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Trial License - Observium Commercial Edition
by Carl Francis 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hi, I'm a very happy Observium Community Edition user, keep up the good work! I have a Linux appliance that utilises Observium, Nagios, NagioSQL, Cacti, Splunk, etc. that runs as our Company NOC. I would like to simplify this and perhaps remove Nagios as I only use this for basic ICMP "Are you there" checks currently. I would very much like to test this functionality in the commercial edition of Observium before purchasing a subscription - is this possible please? Kind regards, Carl Francis [cid:image001.gif@01D01B8A.17EED7F0] e: carl.francis(a)flexnet-ts.com<mailto:carl.francis@flexnet-ts.com> // m: +44 (0) 7967 398 853<callto:00447967398853> // w: http://www.flexnet-ts.com<http://www.flexnet-ts.com/> // @FlexNetTS<https://twitter.com/flexnetts> Click here to watch a Cisco Meraki Webinar, and receive a free wireless access point!<http://www.meraki.com/company/webinars?ref=1dxTIjY>

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installing observium
by girum kebede 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

i got the error when instaling the observium and setting the Setup the MySQL and when running this command :- php includes/sql-schema/update.php this is the error i get " Could not open input file: includes/sql-schema/update.php"

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EU Subscriptions and new subscription management system
by Adam Armstrong 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hi Guys, To get around the additional complexity complying with the EU regulations would require we've switched to a slightly more expensive, but more helpful payment provider which is now acting as a VAT agent on our behalf, usefully sidestepping all of the EU VAT issues. They also have a much friendlier and much easier to use API, so I finally got around to properly automating the subscription system. For the future to renew subscriptions, you'll need to create an account on the subscription management system and order via the button. At the moment it autogenerates usernames and passwords, but in future I'll make those customisable. You can find it at http://www.observium.org/subs/ Thanks, adam.

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geolocation problems after update
by Guilherme de Freitas Figueiredo 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

hi all! after upgrading my svn version of observium noticed that the points are gone the map going to a strange location and coordinates "manual" in the geolocation option of configuration of devices. to not upgrade one by one and clear beyond coordinate option did a direct change in sql that functioned normally, it follows: UPDATE `observium`.`devices_locations` SET `location_lat` = NULL , `location_lon` = NULL , `location_geoapi` = 'google' , `location_manual` = '0'; after 5 minutes the points again appear on the map in the right way []s! -- Guilherme de Freitas Figueiredo

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export billing to pdf
by Simon Smith 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Hi All, is the any plans of exporting the Billing to PDFs or a module somebodies written? currently if i go File -> Print, it just prints horrible! missing text, no color, just horrible! I have to copy the graphs to a Word Doc and then save to PDF Regards Simon

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Fwd: Help me please
by Phạm Mạnh Hùng 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Dear observium developer/suppoter! I've new install Observium in Ubuntu 12.04 server. It had monitoring some device run snmp services. But now I want Observium monitor some software like: apache/mysql. I have done following instruction http://www.observium.org/wiki/Application/Apache but it not success. Can you instruction me more detail. Thank you very much. -- Thanks & Best regards Phạm Mạnh Hùng Công ty Cổ phần tập đoàn đầu tư công nghệ Intech ADD: No1 Đình Thôn Mỹ Đình Từ Liêm Hà Nội Website: http://www.sieuthisua.com; http://www.Intech.com.vn <http://www.intech.com.vn/> Email: Phammanhhung(a)gmail.com <phammanhhung(a)gmail.com>; Real_time_pro(a)yahoo.com <real_time_pro(a)yahoo.com> Phone: 0904216677

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Re: [Observium] Custom SNMP OID
by lom＠digitelitalia.com 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

I have the same issue. We are running a bunch of DSLAM (Zhone and Keymile) and we want to monitor the numebr of calls, the temperature and so on (no more than 10 SNMP OID checks). How can I ask to add this kind of support? Can I write my own check files for this hardware and (if it's working fine) pull up on the main release? Where to start writing a custom check? Regards

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add specific OID to a host to monitor.graph
by John Brown 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

Hi, I'm working towards building some additional OS and device definitions for Observium. At first, I would like to know if there is a way to add a specific OID to a device to be monitored. Other words, I have a device and the standard mibs are being monitored / graph'd. I'd like to add a specific OID to also be monitored / graphed. thanks

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Re: [Observium] Many false positives
by John Brown 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

I'm following back up to the list, in hopes that others will find this and it will help them. Part of figuring this out was to track server (the host observium is running on) utilization in terms of Disk IO, CPU, Network IO, swaps, etc. In general we had to upgrade our server to handle a higher compute load / cpu load. We had been running Cacti on the same hardware platform with about 3x the devices, polling every 1 minute and no issues. When running Cacti we also used the C based poller environment (spine). Observium requires more CPU. We also increased our SNMP time out value in the config file. This helped mitigate the issue, but at the end of the day, more CPU fixed the issue. Now the SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) has reduced and alerts / data from Observium is considered reflective of the devices status. Once we stabilize and goto production, I'll post our hardware / os configuration along with other relevant data for others to reference. cheers and thanks to those that provided on-list and off-list usable feedback. On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 6:06 AM, John Brown <john(a)citylinkfiber.com> wrote: > what command line options do you send to fping ? > how do you call fping from within the code? > and what are you parsing on from fping's output to determine up or down ? > > thanks > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> > wrote: >> >> In my previous testing (which was on a mikrotik, but I didn't find out >> if it was the end device or an intermediate device), the issue occured >> because the device stopped replying to pings for 10 seconds every few >> minutes. >> >> This will produce frequent false alerts with even 1 second timeouts and >> multiple retries not ignoring. >> >> Personally, I think we're quite justified in marking a device down if it >> doesn't reply to ping after 5 seconds :) >> >> adam. >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "John Brown" <john(a)citylinkfiber.com> >> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> >> Sent: 12/22/2014 5:12:18 PM >> Subject: Re: [Observium] Many false positives >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> I did crank the timeout and retires up to 1000ms and 5 retries, prior to >> my original post. >> That didn't seem to help much. >> >> I now have the debug value set and will watch the debug log for any hints. >> >> Thanks >> >> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Tom Laermans < >> tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >> >>> There is no time frame to report; it didn't return a ping (in time) at >>> the exact moment the message is logged. >>> >>> These are the default ping config settings: >>> #$config['ping']['retries'] = 3; // How many times to retry ping (1 - >>> 10) >>> #$config['ping']['timeout'] = 500; // Timeout in milliseconds (50 - >>> 2000) >>> >>> So, 3 missed-or->500ms pings, it would seem. >>> >>> There are currently no device-specific ping settings, this is on my >>> to-do somewhere. >>> >>> You can try to enable this: >>> $config['ping']['debug'] = TRUE; // If TRUE store ping errors >>> into logs/debug.log file >>> >>> and check the debug log. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> On 22/12/2014 23:55, John Brown wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I see the "Device Status changed to Down (PING)" in the log. >>> >>> The conflict I have with this that it doesn't provide any more detailed >>> information. >>> How many pings failed, time frame, etc >>> >>> I am running TCPDUMP on a monitor/span port that the ONOS is connected >>> to and I see ICMP packets going out to devices and I see their reply >>> packets come back. >>> >>> Over a 15 minute period of time a host will be reported as DOWN, yet the >>> ICMP packet flow shows echo_request / echo_reply pairs without undo delay. >>> >>> Other machines on the same LAN subnet as the ONOS host also show no >>> dropped ICMP packets. >>> >>> Hence why I'm asking about additional debugging tools within ONOS.. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >>

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Fw: Re[2]: Fw: Re[2]: Example alert checkers, and background information
by Adam Armstrong 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

stupid mail client! :O ------ Forwarded Message ------ From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "Tristan Rhodes" <tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu> Sent: 1/1/2015 11:33:35 PM Subject: Re[2]: [Observium] Fw: Re[2]: Example alert checkers, and background information Apparently I have to add the accounts, too :) adam. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Tristan Rhodes" <tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu> To: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org>; "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Sent: 1/1/2015 10:25:02 PM Subject: Re: [Observium] Fw: Re[2]: Example alert checkers, and background information >Was anyone else able to successfully request a wiki account? I am >still getting the permission error when I go the page that Adam >provided. > >Thanks, > >Tristan > >Tristan Rhodes >Network Engineer >Weber State University >801.626.8549 > > >On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Tristan Rhodes ><tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu> wrote: >>I tried that link, but I get this error: >> >>Permissions errors >>You do not have permission to create this user account, for the >>following reason: >> >>The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: >>Administrators. >> >> >>Tristan Rhodes >>Network Engineer >>Weber State University >>801.626.8549 >> >> >>On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> >>wrote: >>> >>> >>>------ Forwarded Message ------ >>>From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> >>>To: "Tristan Rhodes" <tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu> >>>Sent: 12/16/2014 11:39:46 AM >>>Subject: Re[2]: [Observium] Example alert checkers, and background >>>information >>> >>>We disabled public wiki write access a few years ago when we started >>>to get bot attacks. >>> >>>You create an account here : >>> >>>http://www.observium.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup >>> >>>and then I have to manually enable it. >>> >>>adam. >>> >>>------ Original Message ------ >>>From: "Tristan Rhodes" <tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu> >>>To: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org>; "Observium Network >>>Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> >>>Sent: 12/16/2014 10:52:44 AM >>>Subject: Re: [Observium] Example alert checkers, and background >>>information >>> >>>>Adam, >>>> >>>>I am sure that several people want to give back to Observium by >>>>improving the documentation. What is the process for this? I don't >>>>see a way to get a wiki account? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>Tristan >>>> >>>>Tristan Rhodes >>>>Network Engineer >>>>Weber State University >>>>801.626.8549 >>>> >>>> >>>>On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> >>>>wrote: >>>>>Why don't you get a wiki account and put it there? :> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>------ Original Message ------ >>>>>From: "Moerman, Maarten" <mmoerman(a)ebay.com> >>>>>To: "Observium Network Observation System" >>>>><observium(a)observium.org> >>>>>Sent: 12/12/2014 7:39:01 AM >>>>>Subject: [Observium] Example alert checkers, and background >>>>>information >>>>> >>>>>>Hey Guys, >>>>>> >>>>>>I had some spare time, and decided to write up some more >>>>>>documentation on >>>>>>alert-checkers for observium, and provide a whole bunch of example >>>>>>alerts >>>>>>which could be adapted for your use: >>>>>> >>>>>>Document: http://www.maartenmoerman.nl/?p=612 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>I have provided examples for: >>>>>> - Device down >>>>>> - Processor usage is above 80% >>>>>> - Memory usage is above 70% >>>>>> - State sensor is in ALERT state! >>>>>> - Fanspeed is above or under treshold >>>>>> - Traffic exceeds 85% >>>>>> - BGP Session down >>>>>> - Storage exceeds 85% of disk capacity >>>>>> - Port has encountered errors or discards >>>>>> - Port is enabled, but operationally down >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Let me know if this is helpful and what you'd like to see >>>>>>added/improved. >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks, >>>>>>Maarten >>>>>>-- >>>>>>Maarten Moerman | Mgr, Network Engineering | eBay Classifieds | >>>>>>+31-655122247 | mmoerman(a)ebay.com >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>>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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