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Adding mysql monitoring
by Lance Raymond 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Checking out http://www.observium.org/wiki/Application/MySQL#Requirementsand seems pretty straight forward. I have my server running, added that box and see it collecting data now. php5-cli and php-mysql are installed on both the server and mysql server I wish to monitor, but nothing has been added and not sure how to force check, add, etc. Docs are simple enough; I created the user with access on the remote server. Then the steps are simply; *Copy* the mysql script *from scripts/agent-local/* in your observium install to */usr/local/check_mk_agent/local/* (/usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local/ on Debian systems) the *server* you wish to monitor. The remote server is running ubuntu, so I create a folder; /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local with 2 files; mysql (script) mysql.cnf I can run the script locally and get a lot of data (here is a sample); root@mysql101:/usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local# ./mysql <<<mysql>>> a0:13362926 a1:50929 a2:4796992 a3:287789 So is it something on the server end I need to add/edit? Tnx -- *e*. lraymond(a)weatherflow.com *c.* 386.561.1509 *f.* 386.409.5178

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netdot VM root password
by Ramzi Abdallah 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hi, What is the default root password for the netdot VM appliance. I need it to setup a static IP to the installation Regards, Ramzi

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all hosts down moved observium to a new server
by Bao Nguyen 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

All, I'm kind of hitting a wall here. I moved Observium to a new server today and somehow Observium is unable to "ping" any hosts. sour% ./poller.php -h lab-lightning.sdsc.edu -d Observium Poller v0.13.1.3507 DEBUG! Starting polling run: SQL[SELECT `device_id` FROM `devices` WHERE `disabled` = 0 AND `hostname` LIKE 'lab-lightning.sdsc.edu' ORDER BY `device_id` ASC] ./poller.php lab-lightning.sdsc.edu January 3, 2013, 17:17 - 0 devices polled in 0.001 secs MySQL: Cell[0/0s] Row[0/0s] Rows[1/0s] Column[0/0s] Update[0/0s] Insert[0/0s] Delete[0/0s] However, on the host it self, I can ping or snmpget any devices using the same FQDN name. sour% ping lab-lightning.sdsc.edu PING lab-lightning.sdsc.edu (198.202.79.48) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from lab-lightning.sdsc.edu (198.202.79.48): icmp_req=1 ttl=253 time=0.728 ms ^C --- lab-lightning.sdsc.edu ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.728/0.728/0.728/0.000 ms sour% snmpwalk -v 2c -c test lab-lightning.sdsc.edu sysName.0 SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: "lab-lightning.sdsc.edu" thanks, -bn 0216331C

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Re: [Observium] all hosts down moved observium to a new server
by Adam Armstrong 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

That hostname doesnt match the database, or that host is disabled. Adam. Bao Nguyen <ngqbao(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Aggrgation, Nagios Check, Graph Caching
by Tobias Brunner 01 Jan '13

01 Jan '13

Hi, After using Observium for some time I have some ideas and questions: * Is it possible to create aggregated graphs? F.e. I'd like to aggregate all uplinks (which are on different routers) into one big graph (all uplinks as a single line, in one graph (overlay). And the traffic aggregated). * This could maybe end up in a Dashboard, which shows me an overview of what's going on in the network. (Aggregated Graphs, Top Ports, Recent Syslog, High Values, ...) * I'd like to check some values collected by Observium with Nagios to generate an Alert (F.e. the temperatures, dBm, ...). This could be a plugin like "check_observium <device> <type> <thresholds>". How can I access the raw data in Observium from outside? Is there something like this available, or does it need to be written? My main concern is to have just one tool which Polls the devices and get the collected data out of it. I don't want to have many tools which are all doing SNMP. One single tool should be enough. * How can I get the graphs out of Observium to display in another tool? * Are there any caching mechanisms for the Graphs? Everytime I hover over a link which creates a Pop-Up the graphs are being generated. What about caching the generated graphs for f.e. 5 minutes? Cheers and thanks a lot for this great tool! Tobias -- Nine Internet Solutions AG, Albisriederstr. 243a, CH-8047 Zuerich Support +41 44 637 40 40 | Tel +41 44 637 40 00 | Direct +41 44 637 40 13 Skype nine.ch_support

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Logstash and Observium
by Tobias Brunner 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

Hi everyone, We are using Logstash to collect Syslog messages from our network gear. Here is a way to send the collected messages to Observium: * Define a IOS filter in Logstash filter { ### IOS Grok grok { type => "syslog" pattern => [ "<%{POSINT:syslog_pri}>%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:syslog_timestamp} %{SYSLOGHOST:syslog_hostname} %{DATA:cisco_dummyvalue}: %{DATA:cisco_timestamp}: \%%{DATA:cisco_eventcode}: %{GREEDYDATA:syslog_message}" ] add_field => [ "received_at", "%{@timestamp}" ] add_field => [ "received_from", "%{@source_host}" ] } } * Add the following output to logstash: output { pipe { command => "/usr/bin/php /opt/observium/syslog.php" message_format => "%{@source_host}||%{syslog_facility}||%{syslog_severity_code}||%{syslog_severity}||00||%{@timestamp}||%{cisco_dummyvalue}: &{cisco_timestamp}: %%{cisco_eventcode}: %{@message}||cisco" } } As I did not find a way to convert the @timestamp field of Logstash to the needed format, there is one additional line in syslog.php needed: --- syslog.php.orig 2012-12-21 11:28:41.741696532 +0100 +++ syslog.php 2012-12-29 11:58:59.790246786 +0100 @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ { #logfile($line); list($entry['host'],$entry['facility'],$entry['priority'], $entry['level'], $entry['tag'], $entry['timestamp'], $entry['msg'], $entry['program']) = explode("||", trim($line)); + ## reformat timestamp + $entry['timestamp'] = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime($entry['timestamp'])); process_syslog($entry, 1); unset($entry); unset($line); $i++; And I was also not able to find a value for the fields "TAG" and "PROGRAM" for the message_format. So I hardcoded them as "OO" and "cisco". This works for me. Cheers, Tobias -- Nine Internet Solutions AG, Albisriederstr. 243a, CH-8047 Zuerich Support +41 44 637 40 40 | Tel +41 44 637 40 00 | Direct +41 44 637 40 13 Skype nine.ch_support

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Re: [Observium] No Devices Shown in New Installation
by Adam Armstrong 29 Dec '12

29 Dec '12

lol :-) Mark Kamichoff <prox(a)prolixium.com> wrote: >On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:28:26PM -0600, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> It might be something that's changed recently, with adding sorting. >> >> Interesting that it claims you have zero devices/ports in the header too. > >I had a few minutes to look into this, today. After adding debugging >print statements to devices.inc.php and then looking to see why all >devices were failing devices_permitted, I discovered the problem: > >mysql> SELECT * FROM users; >+---------+----------+------------------------------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+-------------------+ >| user_id | username | password | realname | email | descr | level | can_modify_passwd | >+---------+----------+------------------------------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+-------------------+ >| 1 | prox | (removed) | | | | 0 | 1 | > >I thought this was interesting, so I went back to the original terminal >capture of my installation, and saw this: > >(atlantis:20:31)# /opt/observium/adduser.php prox (removed) prox(a)prolixium.com >User prox added successfully >(atlantis:20:32)# > >Whoops! It looks like I failed to specify a user level but continued to >add arguments afterwards. My e-mail address didn't appear in the MySQL >DB (see above) and my privilege level defaulted to 0. I haven't looked >through the adduser.php code, but I suspect that it tried to interpret >my e-mail address as an integer: > >(atlantis:11:12)# ./adduser.php >Add User Tool >Usage: ./adduser.php <username> <password> <level 1-10> [email] > >I'm finally up and running and can see some pretty graphs that have >accumulated over the last few days ;) > >- Mark > >> >> adam. >> >> On 24/12/2012 22:29, Mark Kamichoff wrote: >> >Hi Adam - >> > >> >On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 07:09:42PM -0600, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> >>Put /debug/ on the end of the URL. >> >Well, that certainly produced some extra information. I think it boils >> >down to something happening between the MySQL query and getting the >> >output to the web UI. Here's what /devices/debug gives me: >> > >> >o http://www.prolixium.com/share/observium-devices-debug.pdf >> >o http://www.prolixium.com/share/observium-devices-debug.html >> > >> >I can run some of those queries directly on the MySQL command line and >> >get results consistent with what should be displayed by the web UI: >> > >> >mysql> SELECT COUNT(port_id) FROM `ports` WHERE `ifOperStatus` = 'down' AND `ifAdminStatus` = 'up' AND `ignore` = '0'; >> >+----------------+ >> >| COUNT(port_id) | >> >+----------------+ >> >| 13 | >> >+----------------+ >> >1 row in set (0.00 sec) >> > >> >mysql> SELECT * FROM `devices` WHERE 1 ORDER BY hostname \G >> >*************************** 1. row *************************** >> > device_id: 3 >> > hostname: dax >> > sysName: dax.prolixium.com >> > community: <omitted> >> >[..output trimmed, but three devices are shown..] >> > >> >There are some errors that may be important, although PHP flags them as >> >warnings: >> > >> >Warning: sort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /opt/observium/html/includes/functions.inc.php on line 738 >> > >> >Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /opt/observium/html/pages/devices.inc.php on line 120 >> > >> >The queries directly above these PHP messages in the debug output result >> >in no rows returned: >> > >> >mysql> SELECT D.device_id,location FROM devices AS D, devices_perms AS P WHERE D.device_id = P.device_id AND P.user_id = '1' GROUP BY location ORDER BY location; >> >Empty set (0.00 sec) >> > >> >mysql> SELECT attrib_type,attrib_value,device_id FROM devices_attribs WHERE attrib_type LIKE 'override_sysLocation%' ORDER BY attrib_type; >> >Empty set (0.00 sec) >> > >> >In the meantime, I'm going to add a few more random devices and see if I >> >can get one to display correctly.. >> > >> >Thanks! >> > >> >- Mark >> > >> >>Mark Kamichoff <prox(a)prolixium.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi - >> >>> >> >>>Warning: Here's another one of the "I installed it but it doesn't work!" >> >>>e-mails. >> >>> >> >>>I recently setup Observium (SVN from Dec 23, 2012) on a Debian >> >>>testing/unstable x86_64-based host. I followed all of the instructions >> >>>with the exception of the installation of libvirt packages (I don't >> >>>appear to have a need for it) and although I appear to have successfully >> >>>added devices, none of them show up in the web UI. >> >>> >> >>>The three devices I've added are the following: >> >>> >> >>>o Juniper SRX100 >> >>>o FreeBSD x86_64 Host >> >>>o Linux x86_64 Host >> >>> >> >>>According to observium.log the cron jobs are running fine and the >> >>>devices are being polled: >> >>> >> >>>(atlantis:16:44)# tail -n 8 observium.log >> >>>/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:25 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 0 devices discovered in 0.001 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 3 devices polled in 21.46 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 3 devices polled in 21.41 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:45 - 0 devices discovered in 0.000 secs >> >>> >> >>>I'm not sure exactly what check-errors.php does (maybe it just checks >> >>>the RRDs), but it seems to indicate that there aren't any glaring >> >>>issues: >> >>> >> >>>(atlantis:16:45)# ./check-errors.php >> >>>Checked 80 interfaces >> >>>0 interfaces with errors over the past 5 minutes. >> >>> >> >>>I even looked in the MySQL DB and the `devices` table seems to be >> >>>populated correctly. >> >>> >> >>>The problem is that the web UI doesn't show any devices: >> >>> >> >>>http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-devices.png >> >>> >> >>>However, if I navigate to System -> About Observium, the statistics >> >>>table shows devices, interfaces, CPUs, etc.: >> >>> >> >>>http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-stats.png >> >>> >> >>>I've got to be missing something obvious. I thought the user I created >> >>>might not have sufficient privileges, but I created the user "prox" with >> >>>privilege level 10. >> >>> >> >>>The only thing that did not go 100% as expected was the DB schema load. >> >>>The instructions indicated that errors in the SQL revisions /up to/ 006 >> >>>will be expected, but I saw two errors past revision 006: >> >>> >> >>>(atlantis:18:06)# php includes/sql-schema/update.php >> >>>-- Updating database schema >> >>>000 -> 001 ... done. >> >>>001 -> 002 ... done. >> >>>002 -> 003 ... done. >> >>>003 -> 004 ... done. >> >>>004 -> 005 ... done. >> >>>005 -> 006 ... done. >> >>>006 -> 007 ... done (1 errors). >> >>>007 -> 008 ... done. >> >>>[..snip..] >> >>>031 -> 032 ... done. >> >>>032 -> 033 ... done (2 errors). >> >>>033 -> 034 ... done. >> >>>[..snip..] >> >>>039 -> 040 ... done. >> >>>-- Done >> >>> >> >>>I'm not sure if this is minor or something to be concerned about. Here >> >>>is some package information: >> >>> >> >>>mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-9 >> >>>libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.4-10 >> >>>apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.22-12 >> >>> >> >>>There appear to be no PHP errors in the Apache error log I setup for the >> >>>Observium virtual host. >> >>> >> >>>Is there anything else I should check? >> >>> >> >>>Oh, I'm using Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 on MacOS 10.8 (at the moment, >> >>>at least). >> >>> >> >>>Thanks! >> >>> >> >>>- Mark >> >>> >> >>>-- >> >>>Mark Kamichoff >> >>>prox(a)prolixium.com >> >>>http://www.prolixium.com/ >> >>> >> >>>_______________________________________________ >> >>>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 >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > >-- >Mark Kamichoff >prox(a)prolixium.com >http://www.prolixium.com/ >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] No Devices Shown in New Installation
by Adam Armstrong 29 Dec '12

29 Dec '12

Put /debug/ on the end of the URL. Mark Kamichoff <prox(a)prolixium.com> wrote: >Hi - > >Warning: Here's another one of the "I installed it but it doesn't work!" >e-mails. > >I recently setup Observium (SVN from Dec 23, 2012) on a Debian >testing/unstable x86_64-based host. I followed all of the instructions >with the exception of the installation of libvirt packages (I don't >appear to have a need for it) and although I appear to have successfully >added devices, none of them show up in the web UI. > >The three devices I've added are the following: > >o Juniper SRX100 >o FreeBSD x86_64 Host >o Linux x86_64 Host > >According to observium.log the cron jobs are running fine and the >devices are being polled: > >(atlantis:16:44)# tail -n 8 observium.log >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:25 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 0 devices discovered in 0.001 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 3 devices polled in 21.46 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 3 devices polled in 21.41 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:45 - 0 devices discovered in 0.000 secs > >I'm not sure exactly what check-errors.php does (maybe it just checks >the RRDs), but it seems to indicate that there aren't any glaring >issues: > >(atlantis:16:45)# ./check-errors.php >Checked 80 interfaces >0 interfaces with errors over the past 5 minutes. > >I even looked in the MySQL DB and the `devices` table seems to be >populated correctly. > >The problem is that the web UI doesn't show any devices: > >http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-devices.png > >However, if I navigate to System -> About Observium, the statistics >table shows devices, interfaces, CPUs, etc.: > >http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-stats.png > >I've got to be missing something obvious. I thought the user I created >might not have sufficient privileges, but I created the user "prox" with >privilege level 10. > >The only thing that did not go 100% as expected was the DB schema load. >The instructions indicated that errors in the SQL revisions /up to/ 006 >will be expected, but I saw two errors past revision 006: > >(atlantis:18:06)# php includes/sql-schema/update.php >-- Updating database schema >000 -> 001 ... done. >001 -> 002 ... done. >002 -> 003 ... done. >003 -> 004 ... done. >004 -> 005 ... done. >005 -> 006 ... done. >006 -> 007 ... done (1 errors). >007 -> 008 ... done. >[..snip..] >031 -> 032 ... done. >032 -> 033 ... done (2 errors). >033 -> 034 ... done. >[..snip..] >039 -> 040 ... done. >-- Done > >I'm not sure if this is minor or something to be concerned about. Here >is some package information: > >mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-9 >libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.4-10 >apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.22-12 > >There appear to be no PHP errors in the Apache error log I setup for the >Observium virtual host. > >Is there anything else I should check? > >Oh, I'm using Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 on MacOS 10.8 (at the moment, >at least). > >Thanks! > >- Mark > >-- >Mark Kamichoff >prox(a)prolixium.com >http://www.prolixium.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] APC UPS Current Sensor
by Michael F. Kisser 27 Dec '12

27 Dec '12

Tom, Thanks for the reply. I did get more into the UPS's and they all show "Load Power % of Watts" Only the RT shows Load Current and also all show runtime remaining. Thanks, Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:08:29 +0000 From: "Michael F. Kisser" <mike.kisser(a)railstream.biz> To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] APC UPS Current Sensor Message-ID: <7863F40C09BE9941A578A8AC4AB48DE056EEA8BA(a)RSSERV02.railstream.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello all, I have the fallowing UPS's With APC 9617 Management cards Smart-UPS 1000 600.3.D Does not report Current draw Smart-UPS RT 2000 XL 801.3.D Everything works SMART-UPS 2200 80.11.D Does not report Current draw Everything else is reporting just not the draw on the other UPS's I have updated to APC Management Module AOS v3.7.3 / App v3.7.2 Can I Upgrade the Firmware on the UPS its self? Still Only the 2000 XL reports Current If I could ask it would be nice to see the Runtime on the UPS. Any sugestions on how to fix the current for the 1000 & 2200 UPS's I know there older UPS's but they work very well and was looking at getting more 1000's down the road but if I have to go with a newer UPS to get this to work that's ok to. Thanks, Mike

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APC UPS Current Sensor
by Michael F. Kisser 26 Dec '12

26 Dec '12

Hello all, I have the fallowing UPS's With APC 9617 Management cards Smart-UPS 1000 600.3.D Does not report Current draw Smart-UPS RT 2000 XL 801.3.D Everything works SMART-UPS 2200 80.11.D Does not report Current draw Everything else is reporting just not the draw on the other UPS's I have updated to APC Management Module AOS v3.7.3 / App v3.7.2 Can I Upgrade the Firmware on the UPS its self? Still Only the 2000 XL reports Current If I could ask it would be nice to see the Runtime on the UPS. Any sugestions on how to fix the current for the 1000 & 2200 UPS's I know there older UPS's but they work very well and was looking at getting more 1000's down the road but if I have to go with a newer UPS to get this to work that's ok to. Thanks, Mike

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Re: [Observium] Graphics
by Tom Laermans 25 Dec '12

25 Dec '12

Be sure to check the faq page as well for common problems, and when that doesnt help, perhaps google for efficient ways of asking for help :/ Sent from my mobile, please excuse brevity and spelling errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Nikolay Shopik" <shopik(a)inblock.ru> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Graphics Date: Tue, Dec 25, 2012 12:27 Sure, there no need to google, everything is here http://observium.org/wiki/Installation just follow it and you'll be fine. On 25/12/12 15:07, ServisTURK - İlkay Karadam wrote: > Hi All, > > > > İ m newbie at observium. İ installed the observium and its working ok but > graphics doesn t work. İ earched the issue at the google but i didn t find > anything. Can anyone has check list or like that or how can i check what s > wrong my installation... thx. > > > > Saygılarımla > > > > İlkay Karadam > > ServisTURK Bilgi Teknolojileri San ve Tic Ltd Şti > > Ahmediye M. Halk C. Ekşi İş Merkezi No:35/4 > > Üsküdar/İstanbul > > Tel. 0216 530 36 84 Gsm. 0555 205 45 45 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Graphics
by ServisTURK - İlkay Karadam 25 Dec '12

25 Dec '12

Hi All, İ m newbie at observium. İ installed the observium and its working ok but graphics doesn t work. İ earched the issue at the google but i didn t find anything. Can anyone has check list or like that or how can i check what s wrong my installation... thx. Saygılarımla İlkay Karadam ServisTURK Bilgi Teknolojileri San ve Tic Ltd Şti Ahmediye M. Halk C. Ekşi İş Merkezi No:35/4 Üsküdar/İstanbul Tel. 0216 530 36 84 Gsm. 0555 205 45 45

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Re: [Observium] No Devices Shown in New Installation
by Adam Armstrong 25 Dec '12

25 Dec '12

Wtf oO Mark Kamichoff <prox(a)prolixium.com> wrote: >Hi - > >Warning: Here's another one of the "I installed it but it doesn't work!" >e-mails. > >I recently setup Observium (SVN from Dec 23, 2012) on a Debian >testing/unstable x86_64-based host. I followed all of the instructions >with the exception of the installation of libvirt packages (I don't >appear to have a need for it) and although I appear to have successfully >added devices, none of them show up in the web UI. > >The three devices I've added are the following: > >o Juniper SRX100 >o FreeBSD x86_64 Host >o Linux x86_64 Host > >According to observium.log the cron jobs are running fine and the >devices are being polled: > >(atlantis:16:44)# tail -n 8 observium.log >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:25 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 0 devices discovered in 0.001 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 3 devices polled in 21.46 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 3 devices polled in 21.41 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:45 - 0 devices discovered in 0.000 secs > >I'm not sure exactly what check-errors.php does (maybe it just checks >the RRDs), but it seems to indicate that there aren't any glaring >issues: > >(atlantis:16:45)# ./check-errors.php >Checked 80 interfaces >0 interfaces with errors over the past 5 minutes. > >I even looked in the MySQL DB and the `devices` table seems to be >populated correctly. > >The problem is that the web UI doesn't show any devices: > >http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-devices.png > >However, if I navigate to System -> About Observium, the statistics >table shows devices, interfaces, CPUs, etc.: > >http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-stats.png > >I've got to be missing something obvious. I thought the user I created >might not have sufficient privileges, but I created the user "prox" with >privilege level 10. > >The only thing that did not go 100% as expected was the DB schema load. >The instructions indicated that errors in the SQL revisions /up to/ 006 >will be expected, but I saw two errors past revision 006: > >(atlantis:18:06)# php includes/sql-schema/update.php >-- Updating database schema >000 -> 001 ... done. >001 -> 002 ... done. >002 -> 003 ... done. >003 -> 004 ... done. >004 -> 005 ... done. >005 -> 006 ... done. >006 -> 007 ... done (1 errors). >007 -> 008 ... done. >[..snip..] >031 -> 032 ... done. >032 -> 033 ... done (2 errors). >033 -> 034 ... done. >[..snip..] >039 -> 040 ... done. >-- Done > >I'm not sure if this is minor or something to be concerned about. Here >is some package information: > >mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-9 >libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.4-10 >apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.22-12 > >There appear to be no PHP errors in the Apache error log I setup for the >Observium virtual host. > >Is there anything else I should check? > >Oh, I'm using Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 on MacOS 10.8 (at the moment, >at least). > >Thanks! > >- Mark > >-- >Mark Kamichoff >prox(a)prolixium.com >http://www.prolixium.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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No Devices Shown in New Installation
by Mark Kamichoff 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

Hi - Warning: Here's another one of the "I installed it but it doesn't work!" e-mails. I recently setup Observium (SVN from Dec 23, 2012) on a Debian testing/unstable x86_64-based host. I followed all of the instructions with the exception of the installation of libvirt packages (I don't appear to have a need for it) and although I appear to have successfully added devices, none of them show up in the web UI. The three devices I've added are the following: o Juniper SRX100 o FreeBSD x86_64 Host o Linux x86_64 Host According to observium.log the cron jobs are running fine and the devices are being polled: (atlantis:16:44)# tail -n 8 observium.log /opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:25 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs /opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 0 devices discovered in 0.001 secs /opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 3 devices polled in 21.46 secs /opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs /opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 3 devices polled in 21.41 secs /opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs /opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs /opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:45 - 0 devices discovered in 0.000 secs I'm not sure exactly what check-errors.php does (maybe it just checks the RRDs), but it seems to indicate that there aren't any glaring issues: (atlantis:16:45)# ./check-errors.php Checked 80 interfaces 0 interfaces with errors over the past 5 minutes. I even looked in the MySQL DB and the `devices` table seems to be populated correctly. The problem is that the web UI doesn't show any devices: http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-devices.png However, if I navigate to System -> About Observium, the statistics table shows devices, interfaces, CPUs, etc.: http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-stats.png I've got to be missing something obvious. I thought the user I created might not have sufficient privileges, but I created the user "prox" with privilege level 10. The only thing that did not go 100% as expected was the DB schema load. The instructions indicated that errors in the SQL revisions /up to/ 006 will be expected, but I saw two errors past revision 006: (atlantis:18:06)# php includes/sql-schema/update.php -- Updating database schema 000 -> 001 ... done. 001 -> 002 ... done. 002 -> 003 ... done. 003 -> 004 ... done. 004 -> 005 ... done. 005 -> 006 ... done. 006 -> 007 ... done (1 errors). 007 -> 008 ... done. [..snip..] 031 -> 032 ... done. 032 -> 033 ... done (2 errors). 033 -> 034 ... done. [..snip..] 039 -> 040 ... done. -- Done I'm not sure if this is minor or something to be concerned about. Here is some package information: mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-9 libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.4-10 apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.22-12 There appear to be no PHP errors in the Apache error log I setup for the Observium virtual host. Is there anything else I should check? Oh, I'm using Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 on MacOS 10.8 (at the moment, at least). Thanks! - Mark -- Mark Kamichoff prox(a)prolixium.com http://www.prolixium.com/

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Cisco MPLS networks with pseudowires
by Adam Armstrong 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

All, I'm looking at rewriting the Cisco pseudowire code, as it basically doesn't work properly at all. Do any of you have a small network using pseudowires (MPLS and/or L2TPv3) you don't mind giving SNMP access to, or a bunch of spare lab routers you could spare for a while to put up a test network? Only Cisco is really relevant at the moment, as the MIBs for doing this are vendor specific! :( Thanks, adam.

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syslog date error
by Stefan Milo 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

Hi I've got syslog working like a charm... My devices are logging to my observium installation and the /syslog page are displaying everything nicely. But today something weird happened. The time is now 11:18 on december the 20th. But on the syslog page it says: Recent Syslog Messages 20th Dec 23:59:55 fw10 FILTERDNS : host_dns: failed looking up "CBB": hostname nor servname provided, or not known If i take a look in the database, the last syslog message is this one: 7 1 4 4 filterdns: 2012-12-20 11:15:03 FILTERDNS host_dns: failed looking up "TMP": hostname nor s... 1987 What's going on? :) BR Stefan Milo

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esxi 5.1 cpu graph not working properly
by Stefan Milo 23 Dec '12

23 Dec '12

Hi I am having some issues with the CPU graph in my home lab with a small server running esxi 5.1 with a dual core amd cpu. I have attached a screenshot of the problem. The graph in observium seems to be following a path of its own. Even when doing som cpu burn tests, nothing happens. Any ideas? BR Stefan Milo Happy holidays

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IPSEC tunnel count continuously increments
by Alex Pressé 20 Dec '12

20 Dec '12

I've built a DMVPN test network with one hub and one spoke and upon monitoring them, I notice the graph for IPSEC Active Tunnels (/graphs/type=device_cipsec_flow_tunnels) increments by one every hour - only on the spoke router, not on the hub. So I'm wondering where Observium is grabbing that piece of data from? Which SNMP OID? If I do a "show crypto eli" on the spoke, I have 2 active sessions (Observium now reports 66), and 12 on the hub (Observium reports 5). Any ideas? Thanks! -- Alex Presse "How much net work could a network work if a network could net work?"

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Traffic Billing and Vlan
by Alex Vitola 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

it is possible to deploy traffic billing per vlan?

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syslog log stor
by Vinoth Jijan 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

Hi Can we store the syslog of the network device in centralize log server using observium. If yes could you please share the configuration steps. Thanks in advance Kind Regards Vinoth Jijan .V Engineer - NOC Operations Phone: +91 9884942108 || http:// www.locuz.com

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All Ports Pagination
by Matthias Cramer 17 Dec '12

17 Dec '12

Hi All I've noticed, that when I go to Ports->All Ports, all Ports are displayed instead of the first 100. When clicking Next or so, then the pagination works. Is this a bug or a feature ? Anyone has the same behaviour ? Regards Matthias -- Matthias Cramer / mc322-ripe Senior Network & Security Engineer iway AG Phone +41 43 500 1111 Badenerstrasse 569 Fax +41 44 271 3535 CH-8048 Zürich http://www.iway.ch/ GnuPG 1024D/2D208250 = DBC6 65B6 7083 1029 781E 3959 B62F DF1C 2D20 8250

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SAN stats?
by Morgan McLean 15 Dec '12

15 Dec '12

Any potential plans to handle SAN stats? Luns, throughput, usage, iops, etc? No use in your environment? ;) -- Thanks, Morgan

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voice monitoring anyone intersted?
by Nikolay Shopik 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

So just wondering is anyone interested in voice monitoring stuff to get added into observium? Lets say DIAL-CONTROL-MIB which allow you to know how much calls your current device processing + some success/failure/errors rate. Anyone using voice gateways here on looking forward for these features?

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Re: [Observium] voice monitoring anyone intersted?
by Adam Armstrong 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

As if those output useful stats! :) Chris Stone <axisml(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] Help request - Apache and Observium
by Adam Armstrong 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

you need to make sure mod_rewrite is enabled. You likely missed as step in the install guide. Adam Sairina Ingolma <sairina_s(a)centrum.cz> wrote: >Hello, >I'm student of Faculty of Applied Sciences (University of West Bohemia - Czech Republic) and I'm doing semester project about Observium. > I tried to instal and use this program. But when I intalled it on Debian I had problem. Main webpage of this program working but when I choose any item in menu then it show me "page not found". >For example: when I choose Overview than show me: > >Not Found > >The request URL/overview/ was not found on this server. >--- >Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) Server at localhost Port 80 > > >I found on some forum that I need to add line: >'AllowEncodedSlashes On' > >in Virtual host, but that isn't work. > > > >Please help. > >THX >Barbora S. > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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