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High CPU alarm
by Daniel Johansson 13 Dec '19

13 Dec '19

Hi I have a synology nas with 1CPU and 4 cores in it. Whenever 1 core gets a shitload to do I get a CPU high alarm although it's not the combined cpu load that is high. Is there something I can do in the alarm checker to combine the cpu loads of all cores and trigger an alarm when all 4 combined is over for example 80% load? Regards Daniel

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Adjust thresholds
by Luis Londoño 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Is there any way to adjust the thresholds of alerts in observium? I have a few alerts that don´t seem to be an actual alert, a couple of them seem to almost be bad readings. Screenshot below. These are from HP 2920 Switches.

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svn: E155036: Please see the 'svn upgrade' command
by Ross [Eve IT] 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

Hi there, We have the subscription version of Observium and have been running a batch script for a while. It was working for a while, and we let it be, a little too long! I just tried a manual upgrade. And got this, I'm sure any developer who uses svn, git, etc.. probably knows what this is, I don't :( Linux dude 4.9.0-11-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u2 (2019-11-11) x86_64 GNU/Linux This is what we were using to upgrade Observium. cd /opt/observium svn update ./discovery.php -u :/opt/observium# svn update svn: E155036: Please see the 'svn upgrade' command svn: E155036: The working copy at '/opt/observium' is too old (format 10) to work with client version '1.9.5 (r1770682)' (expects format 31). You need to upgrade the working copy first. /root/scripts/observiumupdate.sh svn: E155036: Please see the 'svn upgrade' command svn: E155036: The working copy at '/opt/observium' is too old (format 10) to work with client version '1.9.5 (r1770682)' (expects format 31). You need to upgrade the working copy first. ___ _ _ / _ \ | |__ ___ ___ _ __ __ __(_) _ _ _ __ ___ | | | || '_ \ / __| / _ \| '__|\ \ / /| || | | || '_ ` _ \ | |_| || |_) |\__ \| __/| | \ V / | || |_| || | | | | | \___/ |_.__/ |___/ \___||_| \_/ |_| \__,_||_| |_| |_| Observium Professional 19.8.9989 http://www.observium.org -- Database is up to date. There is a newer revision of Observium available! Version 19.10.10076 (5th December 2019) is 87 revisions ahead. Yikes, we are a little behind. By the way, still works perfectly ;) Any assistance is greatly appreciated thanks. Cheers, Ross.

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GUI not loading after OS update
by Mohammed Kokani 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

Dear Experts, I have performed the OS upgrade on observium system from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 with no other update, it was just OS upgrade, after upgrade GUI is not loading properly and landing to php page, see the screenshot below. Appriciate your valuable inputs. [image: image.png] *Thanks & Regards* *Mohammed Suhail | System Engineer* *Tel : (415) 349-2100, Extn- 2139* PGP Fingerprint : 026B 6CEB CC08 152D 9372 0F51 DDFB 6758 6924 FBCC [image: cid:image016.png@01D321AA.4A00A6F0]

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Transferring License to New Server
by Dinuka Jayamaha 03 Dec '19

03 Dec '19

Hello, I am in the process of migrating the on premise Observium instance to AWS. I want to setup the AWS instance and run it in parallel with the on premise instance for some time to make sure that there isn't issues with the new instance. Are we allowed to run the same license on two servers at the same time or is there another way of doing this without me having to buy another license just for this purpose. Thanks, Dinuka Jayamaha

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Credential for the demo site?
by Robert Zeff 03 Dec '19

03 Dec '19

How can I obtain the login for http://demo.observium.org/ ? Thanks, -Robert

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I am continuing to have issues with this config.php
by Dana Bostic 03 Dec '19

03 Dec '19

I have Active Directory authentication working but only for whatever group is "last in the list" for $config['auth_ldap_suffix']. I have a username in the OU "OUAdministrators" and another account in OU "ServerAdmin". If I comment out the line $config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",ou=OUAdministrators,ou=Users,ou=BCPUS,dc=mw,dc=na,dc=cat,dc=com"; and uncomment out //$config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",ou=ServerAdmin,ou=Users,ou=BCPUS,dc=mw,dc=na,dc=cat,dc=com"; then the account in OUAdministratos no longer can login and the one in ServerAdmin starts working. If I leave them both uncommented, then the one that is last in the list works. Is there a way to have users in two OUs be used to authenticate? $config['auth_ldap_prefix'] = "cn="; $config['auth_ldap_groupbase'] = "ou=HighSecurity,ou=Groups,ou=BCPUS,dc=mw,dc=na,dc=cat,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",ou=OUAdministrators,ou=Users,ou=BCPUS,dc=mw,dc=na,dc=cat,dc=com"; //$config['auth_ldap_group'] = "cn=BCPUS-Observium_access,ou=HighSecurity,ou=Groups,ou=BCPUS,dc=mw,dc=na,dc=cat,dc=com"; //$config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",ou=ServerAdmin,ou=Users,ou=BCPUS,dc=mw,dc=na,dc=cat,dc=com"; //$config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",ou=StandardSecurity,ou=Users,ou=BCPUS,dc=mw,dc=na,dc=cat,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmembertype'] = "fulldn"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmemberattr'] = "member"; unset($config['auth_ldap_groups']); $config['auth_ldap_groups']['cn=BCPUS-Observium_admins,ou=HighSecurity,ou=Groups,ou=BCPUS,dc=mw,dc=na,dc=cat,dc=com']['level'] = 10; $config['auth_ldap_groups']['cn=BCPUS-Observium_access,ou=HighSecurity,ou=Groups,ou=BCPUS,dc=mw,dc=na,dc=cat,dc=com']['level'] = 5; [Telescope Separator] Dana Bostic Technology Specialist Caterpillar Inc. 954 NC 42 East, Clayton, NC 27527 email: bostic_dana_r(a)cat.com<mailto:bostic_dana_r@cat.com> | phone: 919-550-1260 Caterpillar: Confidential Green

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Problems with Geolocation and static config of coordinates
by Daniel Johansson 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Hi I have 1 site that does not show on the map even though I have cofigured it with static coordinates both via "Manual coordinates" option on the devices on that location and also tried creating a config line with the syslocation tag to put it on the same coordinates. $config['location_map']['Lulea'] = "65.5861680,22.1594800"; I can't understand why just this site has this problem and none of the other 50+ sites. Any ideas? /Daniel

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Custom frontpage map
by Luca Sasdelli 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Hello, is there any way to replace the frontpage geo map with a floor plan, where to place node flags with some co-ords? Thanks! Luca

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Alert checkers - thresholds and grouping
by Andreas Kotowicz 29 Nov '19

29 Nov '19

Hi, I’m looking for pointers on how to implement alert checkers with the following requirements: (A) test condition: [ sensor_value greater @sensor_limit ] + buffer - the [ ] part itself works, but I need to add a buffer (offset) for some checks not to throw false positives - I’m aware of the delay option, but this doesn’t help in my case - spelling out something like "sensor_value greater @sensor_limit + 5” doesn’t work for me (B) aggregate / pool over devices -check a number of devices and only alert me if, eg. 5/10 are over specific criteria, e.g.: - check all internal PDU temperatures - if all sensor_value greater X --> alert - I know how to check each device individually: (device.device_id in 82|83|84|85|86|87|88|89|90|91|92|93|94|95|96|97|98|99 AND sensor.sensor_descr regexp internal) - how do I convert this into a “if true for all devices” statement? Lastly, I’m looking for documentation and examples on how to invoke scripts from alert checkers. The documentation appears to be quite sparse [1] in this regard. I’m especially interested on how to extract / grab additional data from observium (ie from other devices) if specify test conditions fail. cheers, Andreas [1] https://docs.observium.org/alerting_transports/

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request: graph number of event/alert logs
by Henrik Aarfeldt 28 Nov '19

28 Nov '19

Hi, In the event/alert log, we have a list of all events/alerts (systemwide, on a single unit, group etc) Would be nice to visualize the count in a single graph. Then we can quickly spot the date/time, when a lot of events/alerts happened. Maybe it’s already there, but I just haven’t located it 😊 -- Best regards Henrik Aarfeldt Region Hovedstaden Center for IT, Medico & Telefoni (CIMT) 2100 København Ø

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Used Memory showing negative value of charts
by Test Support 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Hello, The obeservium is showing negative value for used memory (please see attachment). Is there any configuration changes can be made on the observim so that it shows the correct value Please let me know if any additional information needed. Thank you [image: Annotation 2019-11-27 114240.png]

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API netscaler question
by Ármann Guðjónsson 24 Nov '19

24 Nov '19

Hi I'm trying to get info on the Load Balancer items from the API using the entity endpoint But failing Are the loadbalancer items accessible through the API ? Kær kveðja/Best regards ÁRMANN GUÐJÓNSSON Enterprise Network Architect IT Operations Reykjavík Airport 101 Reykjavík Iceland Tel: +354 50 50 736 armanng(a)icelandair.is<mailto:armanng@icelandair.is> www.icelandair.com [cid:image001.png@01D5A257.7E9E3690] Fyrirvari/Disclaimer<https://www.icelandair.com/support/terms-and-conditions/icelandair-email-di…> [Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/Icelandair>[Twitter]<https://twitter.com/icelandair>[YouTube]<https://www.youtube.com/icelandair>

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linux snmp ifindexes
by Edvinas Kairys 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

hello, Is there any linux snmp persistence workaround suitable for observium, and its plugins (for example, weathermap) to leave the same linux snmp if indexes after server reboot, etc ? Thank you

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Is it possible to trigger alarm from eventlog text?
by Daniel Johansson 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

Hi I get this in the eventlog for 2 switches and I'm wondering if it's possible to create an alarm depending on what the text in the eventlog says: Te2/0/1 Interface Down: [ifOperStatus] 'up' -> 'down' Te2/0/1 Interface is no longer encrypted In this case I want to trigger an alarm when the text "Interface is no longer encrypted" comes and do a reset of the same alarm when the text "Interface is now encrypted" comes. Is this possible to do with the alarm system in Observium today or is it something that could be implemented? Not sure I can see in snmp if an interface is encrypted or not. I haven't seen anything when I have looked for it. We use macsec in this case. Regards Daniel

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Re: [Observium] Observium have very partial WMI support
by Henrik Aarfeldt 20 Nov '19

20 Nov '19

Good news: SNMP is still supported on Windows server 2012, 2016 and 2019. -- Best regards Henrik Aarfeldt Region Hovedstaden Center for IT, Medico & Telefoni (CIMT) Fra: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> På vegne af Nikolay Semov via observium Sendt: 18. november 2019 08:22 Til: observium(a)observium.org Cc: Nikolay Semov <nsemov(a)taxback.com> Emne: [Observium] Observium have very partial WMI support Hi, As You know, the obtainable information via WMI for Windows OSes is much more. And MS stopping SNMP support.. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-s… Do You plan to implement full WMI support for Observium? This email is classified as External. Best regards, [http://www.taxback.com/Signatures/TBG_logo_new.gif] Nikolay Semov Senior Network Adm. [http://www.taxback.com/Signatures/spacer.gif] e-mail: nsemov(a)taxback.com<mailto:nsemov@taxback.com> phone: 1824 skype: von_zarovich [http://www.taxback.com/Signatures/spacer.gif] [http://www.taxback.com/Signatures/tree.gif]Please consider the environment before printing this email. Thank you. [http://www.taxback.com/Signatures/spacer.gif] [http://www.taxback.com/Signatures/spacer.gif] US Head Office 333 N. Michigan Ave Suite 2415 Chicago 60601 IL USA European Head Office 14 St. Stephens Green Dublin 2 Ireland [http://www.taxback.com/Signatures/spacer.gif] Office Locations Argentina China New Zealand Russia Thailand Australia Ireland Peru Slovakia Turkey Brazil Korea Poland South Africa United Kingdom Bulgaria Lithuania Romania Spain United States [http://www.taxback.com/Signatures/spacer.gif] This email is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Taxback. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please forward it to Taxback at info(a)taxback.com<mailto:info@taxback.com>.

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Observium have very partial WMI support
by Nikolay Semov 18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19

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Custom OID´s
by Florez, Luis 18 Nov '19

18 Nov '19

Hi everyone, I have a big doubt with de Custom OID feature in Observium, I have recently installed the CE and work fine but in my network exist a satelital node with Hughes Technology, like virtual IPGWs, CDSCP, DNCC and other proprietary devices. My question is, can I add these devices for monitoring with the feature Custom OID in the subscription edition? I already have de MIBS from the vendor, but my boss want to be sure that paying the subscription we will be able to monitorize the node. I don't have too much experience with SNMP that's why I'm asking for your help. On other tools like PRTG or OpManager I was able to monitorized the node, but since Observium is too much affordable for our company and I really have a preference for the Observium web GUI. I would like to do this on Observium. Thanks in advance. Sorry for my poor english [Boldt] Luis Florez | Servicio para el Transporte de Información Operador Telepuerto Aristóbulo del Valle 1257 Piso 2° (C1295ADA) C.A.B.A, Buenos Aires, Argentina lflorez(a)boldt.com.ar<mailto:lflorez@boldt.com.ar> | Tel: 54.11.4309-5468

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Parsing Ports
by Wissen, Tobias (EDV) 15 Nov '19

15 Nov '19

Is there any guidance on how to define one's own species? For example, I would like to have our labels defined as "upload" as core, and so on. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Tobias Wissen

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Trouble 3Com
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

In our institution, we still have 3Com 4500 and 3Com 4210 switches (poe and no poe). Is there any MIB to know that MAC is connected to a certain port? like an HP Procurve [image: image.png] -- Saluda cordialmente

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svn.log
by Christian Eriksson 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

Hi, https://www.observium.org/svn.log does not show the latest changes anymore. It is nice to read the changelog before we upgrade our system Christian Eriksson Service Area Manager Advania, Network Operations

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Juniper SRX3000/4000/5000 Session Graphs
by Milton Ngan 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

It looks like the SRX sessions graphs are kind of broken with the higher end SRX's that have multiple SPUs/FPCs. I saw there was a JIRA bug (OBS-2101<https://jira.observium.org/browse/OBS-2101>) opened a long time ago that observed the same issue. The way these are being graphs right now is via the generic graph module. But the logic to graph this correctly needs something a bit more custom. The code needs to iterate through all the available SPU's/FPC's, potentially on both nodes if it is a cluster, and graph all of the values. Each SPU/FPC has its own set of limits as well. I was wondering why some of my SRX's worked and some didn't. It turns out those that do not have an SPU in FPC 0 will fail to return any results. And those that do have an CPU in FPC 0 might be returning partial results because the other SPU's/FPC's are not being graphed. I have attached debug polls from an SRX4200 that works, and an SRX3600 that doesn't. The SRX4200 starts at FPC0, but the SRX3600 starts at FPC7, so the default index of 0 doesn't work here. Even if the code took the first item in the array, it would still be wrong because it needs to also consider FPC11 and FPC12, not to mention the corresponding FPC's on the second node of the cluster (indexes 33, 37 and 38).

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changing default snmp timeout value
by Edvinas Kairys 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Hello, How it's possible to change default SNMP timeout value ? in configuration file i see the file line is commented. Afaik the change should be done somewhere in net-snmp configuration, but i can't find where. Thank you.

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unix apps (10162)
by Luca Sasdelli 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Hello all, on a given debian machine the apache app doesn’t work; there are several tenths of similar servers here, and they’re showing apache infos without issues. The setup has been done like the others. Other apps on the same machine are fine (mysql and postfix), but no apache. Server-status is correct, readable even via links in localhost, and mod-status is enabled. Only seen issue is that, in the /usr/lib/observium_agent/scripts-enabled folder, an empty “Config” file appears just after observium_agent run. Any hint? Thanks and greets. Luca

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Huge list of groups cannot be displayed with onMouseOver
by Thibault Richard 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

Hello, I'm using version 19.9.10036 which is the latest stable version I've defined a huge list of groups. It apparently creates a display bug with the onMouseOver function When the list is too huge, all the groups cannot be displayed This is not a blocking point because I can just click on the "Groups" symbol to have the full list . but this is annoying Best Regards Thibault

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