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Re: [Observium] User interface access error
by Adam Armstrong 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hmm. Just recently someone tested this and these issues weren't there. I am thinking of stripping out the complex permissions system altogether. Adam. ColoCenter bv <info(a)colocenter.nl> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] attach specific mibs to a device
by Adam Armstrong 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

MIBs are not what you think they are :) Short answer is no. Adam. Rachid Zarouali <rzarouali(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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attach specific mibs to a device
by Rachid Zarouali 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hy all, i have several Aruba IAP-93, i was wondering if i can "attach" a specific mib (which is not the same mib for Aruba Controller) to these devices ? thanks for your help, Regards,

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Re: [Observium] Trend prediction
by Adam Armstrong 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

This is all done in rrdtool, so purely graphical initially. It is possible to extract this kind of data from rrdtool in numerical form, but it's quite slow, certainly too slow to do in the poller. Also, I would say in this instance you would set a warning at 75%. Much easier :) Adam. Petr Gregor <gregy(a)gregy.cz> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Cisco IOS VLAN update
by observium＠velder.li 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Hi, the description of vlan's in cisco ios isn't updated. If a desc is changed, i need to change it in the observium db manually. Is there a possibility to automate that? Regards patrick

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Is there a way to change the looks of the graphs - to look like "MRTG" charts?
by Sonny Kupka 28 Apr '13

28 Apr '13

Hello, For whatever reasons - I have people asking if it is possible to change the looks of the graphs - to look like "MRTG" charts. Has anyone changed their graphs|looks.. If so care to share your settings? Thanks, Sonny

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Re: [Observium] Kickstarter project.
by Adam Armstrong 25 Apr '13

25 Apr '13

I just ordered a £5k of 28 year old scotch, that count? Err, I mean, ramen. Adam. Mattias Gyllenvarg <Mattias.Gyllenvarg(a)Bredband2.se> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Integration with Nagions/Smokeping - How does it work?
by Sam Munzani 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hi, I am new to Observium. Downloaded it last week and got a few devices working on it. Did Rancid plug-in and now all configs show up on Observium. I also added following to config.php and have Nagios3 and Smokeping running independently on the same box. However I don't know how its supposed to show up. Rancid was obvious because of the extra tab that shows up. How does it work with nagios and smoke ping? The documentation on these integration is very light. $config['rrdtool'] = "/usr/bin/rrdtool"; $config['fping'] = "/usr/bin/fping"; #$config['fping6'] = "/usr/bin/fping6"; $config['snmpwalk'] = "/usr/bin/snmpwalk"; $config['snmpget'] = "/usr/bin/snmpget"; $config['snmpbulkwalk'] = "/usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk"; $config['whois'] = "/usr/bin/whois"; $config['ping'] = "/bin/ping"; $config['mtr'] = "/usr/bin/mtr"; $config['nmap'] = "/usr/bin/nmap"; $config['nagios_plugins'] = "/usr/lib/nagios/plugins"; $config['ipmitool'] = "/usr/bin/ipmitool"; $config['smokeping']['dir'] = "/var/lib/smokeping/"; #$config['virsh'] = "/usr/bin/virsh"; Also, does it have an ability to add a few URL monitors? I didn't see a reference in the documentation anywhere. Thanks, Sam

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RRD Command button broken
by Mattias Gyllenvarg 24 Apr '13

24 Apr '13

Hi Adam "RRD command" button is broken, it sends you back too the overview page. PS. Favorite BOFH so far "Shut your whore mouth!" -- *Med Vänliga Hälsningar - Best Regards* *Mattias Gyllenvarg* *Nätutveckling* Bredband2 Tel: +46 406219712

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maybe dumb question about observium itself
by Rachid Zarouali 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hy all, i'm using observium to monitor my network devices, i've seen there are applications that could be as well monitored. are these applications to be maintained or to be dropped ? i'm evaluating zabbix as well, so just wondering if i should keep both ? feedback appreciated, Regards

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Re: [Observium] maybe dumb question about observium itself
by Adam Armstrong 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

To make sure this is the case, agent scripts should have the absolute minimum of code. Where possible, just command output or cat'd files, updating php, perl and python scripts after deployment may prove difficult... :) Adam. Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >I'll reiterate what I said on IRC: > >Adam feels the current "application" infrastructure is not how it should be. > >However, yes, applications are not going away, just the way they are >monitored may change. Data collection scripts which we have now will >then be converted to whatever new format we'll be using. In the future. >Not now. No time, bugs and alerting first ;-) > >Tom > >On 23/04/2013 11:20, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> The applications stuff is messy. >> >> At some point we need to properly define how it should all work and >> make some real infrastructure for it, but that requires time and >> resource we don't have at the moment. >> >> So it's subject to change at any moment :) >> >> adam. >> >> On 2013-04-23 11:12, Rachid Zarouali wrote: >>> Hy all, >>> >>> i'm using observium to monitor my network devices, i've seen there are >>> applications that could be as well monitored. >>> >>> are these applications to be maintained or to be dropped ? >>> >>> i'm evaluating zabbix as well, so just wondering if i should keep both ? >>> >>> feedback appreciated, >>> >>> Regards >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] maybe dumb question about observium itself
by Andreas Bergman 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hi, We're using a combination of Icinga (nagios) and Observium to monitor our network, some things Icinga do really well, and some things Observium do very well. Br Andreas -----Original Message----- From: "Rachid Zarouali" <rzarouali(a)gmail.com> Sent 4/23/2013 12:12:41 PM To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] maybe dumb question about observium itself Hy all, i'm using observium to monitor my network devices, i've seen there are applications that could be as well monitored. are these applications to be maintained or to be dropped ? i'm evaluating zabbix as well, so just wondering if i should keep both ? feedback appreciated, Regards _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Changes made to Devices > Locations
by Adam Armstrong 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Damn right Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >On Tue, 2013-04-23 at 11:49 +0400, Nikolay Shopik wrote: >> Maybe just don't use it at all? It such junk anyway. What's wrong with >> good old k9mail >> >> On 4/23/13 10:46 AM, Tom Laermans wrote: >> > >> > Can someone please fix the threading breakage in the android client? :P > >Unfortunately I can't tell Adam what to use - he'll just take my mailing >list access away :P > >Tom > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Changes made to Devices > Locations
by Sonny Kupka 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hello, Seems there was a change in code which effects - Devices > Locations. I had set each device with a specific sysLocation - and checked override sysLocation in the device settings. This was working as expected, until I ran updates - Now instead of having my defined locations - It now shows countries - Canada, England, Unknown and all my stuff is showing up under unknown. Is there a place to read about configuration changes - I may need to re-adjust - or is this a bug - as override sysLocation is now overwritten by something else? Thanks. Sonny

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Re: [Observium] Changes made to Devices > Locations
by Adam Armstrong 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

You would not be stupid enough to try to complain about something not working on an old release, would you? Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >I'm talking about reverting to the old behaviour, not getting >geolocation working. > >On 04/23/2013 02:31 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> There is still work to be done on it. >> >> The geolocation service we are using is a little temperamental, so needs well formatted locations. >> >> Adam. >> >> Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >> >>> On 04/23/2013 02:17 PM, Sonny Kupka wrote: >>>> Tom, >>>> >>>> Worked perfectly. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> Sonny >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Tom Laermans" <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> >>>> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> >>>> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 4:18:05 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Changes made to Devices > Locations >>>> >>>> Hi Sonny, >>>> >>>> You can override the geolocation and return to the old behaviour by adding >>>> >>>> $config['location_menu_geocoded'] = FALSE; >>>> >>>> to your configuration file. I like it better too ;-) >>>> >>>> Tom >>> Does that feature require a particular svn revision? I'm on 3934 and it >>> doesn't work for me. >>> >>> Or does it require something like rediscovery? >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Changes made to Devices > Locations
by Adam Armstrong 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Feel free to consider all bug reports and other complaints ignore from nice on, then. Adam. Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >Where "old release" == "I only do 'svn up' in cron.weekly"? Evidently >so. :-) > >/me updates and tries again > >On 04/23/2013 02:42 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> You would not be stupid enough to try to complain about something not working on an old release, would you? >> >> Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >> >>> I'm talking about reverting to the old behaviour, not getting >>> geolocation working. >>> >>> On 04/23/2013 02:31 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >>>> There is still work to be done on it. >>>> >>>> The geolocation service we are using is a little temperamental, so needs well formatted locations. >>>> >>>> Adam. >>>> >>>> Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 04/23/2013 02:17 PM, Sonny Kupka wrote: >>>>>> Tom, >>>>>> >>>>>> Worked perfectly. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> Sonny >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Tom Laermans" <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> >>>>>> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> >>>>>> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 4:18:05 PM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Changes made to Devices > Locations >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Sonny, >>>>>> >>>>>> You can override the geolocation and return to the old behaviour by adding >>>>>> >>>>>> $config['location_menu_geocoded'] = FALSE; >>>>>> >>>>>> to your configuration file. I like it better too ;-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Tom >>>>> Does that feature require a particular svn revision? I'm on 3934 and it >>>>> doesn't work for me. >>>>> >>>>> Or does it require something like rediscovery? >>>>> >>>>> Paul >>>>> ... > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Issue with 95th Percentile for Billing
by Poh Yong Hwang 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hi All, New here. :) I have an issue with the billing of traffic. I want to bill according to 95th percentile but for some reason it is always 0Mbps. It can plot my traffic for incoming and outgoing but it always show 0 for my 95th percentile. Any advise on this? Thanks Poh

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Re: [Observium] Issue with 95th Percentile for Billing
by Adam Armstrong 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

You are not running the billing poller. Poh Yong Hwang <yongsan(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Strange timezone behaviour in graphs
by Adam Armstrong 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Still irritating, though. Matt Hucker <matt(a)nrsolutions.com.au> wrote: >Cool. Easy enough to work around. > >Thanks, >Matt > > >On 23/04/2013, at 2:28 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: > >> Yes. This is down to some funkiness with timezones between client and server. >> >> It has been known for a while. The last attempted fix was reverted because it broke things even more! >> >> Adam. >> >> Matt Hucker <matt(a)nrsolutions.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm not sure what to make of this. When I try to enter custom time ranges in any of the traffic graphs, I get different results depending on which browser I'm using. >>> >>> Results are as follows. I'm in Brisbane (GMT +10). >>> >>> Mac OS X 10.6 >>> >>> Firefox: Observium always converts the time I enter (in local time) to GMT. Therefore my graphs are out by 10 hours. >>> Safari: Won't accept any time info I enter. Always give me the last 24 hours. >>> Chrom: Everything seems to work ok. >>> >>> Windows 7 >>> >>> Internet Explorer: Always gives me the last 24 hours. Same as Safari on OS X >>> Chrome: Everything seems ok. >>> >>> >>> Clicking any of the preset time periods, e.g 6 / 24 / 48 hours, always works ok regardless of which browser/os I'm using. >>> >>> Is this expected behaviour? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Matt. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Strange timezone behaviour in graphs
by Adam Armstrong 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Yes. This is down to some funkiness with timezones between client and server. It has been known for a while. The last attempted fix was reverted because it broke things even more! Adam. Matt Hucker <matt(a)nrsolutions.com.au> wrote: >Hi, > >I'm not sure what to make of this. When I try to enter custom time ranges in any of the traffic graphs, I get different results depending on which browser I'm using. > >Results are as follows. I'm in Brisbane (GMT +10). > >Mac OS X 10.6 > >Firefox: Observium always converts the time I enter (in local time) to GMT. Therefore my graphs are out by 10 hours. >Safari: Won't accept any time info I enter. Always give me the last 24 hours. >Chrom: Everything seems to work ok. > >Windows 7 > >Internet Explorer: Always gives me the last 24 hours. Same as Safari on OS X >Chrome: Everything seems ok. > > >Clicking any of the preset time periods, e.g 6 / 24 / 48 hours, always works ok regardless of which browser/os I'm using. > >Is this expected behaviour? > >Cheers, >Matt. >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Changes made to Devices > Locations
by Adam Armstrong 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

There is still work to be done on it. The geolocation service we are using is a little temperamental, so needs well formatted locations. Adam. Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >On 04/23/2013 02:17 PM, Sonny Kupka wrote: >> Tom, >> >> Worked perfectly. >> >> Thanks. >> Sonny >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom Laermans" <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> >> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> >> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 4:18:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [Observium] Changes made to Devices > Locations >> >> Hi Sonny, >> >> You can override the geolocation and return to the old behaviour by adding >> >> $config['location_menu_geocoded'] = FALSE; >> >> to your configuration file. I like it better too ;-) >> >> Tom > >Does that feature require a particular svn revision? I'm on 3934 and it >doesn't work for me. > >Or does it require something like rediscovery? > >Paul > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] FW: observium Digest, Vol 33, Issue 45
by Adam Armstrong 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

You are not our target market, then. Sam Munzani <smunzani(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>On 2013-04-22 15:32, Sam Munzani wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I deployed Observium over the weekend to try out. Reading through >>> documents, I figured out how to exclude specific interface types. >>> However trying to figure out how to exclude a specific interface? E.g. >>> The list might be Fa0/30, Fa0/37, Gig0/9, Gig0/42. No contiguous >>> interface. >> >>This is contra to the design ethos of Observium, thus there is no simple >>way to do this. >> >>Thanks, >>adam. > >While its a great concept, its not scalable. I have Qty 40 of the Cisco 48 >port switches and not all ports I care about. These are desktop ports and >I care to graph uplink ports only. Even if it does it efficiently, it is >junk data that I would never use. > >What would have been awesome is let Observium discover everything and let >administrators decide what they want to graph. > >Its sad that even though I like the tool, it doesn't fit me because of >this limitation(or so called feature). > >My 2 cents. > >Sam > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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FW: observium Digest, Vol 33, Issue 45
by Sam Munzani 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

> > > >On 2013-04-22 15:32, Sam Munzani wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I deployed Observium over the weekend to try out. Reading through >> documents, I figured out how to exclude specific interface types. >> However trying to figure out how to exclude a specific interface? E.g. >> The list might be Fa0/30, Fa0/37, Gig0/9, Gig0/42. No contiguous >> interface. > >This is contra to the design ethos of Observium, thus there is no simple >way to do this. > >Thanks, >adam. While its a great concept, its not scalable. I have Qty 40 of the Cisco 48 port switches and not all ports I care about. These are desktop ports and I care to graph uplink ports only. Even if it does it efficiently, it is junk data that I would never use. What would have been awesome is let Observium discover everything and let administrators decide what they want to graph. Its sad that even though I like the tool, it doesn't fit me because of this limitation(or so called feature). My 2 cents. Sam

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Strange timezone behaviour in graphs
by Matt Hucker 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

Hi, I'm not sure what to make of this. When I try to enter custom time ranges in any of the traffic graphs, I get different results depending on which browser I'm using. Results are as follows. I'm in Brisbane (GMT +10). Mac OS X 10.6 Firefox: Observium always converts the time I enter (in local time) to GMT. Therefore my graphs are out by 10 hours. Safari: Won't accept any time info I enter. Always give me the last 24 hours. Chrom: Everything seems to work ok. Windows 7 Internet Explorer: Always gives me the last 24 hours. Same as Safari on OS X Chrome: Everything seems ok. Clicking any of the preset time periods, e.g 6 / 24 / 48 hours, always works ok regardless of which browser/os I'm using. Is this expected behaviour? Cheers, Matt.

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New memory graphs
by David Brodbeck 22 Apr '13

22 Apr '13

Loving the new, more detailed Linux memory graphs. Much more useful now that I can see how much is actual memory use, and how much is cache that will be expunged as needed. -- David Brodbeck System Administrator, Linguistics University of Washington

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