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Bug report: Broken scaling on some SFP receive power graphs
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Hi Observium team, We're having issues with some of the generated graphs. Some of our devices report the light level received by SFPs using mW (rather than dBm). We are on the latest stable revision (13582). Issue 1: The graphs generated by Observium for these sensors usually show an excessive scale of at least -100 mW to 100 mW when the data in the specified time interval are entirely within the range 100 nW to 1 mW and usually only a small chunk of that. The calculated minimum and maximum values shown below the graph are correct. These graphs worked properly in the past with a prior version of Observium. Issue 2: Selecting and deselecting the Force Autoscale option appears to have no effect on the generated graph or displayed rrd graph command. Manually running the generated rrd graph command after removing the "--alt-autoscale" option results in a good graph. Here is the raw SNMP output for one of the these sensors showing a current value of 0.5560mW: ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorType.1000004631 = INTEGER: watts(6) ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorScale.1000004631 = INTEGER: milli(8) ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorPrecision.1000004631 = INTEGER: 4 ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorValue.1000004631 = INTEGER: 5560 ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorOperStatus.1000004631 = INTEGER: ok(1) Corwin

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Switch overview: configurable interface sorting?
by Wiethoff, Helge 06 Aug '24

06 Aug '24

Hello everyone, The port sorting in the device overview has been changed at some point. Previously, it was sorted alphanumerically, but now the numbers are prioritized. Before, the order was A1, A2, A3..., B1, B2, B3, etc. And now it is A1, B1, A2, B2..., A3, B3, etc. Is there a way to change the sorting back to the old method using a configuration switch? Thank you and best regards Helge

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Percent CPU
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, cuestion. we have about 600+ devices (switchs, wireless, router), we want know CPU usage on each one . On many devices we see 93% CPU usage. but login into device we can see only 1 measure and shows less than 7% on slot 0.0. While on observium we have 3 measures: processor, processor 1 and slot 0.0. please helpus to get the right measure. example [image: image.png] [image: image.png] [image: image.png] on centos 7 from CLI [image: image.png] -- Saluda cordialmente

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Missing rebuild buttons for groups and alert checkers
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, We use Observium groups extensively, often nested several times. Our alert checkers then reference these groups. After making changes to a group, including by adding a device, we used to force rebuilds of the groups (possibly several times) and checkers so the changes would propagate all the way through. We are on the latest stable revision (r13582) and the rebuild buttons are no longer available in the UI (possibly removed in r13391). What should we do now when we need to forcibly propagate changes? Corwin

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Oxidized Integration?
by Wiethoff, Helge 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, I am currently testing a replacement for rancid. Rancid has worked for a long time, but adding new device classes feels more and more unwieldy. Oxidized [1] makes a good first impression and I was able to add new device classes without big problems. Then of course I would also like to see an integration with my favorite network management tool :-) There are people who have already worked on this: https://github.com/colin-stubbs/observium-oxidized It looks like this patch doesn't quite work for current observium versions, so I'd like to ask if anyone is working on it and what are the chances that there could be an Observium integration (professional edition)? Thanks Helge [1] https://github.com/ytti/oxidized

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Polling - Real time port graphs are different on devices that run Linux natively
by ruben.aninoiu＠zananet.com 01 Aug '24

01 Aug '24

Hi Guys, I have noticed that the real-time graphs for devices that run Linux natively (JunosOS, UnifiOS, etc) display the traffic with "intervals in between". The non-native Linux devices (FortiOS, Cisco IOS) provide a nicer real-time graph for port traffic when polled. Is there something that could be adjusted so that the native Linux devices show the nicer graph? Best regards, Ruben

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Status of OBS-4873
by Williams Sr., Mark Charles (Fed) 31 Jul '24

31 Jul '24

Hello Adam, Following up on the status of OBS-4873 (Oops during discovery of Dell N4000 Series Switches). Or Was this the correct place to send Maintenance issues? Mark C Williams Sr. Scientific Systems | Research Services Office Office of Information Systems Management National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) US Dept of Commerce

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Abend on alert checker
by Joey Stanford 25 Jul '24

25 Jul '24

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F5 Device not discovered
by dariusz.nowak＠contemi.com 24 Jul '24

24 Jul '24

Hi All, First email - welcome! I believe got small problem with discovering my F5 device , see below screenshot: https://postimg.cc/D4vm9mm8 Please correct me If I'm wrong but these F5 MiBs should not fail yeah? Now device is discovered with OS: F5 BIG-IP 16.1.0 Build 0.28.19 Engineering Hotfix (afm apm asm avr ltm) And I have basic stats like Network interfaces but nothing related to virtual servers that I believe is in other MIBs. Can somebody point me in right direction where to start troubleshoot this? Thanks Dariusz

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Many devices shown as down(dns)
by Marios.P＠crowe.com.cy 19 Jul '24

19 Jul '24

Hello all, I can see in my observium installation that many devices changed their status to down(dns). This is a new installation and we migrated the configuration yesterday on a new server and devices were working properly. At around the same time (14:20:00) a lot of our machines changed their status to down. The message in the Event log is "Device status changed to Down (dns)". I tried to find what the problem may be but I can see SNMP are correct and dns records exist for the systems. Any ideas? Thank you, Marios

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BGP alert
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 25 Jun '24

25 Jun '24

hi, in the observium's web keeps [image: image.png] This alert box appears from sunday (expected, we change of isp) but now is wednesday and show 0s. not 2d or real time since down we can disable this alert? without disable all bgp sessions -- Saluda cordialmente

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Apache / https hung after updating Observing
by Roger Larsen 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Dear Observium Community We have for several times experienced problem after Obsevium Professional update. Today we updated from 24.4.13501 to 24.6.13582 (by using $ svn update & $ ./discovery.php -u) OS CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core) updated today w/ kernel: 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 After restarting server we struggle logging in to WebGUI. Apache /httpd is complaining on “to many concurrent connections”. Are there any suggestion on how to update Observium without getting these problems? Any householding processes needed for a better update? Or maybe we need to be more patient and give the server some more minutes after update? Today we waited 30 minutes, and still not able to login… R Austevoll Breiband AS - LYSGLIMT Roger Larsen Teknisk sjef / CTO Tlf +47 9523 7640 / +47 5508 0111 Epost roger.larsen(a)ikt.lysglimt.net<mailto:roger.larsen@ikt.lysglimt.net> [signature_3169845242] www.lysglimt.net<http://www.lysglimt.net> Denne e-posten er beregnet for den institusjon eller person den er rettet til og kan være belagt med lovbestemt taushetsplikt. Dersom e-posten er mottatt ved en feil, vennligst returner den til Austevoll Breiband AS og slett den fra systemet. This email with attachments is solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please return the e-mail to the Austevoll Breiband AS without producing, distributing or retaining copies thereof.

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incomplete list of windows services
by Tony Guadagno 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Hi, I have noticed (now that I am looking) that the list of services on my windows servers is incomplete. In particular, I installed a service about 1 month ago on all my servers and this services does not show on any server in Observium. Can someone tell me how to start troubleshooting this issue? thanks Tony

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Import end devices via CSV - What's the format?
by Chris Cottingham 17 Jun '24

17 Jun '24

I want to import a lot of my devices via a CSV file. I know there is a way to import from the command line but I don’t see much on the file format for the command line utility. Anyone know the best way to import a lot of devices quickly? Is a CSV the best way to go? Thanks!!

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Trial version help
by Chris Humphreys 13 Jun '24

13 Jun '24

Hi all, We are trialling the software and it was working fine but now when accessing the site we get this message. “DB not connected, please check database connection configuration. DB Error 2002: No such file or directory” Any ideas how I might be able to sort this? Thanks Chris Humphreys Senior IT Infrastructure and Applications Manager (m) +44 7852 040601 www.fladgate.com<https://www.fladgate.com/> for Fladgate LLP (p) +44 20 3036 7151 Address click here<https://www.fladgate.com/contact-us> [cid:image001.jpg@01DABCBC.07213020] [Twitter]<https://twitter.com/fladgatellp> [LinkedIn]<https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-humphreys-1b199535/> [cid:image004.jpg@01DABCBC.07213020]<https://www.fladgate.com/> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are CONFIDENTIAL to the named recipient(s) and may be legally privileged. If you are not a named recipient please notify us and ensure that this e-mail is deleted and not read or copied or disclosed to anyone else. E-mail may be corrupted, intercepted or amended and so we do not accept any liability for the contents received unless they are the same as sent by us. E-mail sent or received using our system may be monitored, intercepted or read by us before or after it reaches the recipient; if you reply to this message you consent to this activity in relation to your response. Fladgate LLP is a limited liability partnership, registered in England and Wales with registered number OC334334. It is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, number 484783. The term partner is used to refer to a member of Fladgate LLP. A list of members is available at the above registered office. For more information, including our Terms of Business and Personal data processing notice, please visit http://www.fladgate.com -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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LDAP - Synology
by Lanham Rattan 07 Jun '24

07 Jun '24

I believe I have LDAP sort of working. I am trying to authenticate against a Synology LDAP server. When I use debug mode I see debug info for invalid users and bad passwords but if I enter a proper user and password there is no debug information and I get the error message “User is disabled”. So, I believe I am missing something. Beyond the server bindings I have these settings: $config['auth_ldap_prefix'] = "uid"; $config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",dc=clearnetworx,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_groupbase'] = "dc=clearnetworx,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_groups']['Observium-Users']['level'] = 5; $config['auth_ldap_groupmembertype'] = "fulldn"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmemberattr'] = "memberOf";

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Cisco ASA stopped reporting port metrics
by Tony Guadagno 24 May '24

24 May '24

Hi, around October 2023 all my asa graphs start looking like this: [cid:image001.jpg@01DAAD26.4CD63480] All my port counters are zero from then on. I have 17 asa's and they all are behaving this way. It is very possible about that time, I applied an update to the asa's. Can someone give me some steps to troubleshoot this, so I can figure out if cisco actually broke something, or if there is an observium issue.... Much appreciated Tony Guadagno

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postgres / nginx app script update?
by Wolf Noble 23 May '24

23 May '24

the "current" version of the postgresql app `unix agent stats script` doesn't seem to work on "modernish" postgres installs ``` root@bluebox:/usr/lib/observium_agent/scripts-available# ./postgresql.pl Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 88. Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 134. Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 140. <<<app-postgresql>>> Use of uninitialized value $version in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 151. version: cCount:0 tDbs:0 tUsr:0 tHst:0 idle:0 select:0 update:0 delete:0 other:0 Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 161. xact_commit: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 162. xact_rollback: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 163. blks_read: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 164. blks_hit: Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 165. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 166. tup_returned: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 167. tup_fetched: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 168. tup_inserted: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 169. tup_updated: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 170. tup_deleted: ``` (this is on postgres 14... current is 16... ) Has someone already solved this problem? Also, are there plans to address the current limitation of the nginx `unix agent app script` that constrains it to a single instance of nginx? for systems with multiple containers running isolated nginx stacks, the current 'one instance of an app per monitored device' is kinda limiting... is this something that's likely to be addressed anytime soonish? hope the world's treatin y'all well! W Wolf Noble Hoof & Paw loiosh(a)wolfspaw.com -=[ This message has been composed and transmitted with 100% recycled electrons ]=-

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Locking Down Observium
by Chris Cottingham 22 May '24

22 May '24

Is there any way to setup SAML or Mutual TLS on the Observium server? Chris Cottingham Transmission Facility Engineering Systems + R&D | Apple Music (512) 412-1082 Cell. ccottingham(a)apple.com

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Script transport to Line Notify
by kfps214＠kfps.tp.edu.tw 17 May '24

17 May '24

I write a php script about alert notify，in scripts I use observium variable ex:ALERT_STATE but is valids, vareabels can not show，how do I do?

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Unknown Ports Showing Down.
by lawrence＠e2snail.com 11 May '24

11 May '24

I am very sorry but I am new to Observium and I don't really know how to ask this question. This also means that I have tried but cannot find questions of issues similar to what I am asking. I have a Unifi network. This question happens on all my switches. Is there a way to send a screenshot of what I am seeing. Basically I have an 8 port switch as can be seen below. Each of the physical ports are showing good, apart from port 8 where nothing is connected, but everything from 3/5 up to 3/26 are all down. what are all these ports and where do they source from. Is there a way to suppress them, and have them not showing. Device Port Name Bits[In/Out] Media[In/Out] 192.168.1.50| 0/1|Port 1 2.92Mbps|142kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/2|Port 2 125kbps|2.91Mbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/3|Port 3 8bps|5.85kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/4|Port 4 2.83kbps|7.85kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/5|Port 5 9.96kbps|5.78kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/6|Port 6 48bps|5.89kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/7|Port 7 2.22kbps|7.34kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/8|Port 8 0bps|0bps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/1| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/2| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/3| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/4| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/5| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/6| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/7| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/8| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/9| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/10| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/11| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/12| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/13| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/14| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/15| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/16| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/17| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/18| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/19| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/20| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/21| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/22| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/23| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/24| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/25| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/26| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| CPU Interface: 5/1| 6.33kbps|3.7kbps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9b UP Thanks Lawrence

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NEWBIE Question: Global MIB Configuration
by lawrence＠e2snail.com 11 May '24

11 May '24

I am looking through the Global MIB Configuration and I see loads and loads of MIBs that are not used within my infrastructure. Things like Cisco, and A3COM, and many more. My question is two fold. The first is, is it good practise to disable non-used MIBS Then my second question is, is there a way to mass update the disabling of MIBS. The issue is, if I select a MIB and click disable, then the page refreshes and goes to teh top of the page. This is annoying for many because there are very many MIBs that I would like to disable. Thanks in advance for a GREAT product. Keep it up. Thanks Lawrence

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Strange VLAN ID's 4096 + 4097 with VMWare ESX Hosts
by grendel＠grendelbox.de 08 May '24

08 May '24

Observium 23.9.13005 Community Edition shows under PORTS --> VLANs two VLAN which are out of IEEE 802.1Q Range (0-4095) VLAN ID VLAN Name 4096 vlan4096 31 4097 VLAN 4097 after klicking on the VLAN Names it shows for both VLAN-Names all LAN Connects of our VMWare ESXi Hosts we got 2 older ESXi Hosts (v6 level) and 4 new ESXi Hosts (v8 level) an of course NO ESXi has a VLAN ID 4096/4097 Is this some kind of misinterpretation?

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PowerDNS recursive Unix Agent
by Bergen, Ryan 02 May '24

02 May '24

Observium polling PowerDNS Recursor stats broke in Fall 2023 CE update, could we get this fixed? [Observium] Re: PowerDNS Recursive Server application (mail-archive.com)<https://www.mail-archive.com/observium@lists.observium.org/msg00563.html> Oops! Something went wrong! You may want to report this to the Observium developers. explode(): Argument #2 ($string) must be of type string, array given in /opt/observium/includes/polling/applications/powerdns.inc.php:17 Stack trace: #0: (unknown function) called at [/opt/observium/includes/polling/applications/powerdns.inc.php:17] 12: */ 13: 14: if (!empty($agent_data['app']['powerdns'])) { 15: $app_id = discover_app($device, 'powerdns'); 16: 17: foreach (explode(",", $agent_data['app']['powerdns']) as $line) { 18: [$key, $value] = explode("=", $line, 2); 19: $powerdns[$key] = $value; 20: } 21: 22: $data = [ Ryan Bergen Network Lead HyLife Ltd 30 Market Boulevard Steinbach, Manitoba R5G 2X9 p 204-424-2300 x472 hylife.com<https://hylife.com/> • Ryan.Bergen(a)Hylife.com<mailto:Ryan.Bergen@Hylife.com> [cid3813500305*image001.png(a)01D93182.760726F0]

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test ml
by Mike Stupalov 01 May '24

01 May '24

pls ignore me. -- Mike Stupalov, Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GjpNXKWm8W Observium Limited, https://observium.org

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