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SFP sensor alerts
by Martin 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hi All, What is the best way to suppress alerts for Transceiver TX Power generated when a port is admin-down? cisco-entity-sensor mib has a default minimum value of 1mA, which is a perfectly valid minimum value under normal "up/up" conditions, but if the port is admin-shut it will switch off tx power, which is ok for admin-shut. Same situation for RX-power. Is there a way to take the admin status of the port in account for this kind of sensor readings? (ASR9k, IOS-XR) Thanks, Martin

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Port Errors Showing for Alert-Disabled ports
by Robert Williams 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hi, Not sure when it started, but we now seem to get “Port Error” alerts on the main page for ports which are set to have their Alerts disabled, for example: [cid:image001.jpg@01D1494E.A318C000] On the device in question, they are indeed ‘No’ under the Alerts toggle: [cid:image002.jpg@01D1494E.A318C000] There are a large number of ports like this on our network with IP PDUs and similar, all of which have 10M/Half links and exist in a state of near-constant input errors as a result. This is of no concern at all and should be ignored (hence the toggle). Any suggestions? Is the Alerts toggle broken (for this feature on the main page) or is there another way to shush these, it’s kind of making the main page list a bit defunct ☺ Cheers all! Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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upgrade community version to paid version
by Ankit Dubey 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hi, I have installed community version and wish to upgrade it to paid version. I have gone through the link http://www.observium.org/docs/updating/#migrate-an-existing-community-editi… Please let me know - Do I need to pay and subscribe in advance on different system and install it on that system and transfer old config.php to new setup Or Do I need to provide internet connectivity to my existing server and need to put below mentioned command on this already running system - but when I will be prompted for payment? cd /opt mv observium observium-old svn co http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable observium cp observium-old/config.php observium mv observium-old/rrd observium-old/logs observium cd observium ./discovery.php -u Please provide contact detail of any sales person, with whom I can chat in detail regarding this as I need to procure two licenses on urgent basis. Best regards Ankit Dubey Lead, Packet Core Planning Division Network, CORPORATE CENTER -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of observium-request(a)observium.org Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 9:36 AM To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: observium Digest, Vol 64, Issue 133 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. MySQL application (Geoff Johnson) 2. Re: MySQL application (Spencer Ryan) 3. upgrade community version to paid version (Ankit Dubey) 4. Re: upgrade community version to paid version (Adam Armstrong) 5. Re: upgrade community version to paid version (Cody Cook) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:43:48 -0800 From: Geoff Johnson <geoff.johnson(a)coanda.ca> To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: [Observium] MySQL application Message-ID: <CAB5X9BuAbNupewAXc=w7hymJPvx_WrAHFY8--YvLF9CW61=HAg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The instructions for configuring the MySQL application at https://observium.org/w/Application/MySQL are unclear about where the database user must be created. Do the user create steps need to be done on every host running MySQL that you want to monitor, or just once on the Observium server? I assume that it's the former, just looking for clarification. Thanks, Geoff

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On the "Ports" page, can I set the "Quick Filters" option "Hide DOWN" as a default setting?
by Taylor Cassidy 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi All, On the "Ports" page, how do I set the "Quick Filters" option "Hide DOWN" as a default setting? Thanks very much, Taylor C.

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test_alerts.php should not be called statically
by Simon Smith 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi All. having a strange issue, my HipChat Notifications stopped working, so be trying to debug them - I just keep getting 400 Bad Request but i’ve noticed something else weird, after i run the test_alerts.php with -dd I’m seeing o Notifying [email] Simon: simon(a)hestor.com Load class 'Mail_mime' from '/opt/observium/libs/pear/Mail/mime.php': OK Load class 'Mail' from '/opt/observium/libs/pear/Mail/Mail.php': OK PHP Strict Standards: Non-static method Mail::factory() should not be called statically in /opt/observium/includes/alerting/email.inc.php on line 153 Strict Standards: Non-static method Mail::factory() should not be called statically in /opt/observium/includes/alerting/email.inc.php on line 153 PHP Strict Standards: Non-static method PEAR::isError() should not be called statically in /opt/observium/includes/alerting/email.inc.php on line 157 Strict Standards: Non-static method PEAR::isError() should not be called statically in /opt/observium/includes/alerting/email.inc.php on line 157 I haven’t changed anything apart from weekly svn up’s could this error be affecting the hipchat? I’m setting the contact as room_id::ROOMID||from::FROMOBSERVIUMEMAILACCOUNT||token::VERYLONGTOKENHERE||url::https://URLOFHIPCHATSERVERWITHSSL am i missing something or has something changed? regards Simon

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UNIX agent Postgres versions
by Attila Nagy 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi everyone! I was in the process of configuring the UNIX agent and I found (as written in the documentation too) that the script only supports Postgres version 9. But after experimenting a little bit I realized that the script works perfectly with the 8.4 version. I was able to test with an 8.3 which was working as well. So maybe the script should be changed to enable any 8.X version. Anyway I created a patch and attached it. If some of you find it helpful then maybe post the version which was working, so we can update the version string. Regards, Tylla

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Re: [Observium] How to aggregate multiple graphs
by ChanTy 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Any comment ? From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of apple <ty.chan(a)corp.mekongnet.com.kh> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 9:09 AM To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] How to aggregate multiple graphs Hi, Is it possible to aggregate multiple graphs into a single graph ? If yes, please help to provide me the steps. Regards, chanty _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Problem adding devices after upgrading to 0.16.1.7393
by Roland Schwingel 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi... Yesterday I upgraded my Observium to Version 0.16.1.7393 via svn. The "svn up" did follow an immediate "./discovery.php -u" and a flush of the browser cache. But when I try to add a device I get a somewhat incomplete screen. See attached screenshot. Is this a bug or did I do something wrong? Thanks for your help, Roland

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Re: [Observium] Problem adding devices after upgrading to 0.16.1.7393
by Roland Schwingel 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi Adam... Thanks for your reply... I tried deleting the html folder plus svn up but it did not help... I am using FF43 and Chrome 47. I can reproduce it with both browsers... But I found a way now on getting the panel back! I reduced the browser window width to at least the half of my screen (I do have 1980x1200 resolution). Then bling it popus up. As soon as I make it wider than 50% it goes away. Reproduced it with FF and Chrome on windows. Looks indeed like a CSS issue. Roland "observium" <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> wrote on 05.01.2016 15:31:48: > From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> > To: "" <observium(a)observium.org>, > Date: 05.01.2016 15:34 > Subject: Re: [Observium] Problem adding devices after upgrading to 0.16.1.7393 > Sent by: "observium" <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> > > What browsers? > > Did you already try : > > rm -rf html > svn up > > ? > > I've just re-synced stable to current, but there are no relevant > changes in there. I suspect something to do with CSS, since it looks > like the form is hidden under the box-header div. Very odd. Removing > html/ and svn up'ing should fix it. > > adam. > On 05/01/2016 14:03:31, Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: > I assume you're both running the stable train? Adam, I think a merge may > be in order.. this works fine on trunk. > > Tom > > On 2016-01-05 14:56, Lyndon Labuschagne wrote: > > I have the same issue > > > > On 2016/01/05, 10:08, "observium on behalf of Roland Schwingel" > > > > roland.schwingel(a)onevision.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi... > >> > >> Yesterday I upgraded my Observium to Version 0.16.1.7393 via svn. > >> The "svn up" did follow an immediate "./discovery.php -u" and a flush of > >> the browser cache. But when I try to add a device I get a somewhat > >> incomplete screen. See attached screenshot. > >> > >> Is this a bug or did I do something wrong? > >> > >> Thanks for your help, > >> > >> Roland

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Mikrotik discovery problem
by Eduardo Schoedler 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi, Since last updates, some sensors were deleted from Mikrotik and licence is flapping. 2016-01-05 12:34:32 mk-01 Neighbours: 14 added. 2016-01-05 12:34:31 Sensor deleted: voltage routeros 0 System 0 2016-01-05 12:34:31 Sensor deleted: temperature routeros 0 System 0 2016-01-05 01:56:56 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2016-01-05 01:52:02 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-29 00:05:45 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-28 23:58:26 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-15 08:18:40 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-15 08:13:42 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-12 01:23:06 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-12 01:18:08 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-10 01:08:03 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-10 01:03:35 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-05 19:48:19 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-05 19:43:39 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-11-20 11:57:48 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-11-20 11:53:18 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-11-19 06:28:12 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-11-19 06:22:45 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 Thank you. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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corrupt file ?
by Daniel Rolfe 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi all, I suspect a corrupt file, I'm running the paid version but my subscription has currently lapsed *Observium*0.15.12.7265 (15th December 2015) [image: Inline image 1] Could someone please send me a copy of bandwidth-graph.php for the above observium version Regards, Daniel

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User rights: Bill disappears after some hours
by Basile Bluntschli 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi Team I have several customers which have their own login to see their particular bill. Since a few days I can add a Bill to a User and it persists. But if I check again in the morning, the User does not have this permission anymore. However access to interfaces still works. Thanks Basile

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Radius authentication not work
by ChanTy 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

I am following this http://www.observium.org/docs/authentication to do Radius authentication for user to login to Observium. Radius already allow Observium to connect to Php-radius already install Configuration on Observium is done as the guideline But Login still failed using user from Radius Any comment?

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On the "Ports" page, can I set the "Quick Filters" option "Hide DOWN" as a default setting?
by Taylor Cassidy 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hi All, On the "Ports" page, how do I set the "Quick Filters" option "Hide DOWN" as a default setting? Thanks very much, Taylor C.

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Re: [Observium] TenG port shows up as 1g
by Jeffrey d'Ambly 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

So after looking at this more this interface is a back plane connected to an ASA firewall module, and snmp just reports these things improperly :/ What is the best way to ignore this interface for traffic usage alert checks? Note that because this is a back plane interface there is not way to set a description :/ (because Cisco) —Jeff From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Tony Marquardt <tomarquardt(a)kern.org<mailto:tomarquardt@kern.org>> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 1:05 PM To: 'Observium Network Observation System' <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] TenG port shows up as 1g This will happen is you have a 1gbps SFP / connection. It will show actual connection speed. Verify at the device you actually have 10gbps connection. Thank you, Tony Marquardt Network Operations Coordinator Kern County Superintendent of Schools V: 661-636-4545 E: tomarquardt(a)kern.org<mailto:tomarquardt@kern.org> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey d'Ambly Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:03 PM To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: [Observium] TenG port shows up as 1g [cid:image001.png@01D14302.BF729C50] I’m using Observium Enterprise and it seems to think this port is 1g (port speed is displayed as 1Gbps) , clicking on the data button shows the following for int speed, and int hight speed. Are these the right values for a 10g port? fSpeed=>1000000000 ifHighSpeed=>1000

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Re: [Observium] Fortinet Fortigate wireless support
by Michael Cushard 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hi, Fortinet Fortigates are currently supported in Observium. However, the wireless controller functionality of the Fortigates is currently not graphed. Walking the MIBs show all the wireless data (Access points, clients, errors, bandwidth, S/N ratios) to have corresponding OIDs. Can this be information be implemented and graphed within Observium? Regards, Michael

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VMware ESXI 6 - False Errors
by Daniel Bray 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

We have recently upgraded our test environment from VMware ESXi 5.5 to 6.0. After the upgrade, we are seeing an issue where errors are getting reported on the vmk1 - vmk5 (VMkernel) ports that are connected to distributed switches for SAN access. However, there are no errors (none reported in vSphere nor the SAN). It seems to be a SNMP issue, possibly. We have a near identical production environment that is still running VMware ESXI 5.5, and the similar ESXi hosts are not showing these errors in Observium. This is a completely separate network, with a different Observium server, however both are running similar installs, and patched to the latest Professional version. We have verified using normal snmp commands that everything seems to be working as expected. We have deleted and re-added the ESXi hosts. Issue remains, but only on the vmk ports that are connected to distributed switches. The normal vmnic (vSwitch for management VLAN) show no errors. I've checked the mailing list and Googled this issue for a bit, but not finding anything similar to our issue. Anybody else running Observium with ESXi 6.0 and notice an issue with false Error reports on vmk ports? Any suggestions on what else to try? We have compared everything in the working production environment to the broken test environment, and the only thing we can come up with is that it is an issue with ESXi 6.0 and how it is responding to the Observium SNMP requests. Any guidance or direction would be appreciated. Thanks, -DB

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Frontpage questions
by Jason Lixfeld 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hi, The default frontpage with an empty array in the config.php ($config['frontpage']['order'] = array(‘’);) still shows some stuff depending on the width of the browser window. I assume a blanked out array would show nothing at all on the front page, so maybe the presence of these artifacts are a bug (see attached images)? Secondly, is it possible to have the front page only be a front page, removing the title bar as well and only showing the contents of the frontage order array? In that case, I would presume the front page would be some sort of a special URL http://$obsevium/frontpage so you don’t get locked out? My intention is to use the frontpage as a super clean NOC screen mounted on a wall. Anyone who saw an alert would login to Observium through their own workstation if they needed a deeper dive. Thanks!

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How to aggregate multiple graphs
by ChanTy 02 Jan '16

02 Jan '16

Hi, Is it possible to aggregate multiple graphs into a single graph ? If yes, please help to provide me the steps. Regards, chanty

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How long until removed ports are deleted?
by Ron Marosko 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

Happy New Year, all ya’ll Observium folks. So while everyone else is on holiday, I’m getting to do work. And this brought up an interesting question. I’m mostly removing old/unutilized 10/100/1000 line cards from a Catalyst 6509 today, and in a couple cases installing 10Gb linecards. Right now, I’ve already pulled three linecards from one chassis, and decided to force some discovery/polling of the chassis to see if the old ports will go away… and they haven’t. Doing a “show modules” on the switch confirms the line cards have been removed, but in the device port properties page, Observium still considers them “disabled / down”. Manually running the housekeeping script with the –p option says there are no ports to delete, even when I have manually gone into config.php and set the time duration to be really short (like 1*1 instead of 30*86400). Which brings me to the question… how long does it take for Observium to consider a port or ports “deleted” after it has been removed from the chassis? Thanks, Ron -- Ron Marosko, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CCIE No. 4526 (R/S), NN5DX Consulting Network Architect, ATS/Wireless Global Technology Resources,Inc. 1108 West Dickinson Blvd, Suite A Fort Stockton, TX 79735 USA o: +1 432 336 5600 x110 c: +1 432 290 6344 e: <mailto:rmarosko@gtri.com> rmarosko(a)gtri.com pgp pubkey: <http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x778B3B0258AB8B5C> 0x58AB8B5C "To know me is to fly with me." This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. Any opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error–free; the sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e–mail transmission. Diese Nachricht enthält vertrauliche Informationen und ist nur für den einzelnen, namentlich genannten gedacht. Bitte benachrichtigen Sie den Absender umgehend per E-Mail, wenn Sie diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben und löschen Sie diese E-Mail aus Ihrem System. Alle Meinungen in dieser E-Mail die vorgestellt werden sind ausschließlich die des Autors und nicht unbedingt die des Unternehmens. E-Mail-Übertragung kann nicht garantiert werden, sicher oder fehlerfrei sind; der Absender übernimmt daher keine Haftung für irgendwelche Fehler oder Auslassungen in den Inhalten dieser Nachricht, die als Ergebnis der E-Mail-Übertragung ergeben. 此消息包含机密信息，并仅用于指定的个人。通过e-mail，请立即通知发件人如果您误收到此电子邮件，并从您的系统中删除此电子邮件。这封电子邮件中提出的任何意见仅仅是那些作者，并不一定代表公司。发送E-mail不能保证是安全或无差错，因此，发件人在该消息的内容，电子邮件传输的结果产生任何错误或遗漏不承担责任。 -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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Discovery script crash on build 7383.
by Ron Marosko 01 Jan '16

01 Jan '16

All, Not sure if this is just isolated to me or what… just upgraded to 7383 via svn, and happened to force a discovery on a node trying to troubleshoot why neighbors were no longer being displayed on the ports page on a couple Catalyst 6509s I’m polling, and got the following error: ##### Module Start: bgp-peers ##### No BGP on hostPHP Fatal error: Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to print_cli_table() must be of the type array, null given, called in /opt/observium/includes/discovery/bgp-peers.inc.php on line 458 and defined in /opt/observium/includes/functions.inc.php:2226 Stack trace: #0 /opt/observium/includes/discovery/bgp-peers.inc.php(458): print_cli_table(NULL, Array) #1 /opt/observium/includes/discovery/functions.inc.php(242): include('/opt/observium/...') #2 /opt/observium/discovery.php(182): discover_device(Array, Array) #3 {main} thrown in /opt/observium/includes/functions.inc.php on line 2226 Anyone else seeing this problem? …Ron -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [Observium] 6880-X Fan Tray Failure
by Sam Hernandez-gill 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Going back through some old mailing lists, didn’t see a reply to this one: http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/2015-April/010117.html I have the same issue here on Cisco 6880-X’s. Sh Env shows no problem with Fan Tray 1 50V Power Supply status, but observium alerts on the snmp status of the C6880-X Fan Tray 1 – Fan Tray 1 50V Power Supply. [cid:image001.png@01D1419B.9C7B7D10] From any C6880-X itself: fan-tray 1: fan-tray 1 type: C6880-X-FAN fan-tray 1 mode: Mode1 fan-tray 1 fan-fail: OK fan-tray 1 50V Power Supply: OK fan-tray 1 firmware version: 7 I believe this is OID http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseOID.do?local=en&translate=Tran… Object cevSensorFanTrayStatus OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.12.3.1.8.37 Currently with a status alert checker observium will generate an alert for this. So how can I help determine if the switch is really saying the Fan Tray power status Is bad via snmp or if it’s just a problem in how observium is interpreting the response? Thanks, ---------------------------- This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail (even if the e-mail address above is yours), (i) you may not use, copy or retransmit it, (ii) please delete this message and (iii) please notify the sender immediately. Any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this message or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ----------------------------

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TenG port shows up as 1g
by Jeffrey d'Ambly 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

[cid:1F6CEEEE-9AE3-4666-8C8B-B90AE68BB8F7] I’m using Observium Enterprise and it seems to think this port is 1g (port speed is displayed as 1Gbps) , clicking on the data button shows the following for int speed, and int hight speed. Are these the right values for a 10g port? fSpeed=>1000000000 ifHighSpeed=>1000

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rabbitmq and ELK stack
by Stefaans Mostert (GBL) 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Morning all. Pretty new to Observium so I need to ask some questions, as I am under a little time pressure. A bump to the correct doc's will also be appreciated. First server I would like to do is an ELK collector. Ubuntu 14.04 Logstash Rabbitmq Observium unix_agent Now how do I integrate this into my Observium monitoring? unix_agent plugin? I want to monitor things like exchanges, queues and such like. Found this(for zabbix) that I can use to get my rabbitmq stats. Thanx a lot, after the first one I will be able to handle it myself :D Steff Stefaans Mostert Contractor: Linux System Administrator Tel: +27 11 459 1804 Fax: +27 11 459 1872 Website:http://www.grindrodbank.co.za Fourth Floor, Grindrod Tower, 8A Protea Place, Sandton PO Box 78011, Sandton, 2146

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Collectd ping plugin graph issue
by Senses0 30 Dec '15

30 Dec '15

Hi, I have collectd configured in Observium and pretty much all the plugins I tried work. There is an issue rendering one graph generated by ping plugin though. Say, I'm measuring latency to "netflix.com". After measurements, the plugin sends following 3 RRD files to Observium - ping-netflix.com.rrd - ping_stddev-netflix.com.rrd - ping_droprate-netflix.com.rrd While observium renders stddev and droprate graphs, it doesn't render "ping-netflix.com.rrd". RRD command produces below error. "RRDTool Output: ERROR: No DS called 'ping' in '/opt/collectd-rrd/server-f04/ping/ping-netflix.com.rrd'" RRD dump has "value" as DS name in *ALL* 3 rrd files (as opposed to "ping"). For some reason, Observium doesn't use the correct DS name for the first file.

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