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dark ui image legend legibility
by Wolf Noble 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

Howdy, all! is there some voodoo necessary to coerce observium to generate graphs with textual legends that aren't black when dark mode is active? it's kinda hard to view black text on dark blue backgrounds :) I don't see an obvious knob for this, but it's entirely possible I'm just missing the "legend text color" or "make graph text legible in dark mode" or "learn to read" button somewhere :) [= The contents of this message have been written, read, processed, erased, sorted, sniffed, compressed, rewritten, misspelled, overcompensated, lost, found, and most importantly delivered entirely with recycled electrons =]

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Syslog repetitive alerts
by joston.gatt＠hudson.com.mt 16 Feb '24

16 Feb '24

Is it possible to suppress repetitive syslog alerts? if yes how can I do this? The issue is I have a particular site which has an issue with one of the internet connections, it keeps disconnecting and reconnecting every 2 minutes. A syslog event is logged each time and I am getting an email alert for each log.

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Upgrading O/S of Observium Server - Debian 10 to 11 (or 12)
by Andy Hartwell 15 Feb '24

15 Feb '24

Advice please ! 😊 I have a server which has been running Observium well for some time. Although upgrading the Observium build is easy enough following the instructions at Updating - Observium<https://docs.observium.org/updating/#upgrading-the-subscription-edition-to-…> this obviously does not update the O/S itself. I had a try at upgrading following online instructions yesterday but after he upgrade was complete the Observium web interface would not display – I just got a page of text which I assumed to be PHP script being displayed rather than “running”. Does anyone have any idiot proof (ie aimed at Linux novice) guidance to upgrade the OS without breaking Observium ? Luckily I had taken a snapshot of the VM so could roll back without any drama. Thanks, Andy Hartwell

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sysLocation gets rewritten
by Martin 13 Feb '24

13 Feb '24

Hello, I am experiencing something I don't understand. During polling of a host the syslocation -which is returned correctly by snmp- gets changed into another location (which is an old location before moving from "Address B" to "Address A"). $ /usr/bin/snmpget -v3 -l 'authPriv' -n '' -x 'AES' -X 'passwd' -a 'SHA' -A 'passwd' -u 'username' -Pud -Ih -OQUs --hexOutputLength=0 -m SNMPv2-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'HostName':'161' sysUpTime.0 sysLocation.0 sysUpTime.0 = 0:8:31:49.72 sysLocation.0 = "Address A" This is the correct address returned. A few lines lower in my debugging output I see: sysLocation rewritten from 'Address A' to 'Address B' by DB override. Even if I change the address in mysql to the correct address the polling process keeps changing it to the old address. MariaDB [observium]> select hostname, location from devices where device_id=9811; +-------------------------+--------------+ | hostname | location | +-------------------------+--------------+ | HostName | Address B | +-------------------------+--------------+ My questions: - Why is this happening? - How can I prevent this from happening? - Where does the old address come from? I hope someone can shed some light on this strange issue... Thanks, Martin

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Microsoft Teams Notification Template
by Lars Joergensen 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

Hey Seems the template for notification on MS Teams is broken (see below). I'm trying to make my own, but would like to know which of the templates in includes/templates it is based on, so I know where to start. [cid:image001.png@01DA58E7.CA53A520] Lars ________________________________ Disclaimer: This e-mail, including any attachments, is for the intended recipient only. If you have received this e-mail by mistake please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments, without opening the attachments, from your system. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on any part of this e-mail by anyone else is prohibited. This e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. Chr. Hansen does not represent and/or warrant that the information sent and/or received by or with this e-mail is correct and does not accept any liability for damages related thereto. https://www.chr-hansen.com/en/legal-notice

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alert checker for specific ping probes
by Tony Guadagno 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

Hi, I have a bunch of ping probes and I would like to write an alert for some (but not all). Since the hostname is the same for all, how can I differentiate between them in an alert checker...for example, I want to alert on this: [cid:image001.jpg@01DA551D.A2E6D3E0] But not this: [cid:image002.jpg@01DA551D.A2E6D3E0] thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Remove Switch Access interfaces from polling
by Massimo Cirulli 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

Hi All, I'm a newbie user of Observium. I need to clear the polling in order to not have the access port checked on the campus that we monitored. We have about 50k access interfaces splitted on Cisco and HP Aruba stack. I understand that i declare in config.php the bad iface but they have different name: Cisco -> Gi1/0/1 HP Aruba -> 45 My goal is: only the uplink will be checked. How can i use the config for access layer Cisco and Aruba stack (iface range) ? $config['bad_if'][] = " Gi1/0/1 ->?"; $config['bad_if'][] = "1->"; Thanx in advance for your support Massimo

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Re: alert checker for specific ping probes
by Tony Guadagno 04 Feb '24

04 Feb '24

Observium support: can someone please address my question. Thanks Hi, I have a bunch of ping probes and I would like to write an alert for some (but not all). Since the hostname is the same for all, how can I differentiate between them in an alert checker...for example, I want to alert on this: [cid:image004.jpg@01DA55E7.8703CAF0] But not this: [cid:image005.jpg@01DA55E7.8703CAF0] thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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regarding STP change alert
by Gurupad Deshmukh 27 Jan '24

27 Jan '24

Dear team, can we monitor stp change and broadcasting in cisco/huawei switches please help to configure STP change alert. regards, gurupad.

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Re: observium Digest, Vol 162, Issue 17
by Chris Wopat 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

> > Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:41:29 -0700 > From: Brad Bendy <brad.bendy(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Observium] FEC errors / FEC statistics > To: Observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> > > Hi, > > We've got various Juniper devices with links that have FEC enabled and > CLI output shows the FEC stats, but I don't see them anywhere in > Observium. > > Is this not supported or am I missing something to where it's at / > what is it called? > We opened a JTAC case about this a year or so ago. At the time, there is NO fec available via ANY snmp mib. "we currently do NOT have support for Ethernet FEC Statistics via SNMP. There is a feature request that has been created internally to add support for it" Ask your SE about "RLI 46223" --Chris

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Error in Observium
by Luis Enrique Torres Jacinto 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

Hello, good morning I have a problem seeing the information of 3 Cisco CBS350 Switches in observium (professional version), I add them normally like any other device, however it does not show me its Processor, Temperature, fanspeed, Status Indicators, etc. [cid:image006.jpg@01DA4F7C.759355E0] In other Cisco Switch models the tool works correctly. [cid:image007.jpg@01DA4F7C.759355E0] With the following command ./discovery.php -h 10.1.X.X. we found the following error: [cid:image005.png@01DA4F7C.5F5A1890] If anyone can support me I would appreciate it. Greetings

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FEC errors / FEC statistics
by Brad Bendy 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

Hi, We've got various Juniper devices with links that have FEC enabled and CLI output shows the FEC stats, but I don't see them anywhere in Observium. Is this not supported or am I missing something to where it's at / what is it called? Thanks

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cisco ASA's polling slow
by Tony Guadagno 24 Jan '24

24 Jan '24

Hi, I am just noticing that my Cisco ASA's poll really slow. While all my other infrastructure seems to poll about 5 to 7 sec per device, the ASA's all take 50 to 60 sec. Does anyone know why this is and maybe how to speed things up? Thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Re: Aruba Instant AP wireless info? (clients, etc)
by Wolf Noble 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

I’d be happy to help however I can with this.. I'd really like to be able to see some information from my APs around usage/clients/errors/etc.... if you want more mib walks i can update the jira ticket with them again? but im not sure there will be much else to glean as not much has changed here.. if that's jus not gonna happen .... for.... whatever reason ... is there a vendor whose APs *ARE* well supported? I'd kinda figured this would be a solved problem.... or at least, wouldn't still be an issue several years later. is there anything I can do to help get traction here? I'm not sure what help is actually helpful and what's obnoxious ;) W [= The contents of this message have been written, read, processed, erased, sorted, sniffed, compressed, rewritten, misspelled, overcompensated, lost, found, and most importantly delivered entirely with recycled electrons =] > On Nov 14, 2023, at 20:47, Adam Armstrong via observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> wrote: > > I think someone asked about this last week, and it appears we don't actually have any support for any wireless metrics from Aruba at all at the moment. > > I do have a set of walks from an aruba device and might look at adding some support for them, though. > > Wireless is a bit of a mess, all of the vendors present the data in different ways with different demarcations, so it's quite difficult to collect and handle all of the different vendors in a sane manner. > > adam. > > Wolf Noble via observium wrote on 14/11/2023 23:40: >> howdy all! >> >> does anyone else have the problem of seeing no wireless stats in observium from Aruba instant APs? >> >> [= The contents of this message have been written, read, processed, erased, sorted, sniffed, compressed, rewritten, misspelled, overcompensated, lost, found, and most importantly delivered entirely with recycled electrons =] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list -- observium(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium@lists.observium.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to observium-leave(a)lists.observium.org <mailto:observium-leave@lists.observium.org> > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list -- observium(a)lists.observium.org > To unsubscribe send an email to observium-leave(a)lists.observium.org

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LXC Proxmox Container
by Yesaya A. Medellu 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Hi All Can Observium Monitoring LXC Container at least count it as VM inside PVE VMs thanks in advance Abraham Makingroup Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Makingroup Disclaimer: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system.

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need help to subscribe professional.
by Gurupad Deshmukh 19 Jan '24

19 Jan '24

Dear team, I have install observium communitiy edition on ubuntu, but I want to subscribe professional version , can you please help us how to upgrade subscription. please share contact details , I have some queries to clear before professional subscription. Regards, Gurupad deshmukh, 9767416210.

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PowerDNS Recursive Server application
by Kevin Riahi 17 Jan '24

17 Jan '24

What is the process for support on applications for observium subscribers? In this case the PowerDNS Recursive Server application. Should we reach out to the original author. In this case the script is very simple and it seems it has no documented authors. The issue is the script is no longer working even though it was in the past. It may be because PowerDNS Recursive Server 4.8 has made permission changes to /var/run/pdns-recursor/pdns_recursor.controlsocket Testing the script /usr/lib/observium_agent/local/powerdns-recursor and it will execute with below error. <<<app-powerdns-recursor>>> Fatal: Unable to connect to remote '/var/run/pdns-recursor/pdns_recursor.controlsocket': Permission denied Here is the powerdns-recursor script . #!/bin/sh recctrl=`which rec_control` if [ $? -eq 0 ] then echo '<<<app-powerdns-recursor>>>' $recctrl get-all fi TIA Kevin

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RRD went missing after interface description change, screwing up billing.
by smiller＠fasttrackcomm.net 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Hey there, I have a bundle ether interface that had its interface description change, and now when I'm viewing the bill summary which keys to this bundle ether interface, the graphs are missing, and if I hover over the port under "billed ports" in the bill information section, I get 4 of the same error: ERROR: opening '/opt/observium/rrd/<<IP>>/port-113.rrd': No such file or directory. I go into the server and sure enough there is no port-113.rrd in that directory. Also, the port description name under the billed ports section shows the old interface description still. I have another bundle ether that also had an updated interface description and that one is fine, and the port description is updated correctly on the billing page. How do I fix this? It seems like maybe data is still getting successfully pulled because the Used counts are increasing along with the average. What would happen if I created an empty port-113.rrd file in the directory, and why would this file have gone missing? Thanks for any help you can provide. -Seth

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ZyXEL WLAN AP NWA1123ACv3
by Oberreiter Andreas 12 Jan '24

12 Jan '24

Hi, I have ZyXEL WLAN AP NWA1123ACv3 they are spoiling my system by creating new ports, with repeating names, every view hours. I have some APs with nearly 2000 Ports. Is there a way to prevent Observium from scanning for new ports for a specific device group. Kind Regards Mit freundlichen Grüßen Andreas Oberreiter

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upgrade CE edition to Professional edition
by Raphael Pierazzi 10 Jan '24

10 Jan '24

Good morning , I would like to upgrade from the CE edition to the professional edition ( and paid). I risk losing my configuration? how does the upgrade work? Thanks for your feedback, Sincerely,

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Performance
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

Hello, we have installed observium 23.2.12520. When the survey is carried out on the devices, there are several that indicate that the time used was 1 or 2 seconds while others exceeded 20 seconds. How could this be fixed? The devices have the same make and model. -- Saluda cordialmente

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SNMP sysLocation NeDi format
by Brad Bendy 08 Jan '24

08 Jan '24

I found a post from 2014 showing the NeDi format works when using the Google API. I have tried a few different variations of it but under the location it shows a location for each device as the rack unit is different per device. Is this not supported and we should just do the physical location and not deal with the rack and rack unit or I am missing something? I thought before I had used () or [] in the location and the map parsing still worked but I don't see that in the docs anywhere. Thanks

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PHP Weathermap Integration
by Adam Armstrong 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

Hi Guys, We added PHP Weathermap into Observium ~2 years ago, but the enabling option wasn't documented because there was an odd javascript bug breaking the UI. It turns out the bug was the same variable name being used in two completely separate bits of code, causing a clash. Typical Javascript. This is fixed now and it mostly functions, so I've unhidden the enabling option in the web-based config. $config['weathermap']['enable'] = TRUE; It works slightly differently to the original weathermap, it generates maps on the fly and is a little better integrated into the UI. It retains all of the old issues though, the weathermap code is very, very old and should not be enabled on installs untrusted people have access to. Thanks, adam. -- Sent from Postbox <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campai…>

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xinetd not supported on RHEL 9, use systemd instead
by Tony Guadagno 29 Dec '23

29 Dec '23

Hi, as xinetd is not provided for RHEL 9, I wrote a couple of systemd units to make this work. I am sure someone smarter than me could make this better, but I have confirmed this does work on any modern systemd implementation. Would it be possible to get this in the documentation so the knowledge is not lost? Here is the info: Create a new file: /etc/systemd/system/observiumagent.socket Paste this into the file: [Unit] Description=Observium Agent Socket Requires=observiumagent@.service [Socket] ListenStream=36602 Accept=yes [Install] WantedBy=sockets.target Change permissions on the file: Chmod 660 /etc/systemd/system/observiumagent.socket Create another new file: /etc/systemd/system/observiumagent@.service<mailto:/etc/systemd/system/observiumagent@.service> Paste this into the file: [Unit] Description=Observium Agent Server PartOf=observiumagent.socket [Service] ExecStart=-/usr/bin/observium_agent #User=example #Group=example StandardInput=socket Sockets=observiumagent.socket Change permissions on the file: Chmod 660 /etc/systemd/system/observiumagent@.service<mailto:/etc/systemd/system/observiumagent@.service> Reload systemd: systemctl daemon-reload Enable and start the service: systemctl enable --now observiumagent.socket That's it, of course, follow the rest of the direction on the page (UNIX Agent - Observium<https://docs.observium.org/unix_agent/>), just ignore the ones involving xinetd Thanks ) Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Traffic accounting not working anymore
by Anthony Polselli 13 Dec '23

13 Dec '23

We recently built a new server with Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and migrated Observium over. Everything seams to be working fine except for the Traffic Accounting. On the summary screen, it shows data from months ago (just before the upgrade), but when you click on one of the "bills" and look at the bandwidth graph, it's blank. I've tried adding a new bill and it same thing, no data. But if I click on the interface and go the that switch port, all the graphs are there. How can I reconnect the Traffic Accounting to pull data from the switchport graphs again? Thanks all!

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