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Port errors
by Darian Jimenez 06 Sep '14

06 Sep '14

I just saw I had a warning on port errors and looked at it. It is monitoring a Juniper switch interface. From the legend I can't tell what the "m" stand for for the y axis. would this be resource errors from the switch interface stats? Errors: 275, Drops: 0, Framing errors: 275, Runts: 0, Policed discards: 0, L3 incompletes: 0, L2 channel errors: 0, L2 mismatch timeouts: 0, FIFO errors: 0, Resource errors: 11740453 Thanks, Darian

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Empty graphs
by Joel 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Hi all, just installed Observium CE 0.14.4.5229 on a CentOS 6.5 64bits in VMware Workstation 9 environment : no problem thanks to well done install procedure (http://www.observium.org/wiki/RHEL_Installation); added manually network devices via following commands with no errors : ./add_device.php xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ./discovery.php -h all ./poller.php -h all crontab updated as stated in install procedure ; Everything seems OK during all these steps ; When looking at the results via web interface, I can see all (CISCO here) devices with all their discovered characteristics (type/model, soft version, interfaces, % RAM, % CPU, thruput figures on interfaces, ...) but no graph is drawn at all (even after 4 hours) ; by the way, the graphs legends are correclty, and the grids too, but no curve drawn; when looking at /opt/observium/rrd directory, I can see a sub-dir created per each disvovered device and inside each of them, 1 RRD file created for each collected variable ; (each device RRD subdir is about 40MB after a while, RRD files inside are not empty) Any idea to investigate more about those empty graphs ? thanks for any help

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wrong post
by Joel Guillerm 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

sorry for previous post about netdisco; my mistake

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(no subject)
by Joel Guillerm 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Hello Chris, thanks for your feedback; in the meantime, I had downloaded and tested the netdisco demo VMware appliance and got some problems ; I posted the following mail on the netdisco mailing list but did not get any feedback yet; if you have any ideas, thanks in advance Joel ************************************************* newbie in netdisco, just downloaded and tested netdisco demo VMWare package (V1.0 netdisco version ... a bit too old maybe, even for a test) To run a quick test, 1) I just edited community values and uncomment "discover_only =" statement followed by a comma-separated list of IP routers to be discovered in /usr/local/netdisco/netdisco. conf ; I let "#discover_no =" statement untouched ; 2) then, I restart netdisco via : ./netdisco -p restart ==> OK after a few minutes, I still did not see any IP routers added on the discover_only list shown via web interface; nothing shown in /usr/local/netdisco/data/logs apart from messages related to "netdisco starting" 3) so, I tested the 2 manual commands below via SSH : ./netdisco -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (for 1 single IP) ./netdisco -r xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,yyy.yyy.yyy. yyy, zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz, .... for my list of IPs routers Both commands work successfully and results are OK via web interface Questions : a) what else should I do to avoid having to issue the manual commands and let netdisco do its job ? b) with recent netdisco versions, is there a function that allows to export resulting infos (such as the Devices List with their discovered ard/soft infos) as a CSV file for example ? thanks for any help *************************************************

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Accounting for electricity
by Simon Schmitz 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Hi, what do you think of an accounting for electricity, the same as the network port on a switch only here of a PDU switch. Simon

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Alerts for Network devices›
by Darian Jimenez 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Hello, I just need basics on alerting if device is down or maybe if VPN interface is down etc. Attached I set an alert to just try and find devices that are currently "up" to see if it discovers them with the names starting as fw*. Once it works I will change to check for devices that are “down” What am I doing wrong here since it isn't finding anything.

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Re: [Observium] Alerts for Network devices›
by Adam Armstrong 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

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How to limit Discovery/Polling to infos visible on the main Device panel ?
by Joel Guillerm 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Hello, newbie in Observium ; is it possible to configure Observium to limit its job to get only the informations available on the main Devices panel ? i.e. Device/Location, Platform, Operating System, Uptime/Sysname so, nothing about interfaces, CP, RAM, ... This would be for quick and basic Device inventory purpose only for some environments The idea is to reduce the total discovery/polling time to the minimum for this basic inventory, otherwise, this could last very long time in case of 100's of devices to deal with. thanks for any advice

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Re: [Observium] Google Maps not showing
by Christian Gerbrandt 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

I have this in my config: $config['geocoding']['api'] = 'google'; And is working fine. Where can I find information about this config changes? On Sep 01, 2014, at 05:02 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: On 2014-09-01 16:23, Sebastian Pitei wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First, congrats ot the devs for making such a nice piece of software. > Simple, to the point, perfect! > > Second, my issue: I'm trying to change the maps engine to Google Maps. > I've change the engine to "google" in config.php but unfortunately > nothing is happening. Any ideas? google-mc is the default, and the only one currently expected to work. The old API map was kinda messy, and no one really uses it anymore. adam. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Observium Draw errors
by Adriaan Smuts 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Hi Guys, For some reason Observium is giving Draw Errors on all of our graphs. This started happening after the latest svn update. We have this error on our live observium and our staging/testing one. Does anyone know how to fix this? Please see screenshot below: [cid:image001.png@01CFC769.4007A4D0] Regards Adriaan Smuts Systems Administrator - Windows [file:///C:\Users\adriaan\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\WebAfrica_Files\signature_logo.jpg] ________________________________ Direct Line +27 21 464 9565 Reception 086 000 9500 Website www.webafrica.co.za<http://www.webafrica.co.za/>

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Apache 2.4 config (for newer versions of Linux)
by Tristan Rhodes 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

I saw in the list archives that someone recently asked about using newer versions of Linux with Observium. I am not an Apache expert, but I got it working by simply changing to "Require all granted" in the recommended Observium config: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html root@observium:/opt/observium/includes# cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /opt/observium/html <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> <Directory /opt/observium/html/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log LogLevel warn CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined ServerSignature On </VirtualHost> I also had to manually enable the php5-mcrypt module: sudo php5enmod mcrypt sudo service apache2 restart I hope this was helpful! Tristan *Tristan Rhodes* Network Engineer Weber State University 801.626.8549

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 5
by matthew waterman 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

ok great, I will get a few basic alerters programmed and await an update at some stage with further examples. I will update tommorrow if the alerts have been successful. I like the send recovery toggle - sometimes the little hamster would go ape for up to 20 emails with a missed SNMP down. Glad to send the end of that. Matt On 1 September 2014 20:34, <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: > 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. Re: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3 (Tom Laermans) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:32:27 +0200 > From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3 > Message-ID: <54042F1B.8060804(a)powersource.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" > > Hi Matt, > > Yes, the legacy alerters have been removed as they did not work very > well. The new alerting system is a lot better. > > I was planning to create example alerts to replicate the old ones, but I > haven't gotten around to that unfortunately. > > For example, device rebooted: > > - Entity type: device > - Alert conditions: device_uptime < 300 > - Entity match: * > - Device match: * > > + Turn off "Send recovery" so you don't get a recovery mail after 5 > minutes. > > Tom > > On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, matthew waterman wrote: > > hmmm, > > > > I think I am beginning to see the error in my ways perhaps, > > > > I do not have any Alert-checkers..... > > > > I have never had to add them or go near them as the version I was > > originally running just simply emailed me with Device down, device up, > > device rebooted, or if I wanted it to - port down etc > > > > So the new version will not do this by default? Do I need to created > > alert checkers for all my devices? > > > > matt > > > > > > > > On 1 September 2014 19:53, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> wrote: > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@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 > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > observium-owner(a)observium.org <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 (Tom Laermans) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:52:26 +0200 > > From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx > > <mailto:tom.laermans@powersource.cx>> > > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 > > Message-ID: <540425BA.6050808(a)powersource.cx > > <mailto:540425BA.6050808@powersource.cx>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > > > Hi, > > > > Please share your alert checker configuration (screenshot) so we > > can see > > if those are alright, first. > > > > Tom > > > > On 01/09/2014 09:46, matthew waterman wrote: > > > Thanks for your replies, > > > > > > I have un commented the line "$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] > > > = TRUE;" , and also confirmed that I have the correct cron job > > > configured. I then gave the VM a reboot as It is one of the devices > > > that I observe. Unfortunalty i did not receive an email alert, so I > > > reboot another device for a full 5 minutes so I should have > > received 1 > > > x email alert for device down and 1 x reboot alert. I did not > > receive > > > either. Is there a way I can monitor/watch the email being sent or > > > processed to confirm that it is indeed happening? > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > On 1 September 2014 11:20, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>>> wrote: > > > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > <mailto:observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@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 > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org>> > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific > > > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Email setup in Config.php (matthew waterman) > > > 2. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Tristan Rhodes) > > > 3. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Nathan Phelan) > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:32:15 +1200 > > > From: matthew waterman <mwaterman1982(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com> > > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com>>> > > > To: observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > <mailto:observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > > Subject: [Observium] Email setup in Config.php > > > Message-ID: > > > > > > > > <CAMq=ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK+ugBQ6OB2eK+6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > > <mailto: > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%2BugBQ6OB2eK%2B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > > <mailto: > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%2BugBQ6OB2eK%2B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > > <mailto: > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%252BugBQ6OB2eK%252B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com>>> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and > > > recently, > > > approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, > > upgraded > > > via SVN > > > and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at > > > the moment > > > and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this > > > working again. > > > Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to > > > what needs > > > to be changed to get email working again. > > > > > > Config.php: > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of > > > settings you > > > can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! > > > > > > // Database config > > > $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; > > > $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; > > > $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; > > > $config['db_name'] = "observium"; > > > > > > // Location > > > $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; > > > > > > // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a > particular > > > hostname/port > > > // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any > other > > > hostname > > > #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; > > > > > > // Default community list to use when adding/discovering > > > $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); > > > > > > // Authentication Model > > > $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other > > options: > > > ldap, > > > http-auth, please see documentation for config help > > > > > > // Enable alerter > > > // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; > > > > > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > > > > > > // SNMP Settings > > > $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms > > > $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to > > > retry the > > > query > > > > > > //Ping Settings > > > $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms > > > $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to > > > retry the > > > query > > > > > > //Alert Settings > > > $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = > > "myemail(a)domain.co.nz <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz> > > > <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz>>"; > > > $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < > > > myeamil(a)domain.co.nz <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz> > > <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz>>>"; > > > $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > > > $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; > > > $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time > to > > > display > > > reboot warning > > > //Poller and Discovery Modules > > > > > > //Syslog settings > > > $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; > > > $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", > > > "Connection from > > > UDP: [", > > > "ipSystemStatsTable node > > > ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", > > > "diskio.c: don't know how to > > > handle"); ## > > > Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon > > > > > > //Geocoding Configuration > > > > > > > > > // End config.php > > > > > > > > > > > > *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) > > *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 > > > *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 > > > *RRDtool*1.4.7 > > >

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6500 PSU Voltage Check
by Jake Turner 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Hi All, I was wondering if I could configure alerts for the voltage on a couple of 6500 power supplies (to try and alert on power failures). I've used the Entity Type of Voltage and this picks up the Enitity's from the 6500 (110/220v AC power supply, 2500 watt 2 - Power Supply 2 power-input) however I'm unsure on how to configure the 'Check Conditions' and 'Associations'. The below is a guess for the check conditions: Metric Condition Value sensor_voltage lt 220 In Associations I have simply put * * which I suspect is incorrect. Has anybody else tried setting up checks on voltage? Thanks Jake

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Google Maps not showing
by Sebastian Pitei 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Hi everyone, First, congrats ot the devs for making such a nice piece of software. Simple, to the point, perfect! Second, my issue: I'm trying to change the maps engine to Google Maps. I've change the engine to "google" in config.php but unfortunately nothing is happening. Any ideas? Regards, Sebi

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3
by matthew waterman 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

hmmm, I think I am beginning to see the error in my ways perhaps, I do not have any Alert-checkers..... I have never had to add them or go near them as the version I was originally running just simply emailed me with Device down, device up, device rebooted, or if I wanted it to - port down etc So the new version will not do this by default? Do I need to created alert checkers for all my devices? matt On 1 September 2014 19:53, <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: > 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. Re: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 (Tom Laermans) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:52:26 +0200 > From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 > Message-ID: <540425BA.6050808(a)powersource.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > Hi, > > Please share your alert checker configuration (screenshot) so we can see > if those are alright, first. > > Tom > > On 01/09/2014 09:46, matthew waterman wrote: > > Thanks for your replies, > > > > I have un commented the line "$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] > > = TRUE;" , and also confirmed that I have the correct cron job > > configured. I then gave the VM a reboot as It is one of the devices > > that I observe. Unfortunalty i did not receive an email alert, so I > > reboot another device for a full 5 minutes so I should have received 1 > > x email alert for device down and 1 x reboot alert. I did not receive > > either. Is there a way I can monitor/watch the email being sent or > > processed to confirm that it is indeed happening? > > > > Matt > > > > > > On 1 September 2014 11:20, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> wrote: > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@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 > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > observium-owner(a)observium.org <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Email setup in Config.php (matthew waterman) > > 2. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Tristan Rhodes) > > 3. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Nathan Phelan) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:32:15 +1200 > > From: matthew waterman <mwaterman1982(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com>> > > To: observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > Subject: [Observium] Email setup in Config.php > > Message-ID: > > > > <CAMq=ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK+ugBQ6OB2eK+6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto:ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%2BugBQ6OB2eK%2B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q@mail.gmail.com > >> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hi, > > > > I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and > > recently, > > approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, upgraded > > via SVN > > and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at > > the moment > > and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this > > working again. > > Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to > > what needs > > to be changed to get email working again. > > > > Config.php: > > > > <?php > > > > ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of > > settings you > > can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! > > > > // Database config > > $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; > > $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; > > $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; > > $config['db_name'] = "observium"; > > > > // Location > > $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; > > > > // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a particular > > hostname/port > > // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any other > > hostname > > #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; > > > > // Default community list to use when adding/discovering > > $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); > > > > // Authentication Model > > $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: > > ldap, > > http-auth, please see documentation for config help > > > > // Enable alerter > > // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; > > > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > > > > // SNMP Settings > > $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms > > $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to > > retry the > > query > > > > //Ping Settings > > $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms > > $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to > > retry the > > query > > > > //Alert Settings > > $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "myemail(a)domain.co.nz > > <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz>"; > > $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < > > myeamil(a)domain.co.nz <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz>>"; > > $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > > $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; > > $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time to > > display > > reboot warning > > //Poller and Discovery Modules > > > > //Syslog settings > > $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; > > $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", > > "Connection from > > UDP: [", > > "ipSystemStatsTable node > > ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", > > "diskio.c: don't know how to > > handle"); ## > > Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon > > > > //Geocoding Configuration > > > > > > // End config.php > > > > > > > > *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) > *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 > > *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 > > *RRDtool*1.4.7 > >

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1
by matthew waterman 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Thanks for your replies, I have un commented the line "$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE;" , and also confirmed that I have the correct cron job configured. I then gave the VM a reboot as It is one of the devices that I observe. Unfortunalty i did not receive an email alert, so I reboot another device for a full 5 minutes so I should have received 1 x email alert for device down and 1 x reboot alert. I did not receive either. Is there a way I can monitor/watch the email being sent or processed to confirm that it is indeed happening? Matt On 1 September 2014 11:20, <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: > 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. Email setup in Config.php (matthew waterman) > 2. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Tristan Rhodes) > 3. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Nathan Phelan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:32:15 +1200 > From: matthew waterman <mwaterman1982(a)gmail.com> > To: observium(a)observium.org > Subject: [Observium] Email setup in Config.php > Message-ID: > <CAMq= > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK+ugBQ6OB2eK+6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and recently, > approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, upgraded via SVN > and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at the moment > and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this working again. > Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to what needs > to be changed to get email working again. > > Config.php: > > <?php > > ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of settings you > can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! > > // Database config > $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; > $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; > $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; > $config['db_name'] = "observium"; > > // Location > $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; > > // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a particular > hostname/port > // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any other hostname > #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; > > // Default community list to use when adding/discovering > $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); > > // Authentication Model > $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: ldap, > http-auth, please see documentation for config help > > // Enable alerter > // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > > // SNMP Settings > $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms > $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to retry the > query > > //Ping Settings > $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms > $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to retry the > query > > //Alert Settings > $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "myemail(a)domain.co.nz"; > $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < > myeamil(a)domain.co.nz>"; > $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; > $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time to display > reboot warning > //Poller and Discovery Modules > > //Syslog settings > $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; > $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", "Connection from > UDP: [", > "ipSystemStatsTable node > ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", > "diskio.c: don't know how to handle"); ## > Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon > > //Geocoding Configuration > > > // End config.php > > > > *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 > *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 > *RRDtool*1.4.7 >

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Email setup in Config.php
by matthew waterman 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Hi, I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and recently, approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, upgraded via SVN and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at the moment and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this working again. Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to what needs to be changed to get email working again. Config.php: <?php ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of settings you can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! // Database config $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; $config['db_name'] = "observium"; // Location $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a particular hostname/port // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any other hostname #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; // Default community list to use when adding/discovering $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); // Authentication Model $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: ldap, http-auth, please see documentation for config help // Enable alerter // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) // SNMP Settings $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to retry the query //Ping Settings $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to retry the query //Alert Settings $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "myemail(a)domain.co.nz"; $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < myeamil(a)domain.co.nz>"; $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time to display reboot warning //Poller and Discovery Modules //Syslog settings $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", "Connection from UDP: [", "ipSystemStatsTable node ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", "diskio.c: don't know how to handle"); ## Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon //Geocoding Configuration // End config.php *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 *RRDtool*1.4.7

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Re: [Observium] Syslog msg empty temporary fix
by Mike Stupalov 30 Aug '14

30 Aug '14

1. write questions to list pls, I'm not a service support 2. why do you have a line break in $template, all text betwen $template and \n" this is one line (use copy-paste) 3. about '& stop' vs '& ~', tilde - legacy but still working variant, and therefore suitable for the old and new rsyslog versions and in irc you sayd that syslog messages displayed if in cisco device set logging without timezone, this is not true? On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Wouter Prins <wp(a)null0.nl> wrote: > It still doesn't work correctly here. > Any idea's? :) > > I've pasted this into /etc/rsyslog.conf: > > -- > $template > observium,"%fromhost%||%syslogfacility%||%syslogpriority%||%syslogseverity%||%syslogtag%||%$year%-%$month%-%$day% > %timereported:8:25%||%msg%||% > programname%\n" > $ModLoad omprog > $ActionOMProgBinary /opt/observium/syslog.php > > :inputname, isequal, "imudp" :omprog:;observium > > & stop > #--------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Any idea why i still dont see any cisco syslog messages? When i restart > rsyslogd its not complaining about syntax etc. > I do see unix syslog from servers. > > > On 24 August 2014 12:37, Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> yes, everything works >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Wouter Prins <wp(a)null0.nl> wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> Is this config working for you in 14.04.1? >>> >>> >>> On 20 August 2014 07:14, Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> .. or just use Rsyslog because it is in base Ubuntu system: >>>> http://observium.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Syslog_Server >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Robert Williams < >>>> Robert(a)custodiandc.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Further to Pav's comments earlier, I’ve found that setting the >>>>> “no-parse” flag in syslog-ng stops it from messing with the string and >>>>> restores some reasonable sanity to the messages which get passed to >>>>> Observium. Clearly something has changed within syslog-ng from Ubuntu >>>>> 12->14 and this new issue is nothing to do with the >>>>> Observium-importing-the-message element. >>>>> >>>>> For anyone suffering the same fate, the actual setting syntax to be >>>>> used within the Observium definition for syslog-ng is: >>>>> >>>>> source s_net { >>>>> udp(flags(no-parse)); >>>>> }; >>>>> >>>>> This restores 100% normal message structure for /most/ of the devices >>>>> I’ve just tested with, including all the IOS 15.x ones which had all >>>>> started showing simply "%" as the message content. >>>>> >>>>> The ones which are still a little bit broken are the IOS-XR based >>>>> units as they seem to pass a load of process name, event log number, >>>>> process number, favourite colour and other random crap in the “message” >>>>> element. However, they were all a bit broken before all this anyway to be >>>>> fair. >>>>> >>>>> I can see that within the /includes/syslog.php there is a rather >>>>> extensive section of preg_match/replace for a number of $os types. So I >>>>> guess the best way forwards to sanitise the extra IOS-XR crap is to build >>>>> it in there and submit a patch. Although I have a feeling that IOS and >>>>> IOS-XR count as the same $OS type? So we won't necessarily be able to >>>>> filter the manipulation using that to match them. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, if we make any progress with it we’ll let you know! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers guys, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Robert Williams >>>>> Custodian Data Centre >>>>> Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com >>>>> http://www.CustodianDC.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> observium mailing list >>>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mike Stupalov >>>> http://observium.org/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> observium mailing list >>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wouter Prins >>> wp(a)null0.nl >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Stupalov >> http://observium.org/ >> > > > > -- > Wouter Prins > wp(a)null0.nl > > -- Mike Stupalov http://observium.org/

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RSS
by Johnson, Edward A. 30 Aug '14

30 Aug '14

I’m trying to get RSS working. php-mcrypt is installed and under “My Settings” it says my RSS/Atom key was created. I can’t find any documentation anywhere that explains anything further.

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Re: [Observium] Avtech Room Alert 4E support?
by Scott Benninger 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

I was able to svn add the new file I copied and modified as well as make the diff file with the changes I made to the other files. How would I go about submitting my changes/adds to you to verify and commit? Or does the svn add accomplish this? I am not well versed in the use of svn. Thanks, Scott On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > Only if you submit them to us and we commit them to the repository. > > "svn add" any new files to SVN and then do "svn diff" to get SVN to > generate a file containing your changes. > > adam. > > > On 2014-08-28 17:52, Scott Benninger wrote: > >> Thanks! I managed to get it working. Not perfect but returns the 2 >> temp sensors I need. There is no internal humidity sensor on the 4E so >> may remove the humidity code as well. >> >> For reference I modified the definitions/os.inc.php roomalert os to >> use the 4E mib. I then coped the 24E sensor .php and modified it to >> use the 4E mibs and had to change the OID from 5 to 6 (the different >> product code) otherwise the mibs are almost the same up until the >> extra sensors that are available in the 24E. >> >> I guess my final question is will all the changes I made stick through >> SVN updates? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Scott >> >> AVTech uses a different MIB for each product, unfortunately. So it needs >> some coding to be done... >> >> Tom >> >> On 08/28/2014 03:41 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> Hi Scott, >> >> You need to write code to discover the objects in the new MIB. >> >> You can look at the old ones as an example, you'll find them in >> includes/discovery/sensors/ >> >> adam. >> >> On 2014-08-28 14:33, Scott Benninger wrote: >> I have been trying to get our Room Alert 4E working to record >> temperature and alert if needed. On the latest svn build(5770). I see >> on the website that the 24E is the only one supported currently since >> they have different MIBS. (FYI they no longer sell the 24E in NA). >> >> I have been able to get it to discover as and AVtech device but I had >> to modify the roomalert discovery and poller php files to add a space >> to RoomAlert as the sysDescr on the 4E is "Room Alert 4E v3.1.1". >> >> I see the 4E mibs are there as well but the temp is not getting >> polled properly. >> >> Is it possible for me to make modifications to get the temp polling >> properly? If so where should I be looking to get the 4E MIBS working >> properly? I am not sure where the mappings are done etc. Is this >> difficult to do? >> >> Otherwise how would I go about getting the working properly? >> >> Thanks, >> >> _ Scott_ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >

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Avtech Room Alert 4E support?
by Scott Benninger 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Thanks! I managed to get it working. Not perfect but returns the 2 temp sensors I need. There is no internal humidity sensor on the 4E so may remove the humidity code as well. For reference I modified the definitions/os.inc.php roomalert os to use the 4E mib. I then coped the 24E sensor .php and modified it to use the 4E mibs and had to change the OID from 5 to 6 (the different product code) otherwise the mibs are almost the same up until the extra sensors that are available in the 24E. I guess my final question is will all the changes I made stick through SVN updates? Thanks, Scott > AVTech uses a different MIB for each product, unfortunately. So it needs > some coding to be done... > > Tom > > On 08/28/2014 03:41 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >>* Hi Scott, *>>>>* You need to write code to discover the objects in the new MIB. *>>>>* You can look at the old ones as an example, you'll find them in *>> *includes/discovery/sensors/ *>>>>* adam. *>>>>* On 2014-08-28 14:33, Scott Benninger wrote: *>>>* I have been trying to get our Room Alert 4E working to record *>>>* temperature and alert if needed. On the latest svn build(5770). I see *>>>* on the website that the 24E is the only one supported currently since *>>>* they have different MIBS. (FYI they no longer sell the 24E in NA). *>>>>>>* I have been able to get it to discover as and AVtech device but I had *>>>* to modify the roomalert discovery and poller php files to add a space *>>>* to RoomAlert as the sysDescr on the 4E is "Room Alert 4E v3.1.1". *>>>>>>* I see the 4E mibs are there as well but the temp is not getting *>>>* polled properly. *>>>>>>* Is it possible for me to make modifications to get the temp polling *>>>* properly? If so where should I be looking to get the 4E MIBS working *>>>* properly? I am not sure where the mappings are done etc. Is this *>>>* difficult to do? *>>>>>>* Otherwise how would I go about getting the working properly? *>>>>>>* Thanks, *>>>>>>* Scott*

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Avtech Room Alert 4E support?
by Scott Benninger 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

I have been trying to get our Room Alert 4E working to record temperature and alert if needed. On the latest svn build(5770). I see on the website that the 24E is the only one supported currently since they have different MIBS. (FYI they no longer sell the 24E in NA). I have been able to get it to discover as and AVtech device but I had to modify the roomalert discovery and poller php files to add a space to RoomAlert as the sysDescr on the 4E is "Room Alert 4E v3.1.1". I see the 4E mibs are there as well but the temp is not getting polled properly. Is it possible for me to make modifications to get the temp polling properly? If so where should I be looking to get the 4E MIBS working properly? I am not sure where the mappings are done etc. Is this difficult to do? Otherwise how would I go about getting the working properly? Thanks, Scott

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remove old event log data
by Simon Smith 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Hi All, hoping again someone can assist me with my problems or questions… i fixed the WMI problem i was having a few weeks ago, however it has left loads and loads of Device rebooted event logs in my database is the an easy way of deleting this data as really i only wanted the log to show once? not really 2,000 times…. I’ve attached a screenshot of showing the data from the mysql i was simply gunna do 'delete from event log where reference = 2447807' but im not 100% sure incase i screw anything up in the database as its a running live system i use regards Simon

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Re: [Observium] Syslog msg empty temporary fix
by Robert Williams 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hi, Further to Pav's comments earlier, I’ve found that setting the “no-parse” flag in syslog-ng stops it from messing with the string and restores some reasonable sanity to the messages which get passed to Observium. Clearly something has changed within syslog-ng from Ubuntu 12->14 and this new issue is nothing to do with the Observium-importing-the-message element. For anyone suffering the same fate, the actual setting syntax to be used within the Observium definition for syslog-ng is: source s_net { udp(flags(no-parse)); }; This restores 100% normal message structure for /most/ of the devices I’ve just tested with, including all the IOS 15.x ones which had all started showing simply "%" as the message content. The ones which are still a little bit broken are the IOS-XR based units as they seem to pass a load of process name, event log number, process number, favourite colour and other random crap in the “message” element. However, they were all a bit broken before all this anyway to be fair. I can see that within the /includes/syslog.php there is a rather extensive section of preg_match/replace for a number of $os types. So I guess the best way forwards to sanitise the extra IOS-XR crap is to build it in there and submit a patch. Although I have a feeling that IOS and IOS-XR count as the same $OS type? So we won't necessarily be able to filter the manipulation using that to match them. Anyway, if we make any progress with it we’ll let you know! Cheers guys, Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Graph Netstats
by Darian Jimenez 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hello, Anyone know where I could get an understanding of how to interpret the graphs for network devices? Is there any documentation to help explain what to look for in devices for packet loss or problems with service? I don't see a way to tell packet drops like you would see on a device normally.

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