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Re: [Observium] Invalid targets and datasource
by Mati 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

Dear All, I have been struggling getting PHP Weathermap working properly on Observium and would really appreciate your help.. I've noticed that the percentage values on the links is not working and the traffic load is continuously at 0.00%. We are currently using the following software versions.. *Observium* 21.5.11304 (6th May 2021) *OS* Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 [amd64] (Debian 8) *Apache* 2.4.10 (Debian) *PHP* 5.6.38-0+deb8u1 (OPcache: ENABLED) (Memory: 128MB) *Python* 2.7.9 *MySQL* 5.5.60-0+deb8u1 (extension: mysqli 5.5.60) *SNMP* NET-SNMP 5.7.2.1 *RRDtool* 1.4.8 The results from map-poller.php are as follows: WARNING: configs//example.conf: OVERLIBGRAPH is used, but HTMLSTYLE is static. This is probably wrong. [WMWARN41] PHP Notice: Undefined index: uptime in /var/opt/observium/html/weathermap/lib/datasources/WeatherMapDataSource_observium.php on line 53 PHP Notice: Undefined index: uptime in /var/opt/observium/html/weathermap/lib/datasources/WeatherMapDataSource_observium.php on line 53 WARNING: configs//Core_062021.conf: ProcessTargets: LINK hex.asr9k-pe1, target: /opt/observium/rrd/hex.asr9k-pe1/port-415.rrd:INOCTETS:OUTOCTETS on config line 69 of configs//Core_062021.conf was not recognised as a valid TARGET [WMWARN08] Kind Regards MP

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Unable to create Alert Checker
by David Milton 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

Hello, I'm having a strange problem creating alert checkers. I first noticed this today and updated to the latest edition: 21.7.11450. I'm working on a test server and was attempting to re-create all of the alert checkers currently on my production systems and then add a few more; I would like to monitor power supply input state as well as air intake temperatures and produce alerts when a power supply is "down" and when intake air temperatures go above something like 45C. This has been prompted by some problems lately where power redundancy was lost and where we had an air conditioner failure. An earlier warning than having the hardware go into thermal shutdown is very much needed. So on my test server I can go through the basic process of creating the alert checker; alert checks -> Create new checker. In this case I click BGP Peer, fill in the name, message, use 1 for the delay and the conditions: bgpPeerAdminStatus notequals stop bgpPeerState notequals established Unfortunately, when I click "Add Checker" nothing happens. I've verified this is not likely the browser or is something pretty universal to all of my browsers because I can duplicate this in current versions Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Chrome. Both Opera and Chrome are fresh installations done today but I did try disabling all extensions in Firefox and Safari to see if those were a problem. I searched through the documentation but couldn't find anything about browser compatibility or known conflicts. This used to work but it's been quite some time since I've wanted to add new checks. Is there something else I'm missing? Thanks, Dave.

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Thermal Alarm Bug
by Joey Stanford 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

Hi Adam (et al), When Obs pulls in a sensor_value of NULL it gets interpreted as a zero and thus triggers alerts. Can we prevent that somehow? Joey > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Observium" <observium(a)rmham.org> > Subject: ALERT: [radio-westcreek.devilshead.rmham] [sensor] [System] Thermal Alarm - Temperature out of threshold > Date: July 9, 2021 at 14:43:53 MDT > To: netops(a)rmham.org > > ALERT Modify <http://observium.rmham.org/device/device=182/tab=alert/alert_entry=23319/> > Alert Thermal Alarm - Temperature out of threshold > Entity System <http://observium.rmham.org/device/device=182/tab=health/metric=temperature/…> > Conditions sensor_value less -25 ("") > Metrics sensor_value = > Duration 5h 43s (2021-07-09 09:43:10) > Device > Device radio-westcreek.devilshead.rmham <http://observium.rmham.org/device/device=182/> > Hardware RB911-5HacD > Operating System Mikrotik RouterOS 6.47.10 (Level 3) > Location DevilsHead, [39.260394,-105.101844] > Uptime 7m 28s > sensor_graph > > <http://observium.rmham.org/graph.php?type=sensor_graph&id=3629> > > E-mail sent to: netops(a)rmham.org <mailto:netops@rmham.org> > E-mail sent at: Fri, 09 Jul 2021 14:43:53 -0600 > > -- > Observium Professional 21.7.11470 <https://www.observium.org/>

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APCu Caching not working?
by Milton Ngan 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

I have noticed that when I enable webUI caching, that the page loads don’t speed up. It regularly takes 3 seconds to render a page, although the tool tip at the bottom shows APCu caching is enabled. However, if I force the cache driver to “files”, then I see a huge speed up (page loads drop to about 100-200ms). Is there some extra config to get APCu working correctly? I didn’t see anything in the docs, but I could have missed it.

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(no subject)
by DerBeWie 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

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Notification Transports
by Nelson Lopes 07 Jul '21

07 Jul '21

Wed like to add Pager Duty as a notification transport but I dont see it as an option in contact. Currently running Professional edition of Observium. Do we need an Enterprise edition. If not, what am I missing? Thanks in advance,

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Distributed polling
by Milton Ngan 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

I was looking at the distributed polling feature as we have a geographically distributed network and polling slow devices from half way across the globe takes a long time. It turns out that putting a poller closer to the device doesn’t actually help. The SNMP polling times go down a bit, but the SQL times go up a lot because there are hundreds of SQL queries that get run for every polled device. This can easily add another 1-2 minutes to your polls depending on how many metrics are being polled. So, it seems to me that the distributed feature only works if the poller is still reasonably close to the database, otherwise the latency per query eats up any gains you might have from reducing the SNMP latency. Are there plans to try to reduce the number of queries a poller makes to make geographically distributed polling less latency sensitive? Cheers Milton

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Alert on Entity Group
by Philipp Rehs 05 Jul '21

05 Jul '21

Hello, we want to create alert checkers for entities (mostly storage entities) which are only assigned to some entities in special groups. Building the groups is possible but it is not possible to add a association rule based on entitiy group membership. it is just possible to do it on device group membership or entity attributes. There is no entitiy / storage group option. Any idea how to solve this? Kind regards Philipp Rehs -- --------------------------- Zentrum für Informations- und Medientechnologie Kompetenzzentrum für wissenschaftliches Rechnen und Speichern Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 Raum 25.41.00.51 40225 Düsseldorf / Germany Tel: +49-211-81-15557

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RANCID integration with Huawei CloudEngine
by Hernan Moguilevsky 02 Jul '21

02 Jul '21

Hi, This is not an Observium question really. But perhaps someone had the same issue. Did anyone managed to integrate RANCID with Huawei CloudEngine? I have no problem with Huawei S line. If someone solved it, please share. Thanks. Regards. -- /Hernan Moguilevsky/ Badajoz 45, piso 17 Las Condes | Santiago | CHILE *T* 56 22840 9984 (Ext 140) | *ASNs* 61522 / 61524 /61525 /61526 /61527 /64112

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OSPF neighbor - Huawei
by henrique＠infovaletelecom.com.br 01 Jul '21

01 Jul '21

Good afternoon, Someone managed to monitor ospf neighbors using huawei 6730 device ?

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alert checkers windows after migration to new server is blank
by Edvinas Kairys 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

Hello, After migration to new service, using mysql dump and then restore, on the new server i see alert checkers windows blank, even the page source displays the alerts. Any clues ? using Observium Subscriber edition. [image: image.png]

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monitoring 3CX
by Luis Olavarrieta 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

Is anyone monitoring a 3CX server in linux? I am able to monitor the OS, but not the app as running Asterisk in other boxes. If you are able to do it, please advice on how to! Thanks!

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Empty alerts via telegram bot
by Aleksandr Vedernikov 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

Hey! After updating to release 21.6.11399 (14th June 2021), notifications via the telegram bot stopped working. Empty messages arrive. When testing sending via the command ./test_alert.php -c 1 notification come. -- Best regards, Vedernikov Alexander Chief Engineer, ORI UTsTiEO Ural State Law University ============================ <http://www.usla.ru/> www.usla.ru

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Missing information in alert emails
by Haris Hajlovac | HTL 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Hello, Since we've upgraded Observium to the latest version (21.6.11399 (stable)) the alert emails we receive are missing information for most of the devices. Prior to the upgrade email alerts looked like this: After the upgrade alert e-mails look like this: We can revert the virtual machine to the state prior to upgarde but we'd prefer to have it running the latest version of Observium. Does anybody ha san idea on what could be the problem here? Thanks. Kind regardss, Haris

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rule creation training
by Luis Olavarrieta 18 Jun '21

18 Jun '21

Hi team, is there someone how could give me training creating rules? This (after a negotiation) will be a paid service. Regards, Luis

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Observium dropping off intermittently
by Mills, Stuart 18 Jun '21

18 Jun '21

Hi, Every now and again I have an issue with Observium as it will read devices offline and show down (DNS) however when I restart Observium devices come back. I have run DCDIAG, and DNS is working ok, can anyone shed any light on this issue? -- Kind Regards *Stuart J Mills* *Systems Administrator* *Dresden International School* Annenstr. 9, 01067 Dresden Germany *Phone:* +49(0)351 44007 32 smills(a)dresden-is.de www.dresden-is.de *DIS Dresden International School gGmbH* Sitz der Gesellschaft | Company Register: Annenstr. 9, 01067 Dresden Registergericht | Court of registration: Amtsgericht Dresden, HRB 35540 Geschäftsführung | Executive Board: Steven Calland-Scoble, Andrea Harnisch -- *DIS Dresden International School gGmbH* Sitz der Gesellschaft | Company Register: Annenstr. 9, 01067 Dresden Registergericht | Court of registration: Amtsgericht Dresden, HRB 35540 Geschäftsführung | Executive Board: Steven Calland-Scoble, Andrea Harnisch* *

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Nested or pass through server configuration
by paulkitteringham＠axisstudiosgroup.com 16 Jun '21

16 Jun '21

Hi, We have two Observium servers at different locations, can we enable one as a master or pass through, so we can see the second location via the main/primary location server ? Many thanks -- *Paul Kitteringham* Senior System Administrator +44(0)7900221989 axisstudiosgroup.com Glasgow. London. Bristol.

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Extract Network Date for Network MAP
by Mills, Stuart 14 Jun '21

14 Jun '21

Hi, Does Observium offer a way to extract Network data to create a MAP? -- Kind Regards *Stuart J Mills* *Systems Administrator* *Dresden International School* Annenstr. 9, 01067 Dresden Germany *Phone:* +49(0)351 44007 18 <+49%20351%204400718> smills(a)dresden-is.de www.dresden-is.de *DIS Dresden International School gGmbH* Sitz der Gesellschaft | Company Register: Annenstr. 9, 01067 Dresden Registergericht | Court of registration: Amtsgericht Dresden, HRB 35540 Geschäftsführung | Executive Board: Steven Calland-Scoble, Andrea Harnisch -- *DIS Dresden International School gGmbH* Sitz der Gesellschaft | Company Register: Annenstr. 9, 01067 Dresden Registergericht | Court of registration: Amtsgericht Dresden, HRB 35540 Geschäftsführung | Executive Board: Steven Calland-Scoble, Andrea Harnisch* *

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RANCID integration question
by Adam Thompson 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

I'd like to integrate our RANCID install with our Observium install, but the "generate-rancid.php" script includes over 100 devices that we have SNMP access to but not SSH, and excludes some other virtual devices that I do want to include. The script appears to simply key off whether the device is classed as "hardware" or not, which isn't adequate for us. Are there any enhancements to that script on the wings? If not, can I just manually edit the generated list and never re-run the script automatically (despite the warning in it)? Thanks, -Adam

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monitoring traffic in a redundant internet access
by Luis Olavarrieta 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

Hey team, question, is there a way to monitor in a mikrotik with two internet access if both are active? The main link will give us remote snmp access to the equipment but we need to know if there is a way we can verify that the 2nd link that is connected to a DSL modem is up and running. Please advice,

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URL /graph.php
by Jérôme Marteaux 08 Jun '21

08 Jun '21

Hi, I would like to use /graph.php to get graph (port graphs). I will use authenticated query with header /Authorization: Basic <digest>/ But this request doesn't work as authenticated query is not allowed for /graph.php url. I believe /graph.php is not an API query scheme, but it should? be possible to include /graph.php as one. Does another query, header, parameters exists to fetch a graph without a session (API request) ? What do you think of this patch in order to allow authenticated query to /graph.php: Original file is the one of revision 11382: --- html/includes/authenticate.inc.php.orig 2021-06-08 15:35:43.633475678 +0200 +++ html/includes/authenticate.inc.php.new 2021-05-28 23:53:35.354798084 +0200 @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ } } - if ($auth_success && !OBS_API && !OBS_AJAX) + if ($auth_success && !OBS_API && !OBS_AJAX && !OBS_GRAPH) { // If just logged in go to request uri, unless we're debugging or in API, // in which case we want to see authentication module output first. -- Jérôme Marteaux

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Option to Ignore Device Down due to DNS failure
by Pisano, Anthony D. 03 Jun '21

03 Jun '21

Hello, We have had a couple incidents where for one reason or another Observium has been unable to resolve DNS. This generates hundreds of emails saying the entire network is down, and again when it comes back up. Is there a way to tell Observium not to alert when a device is failed due to DNS lookup? Anthony Pisano | Network Design Engineer | IMSS anthony.pisano(a)caltech.edu<mailto:anthony.pisano@caltech.edu> | (626) 395-4255<tel:(626)%20395-4255> | Caltech | caltech.edu<http://caltech.edu/>

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Update
by paulkitteringham＠axisstudiosgroup.com 02 Jun '21

02 Jun '21

Morning Gentlemen, Just wondering if you have any update on the performance/memeory issue we saw with the new update on friday ? Many thanks Paul -- *Paul Kitteringham* Senior System Administrator +44(0)7900221989 axisstudiosgroup.com Glasgow. London. Bristol.

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OIDs list used by a device
by ToDevNull 01 Jun '21

01 Jun '21

Dear all, I'm dealing with my telco provider about snmp agent configuration on all Cisco devices. They want to push some restrictions with a "customer view" which will restrict the access to some OIDs. I wonder if there is a way to list all OIDs used by a device in order to ask them to allow such entire list ? Thanks in advance for your help. Rds, Tarik.

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fwConnNumber from Stonesoft/Forcepoint Firewall
by Steffen Klemer 27 May '21

27 May '21

Hey devs, would it be possible to get a graph for fwConnNumber from STONESOFT-FIREWALL-MIB.mib (i.e. 1.3.6.1.4.1.1369.5.2.1.4) similiar to the Connection Number for Cisco ASA? Also the fwIfStatsTable might be nice and the Accepted, Rejected, Dropped packets :). I added it as custom oid for now; but perhaps some more people would be interested? Do you accept patches? Steffen -- Steffen Klemer Arbeitsgruppe "Netze" Tel.: +49 551 201 2170, E-Mail: steffen.klemer(a)gwdg.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) Am Faßberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, URL: https://www.gwdg.de Support: Tel.: +49 551 201-1523, URL: https://www.gwdg.de/support Sekretariat: Tel.: +49 551 201-1510, Fax: -2150, E-Mail: gwdg(a)gwdg.de Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Ramin Yahyapour Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Norbert Lossau Sitz der Gesellschaft: Göttingen Registergericht: Göttingen, Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 Zertifiziert nach ISO 9001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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