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ASR1k subinterface
by Mirditor Kuçaj 29 May '18

29 May '18

Hello Does anybody has the issue about incorrect traffic pooling on subinterfaces over portchannel. The device is Cisco ASR1001-X. Earlier with subinterfaces on TE interface it was ok. [root@obs-55 observium]# php poller.php -h 262 --//-- +---------+--------------------+------------------+--------+----------+----- -----+---------+----------+--------+---------+----+ | ifIndex | Label | Type | Speed | BPS In | BPS Out | Data In | Data Out | PPS In | PPS Out | HC | +---------+--------------------+------------------+--------+----------+----- -----+---------+----------+--------+---------+----+ | 15 | Po1 | Virtual/Internal | 20Gbps | 10.7Gbps | 10.5Gbps | 284GB | 279GB | 1.6M | 1.58M | Y | | 16 | Po1.6 | L2 VLAN (802.1Q) | 20Gbps | 3.28kbps | 378bps | 91.3kB | 10.5kB | 2.98 | 43.8m | Y | | 17 | Po1.21 | L2 VLAN (802.1Q) | 20Gbps | 592kbps | 406bps | 16.1MB | 11.3kB | 650 | 0.8 | Y | | 18 | Po1.23 | L2 VLAN (802.1Q) | 20Gbps | 20.8Mbps | 2.19kbps | 565MB | 60.8kB | 15.1k | 4.26 | Y | | 19 | Po1.24 | L2 VLAN (802.1Q) | 20Gbps | 4.77Mbps | 5.23kbps | 129MB | 145kB | 4.26k | 10.1 | Y | | 20 | Po1.25 | L2 VLAN (802.1Q) | 20Gbps | 3.19Mbps | 2.66kbps | 86.7MB | 74kB | 2.45k | 5.2 | Y | | 21 | Po1.27 | L2 VLAN (802.1Q) | 20Gbps | 28Mbps | 4.24kbps | 761MB | 117kB | 8.72k | 8.14 | Y | Thx

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file that controls alarm output
by Mark Carter 29 May '18

29 May '18

Hi, what file controls alarm output? I have alarms going into a "Slack" channel and want to format them so they take up less lines. Currently an Alarm takes up 7 lines. Thank you Arthur

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Cisco 3750 Temperature
by Storer, Darren 29 May '18

29 May '18

Here's an odd one... Temperature is reported correctly by many models of Cisco catalyst devices but on one of the Observium nodes there are two 3750 switches with different behaviour. The 3750 with IOS 15 is okay and reports temperature but an older 3750 under IOS 12 doesn't return temperature, even though I feel sure that it did a few years ago. Observium version: 18.5.9244 (24th May 2018) Has anyone else observed this behaviour? Update: Just checked an old 2960, still on IOS 12 and found that it doesn't display temperature but a 2960 with IOS 15 is okay. Any advice gratefully received. Thanks Darren

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(no subject)
by Ricardo Franco Cantero 29 May '18

29 May '18

Hi, What would be the best way to create an alert on reboot? For example after a power outage? Would that be an alert checker with up_time less than 20 minutes? Or a syslog alert with /rebooted/ ? Kind regards, Ricardo Franco Cantero

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Observium CE 17.9.8859 LDAP authentication issue
by Jean-Francois Allain 29 May '18

29 May '18

Hello everybody, I did an upgrade of Observium recently from version 14.4.5229 to version 17.9.8859 and I have authentication issue with LDAP now. I was wondering if Observium CE 17.9.8859 was compatible with the following version of PHP LDAP module : php7.0-ldap Thanks in advance, -- *Jean-François Allain*

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Exclude device from geolocation
by Christian Eriksson 28 May '18

28 May '18

Hi, Is it possible to exclude a device from being targeted by the geolocation settings? In my case, I am polling a Cisco ASA security context and both physical devices in the HA cluster are on two different locations /Christian

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BGP polling inside VRF
by Jan Horacek 25 May '18

25 May '18

Hi guys, I`m not sure if this question was already answered or not, but I was asked to do research how Observium could monitor BGP peers inside the VRFs to alert us if any peer flaps or is down. I can set up alert notification based on the syslog, but this module is sending emails only and doesn`t show notification on the main dashboard. Do you have any idea if would be possible support snmp-context for every BGP peers in observium? Using SNMPv3 on all routers or how to display alerts on the dashboard based on syslog policy? Thanks Jan

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[Question] Problem Alert Mails
by San Rollheiser 24 May '18

24 May '18

Hi guys, sorry for bother you, but have a question about the email configuration. After the update a few versions back work fine the alerts by email. But now not work, only work my integration with Slack, but i need the email alerts. My configuration is this: config.php // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) $config['email']['default'] = "alarmas(a)tinitix.com"; $config['email']['from'] = "Alarmas <alarmas@tinitix>"; $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; /include/defaults.inc.php // Mailer backend Settings $config['email']['enable'] = TRUE; // Enable/Disable email globally $config['email']['from'] = TRUE; // Mail from. Default: "Observium" <observium@`hostname`> $config['email']['default'] = TRUE; // Default alert recipient $config['email']['default_only'] = FALSE; // Only use default recipient (all alerts send to default recipient) $config['email']['graphs'] = TRUE; // Allow graphs in mail body $config['email']['backend'] = 'smtp'; // Mail backend. Allowed: "mail" (PHP's built-in), "sendmail", "smtp". // sendmail backend specific options $config['email']['sendmail_path'] = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; // The location of the sendmail program. // smtp backend specific options $config['email']['smtp_host'] = 'my_ip_smtp_server'; // Outgoing SMTP server name. $config['email']['smtp_port'] = '465'; // The port to connect. $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = '60'; // SMTP connection timeout in seconds. $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = 'ssl'; // Enable encryption. Use 'tls' or 'ssl' $config['email']['smtp_auth'] = TRUE; // Whether or not to use SMTP authentication. $config['email']['smtp_username'] = 'soporte(a)tinitix.com'; // SMTP username. Thx. BR Santiago

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Pulling VTI interface descriptions from a Centos 7 based router
by Ben Maschke 24 May '18

24 May '18

Hi guys, is there a way to pull interface descriptions from a Centos 7 based router? It's based on vti interfaces and the alias parameter: ip link set vti10 up mtu 1400 alias "test name" Observium only pulls the interface IP - and has ignored the description so far Thank you very much in advance -- *Ben Maschke* Senior System Engineer *Shazam* 26-28 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 7HA Please consider the environment before printing this document Shazam Entertainment Limited is incorporated in England and Wales under company number 3998831 and its registered office is at 26-28 Hammersmith Grove, London W6 7HA.

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Re: [Observium] Location of a switch
by Adam Armstrong 23 May '18

23 May '18

Hi, We expect a street address in the location field (or more specifically a location field that can be parsed by whatever geolocation service is used). You can put coordinates directly into sysLocation inside square brackets like : http://docs.observium.org/config_options/#reverse-geocoding To quickly repoll the basic device data when testing you can do ./poller.php -h <hostname/device_id> -m system adam. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Thomas Peters" <TPeters(a)mcts.org> To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> Sent: 2018-05-22 21:41:48 Subject: [Observium] Location of a switch >I have installed Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am trying to get a >handle on the question of location for devices. > > > >I have 7 locations, all within the same city. I put in a default >location in the configuration, by longitude and latitude. Sure enough, >there’s a green checkmark on the map right where my main building is. > > > >For Nagios purposes, we have location codes that consist of the >company, site (may be omitted) building, and room. So you might find >something like mcts-ad-sr (admin building, server room) or >mcts-brg-1flidf (Bridge Street Garage, 1st floor IDF.) So far, I am >using the same arbitrary codes for Observium, in the SNMP “location” on >the switch. > > > >I was hoping to use these sort of codes to precisely locate a switch >for the humans that use Observium, while hoping there was already a >table built into the tool to translate the codes to map coordinates. > > > >I don’t know enough about the SNMP “location” code to understand if I’m >using it correctly. We have always just treated it as a free-text >locator code, usable only by my IT department. > > > >Does Observium expect to see a street address in there? I tried that; >doesn’t seem to work. I don’t have an API key for the geocoding, and it >probably won’t work anyhow, since all these devices have non-routable >10.x.x.x addresses, which geocoding can’t make sense of. > > > >Any help appreciated- > >Thanks. > > > > > > > >Thomas M. Peters | Sr. Systems Administrator | tpeters(a)mcts.org >Desk: 414.343.1720 | Helpdesk: x3400 or helpdesk(a)mcts.org > >Milwaukee County Transit System <http://www.ridemcts.com/> > > > >1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53205 > >Check us out on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/mcts> & Twitter ><https://twitter.com/RideMCTS> > > >

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Now What? / Most busy ports?
by Thomas Peters 22 May '18

22 May '18

Hello all. Just installed Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am tinkering with it. It graphs, it discovers devices via CDP/XDP, it's really cool. Now what do I do with it? I know, I know, I should have had a destination in mind before I took to the road. But the program looked so cool that I installed it just to see what it could do. One question I would really like to have it answer for me is this: I have some period slow-downs on my network. Can I get Observium to show me the busiest ports on a switch, so I can track down the culprit (if it's due to traffic?) I've been prowling the interwebs for my information. That was a helpful method of getting information to install it and make it work, and comb out some of the early bugs, but I'm finding it harder to locate hints on how to rally exploit this excellent resource to make my network better/faster/stronger/able to leap tall packets in a single bound. Thomas M. Peters | Sr. Systems Administrator | tpeters(a)mcts.org<mailto:tpeters@mcts.org> Desk: 414.343.1720 | Helpdesk: x3400 or helpdesk(a)mcts.org<mailto:helpdesk@mcts.org> Milwaukee County Transit System <http://www.ridemcts.com/> 1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53205 Check us out on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mcts> & Twitter <https://twitter.com/RideMCTS>

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Location of a switch
by Thomas Peters 22 May '18

22 May '18

I have installed Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am trying to get a handle on the question of location for devices. I have 7 locations, all within the same city. I put in a default location in the configuration, by longitude and latitude. Sure enough, there's a green checkmark on the map right where my main building is. For Nagios purposes, we have location codes that consist of the company, site (may be omitted) building, and room. So you might find something like mcts-ad-sr (admin building, server room) or mcts-brg-1flidf (Bridge Street Garage, 1st floor IDF.) So far, I am using the same arbitrary codes for Observium, in the SNMP "location" on the switch. I was hoping to use these sort of codes to precisely locate a switch for the humans that use Observium, while hoping there was already a table built into the tool to translate the codes to map coordinates. I don't know enough about the SNMP "location" code to understand if I'm using it correctly. We have always just treated it as a free-text locator code, usable only by my IT department. Does Observium expect to see a street address in there? I tried that; doesn't seem to work. I don't have an API key for the geocoding, and it probably won't work anyhow, since all these devices have non-routable 10.x.x.x addresses, which geocoding can't make sense of. Any help appreciated- Thanks. Thomas M. Peters | Sr. Systems Administrator | tpeters(a)mcts.org<mailto:tpeters@mcts.org> Desk: 414.343.1720 | Helpdesk: x3400 or helpdesk(a)mcts.org<mailto:helpdesk@mcts.org> Milwaukee County Transit System <http://www.ridemcts.com/> 1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53205 Check us out on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mcts> & Twitter <https://twitter.com/RideMCTS>

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Scaling Observium
by Christian Eriksson 22 May '18

22 May '18

Hi, Anyone tried this? Will anything like this ever be officially supported? http://blog.best-practice.se/2017/10/scaling-observium-horizontally.html I rather have a single point of management for all my customers, if possible /Christian

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Re: [Observium] HTTP 500 error (adama@memetic.org)
by Ricardo Franco Cantero 22 May '18

22 May '18

Hi Adam, I turned off UFW firewall on Ubuntu server and updated but still the same result :-( Met vriendelijke groet, Ricardo Franco Cantero TSP Bombeeck Group BV Today's Topics: 1. Re: HTTP 500 error (adama(a)memetic.org) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 19:46:00 +0100 From: <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "'Observium'" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] HTTP 500 error Message-ID: <005901d3ee0f$4da81ea0$e8f85be0$(a)memetic.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" This is pretty much always caused by an intervening firewall or transparent proxy breaking the HTTP session used by SVN. Adam. From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> On Behalf Of Ricardo Franco Cantero Sent: 17 May 2018 09:33 To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: [Observium] HTTP 500 error Hi, When updating through putty, with sudo svn update it results into a HTTP 500 error. Any suggestions? Kind regards, Ricardo Franco Cantero

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Avaya Phone 9630G
by todevnull＠free.fr 22 May '18

22 May '18

Dear observium team, Just a quick one please, is the Avaya phone model 9630G is supported please ? I've tried to add the phone, but only classic SNMP stats are graphed and there is an observium icon instead of Avaya logo on the device list. Thanks in advance. Tarik.

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Database service crashes after update
by Brian Weeks 21 May '18

21 May '18

After updating to the latest version 18.5.9221 (stable) I ran the discovery.php -u to update it said (update syslog, may be long operation ~30-45min) after about 5 min I get an error Critical error: (2013) Lost connection to MySQL server during query. Restarting the service nor rebooting the server helps and I had to do a rollback from a checkpoint to get Observium to function again. Can you help me with this error? -- Brian Weeks Network Engineer CCNA, MCSE, ACMT, A+, Network+, Security+ Brenham ISD 1301 Niebuhr St. Brenham, TX 7783 Office: (979) 277-3760 ext. 2249 Email: bweeks(a)brenhamk-12.net Website: http://www.brenhamisd.net

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SRX4200 FAN status missing
by Youssef BENGELLOUN - ZAHR 21 May '18

21 May '18

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Did the revision update and my workstations are down now
by Joe Brouillette 19 May '18

19 May '18

Hey all, I did the revision update and I'm now currently at 18.5.9221. Since I did the update my workstations are all showing as down. I can ping them from my Observium server and I can run an snmpwalk on them from the Observium server. I tried running both ./discovery.php -d -h <some_host> and ./poller.php -d -h <some_host> and both of them have this warning: WARNING: 0 devices polled/discovered. Did you specify a device that does not exist? I tried to re-add a device but Observium says it has already been added. Am I missing something simple here? Thanks, Joe Brouillette IT Specialist 509.664.7643 jobee(a)linktransit.com<mailto:jobee@linktransit.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D3ECEE.460F8470]

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HTTP 500 error
by Ricardo Franco Cantero 17 May '18

17 May '18

Hi, When updating through putty, with sudo svn update it results into a HTTP 500 error. Any suggestions? Kind regards, Ricardo Franco Cantero

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Obserivum Pro (Rolling 18.5.9220)
by Serghei Golipad 16 May '18

16 May '18

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Schedule alerting times
by Reisner Martin 16 May '18

16 May '18

Hi! We are running Observium Professional 18.5.9221 (10th May 2018) and are on the way of using more and more great features of Observium. At the moment we are working on Alerting Rules and they are working great - but... Is there a way to schedule alerting in a way that we have e-mail alerting only turing working hours? Or inverted in a way that we have e-mail alerting between a time-slot for example 00:00 to 06:00 o'clock an 18:00 to 00:00 o'clock? Thank you in advanced! With kind regards Martin

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configuration (alert rules) export
by Edvinas K 15 May '18

15 May '18

Hello, Is't possible to export custom Observium configuration. For example alert rules ?

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AUTO : Absence du bureau du 14 au 25 mai / Out of office from 14 to 25 may. (retour 28/05/2018)
by Olivier.BERTRAND＠galian.fr 15 May '18

15 May '18

Je suis absent(e) du bureau jusqu'au 28/05/2018 Bonjour, Je serais absent du bureau du 14 Mai au 25 Mai compris. Thank you for your e-mail, I will be out of office from 14 May to 25 May and unable to respond at this time. En cas d'urgence, vous pouvez contacter Jean-Luc Ky à cette adresse : Jean-luc.ky(a)galian.fr Should the matter be important, please contact Jean-Luc Ky at Jean-luc.ky(a)galian.fr in my absence. Cordialement, Regards, Remarque : ceci est une réponse automatique à votre message "[Observium] configuration (alert rules) export" envoyé le 15/05/2018 14:17:50. C'est la seule notification que vous recevrez pendant l'absence de cette personne. Olivier BERTRAND Ingénieur Systèmes et Réseaux Olivier.BERTRAND(a)galian.fr Tél: 01 44 95 22 34 || 89 rue La Boétie 75008 Paris || www.galian.fr Description : pictoPensez à l'environnement, n'imprimez ce mail que si vous en avez besoin version 1.0.g1

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Customizing Alert email notification
by Edvinas K 14 May '18

14 May '18

Hello, Is't possible to customize Observium Alert email - that in email subject space i would get an entity description too ? Thanks

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Alert Checkers broken when caching is enabled
by Andrew Lemin 14 May '18

14 May '18

Hi, Not sure if this is special to our setup, but we have found that when we enable caching (with the cache driver set to Auto), the Alert Checkers page stops displaying. We have disabled caching again for now which has restored the Alert Checkers, so it's not a critical issue. But thought we'd share this finding. Thanks, Andy.

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