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hdd temperature sensor keeps vanishing ?
by Simon Smith 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Hi All, hoping someone has seen this issue I’m having for some mad reason the HDD temperature sensor on one our of servers keeps disappearing ? but whats mad is the event log is showing the Entity as BLANK ? and another mad thing I’ve noticed is when it gets re-added or updated the HIGH and LOW keep getting adjusted to 0, so i have to all the time go and manually adjust the values? is it possible a problem with hddtemp, observium, or something else I’m just missing? I have attached a screenshot showing what I mean regards Simon

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Rsyslog after upgrade from 13.10.4585 to 14.4.XX
by Koen Claes 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hello, I am currently using an installation of Observium that works very well. I installed rsyslog according to this link : http://www.observium.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Syslog_Server I tried upgrading it for the first time to the most recent version, and everything seemed to work fine, but after a few hours syslogs stopped showing in the web interface. They do still arrive to the machine according to tcpdump. I rolled back the server and it worked again, even for a week now. After upgrading it again it does the same, works for a while and then stops. So I have 2 questions: 1: Where are syslogs saved? In the mysql database? 2: Did anything change regarding to syslog in the major version? I did notice a new logs folder. Thanks This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com

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A same rsyslog config for observium + remote logging
by Jason Lixfeld 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

I was working on trying to get my rsyslog configuration working with observium as well as preserving my configuration for logging inbound logs to files based on the sender’s hostname so Splunk could eat them. It was a bit of a pain, so I thought I’d share incase anyone else found it useful: # /etc/rsyslog.d/30-remote.conf # # Based on a default rsyslog.conf file from Debian Jessie (8) # module(load="omprog") module(load="imtcp") module(load="imudp”) template(name="observium" type="string" string="%fromhost%||%syslogfacility%||%syslogpriority%||%syslogseverity%||%syslogtag%||%$year%-%$month%-%$day% %timereported:8:25%||%msg%||%programname%\n") template(name="hostname" type="string" string="/var/log/remote/%HOSTNAME%.log”) ruleset(name="remote"){ action(type="omprog" binary="/opt/observium/syslog.php" template="observium") action(type="omfile" dynafile="hostname") } input(type="imtcp" port="601" ruleset="remote") input(type="imudp" port="514" ruleset="remote”) #<EOF>

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Alert to monitor cisco ARP table
by Lambert, Benoit 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hello Observium team, Is there a way for an alert checker to check for a new ARP entry in the arp table? Thanks.

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MySQLi extension at r6455 (professional edition).
by Mike Stupalov 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hi, today added a new feature with ability to use modern php mysqli extension for db connections. It will not add new ponies in your piggy bank, but will give us opportunity to refuse in the future from obsolete php mysql extension. Currently new code will work ONLY if you manually add in config.php option: $config['db_extension'] = 'mysqli'; Also now added some new configurable options for db connections: $config['db_extension'] = 'mysqli'; // The PHP MySQL extension to use ('mysql' or 'mysqli') #$config['db_port'] = ''; // MySQL port (leave blank for default port: 3306) #$config['db_socket'] = ''; // Path to the socket (leave blank for default socket) #$config['db_persistent'] = FALSE; // Whether persistent connections should be used or not. WARNING use at own risk! #$config['db_compress'] = FALSE; // Use compressed protocol for the MySQL connection Please test new options and especially mysqli extension and report here (or in jira) about your success story ;) -- Mike Stupalov http://observium.org/

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SNMPv3 with AES256
by Thiedek, Vic 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Greetings! Does Observium support AES256 for SNMPv3 for Cisco Devices? Testing with SHA / AES128 SNMPv3 Authentication Successful Testing with SHA / AES256 SNMPv3 Authentication Fails I would use AES128, but the environment (750+ devices) was already setup for AES256. Thanks in advance! Vic

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Location to request to add a MIB?
by Jason Lixfeld 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

I understand fully that MIB addition are on a best effort basis, especially for the obscure ones that might only matter to one person out of Observium’s entire install base :) So, where would I submit such a request for a MIB to be added? Here or JIRA? Elsewhere? Thanks!

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rrdtool 1.5.3 not working
by Simon Smith 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Hi All, I’ve just updated to new RRDTool 1.5.3, but for some reason I’m getting a Draw Error BUT only looking at network traffic graphs, not temperatures, CPU, etc… the Performance & Output is showing RRDTool Output: ERROR: Unused Arguments "" in command : AREA:inbits0#B6D14B:ether01-efm Rx: Total time: 0.026 | RRDtool time: 0.012s any ideas? regards Simon

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Missing graph data
by Jason Vanlandingham 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

I had a problem with the machine Observium is running on. The CPU fan/heatsink fell off. After I got the machine up again on the evening of 11 June, the CPU Temp graph showed normal temps in the 30-45 range for months, then a big spike up to 115. (eek!) But at least the server came back to life, and I still had all my data. Everything still seems to be running OK, but all of a sudden there is now no data at all in the CPU temp graph before ~1:00AM 12 June. From this machine I get temp readings for CPU temp, Motherboard temp, and 4 other "temp#" listings. "Temp1" and "Temp3" still seem to have the data they should, but the others are missing. One thing I did change after the recovery: I noticed the time zone on the server was set to US Eastern, and I changed it to US Central. I would think if that was the cause of my problem it would hit a lot more of the data.

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Roadmap for further alerting features?
by Jason Lixfeld 14 Jun '15

14 Jun '15

Hi, Curious whether or not there is a roadmap to support alerting on syslog messages or SNMP traps? I have these really ugly syslog power supply alerts from Splunk that I’d love to get rid of :) Thanks!

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Observium with Mikrotik SNMPv3
by Eduardo Schoedler 13 Jun '15

13 Jun '15

Hi, Is someone using observium with mikrotik snmpv3? Could you send me the config of both, please? Thanks! -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Adding Custom Information
by Daniel Kasen 11 Jun '15

11 Jun '15

Is there a way to add custom strings to a device? Ie. I want to add the current version of some linux software that wasn't an RPM install to an object. I have created extended snmp info, but can't find any way to attach that to the polling agent. Ideally this would be a table layout and not a graph as it's simply a key:pair like apache: "2.4.10" *~ Daniel *

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Alerts Triggering even when disabled
by Johnston, Tom 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

* Cisco 2960-X (24 Ports PoE) running c2960x-universalk9-mz.150-2a.EX5.bin * Observium 0.15.6.6446 * Alert Check * Check Conditions * ifAdminStatus eq up * ifOperStatus ne up * Associations * Device Match * os eq ios * Entity Match * ifType equals ethernetCsmacd I have Both Polling and Alerting Disabled on the interfaces which are not up on this switch, (they are not admin down just no link). So the issue is even though I have them set not to poll nor to alert, they still are doing so. What can I look at to see why that would be? I’ve tried deleting and re-adding the device but the same behavior applies. Thanks in advance for any advice. [cid:2E4D1B6E-4174-4130-BED4-825EC44D8342] [cid:3DFA6513-B87A-4CD8-8EAD-CD62E44447CB]

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Re: [Observium] No Network Ports Discovered
by ron＠rjr-services.com 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

discover.php -d -h <hostname> As always, sanitize before you post/attach/pastebin the output to the list. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Stephen Bateman <stephen(a)thebritishgeek.co.uk> wrote: -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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No Network Ports Discovered
by Stephen Bateman 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

I have just added a 2 new devices to as normal a VMWare Host & Linux VM machine, however for some reason there are no Ports discovered when it got polled. Any pointers on how debug this issue ?

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Deleting sensors and graphs from a device
by Jason Lixfeld 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi all, I have added an extremely pared down copy of a device to Observium and am using it strictly to be able to monitor BGP sessions inside a VRF context. I have disabled all sensors, modules, graphs, etc from the device configuration, but it seems that any sensors and graphs that were created before these settings were disabled are still present on the device’s page. How can I turf all the graphs and sensors and all that stuff from these devices? Thanks!

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Problem with Ruckus AP
by Eduardo Schoedler 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi, Since the big update (I think is because the new community edition), our observium is having problems with an Ruckus AP: [image: Imagem inline 1] What can be causing this? Thanks. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
by Einar Storeng 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi. After trying to upgrade to Community Edition version 0.15.6 i cant update the database. root@observium /# /opt/observium/discovery.php -h all MySQL Error: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) Have done this regularly, but it seems it lost its config on root permisions on the DB I have different passwords on my root and root for MySQL I have no problem logging in to the web admin for PHPMyAdmin with my Mysql password for root. Any clues? Is there a scipt for roolback? Best regards Einar

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Port alerts that dont exist
by Chard, Alex (RET-SYD) 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi All, I'm still having this issue where there are 2 ports that show as down on the dashboard, but no alerts are present when you click the "2 down" link. [cid:image001.png@01D08DDD.1C78EC00] Is there a mysql query I could run to diagnose which ports are causing this? There does appear to be some disconnect between the port down count query on the dashboard and the query for the Port Alerts page: /ports/state=down/ Thanks, Alex Chard Senior Network Engineer [cid:image001.jpg@01CF2EF8.D871AF90] 475 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW 2067 *: +61 (02) 9422 2226 [mobile]: +61 (04) 03 894 614 *: alex.chard(a)reed-elsevier.com.au<mailto:alex.chard@reed-elsevier.com.au> www.reedelsevier.com<http://www.reedelsevier.com/> This e-mail is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or distribute this e-mail without the author's permission. We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses, but we advise you to carry out your own virus checks on any attachment to this e-mail. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses.

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PHP strict errors running poller.php -dd
by Jason Lixfeld 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

I’ve been running poller.php in -dd mode to try and troubleshoot somethings and came across many, many multiples of these errors in the output: Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference in /opt/observium/includes/common.inc.php on line 624 PHP Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference in /opt/observium/includes/common.inc.php on line 625 My google-fu hasn’t helped me figure out why these are showing up or how to turn them off. Anyone here have any ideas? Thanks in advance! Platform information below: root@monitor:/opt/observium/logs# cat /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="8" VERSION="8 (jessie)" ID=debian HOME_URL="http://www.debian.org/" SUPPORT_URL="http://www.debian.org/support/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/" root@monitor:/opt/observium/logs# uname -a Linux monitor 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt9-3~deb8u1 (2015-04-24) x86_64 GNU/Linux root@monitor:/opt/observium/logs# dpkg -l | egrep "php|mysql" ii libapache2-mod-php5 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) ii libdbd-mysql-perl 4.028-2+b1 amd64 Perl5 database interface to the MySQL database ii libmysqlclient18:amd64 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 amd64 MySQL database client library ii mysql-client 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 all MySQL database client (metapackage depending on the latest version) ii mysql-client-5.5 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 amd64 MySQL database client binaries ii mysql-common 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 all MySQL database common files, e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf ii mysql-server 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 all MySQL database server (metapackage depending on the latest version) ii mysql-server-5.5 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 amd64 MySQL database server binaries and system database setup ii mysql-server-core-5.5 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 amd64 MySQL database server binaries ii php-pear 5.6.7+dfsg-1 all PEAR - PHP Extension and Application Repository ii php5 5.6.7+dfsg-1 all server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage) ii php5-cli 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 command-line interpreter for the php5 scripting language ii php5-common 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 Common files for packages built from the php5 source ii php5-gd 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 GD module for php5 ii php5-json 1.3.6-1 amd64 JSON module for php5 ii php5-mcrypt 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 MCrypt module for php5 ii php5-mysql 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 MySQL module for php5 ii php5-readline 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 Readline module for php5 ii php5-xcache 3.2.0-1 amd64 Fast, stable PHP opcode cacher ii python-mysqldb 1.2.3-2.1 amd64 Python interface to MySQL root@monitor:/opt/observium/logs#

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IOS XR snmp-server context for monitoring BGP sessions inside a VRF
by Jason Lixfeld 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi, I understand that the current BGP MIB doesn’t support VRF contexts for pulling BGP session info for sessions that exist inside a VRF. I have IOS XR boxes that house my vrf BGP sessions, and apparently there is an snmp-context command that has proven to be able to work around the MIB limitations. My question is whether or not anyone within the Observium community has tried to do this. From what I gather, it requires a separate SNMP community on the IOS XR box to perform the context mapping, but that would seem to imply that one needs to duplicates the node in question in Observium with the new community. I haven’t actually tried any of this yet...

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Environmental monitoring on an APC Smart-UPS
by Vincent Aniello 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

I have an APC Smart-UPS 1500 with a network management card that includes environmental monitoring. When Observium discovers the device the battery temperature is displayed, but not the temperature from the probe connected to the management card. Does Observium have the ability to show the temperature from the probe on the management card? Thanks. --Vincent

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- not able to install mysql database
by Paolo De Michele 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

hi there, I following your tutorial with observium CE I have ubuntu 14.04 but when I try to install the mysql db, this is the error I have installed all requirements and I used a lot your monitoring system so, right now: root@abee:/opt/observium/includes# php update/update.php PHP Warning: include(includes/defaults.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 16 PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening 'includes/defaults.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 16 PHP Warning: include(config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 17 PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening 'config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 17 PHP Warning: include(includes/definitions.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 18 PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening 'includes/definitions.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 18 PHP Warning: include(includes/functions.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 19 PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening 'includes/functions.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 19 if I try: root@abee:/opt/observium/# php includes/update/update.php headed back without returning errors what is the problem? how can I fix it? thanks in advance

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Re: [Observium] Environmental monitoring on an APC Smart-UPS
by ron＠rjr-services.com 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Speaking from my perspective, the discovery script found the multiple temperature sensors and properly added them into the display. I would expect that the developers are going to want to see the debug results of the discovery script run against your UPS, so that would be a good next step. Use discover.php with the -d flag running against the device, capture and sanitize appropriately, and post or put on pastebin or something like that. ...Ron Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Vincent Aniello <VAniello(a)portware.com> wrote: -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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reset password + CBQOS Multiport
by Chen Reshef 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Hi, 1. I think there is a problem with reset my account password on the client area. 2. Is there easy way to add Multiport CBQOS feature to the Observium ? Thanks! Chen --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail message may contain confidential, commercial and privileged information or data that constitute proprietary information of Cellcom Israel Ltd. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use of this information or data by any other person is absolutely prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete all copies. Thank You. http://www.cellcom.co.il

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