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Front page issue with Professional Edition
by Jeffrey d'Ambly 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

Not sure what I’m doing wrong here but when I added the following I lost the nice summary bar at the top of the page above the map that states the amount of devices alerts etc. // Frontpage order you can use: map, device_status, overall_traffic, custom_traffic, minigraphs, syslog, eventlog $config['frontpage']['order'] = array('map', 'overall_traffic', 'custom_traffic', 'minigraphs', 'device_status', 'syslog', 'eventlog'); Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong here? If I comment this line out it comes back but then I don’t see any of my custom mini-grpahs :/ —Jeff

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Group system
by Adam Armstrong 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Hi All, Any of you guys using the groups system? If so, what for? What's missing? What changes would make it more useful? Cheers, adam. Sent from Mailbird [http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&ut…]

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Alert to monitor cisco ARP table
by Lambert, Benoit 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

We want an alert when a new mac address is added to an access port. I did some more research and I got the switch to send a Mac-Notification-Change trap to the server. Is there an easy way to implement this? I am testing with snmptrapd daemon. I assume once the server receives the trap it can be re-routed to syslog-ng and brought into Observium. Switch --> Server (udp 162) -->Script/Program that re-routes -->Server (udp 514) --> syslog-ng -->Observium instance I was also struggling with the TRAP payload, the mac, port index and vlan weren't part of the message. Do I need the CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB? Thank you.

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My graphs don't work - all values "-NAN"
by Rudolf Hoehler 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Saicom Offers Inbound and Outbound Call Centre Solutions Hello All, Busy playing around with Observium and my graphs don't work. :) Jokes aside, very cool piece of software, but my graphs all display -NAN as values. The snmp walk is working and pulling information and it's displaying fine on the web interface, but the graphs don't display the values - sceenshots: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13359577/1__ssh_and_Observium____-_za-j… https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13359577/Observium__NAN_Graph.jpg I followed the wiki instructions, double checked my bash history and it seems fine. Running Debian 7 - Debian 3.2.65-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux Server has 16gigs of RAM and 8 CPU cores. On the mailing list people have warned agaistn a 1.5 version of rrdtool, but I am running version 1.4.7. _____________________________________________________________ rrdtool -v RRDtool 1.4.7 Copyright 1997-2012 by Tobias Oetiker <tobi(a)oetiker.ch> Compiled Aug 2 2012 07:02:39 _____________________________________________________________ PHP Version seems fine. _____________________________________________________________ php -v PHP 5.4.41-0+deb7u1 (cli) (built: May 22 2015 12:49:18) _____________________________________________________________ In the MySQL DB, the storage-state table seems fine, but I cannot find any historic data in the database - where should I look for this information? _____________________________________________________________ mysql> select * from `storage-state`; +------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | storage_id | storage_polled | storage_size | storage_units | storage_used | storage_free | storage_perc | +------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | 1 | 1434541853 | 277800820736 | 4096 | 173082042368 | 104718778368 | 62 | | 2 | 1434541853 | 8341504000 | 4096 | 0 | 8341504000 | 0 | | 3 | 1434541853 | 397803520 | 1024 | 56981504 | 340822016 | 14 | | 4 | 1434541853 | 984341426176 | 4096 | 122228555776 | 862112870400 | 12 | +------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) Thanks for your time folks, appreciate any help. Regards, Rudolf -- Rudolf Hoehler Technical Team Manager Office: 0861 SAICOM (724 266) Direct: 010 140 5104 Support: 010 140 5050 Cell: 083 644 7800 Fax: 010 140 5001 Visit our website: www.saicomvoice.co.za

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Re: [Observium] hdd temperature sensor keeps vanishing ?
by Adam Armstrong 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

If we don't see the sensor returned in the agent output, it'll be removed. If it reappears, it'll be readded. It's likely a timing thing with hddtemp causing that sensor to be occasionally not returned correctly. Adam. On 17 Jun 2015 10:34, Simon Smith <simonsmith5521(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > 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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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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