utilisation ou diffusion, meme partielle, doit etre autorisee. Si vous n'etes pas le bon destinataire, nous vous demandons de ne pas lire, copier, utiliser ou divulguer cette communication. Nous vous prions de notifier cette erreur a l'expediteur et d'effacer immediatement cette communication de votre systeme. Any data and information contained in this electronic mail is personal, confidential and secret. Any total or partial publication, use or distribution must be authorized. If you are not the right addressee, we ask you not to read, copy, use or disclose this communication. 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cisco router tunnel interfaces
by Tony Guadagno 28 Nov '23

28 Nov '23

Hi, I just noticed that Observium does not seem to list GRE Tunnel interfaces on Cisco routers. Are one of these including Tunnel interfaces? How do I get tunnel interfaces polled? thanks [cid:image002.jpg@01DA2205.08A73E50] Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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is there an alert kill switch?
by Tony Guadagno 28 Nov '23

28 Nov '23

Hi, when my Microsoft servers patch monthly, they often reboot and that causes an alert that is unnecessary for me. Is there a way (maybe a script I could write) that would disable alerting? I am thinking about making a cron job that would run monthly (at the time I am patching) that would disable alerting...then maybe 2 hrs later, re-enable alerting. Is this possible? Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Security Questions
by Wilkinson, Matthew 27 Nov '23

27 Nov '23

Hello, I am deploying Observium into a secured environment and I've a few questions. * What security measures are in place to protect subscription SVN branch? * Does SVN do any checksums or hashing of the code after it is checkout to the client to ensure no malicious attempts were made in transit? * Is there a contact name and email we can document in cases where we need to get direct support? * Is there a regular notification mechanism for updates to Observium? E.g. via the mailing list or blog post? In other words, how do we find out about new security patches? Thanks for any and all help. Matt

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Recover dashboard and alerts
by Chris James 26 Nov '23

26 Nov '23

We recently had to rebuild our observium server. Of course we lost the custom dashboards and alerts. Everything in the old observium directory was backed off. Can we recover the dashboards and alerts from the old directory? Chris James Vessel Production Systems Manager Infrastructure & Support

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