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Re: [Observium] No port names in traffic accounting
by Adam Armstrong 18 Sep '14

18 Sep '14

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weird mssql polling issue
by Simon Smith 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hi All does anyone have an idea why one of our machines is take 182s to do a poll? for some reason its doing a poll for mssql, yet when i look in the config modules its disabled? I’ve attached screenshots showing my issue is the a way i can debug whats going on and why its doing this? i did a manual ./discovery.php -h 43 and that doesn’t seem to show anything about mssql anything else maybe I’m missing? regards Simon

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Alerts and e-mails
by Heironimus, Brian 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hello I have installed the software about 4 months ago. I have not been able to get the alerts to work at all. I do not have any of the alert pages in the drop down menu. In fact the only alert page that exists is http://192.168.1.31/add_alert_check. http://192.168.1.31/alerts, http://192.168.1.31/alert_checks and http://192.168.1.31/alert_Log just take me back to the homepage. I also do not see any of the alert HTML files under /opt/observium/html/pages except for Add_alert_check. I also have not been able to set it up to e-mail. I just update to 0.14.4.5229 this morning. I was on the May or June release. Thanks for the help, Brian Heironimus

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Re: [Observium] confirm cecaf010d71bb02e45468eb5660a71210fd4f6ad
by Dimitar, GlobeIX 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hi guys, I just subscribed, I'm reviewing the Demo and wanted to ask: - Does Observium has user/client account login interface, as I was not able to find one? - Does the sub-section "Peering" in "Ports" visualize data collected on a Layer 2 peering switch for example? Best Regards Dimitar On Sep 17, 2014, at 1:46 PM, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > Mailing list subscription confirmation notice for mailing list > observium > > We have received a request from 192.168.122.1 for subscription of your > email address, "da(a)globeix.net", to the observium(a)observium.org > mailing list. To confirm that you want to be added to this mailing > list, simply reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header > intact. Or visit this web page: > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/confirm/observium/cecaf010d71bb0… > > > Or include the following line -- and only the following line -- in a > message to observium-request(a)observium.org: > > confirm cecaf010d71bb02e45468eb5660a71210fd4f6ad > > Note that simply sending a `reply' to this message should work from > most mail readers, since that usually leaves the Subject: line in the > right form (additional "Re:" text in the Subject: is okay). > > If you do not wish to be subscribed to this list, please simply > disregard this message. If you think you are being maliciously > subscribed to the list, or have any other questions, send them to > observium-owner(a)observium.org. Dimitar GlobeIX E-Mail: da(a)globeix.net Tel: 1-212-671-0112; Mobile: +1-646-400-1119 Instant Messengers: ICQ: 28348789; MSN: dimitar(a)avramov.com; Skype: (Aeromit) Dimitar Avramov

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Backwards switches
by Ryan McCully 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hi Everyone My switches are showing inbound traffic as outbound and outbound as inbound on Observium. I suspect it may be something to do with the SNMP in the switches that can't be changed therefore is it possible to swap the two on observium? My router which is also monitored by observium shows inbound and outbound correctly. Thanks Ryan

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Re: [Observium] Problem with the Mail Alerting
by Matt Ladewig 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

New feature would be needed- Individual alert checker email address. That way one alert checker could be setup to match on .us.domain devices and send to the US NOC email address. A second checker then would be created to send .jp.domain devices to the JP NOC email address. Feature requests 876 and 988 would take care of it. Matt -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 9:30 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Problem with the Mail Alerting On 2014-09-16 17:15, Chip Pleasants wrote: > Is there a way to set an contact/email per device name scheme? So > lets say I want wanted .us.domain.com [2] names to go to the US NOC > and the jp.domain.com [3] names to go to the Japan NOC? Sounds like > you can set a different email per device, but that real hard to manage > if you have a lot devices. I wouldn't even know where to start doing something like that... :D adam. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Alerts for down state
by Bruce Reeves 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

I have been trying a few combinations of the wiki examples for alerts and most work, but a simple down state keeps eluding me in defining an alert. Does anyone have an example they'd could share of it working? Sent while mobile, please excuse typos.

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PHP Vulnerabilities on Ubuntu LTS
by Adam Armstrong 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hi Guys, Update if you need to : http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/28294/security/flaws-php5-ubuntu.html i.e., if you're using ubuntu! adam.

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Changing Alert checking frequency
by Darian Jimenez 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

I've setup a couple of alerts however I don't see a way to have the alerts email sent out say every 5 minutes or w/e if the alert is triggered. Is there a way to cahnge this? I have a server which triggered an alert and last time alerted is more than 30 minutes ago.

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Monitoring services
by Darian Jimenez 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Is there any way that observium can monitor windows services ? Sent from my iPhone

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postif mailq alerter
by Franjo Posavec 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hi, what is best way to set alert for postfix mailq? with linux-agent, or via snmp? P.S. Using paid version Best regards, -- Franjo Posavec system administrator entitas d.o.o. T: +385 (0)40 600 002 S: franjo.posavec

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Interface description parser issues
by Chard, Alex (REA-SYD) 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Hi All, Wondering if anyone can help with this... I have Observium setup on about 30 switches and routers. The only feature I haven't been able to get working is the tagging interfaces based on description as Transit, peering etc. As an example, this is one of our Internet transit interfaces: interface GigabitEthernet0/1 description Transit: {14379} (Pipe Networks AS24130) [100Mbit] Observium tells me: Total Graph for ports of type : Transit None found. Any ideas why this might not work? Many thanks, Alex Chard 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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Re: [Observium] f5 bandwidth
by Zhenhui Liang 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

>From switch port side which connect to our f5, I can clearly see traffic is at 500M bps. Just from f5 side, it seems not polling correct at all. Thanks. On 9/12/14, 1:11 PM, "Zhenhui Liang" <ZhenhuiLiang(a)eharmony.com> wrote: >Hi, > >We have several f5 load balancers added. But from observium ui, I saw >they report traffic way lower than what f5¹s own guy replies. The >difference is quite huge. >From observium, each interface shows bandwidth usage like less than 1M >bps. >From f5, it shows several hundreds of mega bps. >Although from f5¹s dashboard, it¹s hard to understand, it doesn¹t say >which interface etc, it simply say out, in client side, server side etc. > >Also from observium, it reports each interface as 10Mbps. > >Do we know if F5 is broken? > >Thanks. > > ‹Zhenhui >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Need assistance adding an application...
by Christopher K. Brown 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

Anyone familiar with adding an application? I think I have everything the documentation said to do in place, and I followed the example of a patch (asterix) that added an application, but I cannot get the web GUI to display the new app in the Apps tabs and dropdowns. I have an application that spits out data in the right place...I can telnet to the polling port and the output includes my new data with the proper <<< >>> header. So I'm thinking I may have to add a row to the applications table in the observium database? Is that a necessary step? The php looks like it needs an 'app_id' from somewhere. Thanks for any assistance.

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f5 bandwidth (Zhenhui Liang)
by Austin Spencer 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

I can confirm the behavior. It appears to do the same thing for us. Anyone? -Austin

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Re: [Observium] Enterasys Chassis Switches polling\discovery problems
by Austin Spencer 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hello, how would I disable that module in the config file for only those Switches? It also doesn't seem to be grabbing the port names. All 600+ ports just say "Extreme Networks, Inc. 1000BASE-T RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Frontpanel Port"

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f5 bandwidth
by Zhenhui Liang 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi, We have several f5 load balancers added. But from observium ui, I saw they report traffic way lower than what f5’s own guy replies. The difference is quite huge. >From observium, each interface shows bandwidth usage like less than 1M bps. >From f5, it shows several hundreds of mega bps. Although from f5’s dashboard, it’s hard to understand, it doesn’t say which interface etc, it simply say out, in client side, server side etc. Also from observium, it reports each interface as 10Mbps. Do we know if F5 is broken? Thanks. —Zhenhui

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Re: [Observium] Real time graphs resets much before
by Tom Laermans 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

In the pro verson the refresh is actually disabled for realtime graph pages :) Tom Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Forced unsubscription
by Adam Armstrong 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi Guys, If you get force unsubscribed to the list directly after this, it's because your mail server is rejecting emails with "naughty" words in them, so you're flooding other users with bounced messages. Please subscribe from an account which doesn't have draconian nanny email policies. (Because we all know it's impossible to change those policies, we don't even suggest you true, just use another account!) Thanks, adam.

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Re: [Observium] Enterasys Chassis Switches polling\discovery problems (Adam Armstrong)
by Austin Spencer 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hello Adam, it appears to hang on the following for any of the Chassis Series switches. "Discoverying protocols: LLDP-MIB DEBUG : SMNP Auth options = -v2c -c '<CN>' /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -v2c -c '<CN>' -OQUs -m /LLDP-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'<HOSTNAME>':'161' lldpRemoteSystemData

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Problem with the Mail Alerting
by SCHEIN David 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hello, Since lot of days I tried to configure the email alert in observium but it's impossible to receive some alert emails.... :( you can see there, a part of my config.php // Mailer backend Settings $config['email']['enable'] = TRUE; // Enable/Disable email globally $config['email']['from'] = '"OBSERVIUM Network Monitor" <observium(a)s****.fr>'; // Mail from. Default: "Observium" <observium@`hostname`> $config['email']['default'] = "d*****(a)gmail.com"; // Default alert recipient $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; // Only use default recipient (all alerts send to default recipient) $config['email']['backend'] = 'sendmail'; // Mail backend. Allowed: "mail" (PHP's built-in), "sendmail", "smtp". // sendmail backend specific options $config['email']['sendmail_path'] = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; // The location of the sendmail program. // smtp backend specific options $config['email']['smtp_host'] = 'localhost'; // Outgoing SMTP server name. $config['email']['smtp_port'] = 25; // The port to connect. $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = 10; // SMTP connection timeout in seconds. $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = NULL; // Enable encryption. Use 'tls' or 'ssl' $config['email']['smtp_auth'] = FALSE; // Whether or not to use SMTP authentication. $config['email']['smtp_username'] = NULL; // SMTP username. $config['email']['smtp_password'] = NULL; // Password for SMTP authentication. // Alerting Settings $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['bgp']['whitelist'] = NULL; // Populate as an array() with ASNs to alert on. $config['alerts']['port']['ifdown'] = TRUE; // Generate alerts for ports that go down $config['alerts']['port']['ifdown_types'] = array('core', 'transit', 'peering'); // Port bandwidth threshold percentage %age utilisation above this will cause an alert $config['alerts']['port_util_alert'] = FALSE; // Disabled as default //$config['alerts']['port_util_alert'] = TRUE; // Disabled as default $config['alerts']['port_util_perc'] = 85; // %age above which to alert $config['uptime_warning'] = "60"; // Time in seconds to display a "Device Rebooted" Alert. 0 to disable warnings. I tried different config, but nothing is working and with this config when I do a test, I receive the e-mail in my gmail box, but nothing about port down or bgp session down... php ./test_mail.php -d -h sto-rtr-edge-*****.lan CMD[/bin/hostname -f] RUNTIME[0.0302s] OUTPUT[ pu1-webnoc.s****.lan ] Observium v0.14.9.5798 Test E-mail Configuration My Hostname: pu1-webnoc.s****.lan E-mails ENABLED globally E-mails use SENDMAIL backend sendmail path: [/usr/sbin/sendmail] E-mails send only to default email E-mails use these default recipient(s): d*****(a)gmail.com E-mails send from: observium(a)s****.fr SQL[SELECT * FROM `devices` WHERE `hostname` LIKE 'sto-rtr-edge-a****.s****.lan'] Try send test notification for sto-rtr-edge-a****.s****.lan to these email(s): d*****(a)gmail.com SQL[SELECT attrib_value FROM devices_attribs WHERE `device_id` = '35' AND `attrib_type` = 'disable_notify'] SQL[SELECT DISTINCT `contact_method` FROM `alert_contacts` WHERE `contact_disabled` = 0 AND `contact_id` IN (SELECT `alert_contact_id` FROM `alert_contacts_assoc` WHERE `alert_checker_id` = '');] Notification for sto-rtr-edge-a****.s****.lan SENT. And I didn't see anything in /var/log/mail.log, I see only my test. Thanks for your time David

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Enterasys Chassis Switches polling\discovery problems
by Austin Spencer 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hello all, I've been trying to find out some more information. I'm in the testing run of trying to migrate from Cacti to Observium. Enterasys standalone switches seem to poll data okay (other then memory and CPU) but the Chassis series like the S8 or N7's seem to be giving me a problem. The polling and discovery of these devices appear to hang. Looking at the polling\discovery history from the WebUI just shows 999.99s. Are there any tweaks I can do to get these devices to pull correctly? -Austin

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Class names under CBQoS?
by Chip Pleasants 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi all, I don't see class names under the CBQoS section of the interface. I'm running 0.14.9.5798, which I believe is the latest for the commercial version. Is this in the works or should I be able to see them in this version? Thanks, Chip

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Re: [Observium] professional edition and supported distributions?
by Pablo Escobar Lopez 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

thanks for your reply. We will go for debian then. best, Pablo. 2014-09-12 10:58 GMT+02:00 Spencer Gaw <spencerg(a)frii.net>: > Debian and Ubuntu are the only supported distributions. CE or Pro > doesn't make a difference. > > Regards, > > SG > > On 9/12/2014 2:28 AM, Pablo Escobar Lopez wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We have been testing observium and now we are considering the > > possibility to upgrade to the professional version. > > > > Is CentOS supported under the professional license or should we stay > > using ubuntu or debian? > > > > thanks for your help. > > Pablo. > > > > > > -- > > Pablo Escobar López > > HPC systems engineer > > Biozentrum, University of Basel > > Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB > > Email: pablo.escobarlopez(a)unibas.ch <mailto:pablo.escobarlopez@unibas.ch > > > > Phone: +41 61 267 15 82 > > http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Pablo Escobar López HPC systems engineer Biozentrum, University of Basel Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB Email: pablo.escobarlopez(a)unibas.ch Phone: +41 61 267 15 82 http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch

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professional edition and supported distributions?
by Pablo Escobar Lopez 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi, We have been testing observium and now we are considering the possibility to upgrade to the professional version. Is CentOS supported under the professional license or should we stay using ubuntu or debian? thanks for your help. Pablo. -- Pablo Escobar López HPC systems engineer Biozentrum, University of Basel Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB Email: pablo.escobarlopez(a)unibas.ch Phone: +41 61 267 15 82 http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch

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