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Fix for random logout
by Niklas Larsson 18 Oct '19

18 Oct '19

Hi, I spent some time figuring out why I got randomly logged out from the webpage and submitted a patch to https://jira.observium.org/browse/OBS-3132 Basically it was the session_regenerate_id() call that caused it, so I adopted the https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-regenerate-id.php suggested way. Well it works for me, try it out if you have the same issue. /niklas

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Failure in notification of syslog alerts of the Ob server itself
by Shekhar Basnet 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Hello, Observium is setup to email syslog alerts and it is doing so without any issues of all devices. I have a requirement to email some log alerts of the Observium server to the network team. I did the usual stuff of adding syslog rule and associating with a contact address. The logs (/var/log/messages) are matched by this syslog rule. I can see those matched lines in the Ob GUI. Yet strangely, an email is never triggered. Initially I thought it could be due to the log message and so I tried matching some other log lines, but always the log messages are matched by the syslog rule but email is never triggered. The contact address gets emails of all other alerts. Is there some other settings to enable Observium to email logs of it's own? Am running rsyslog and postfix on the Ob server. [root@observium sbasnet]# rsyslogd -v rsyslogd 8.24.0-34.el7, compiled with: PLATFORM: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu PLATFORM (lsb_release -d): FEATURE_REGEXP: Yes GSSAPI Kerberos 5 support: Yes FEATURE_DEBUG (debug build, slow code): No 32bit Atomic operations supported: Yes 64bit Atomic operations supported: Yes memory allocator: system default Runtime Instrumentation (slow code): No uuid support: Yes Number of Bits in RainerScript integers: 64 [root@observium sbasnet]# postconf mail_version mail_version = 2.10.1 *Observium CE* 19.8.10000 (22nd August 2019) *OS* Linux 3.10.0-862.11.6.el7.x86_64 [amd64] (CentOS 7) *Apache* 2.4.6 (CentOS) OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips mod_fcgid/2.3.9 PHP/5.6.40 mod_perl/2.0.10 Perl/v5.16.3 *PHP* 5.6.40 (OPcache: ENABLED) *Python* 2.7.5 *MySQL* 5.5.60-MariaDB (extension: mysqli 5.5.60-MariaDB) *SNMP* NET-SNMP 5.7.2 *RRDtool* 1.4.8 *Fping* 3.10 (IPv4 only) Thanks for help. Shekhar -- DISCLAIMER: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. IRS CIRCULAR 230 DISCLOSURE: Any U.S. tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein.(FR08-i203d)

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Kohler generator issue
by Tony Guadagno 15 Oct '19

15 Oct '19

Hi, a while ago you added support for the Kohler Generators. (thanks). I am noticing some issues. 1. The generator is listed as in “alarm status” all the time, no matter whats going on with the generator 2. When the generator goes under load, the observium state does not change to reflect that. I have attached 2 screen shots to illustrate as well as a txt file with the corresponding snmpwalk outputs. Also, Kohler has updated the mib, I have attached that as well, can you update the code base with this? thanks Tony

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Tiny diff (adding probes)
by Aaron Finney 15 Oct '19

15 Oct '19

Hello maintainer friends, I'm not sure the proper protocol to request merging of small added bits, but I added two additional nprobe plugins, check_haproxy and check_ldap, to my install. The diff for probes.inc.php is below, but it also required a small modification to the check_ldap perl script (update hard-coded module dir). The LDAP probe I used is the version in the nagios-probe-contrib package Debian package, not the compiled C version distributed via the plugins tarfile from nagios.org; I used it because the contrib/perl version allows anonymous binding for just a basic service health check and doesn't require user/pwd/base-DN. Aaron Index: includes/definitions/entities/probes.inc.php =================================================================== --- includes/definitions/entities/probes.inc.php (revision 10122) +++ includes/definitions/entities/probes.inc.php (working copy) @@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ $config['probes'][$probe]['descr'] = 'Tests FTP connections'; $config['probes'][$probe]['args']['default'] = "-H %hostname%"; +$probe = 'check_haproxy'; +$config['probes'][$probe]['enable'] = 1; +$config['probes'][$probe]['descr'] = 'Tests HAProxy health by parsing the stats page'; +$config['probes'][$probe]['args']['default'] = "-H %hostname%"; + $probe = 'check_imap'; $config['probes'][$probe]['enable'] = 1; $config['probes'][$probe]['descr'] = 'Tests IMAP connections'; @@ -68,6 +73,11 @@ $config['probes'][$probe]['descr'] = 'Tests Jabber connections'; $config['probes'][$probe]['args']['default'] = "-H %hostname%"; +$probe = 'check_ldap'; +$config['probes'][$probe]['enable'] = 1; +$config['probes'][$probe]['descr'] = 'Tests LDAP/LDAPS connections'; +$config['probes'][$probe]['args']['default'] = "-H %hostname%"; + $probe = 'check_nntp'; $config['probes'][$probe]['enable'] = 1; $config['probes'][$probe]['descr'] = 'Tests NNTP connections'; -- *Aaron Finney*Infrastructure Engineering | OpenX 888 East Walnut Street, 2nd Floor | Pasadena, CA 91101 o: +1 (626) 466-1141 x6035 | aaron.finney(a)openx.com

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Mass Changes Ports Config (Alerting)
by Wissen, Tobias (EDV) 15 Oct '19

15 Oct '19

Hello, is there a way to set the alerts for all ports centrally to (ignore alerts) true? Would you like to set the alerts separately for each device in a later step. [cid:image001.png@01D58365.30219360] Mit freundlichen Grüßen Tobias Wissen

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cookies error
by Edvinas Kairys 15 Oct '19

15 Oct '19

Hello, After last stable update we're getting cookies error when entering the observium fronted page. After cookies deletion it starts to work, but only for some time. Is there any information to prevent this from happening ? "redirected you too many times. Try clearing your cookies <https://support.google.com/chrome?p=rl_error&hl=en-US>."

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Strange poller/graph behavior with Palo Alto
by Aaron Finney 13 Oct '19

13 Oct '19

Heya Adam et al, I'm trying to help the corp side of the house monitor a handful of Palo Alto firewalls (3220s/850s) using Observium, and am seeing the gptunnels and sessions graphs being alternately added/deleted each run. Example: ##### firewall.spaghetti.foo.baz [55] completed poller modules at > 2019-10-13 09:07:03 ##### > o Graphs [checked] availability, ping, ping_snmp, uptime, fanspeed, > temperature, processor, mempool, storage, bits, hr_users, poller_perf, > pollersnmp_count,pollersnmp_times, > pollersnmp_errors_count, pollersnmp_errors_times, pollerdb_count, > pollerdb_times,pollermemory_perf > o Graphs [added] panos_sessions, panos_gptunnels > o Poller time 5.6106 seconds > o Updated Data uptime, last_polled, last_polled_timetaken, > device_state and the very next run: ##### firewall.spaghetti.foo.baz [55] completed poller modules at > 2019-10-13 09:07:31 ##### > o Graphs [deleted] panos_sessions, panos_gptunnels > o Graphs [checked] availability, ping, ping_snmp, uptime, fanspeed, > temperature, processor, mempool, storage, bits, hr_users, poller_perf, > pollersnmp_count,pollersnmp_times, > pollersnmp_errors_count, pollersnmp_errors_times, pollerdb_count, > pollerdb_times,pollermemory_perf > o Poller time 5.6037 seconds > o Updated Data uptime, last_polled, last_polled_timetaken, > device_state This pattern repeats ad inifitum - any ideas? Aaron

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automated backup from all configs?
by Farshid Abediny 13 Oct '19

13 Oct '19

Hello, I want to know is there any way to have FTP schedule backup from observium from all configs? RRD, Database, Rancid, ... ?

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disable verify peer for smtp
by Farshid Abediny 12 Oct '19

12 Oct '19

Hello, is there anyway that disable verify peer for smtp option in php ? because when we have tls with self signed certificate php mailer can not connect to our servers. Thanks

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Alerting on custom application values
by Phillip Weller 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Greetings All, Can you set an alert on a value imported from a custom application? E.g, if I’m tracking the %CPU and %Memory of a specific application on a linux host, can I set an alert check on something like cpu greater 50? All graphs are working fine. I know the values are being received by Observium. But its not clear to me what the entity, or even the entity type, would be. Thanks! Regards, Phil Weller

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Changing graph colours to improve readability
by Chris Tomkins 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Hi, I sent this to the list last week but I'm 99% sure it bounced. Apologies if anyone has already seen it. ---- I'm just wondering, has anyone dabbled with getting rrdtool to use more contrasting colours for composite graphs? We have some graphs, such as peering graphs, that are made up of 15+ components, and each component is currently a nearly identical shade of green or purple, which means that even with the legend enabled it is very difficult to see which component is which. I'm imagining that instead of using shades of green, you could use a rainbow of very distinctly different colours and readability would improve. I'm interested to hear whether anyone has tried to do this before, or if it's a non-starter for some reason. Thanks, Chris -- Chris Tomkins | Senior Network Engineer (Linux/Network) christ(a)brandwatch.com Office: +44 (0)1273 448 949 NEW YORK | BOSTON | BRIGHTON | LONDON | BERLIN | STUTTGART | PARIS | SINGAPORE | SYDNEY <https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/digital-consumer-intelligence/>

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error in svn
by Edvinas Kairys 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Hello, I can't switch to rolling version. I got this type of error. [observium]# svn switch https://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/trunk svn: E155025: 'http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable' is not the same repository as 'https://svn.observium.org/svn'

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hdarray script enhancement
by Attila Nagy 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Hi everyone! We would like to slightly enhance the Unix agent hdarray script (which provides infos about the local RAID controllers). Actually we would like to add support for some HP controllers, but to make things simpler we would need some nice output from the script. So if some of you have some RAID controllers supported by this script would you mind sharing some output of this script? Thanks, Tylla

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Parent Devices
by Luis Piña 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Hello, I am trying to make an Alert for a Parent Device, but I need the sons devices doesn´t alert. I doi have an nt know how to say, but example. If a had a switch alerted, I don´t want an Alert of the devices connected to it. Tnks

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r9999 | mike | 2019-08-21 14:08:57 +0000 (Wed, 21 Aug 2019) | 4 lines
by Jacek.Dabrowski＠selgros.pl 07 Oct '19

07 Oct '19

Hello, I see support for Delta UPS, does this include DELTA -RT Series UPS? I have a few and it doesn't work --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >From changelog: r9999 | mike | 2019-08-21 14:08:57 +0000 (Wed, 21 Aug 2019) | 4 lines Improved support for Delta UPS, added Delta mib files. Small code cleanup before stable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pozdrawiam Jacek Dąbrowski

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Saving changes to a large number of sensors
by Robert Williams 07 Oct '19

07 Oct '19

Hi, It seems that on a couple of Cisco ASR9k devices (with exceptionally large counts of sensors) we are now unable to save changes to them. Specifically, setting custom values and enabling or disabling alerts for individual sensors. Now, I remember that during Observium setup (a _long_ time ago) there was a step for amending either PHP or MySQL to allow a very long POST or query or something, which is required when you update a page with hundreds of boxes and buttons on it. I’m assuming either these devices have grown to the point where this setting is no longer adequately large, or perhaps the setting on the server has been inadvertently changed. Either way – I literally cannot remember (or find) the damn setting anywhere. Can someone remind me what it is please? Thanks! Robert Williams Custodian Data Centres https://www.CustodianDC.com

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unsubscribe
by Erimer, Tarkan 07 Oct '19

07 Oct '19

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Reset interface graph after upgrade the router
by Laszlo Nemeth 03 Oct '19

03 Oct '19

Hello, I upgraded our Cisco ASR router, and after the upgrade all of ports graphs cleared, so at this moment i have 4 interfaces with 2 days old graphs. I think port ID or something similar things are changed. So now i have 4 files that not touched in the last 2 days: port-19.rrd port-20.rrd port-21.rrd port-3.rrd I think this is the 4 missed graphs. The question is: how can i figure out which rrd means witch interface? From the database or somehow? If i can pair the old rrd and the new rrd i can merge them i think but at this moment i missed the traffic graphs in the last 3 years :) Thanks Laszlo -- László Németh Senior Network Engineer [emarsys]<http://www.emarsys.com/> Emarsys-Technologies Kft Kossuth Lajos utca 7-9. II. emelet 1053 Budapest T: +36 1 781 6001<tel:+36%201%20781%206001> E: laszlo.nemeth(a)emarsys.com<mailto:laszlo.nemeth@emarsys.com> W: www.emarsys.com<http://www.emarsys.com> » Get the latest insight from Emarsys<http://emarsys.com/en/resources/whitepapers/> This email and any attachments contain confidential information for the intended recipient to which it has been addressed. This information may not be copied nor disclosed to any third party without prior permission of the sender. If you are not the intended recipient, or if received in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. emarsys eMarketing Systems AG does not accept responsibility for losses and any other damages resulting from information, including viruses and other harmful content, contained in this email and any attachments.

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Changing graph colours to improve readability
by Brandwatch NOC 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

Hi, I'm just wondering, has anyone dabbled with getting rrdtool to use more contrasting colours for composite graphs? We have some graphs, such as peering graphs, that are made up of 15+ components, and each component is currently a nearly identical shade of green or purple, which means that even with the legend enabled it is very difficult to see which component is which. I'm imagining that instead of using shades of green, you could use a rainbow of very distinctly different colours and readability would improve. I'm interested to hear whether anyone has tried to do this before, or if it's a non-starter for some reason. Thanks, Chris -- Chris Tomkins | Senior Network Engineer (Linux/Network) christ(a)brandwatch.com Office: +44 (0)1273 448 949 NEW YORK | BOSTON | BRIGHTON | LONDON | BERLIN | STUTTGART | PARIS | SINGAPORE | SYDNEY <https://www.brandwatch.com/blog/digital-consumer-intelligence/>

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SMTP Settings
by Lierman, Andrew 30 Sep '19

30 Sep '19

What and where do I need to configure in Observium for SMTP settings so that I can receive email alerts? Any mail application better mail vs sendmail? I setup email settings in the config.php but I never receive an email. Thanks, -- *Confidentiality Notice:* This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. The views expressed in this transmission are not necessarily the views of the School District of Altoona.

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I was able to run my svn update before, but cannot anymore.
by Dana Bostic 27 Sep '19

27 Sep '19

I am looking for suggestions. When I run: svn co http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable observium it just sits there. I am behind a proxy and was able to do two updates in the past, but cannot anymore for some reason. I have verified my settings for the proxy (in ~/.subversion/servers). I would believe that was the issue, but they have not changed since a few months ago when I last updated. I thought it might be authentication issues, so I went to http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable and can use my username and password to get in, works fine. I have removed all authentication (from /root/.subversion/auth) and put in my username and password again at the prompt, still it just sits there. Any suggetions? [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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Rename Ports in OBS
by Wissen, Tobias (EDV) 27 Sep '19

27 Sep '19

Hi, is it possible to rename Ports in OBS? I don´t have the possibility to connect to the device. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Tobias Wissen BERDING BETON GmbH Verwaltung Steinfeld * EDV * Industriestr. 6 * 49439 Steinfeld Tel: 05492 87 290 * Mobil: 0151-14823618 * Fax: 05492 87 295 * E-Mail: t.wissen(a)berdingbeton.de<mailto:t.wissen@berdingbeton.de> Gf: Georg Berding sen., Georg Berding jun., Matthias Hansen, Gert Waltermann * Sitz: 49439 Steinfeld * Registergericht AG Oldenburg: HRB 110334 * USt-ID-Nr.: DE 811247624 * Der Inhalt dieser E-Mail kann vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen enthalten und ist ausschließlich für den bezeichneten Adressaten bestimmt. Wenn Sie nicht der vorgesehene Adressat dieser E-Mail oder dessen Vertreter sein sollten, informieren Sie bitte den Absender und löschen Sie die E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren, Veröffentlichen sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe ist nicht gestattet. ________________________________

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Observium Cisco MIB
by Lierman, Andrew 26 Sep '19

26 Sep '19

I found this MIB on the Observium MIB list, I noticed it was not part of my Observium install. Is there a way to make a part of it? I have some voice routers that I want to monitor. https://mibs.observium.org/mib/CISCO-POP-MGMT-MIB/ -- *Confidentiality Notice:* This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. The views expressed in this transmission are not necessarily the views of the School District of Altoona.

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Unset Locations
by Wissen, Tobias (EDV) 26 Sep '19

26 Sep '19

Hi, in the Locations @Nav-Bar is shoiwn, that there are 2 devices. [cid:image001.png@01D573B8.3C240D30] But when let me show it, there are none [cid:image002.png@01D573B8.94D80760] Mit freundlichen Grüßen Tobias Wissen BERDING BETON GmbH Verwaltung Steinfeld * EDV * Industriestr. 6 * 49439 Steinfeld Tel: 05492 87 290 * Mobil: 0151-14823618 * Fax: 05492 87 295 * E-Mail: t.wissen(a)berdingbeton.de<mailto:t.wissen@berdingbeton.de> Gf: Georg Berding sen., Georg Berding jun., Matthias Hansen, Gert Waltermann * Sitz: 49439 Steinfeld * Registergericht AG Oldenburg: HRB 110334 * USt-ID-Nr.: DE 811247624 * Der Inhalt dieser E-Mail kann vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen enthalten und ist ausschließlich für den bezeichneten Adressaten bestimmt. Wenn Sie nicht der vorgesehene Adressat dieser E-Mail oder dessen Vertreter sein sollten, informieren Sie bitte den Absender und löschen Sie die E-Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren, Veröffentlichen sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe ist nicht gestattet. ________________________________

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Juniper routing instances
by Peter Derissen 26 Sep '19

26 Sep '19

Hi, Will this be addressed in the future? https://jira.observium.org/browse/OBS-66 Kinds regards, Met vriendelijke groet, Peter Derissen Eurofiber Nederland Network Engineer Safariweg 25-31 +31 (0)6 11587110 3605 MA Maarssen [EF-logo_rood_RGB -handtekening]<http://www.eurofiber.nl/> Volg ons op Twitter<https://twitter.com/Eurofiber> | Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/eurofiber> | Youtube<https://www.youtube.com/user/Eurofibergroup> ******** IMPORTANT NOTICE ******** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure and it is intended only for the addressees. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any copying, distribution or other use of information contained in this e-mail (and its attachments) is not allowed. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail and delete the message (including any attachments) from your system. Please note that e-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be subject of unauthorized interception or other interference without the knowledge of sender or recipient. Eurofiber only sends and receives e-mails on the basis that Eurofiber is not responsible for any such computer viruses, corruption or other interference or any consequences thereof. Eurofiber Nederland B.V. is registered in the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam with number 34134377, VAT number NL 8088.51.524 B01. Eurofiber N.V. has its registered office at Belgicastraat 5 bus 7, 1930 Zaventem and is registered under national number 0435.204.851.

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