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- green point on the map
by Paolo De Michele 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

hi everybody, I've added a "normal user" by observium installation I customized it adding a new device (just for test) when I'm doing the login I see the world map and the device why can I not see the green point? (usually indicates machine up&running) how can I solve that? let me know, thanks in advance have a good weekend cheers

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Unix agent bind issue
by Tim Schroepfer 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

I got the unix-agent running on one of my main dns server and when i test it telnet to port 36602 it displays results but my observium server isn't displaying any information for that server. Any ideas? Tim S Field Tech/Ast. System Admin E-vergent.com

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Reduce your storage IO with rrdcached
by Markus Klock 27 Oct '14

27 Oct '14

There was some discussion on IRC the other day about rrdcached and how it can be used with Observium to reduce your storage IO a lot when polling a huge amount of interfaces. However, not a lot of documentation exists yet on how to get rrdcached to work with observium. I did some trial and error and found a working method and wrote a quick and dirty guide. You can find it here: http://blog.best-practice.se/2014/10/using-rrdcached-with-observium.html Feedback is highly appreciated! /Markus

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Re: [Observium] Several broken graphs
by Adam Armstrong 26 Oct '14

26 Oct '14

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Several broken graphs
by Robert Williams 26 Oct '14

26 Oct '14

Hi, A number of our hosts have suddenly got broken graphs for items like: * Ping Response * SNMP Response * Poller Duration * Running Processes * Users Logged In * Context Switches * System Interrupts When in debug mode, the graph is showing these errors (depending which graph): command returned 1 (ERROR: String ends after the = sign on 'CDEF:ping_min=' ) command returned 1 (ERROR: String ends after the = sign on 'CDEF:val_min=' ) command returned 1 (ERROR: String ends after the = sign on 'CDEF:value_min=' ) command returned 1 (ERROR: String ends after the = sign on 'CDEF:users_min=' ) command returned 1 (ERROR: String ends after the = sign on 'CDEF:procs_min=' ) An example of a full string for a broken graph is: graph /tmp/0H1FmUUbABhyOl7U.png --alt-autoscale --rigid --start 1414240174 --end 1414326574 --width 1159 --height 300 -c BACK#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEA#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEB#EEEEEE00 -c FONT#000000 -c CANVAS#FFFFFF00 -c GRID#a5a5a5 -c MGRID#FF9999 -c FRAME#5e5e5e -c ARROW#5e5e5e -R normal --font LEGEND:8:'DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal -E COMMENT:' ' COMMENT:' Now' COMMENT:' Avg' COMMENT:' Min' COMMENT:' Max' COMMENT:' Total' COMMENT:'\l' DEF:procs=/opt/observium/rrd/hostname.was.here/hr_processes.rrd:procs:AVERAGE CDEF:procs_min= CDEF:procs_max= AREA:procs#E881B1:"Processes " LINE1.5:procs#744058 GPRINT:procs:LAST:%6.1lf%S GPRINT:procs:AVERAGE:%6.1lf%S GPRINT:procs_min:MIN:%6.1lf%S GPRINT:procs_max:MAX:%6.1lf%S COMMENT:'\l' Anyone else seeing this or has our install spontaneously broken itself? We are at 5910 on Ubuntu 14.04.1 - cheers! Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Ports not found on older PowerConnect switches
by Dan Ratzlaff 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

Hello. I'm having trouble getting Observium (CE 0.14.4.5229) to recognize ports on my Dell PowerConnect 3048 and 3024 switches. It appears these switches only support SNMP v1. Observium connects and grabs SNMP contact, location, etc. but doesn't see ports. Here's output from add and discovery for my 3024 switch: ----- # ./add_device.php switch-ne Observium v0.14.4.5229 Add Device(s) Try to add switch-ne: Trying v2c community public ... No reply on community public using v2c. Could not reach switch-ne with given SNMP community using v2c. Trying v1 community public ... Now discovering switch-ne (id = 29) switch-ne 29 powerconnect Ports : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Discovered in 0.498 seconds switch-ne 29 powerconnect IPv4 Addresses : Discovered in 0.092 seconds switch-ne 29 powerconnect IPv6 Addresses : Discovered in 0.189 seconds Added device switch-ne (29). Devices added: 1. ----- # ./discovery.php -h 29 Observium v0.14.4.5229 Discovery switch-ne 29 powerconnect OLD: powerconnect, NEW: powerconnect --- Ports : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Port Stacks: Processors : Dell-Vendor-MIB hrDevice: Memory : Dell-Vendor-MIB HOST-RESOURCES-MIB IPv4 Addresses : IPv6 Addresses : Sensors: FASTPATH-BOXSERVICES-PRIVATE-MIB + Dell-Vendor-MIB Storage : Inventory: Physical Inventory : hrDevice : Discovery protocols: LLDP-MIB CISCO-CDP-MIB OSPF Neighbours: ARP/NDP Tables : BGP Sessions: No BGP on host VLANs: Q-BRIDGE-MIB UCD Disk IO : Discovered in 2.012 seconds Current Revision : 5229 New Revision : 5909 MySQL: Cell[2/0s] Row[19/0.01s] Rows[33/0.02s] Column[0/0s] Update[1/0s] Insert[5/0.02s] Delete[0/0s] ----- I can do a snmpwalk on these switches from the same machine that Observium is running on and can see all the interface information. Is there something I need to tweak in Observium to get these switches discovered correctly? Thanks! -- Dan

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allow graphs to be viewed by anyone / config.php vs web configuration
by Massimo Sala 25 Oct '14

25 Oct '14

Hi ! Observium CE 0.14.4.5229 Following the docs, in config.php I set : $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; $config['allow_unauth_graphs'] = 1; $config['allow_unauth_graphs_cidr'] = array( "10.1.0.0/16" ); I create a user "guest" ... but it cannot see any graph. I login to Observium as admin, I edit the user "guest" properties : Device Access None Configured Grant access to new device Interface Access None Configured Grant access to new interface I see different configuration : config.php vs web configuration. Is there any mismatch ? How can I grant a full "read-only" access to a "guest" user ? Best regards, Sala

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observium customizations on PHP code
by Massimo Sala 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

Observium CE 0.14.4.5229 PHP 5.4.4-14+deb7u14 MySQL 5.5.40-MariaDB-1~wheezy-log SNMP NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 RRDtool 1.4.7 I have modified one source file : /opt/observium/includes/alerts.inc.php I restarted web server and php-fastcgi ( no opcode cache ), but Observium doesn't see the update. Is there an internal function caching ? Am I missing something ? Best regards, Sala

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by Franck Burgaudeau 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

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Re: [Observium] polling issues with 5897
by Rutger Bevaart 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

A strange issue indeed… Based on Mike’s input I ran on the old-style poller for a day, then all is fine. I’m now running on poller-wrapper for another day, with concurrency set to 2, and that seems to be fine as well. I had it at 8, then all goes to h*ll. Will try ‘4’ today ;-) Regards, Rutger > > Netscreen firewall > > [https://observium.exegy.net/graph.php?type=device_processor&device=3&to=141…] > > Arista Switch > [https://observium.exegy.net/graph.php?type=device_processor&device=108&to=1…] > > Cisco Router > [https://observium.exegy.net/graph.php?type=device_uptime&device=70&to=14140…] > > > I can send you a debug poller.php run privately if you'd like. >

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Multiple tun0 interfaces showing up in graphs
by Gary Tang 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

For some reason, I am getting multiple tun0 interfaces in graphs, even though I only have one via openVPN. Where should I start looking to debug this? Graph: http://postimg.org/image/b876gqbq5/ Thanks for looking, Gary

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Re: [Observium] Alerts in "Other" state
by Adam Armstrong 24 Oct '14

24 Oct '14

I have no idea. How long is a piece of string? Guys, I'm not here to tickle you until you actually give some information. Give as much information as you have about a problem or you won't get it fixed. Life is too short to chase you all for screen shots and more than 3 word descriptions of your problems. adam. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Ben Steele" <ben(a)bensteele.org> To: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org>; "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Sent: 10/23/2014 4:02:08 PM Subject: Re: [Observium] Alerts in "Other" state >What might cause that? > >The alerts that haven't been checked aren't new and as previously >mentioned even something simple like is device up/down has these >non-checked alerts so it's not like the alert isn't applicable to the >device. > >I've checked a device that has a non-checked alert and its graphs and >polling look fine. > >Cheers > >On 24/10/2014 3:33 am, "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: >>It means the alert has never been checked. >> >>adam. >> >>------ Original Message ------ >>From: "Ben Steele" <ben(a)bensteele.org> >>To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> >>Sent: 10/22/2014 8:15:36 PM >>Subject: [Observium] Alerts in "Other" state >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I have quite a few alerts stuck in the "Other" state, any idea on >>>what causes this? >>> >>>I had this problem a while ago and then it seemed to disappear after >>>creating a few more alerts and several svn updates so i'm not really >>>sure what cleared it but after adding more devices it's back again. >>>I've tried regenerating the alerts a few times but that makes no >>>difference, is there some debug that can be turned on to work out >>>what is going on here? >>> >>>It's across multiple alert checkers and even something as simple as >>>"device status eq 0" for a device down check has multiple alerts >>>stuck in "other" state. Hovering over the alert shows an empty >>>status: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Cheers >> >>_______________________________________________ >>observium mailing list >>observium(a)observium.org >>http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>

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Re: [Observium] error on svn update
by Adam Armstrong 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

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Re: [Observium] polling issues with 5897
by Rutger Bevaart 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Hi all, I can confirm that the issue is gone in 5903! Thanks Mike & Joe for the excellent input (and fix)! Let me know if any additional input, debugging or testing. Regards, Rutger On 22 Oct 2014, at 00:35, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:35:27 +0400 > From: Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] polling issues with 5897 > Message-ID: > <CAL9uo4jwRDeDhxw6eMAxWk03zxmw-gQv3gGESyiJ5hwTkf3Row(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I make small change in r5901 (revert global var removed in 5884). > Please check with this revision. > > (But if this will fix your problem, I'll be shocked) :)

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Alerts in "Other" state
by Ben Steele 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Hi, I have quite a few alerts stuck in the "Other" state, any idea on what causes this? I had this problem a while ago and then it seemed to disappear after creating a few more alerts and several svn updates so i'm not really sure what cleared it but after adding more devices it's back again. I've tried regenerating the alerts a few times but that makes no difference, is there some debug that can be turned on to work out what is going on here? It's across multiple alert checkers and even something as simple as "device status eq 0" for a device down check has multiple alerts stuck in "other" state. Hovering over the alert shows an empty status: [image: Inline image 2] [image: Inline image 1] Cheers

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Server drive space
by Darian Jimenez 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Hello, I want to monitor windows servers for C drive space. While I had a policy that was using the storage_perc gt 90 and it was working fine, I want to monitor instead just for servers with 5 GB of space or less, on any drive for now, then narrow it to certain drives. I put storage_free lt 5 (thinking this would look for 5GB or less, maybe its 5% or less not sure) but it's throwing some alerts that are not true. I get some servers with the art and when I check it shows as if the C drive had 0 B left, but in reality they have 11 GB and more free. Any idea how I can accomplish what I want? Thanks, Darian

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php5-mcrypt
by Robbie Wright 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Running Ubuntu 14.04 and getting this error message: The extension 'mcrypt' is missing. This extension required for use by the "remember me" feature. Please install the php5-mcrypt package on Ubuntu/Debian or the php-mcrypt package on RHEL/Centos. Alternatively, you can disable this feature by setting $config['login_remember_me'] = FALSE; in your config. We've uninstalled and reinstalled it twice now and still getting this error. Any else bumped into this issue before? Robbie Wright Siuslaw Broadband <http://siuslawbroadband.com> 541-902-5101

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cisco 1841 / memory / draw error
by Massimo Sala 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Observium CE 0.14.4.5229 PHP 5.4.4-14+deb7u14 MySQL 5.5.40-MariaDB-1~wheezy-log SNMP NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 RRDtool 1.4.7 Cisco IOS Software, 1841 Software (C1841-SPSERVICESK9-M), Version 12.4(6)T11, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2) How can I troubleshoot the memory graphs generation ? All the other graphs are fine. Best regards, Sala

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Re: [Observium] alert repeat?
by Zhenhui Liang 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

I found an option to do ignore until ok on the interface settings. But it is really unrealistic to do this manually for hundreds of ports. Any easier way to achieve this? I do want to monitor ports status, but I don¹t want to get a flood of alerts every 24 hours. Thanks a lot. On 10/22/14, 6:40 PM, "Zhenhui Liang" <ZhenhuiLiang(a)eharmony.com> wrote: >Hi, > >We have some switches with thousands of ports. I know, we don¹t have >administrative down for unused ports. So I set up port down alerts for >all ports, so that the initial alert of the down ports, I just ignore so >I know those are ports already down. So the theory is that for any >following alerts, I will look into them. > >But I found out observium will send out the massive port down alerts >exactly in 24 hours frequency. How do I disable the persistent alerting? >I want observium only alert me once for an event period. > >Thanks a lot. > > >‹Zhenhui >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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95th percentile and billing module - possible discrepancies
by colin.barker＠bluesky.co.uk 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Hi I thought I would post here first, just in case what I am seeing isn't a bug, and just me just mis-understanding the calculations. Just a quick setup - we currently are billed on a 95th percentile from an ISP, which we have two physical ethernet connections plugged into two different HP ProCurve switches. I have created a Bill under Traffic Accounting, and set the billing type as 95th @ 50 Mbps, and added both the ports for our connections so I am able to see both under "Bill Ports". This has been running for about 6 - 7 months now, calculating away. While going back through our reports, I noticed that in September we had an overage marked in Observium as 11.4Mbps (Actual usage 61.4Mbps). However the bill we got from the ISP gave us an overage of 30.38Mbps (Actual usage 80.38Mbps). So I went to look deeper and got the break downs I needed. Our ISP gave us the following for the highest 95th: Link1: 50.375Mbps Link2: 30.005Mbps Total: 80.38Mbps I then looked on Observium for the graphs for the two ports, and they reported the following for the highest 95th: Link1: 49.64Mbps Link2: 30.44Mbps Total: 80.08Mbps I can accept that two different systems there may be a very small discrepancy with the larger numbers - which is fine, however -- the problem arrives when the billing calculations comes in, and shows the values as above (11.4Mbps over, 61.4Mbps usage). I have uploaded the two port graphs and a screen grab from the billing page to show in more detail the above numbers here: http://imgur.com/a/iErfo I just want to check I have not missed something that is staring me in the face in regards to the calculations, and if I am, please let me know! Thanks in advance. Regards Colin Barker

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error on svn update
by Damien Burke 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

This issue just popped up. I verified that the username/pw for my paid subscription is valid. I can reach the svn.observium.org url from the server (tested with curl). I do still however get this error: root@observium:/opt/observium# svn update svn: PROPFIND of '/svn/observium/trunk': Could not read status line: Connection reset by peer (http://svn.observium.org) wat?

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alert repeat?
by Zhenhui Liang 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Hi, We have some switches with thousands of ports. I know, we don’t have administrative down for unused ports. So I set up port down alerts for all ports, so that the initial alert of the down ports, I just ignore so I know those are ports already down. So the theory is that for any following alerts, I will look into them. But I found out observium will send out the massive port down alerts exactly in 24 hours frequency. How do I disable the persistent alerting? I want observium only alert me once for an event period. Thanks a lot. —Zhenhui

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 51, Issue 84
by Rutger Bevaart 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

On 22 Oct 2014, at 09:38, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: ? > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Rutger Bevaart <rutger(a)xconnect24.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I can confirm that the issue is gone in 5903! >> >> Thanks Mike & Joe for the excellent input (and fix)! >> >> Let me know if any additional input, debugging or testing. >> >> Regards, >> Rutger I have been too quick to judge, the issue is still there, although it seems to be less. Ideas?

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Overriding location codes
by Robbie Wright 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

We've got custom locations defined in config.php so all of our devices use a 3 or 4 digit location code for snmp, Observium reads the location code, checks config.php and sets the full address. We have some devices that do not have location in snmp so we set it manually by overriding it in the device settings. However, overriding sysLocation and providing a custom location does not compare that location to what is setup in the config.php. So can a custom location setting check config.php for the value? Robbie Wright Siuslaw Broadband <http://siuslawbroadband.com> 541-902-5101

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polling issues with 5897
by Rutger Bevaart 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

Hi, Updated to the latest svn version yesterday, after which I immediately had issues with the poller. Updated from a release about two weeks older. Now I get up/down for different devices, sometimes complete BGP neighbours down on others. Device down alerts on snmp, etc. I increased the number of poller processes in the crontab and increased snap timeout values etc. However, I still have graphs with large parts missing because of this. Checked poller times, kept an eye on the processes running and logs. Some devices take 120s to poll completely, but all polling is done in about 2 minutes. Still I get these errors, other than the upgrade no changes have been made to firewalls, policies, etc. Any clues? Do I need to upgrade php? Regards, Rutger

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