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Re: observium Digest, Vol 185, Issue 3 (Out of Office - Limited Access)
by Spencer Caplin 09 Dec '25

09 Dec '25

Hi I'm currently out of the office so please contact our Helpdesk on 01424 217727 for urgent enquires. Regards Spencer Spencer Caplin Sector IT 01424 217727 spencer.caplin(a)sector-it.co.uk

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feature
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 09 Dec '25

09 Dec '25

hi Is it possible export data from data results? export. to PDF or XLS or something [image: image.png] -- Saluda cordialmente

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scheduled maintenance
by Tony Guadagno 10 Nov '25

10 Nov '25

Hi, I just discovered "scheduled maintenance" and it is pretty helpful, however, it seem you can only schedule a one time maintenance? Or am I missing something? It would be very helpful to schedule reoccurring maintenance....is this possible? Thanks Tony

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ports down and other
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 08 Nov '25

08 Nov '25

hi Is it possible to display a clock on the Observium panel? and How can I keep ports alerts on screen? Currently, these alerts are only displayed for a default amount of time. -- Saluda cordialmente

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Matrix Notification Transport?
by Marian Rychtecky 06 Nov '25

06 Nov '25

Hi all, Bryan’s message about Signal reminded me — we’ve also been looking for a way to send Observium notifications to Matrix. Is there currently any existing transport for Matrix? (Haven't found yet). If not, would the Observium developers consider merging such a transport if we created one? Best regards, Marian Rychtecký NIX.CZ, z.s.p.o. Česká republika / Czech Republic

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neighbor historicisation
by loxely＠hotmail.com 31 Oct '25

31 Oct '25

Hi All, i'm experiencing a issue during analisys, in particular with BGP - in general with neighbor, in the way, i have the notification that a neighbor is delete but not which ... There's a place, in logs or in mysql db, where this information is stored? Or should be a new (interesting) feature to request? Thanks all for the support Lorenzo

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Configuring a custom dashboard
by Eric Bates 31 Oct '25

31 Oct '25

Sadly I can find no documentation on individual dashboard widgets? I want to create a dashboard with some specific graphs. Is there a widget which will display such? (I'd prefer not to have to do the "compose a blank HTML page with links to graphs" style of dashboard because of the authentication disconnect.) What is the widget used on the default dashboard to show Internet Traffic? What is "Traffic Composition?" (a.k.a "Traffic Comparison") and how do you configure it? All the the widgets appear to have a settings option where one adds flags of some sort to an array? But they don't appear to be editable? Thanks for your time. -- Clark 159a 508/289-3112

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timezone problem
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 30 Oct '25

30 Oct '25

hi. Yesterday, we updated to a new version of the Linux operating system, "Rocky Linux 9" and the observium version 25.10.14367 (rolling) . We adjusted the server's date and time according to our time zone (GMT-3), and the php.ini file has `date.timezone = America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires`. However, Observium is still showing UTC time. [image: image.png][image: image.png] how we sync observium with time local? -- Saluda cordialmente

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Re: Observium – Network Monitoring Tools
by Adam Armstrong 28 Oct '25

28 Oct '25

Hi, Prices are at https://www.observium.org/resellers/ We don't have any device/node limits. 50k devices is pretty big though, they'd need to put some effort into hardware choices for a deployment that size. Thanks, adam. Ulziitugs Bud wrote on 28/10/2025 00:20: > > Hi team, > > We have received the following request from our customer. Could you > please advise if we can resell your product to the customer? > > Could you please provide pricing for Observium Enterprise as well as > the licensing tier for approximately 50,000 devices? > > *Customer request:* > > We are looking to compare features, capabilities, and pricing for the > following network monitoring tools. Could you please provide us quotes > for the listed applications? > > We are particularly interested in Enterprise licenses. If any of these > applications offer licensing tiers for approximately 50,000 > devices/nodes etc., please include a quote for that tier as well. > > *Software* > > > > *Publisher* > > > > *Edition/Comments* > > Observium > > > > Observium Limited > > > > Enterprise > > Thank you, > > Ulzii > > ** > > *Ulziitugs Bud* > > Licensing Sales Specialist |Crayon Group |+61 416 420 808| > ulziitugs.bud(a)crayon.com <mailto:ulziitugs.bud@crayon.com> |Visit: > Level 17, 100 Arthur Street, North Sydney NSW 2060, Australia | > > <https://www.crayon.com/> > > A white letter in a circle Description automatically generated > <https://www.facebook.com/CrayonITGroup/>A logo with white letters in > a circle Description automatically generated > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/crayon-group/> A white x in a circle > Description automatically generated <https://twitter.com/CrayonIT> A > white play button in a red circle Description automatically generated > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXZNBju5mHqHZtFF5oV3K2A> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Notice: This transmittal and/or attachments may be privileged or > confidential. It is intended solely for the addressee named above. Any > review, dissemination, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this transmittal in error, please notify us immediately by > reply and immediately delete this message and all its attachments. > Crayon Group AS and its subsidiaries do not accept liability for any > errors, omissions, information or viruses contained in the > transmission of this message. > > Personal Data: Crayon Group processes Personal Data for Business > Communications and Direct Marketing purposes on the lawful basis of > Legitimate Interest. To find out more, please see our Crayon privacy > notice <https://www.crayon.com/about-us/trust-center/individuals/>. > If you are receiving Marketing material, but your business needs have > changed, we can remove this email from our marketing lists if you > simply send us a short email to: Opt-Out(a)Crayon.com. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Sent from Postbox <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campai…>

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Device first discovery date
by Attila Nagy 09 Oct '25

09 Oct '25

Hi Everyone! Is there a way to find out the date of the "first contact" with a device from Observium? I mean for example the date when the first discovery was run on a specific device, or something like this? (Currently the device's event log runs out after half a year.) Any ideas? Regards, Tylla

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Signal Group Notification Transport?
by Bryan Fields 05 Oct '25

05 Oct '25

I read the docs, and see this isn't something that's supported at least out of the box. I have a group chat with several people in it and would like to know if anyone has a way to send a notification. I'm guessing the answer is it's not possible due to the way signal works, but it's worth asking the list if there's a way. Any thoughts? -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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Broken changes after r14265
by Pieter Meyer 18 Sep '25

18 Sep '25

Hi, Changes after R 14265 seems to have broken the way devices are displayed see below example on 14265 [cid:image001.png@01DC26E1.007A3BA0] Update to 14266 breaks this display see example below , only 3 files where updated svn update -r 14266 Updating '.': A html/ajax/panel.php U html/index.php U html/pages/device.inc.php Updated to revision 14266. [cid:image002.png@01DC26E1.45AC7760] svn diff -r 14265:14266 html/pages/device.inc.php Index: html/pages/device.inc.php =================================================================== --- html/pages/device.inc.php (revision 14265) +++ html/pages/device.inc.php (revision 14266) @@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ // Show tabs if the user has access to this device if (!device_permitted($device['device_id'])) { - register_html_panel('default'); // default xl panel + //register_html_panel('default'); // default xl panel // Print the device header (do not hide in xl for entity permitted) print_device_header($device); } else { // Device permitted, show full info - //register_html_panel(generate_device_panel($device)); + register_html_panel(generate_device_panel($device)); // Print the device header print_device_header($device, [ 'div-class' => 'hidden-xl' ]); svn diff -r 14265:14266 html/ajax/panel.php svn: E155010: The node '/opt/observium/html/ajax/panel.php' was not found. svn diff -r 14265:14266 html/index.php Index: html/index.php =================================================================== --- html/index.php (revision 14265) +++ html/index.php (revision 14266) @@ -238,39 +238,30 @@ $panel_name = $vars['page']; } //r($panel_name); - if ($config['pages'][$panel_name]['custom_panel']) { - include($page_file); + + echo '<div class="row">'; + + if ($config['pages'][$panel_name]['no_panel']) { + // Skip any panel loading + echo ' <div class="col-lg-12">'; } else { - echo '<div class="row">'; - - if ($config['pages'][$panel_name]['no_panel']) { - echo '<div class="col-lg-12">'; - } else { - echo ' + // Left panel placeholder + // Attrib data-panel="default" for ajax panel loading + echo ' <div class="col-xl-4 visible-xl"> - <div id="myAffix" data-spy="affix" data-offset-top="60"> + <div id="myAffix" data-spy="affix" data-offset-top="60" data-panel="default"> ##PAGE_PANEL## </div> </div> - <div class="col-xl-8 col-lg-12">'; - } - - include($page_file); - echo '</div>'; + <div class="col-xl-8 col-lg-12">'; } - // Register default panel if custom not set - if (!isset($GLOBALS['cache_html']['page_panel'])) { - if (is_file($config['html_dir'] . "/includes/panels/" . $panel_name . ".inc.php")) { - $panel_file = $config['html_dir'] . "/includes/panels/" . $panel_name . ".inc.php"; - } else { - $panel_file = $config['html_dir'] . "/includes/panels/default.inc.php"; // default - } - ob_start(); - include($panel_file); - $panel_html = ob_get_clean(); + include($page_file); + echo ' </div>'; - register_html_panel($panel_html); + // Register default panel (when not registered on pages) + if (!$config['pages'][$panel_name]['no_panel'] && !isset($GLOBALS['cache_html']['page_panel'])) { + register_html_panel('default'); } } Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast, a leader in email security and cyber resilience. Mimecast integrates email defenses with brand protection, security awareness training, web security, compliance and other essential capabilities. Mimecast helps protect large and small organizations from malicious activity, human error and technology failure; and to lead the movement toward building a more resilient world. To find out more, visit our website.

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suggestion for cisco asa firewall graphs
by Tony Guadagno 12 Sep '25

12 Sep '25

Hi, I have been spending a lot of time with this graph (firewalls/graphs/firewalls/Remote Access sessions) and I am noticing something that does not make sense.. [cid:image001.png@01DC23D4.A70D0700] In this graph, you can see that I have 4 ssl tunnels and 13 lan-to-lan tunnels. Observium seems to be showing this as a stacked graph but I don't think that makes sense. When I get more sslvpn tunnels, it is bumping up the gold section which indicates lan-to-lan but it should not, lan-to-lan sessions are independent of sslvpn connections I would suggest that this should NOT be stacked....is it possible to make that change? thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image002.jpg@01DC23D4.A70D0700]

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SQL Schema Update 509 -> 510 failing
by Wiethoff, Helge 11 Sep '25

11 Sep '25

I'm experiencing an issue with the SQL schema update process and would appreciate your guidance. The schema update from version 509 to 510 is failing during the discovery process. Here's the output I'm seeing: ./discovery.php -h none -- .... 509 -> 510 # (db) (Column collations were changed from UTF-8 to Latin1 where it wasn't actually necessary)...........F. Done (6s, 1 errors). -- Done. -- Observium is up to date. Has anyone encountered this issue before? Any insights or recommendations would be much appreciated. Best Helge

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Small code suggestion related to the 'remote' auth type
by Nathan Neulinger 25 Aug '25

25 Aug '25

Relatively trivial edit, but allows the "remote" auth type to have the same functionality of looking up user access levels from database that the 'http-auth' one does. Useful if you want to have a couple of admin users, but let everyone else in as a global reader only. -- Nathan diff --git a/html/includes/authentication/remote.inc.php b/html/includes/authentication/remote.inc.php index 55f9a332..85a2e690 100644 --- a/html/includes/authentication/remote.inc.php +++ b/html/includes/authentication/remote.inc.php @@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ function remote_auth_user_level($username) { global $config; + //Attempt to look user up in DB, if something found, then return it + $tmp_level = dbFetchCell("SELECT `level` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ? AND `type` = ?", [$username, 'mysql']); + if ( $tmp_level ) { + return $tmp_level; + } + return isset($config['auth_remote_userlevel']) ? $config['auth_remote_userlevel'] : 1; } -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Nathan Neulingernneul(a)neulinger.org Neulinger Consulting (573) 612-1412

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Unable to Add Contact in Observium Version 25.8.14180 (stable)
by Prasun Kumar Mitra (NOC) 21 Aug '25

21 Aug '25

Hello Team, After updating Observium I am unable to add/modify contact. I have tried adding telegram bot and email contact but no success. After clicking Save it comes back to contacts page but no user is added. Please help.. Regards, Prasun Kumar Mitra Sr. System Administrator Network Operations Center Alliance Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd.<http://www.alliancebroadband.co.in> P-26/1,Nanigopal Roychowdhury Road, Kolkata-700014 Mob: 8420355871 [cid:f4d01781-8e16-4ed1-8754-b60023d32b1e]

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Login Attempts fail on new CE install
by zack＠lima3.me 07 Aug '25

07 Aug '25

After a basic install of the CE edition, I am unable to log into the system. I added a user via CLI and can see that user as valid within the database. When I enable debug, I can see that the system is attempting the login but when it tries to pull the userlevel from the database, it does not appear to be passing the username into the query, so it is attempting to get the userlevel of username = '' and failing. The authentication failure is correctly populating into the auth_log insertion query. See below for the output of the debug info on the login page. Is this a bug in the system or is something configured incorrectly? I can see the user with level 10 in the database. SELECT * FROM `observium_attribs` SELECT @@SESSION.sql_mode; SET SESSION `sql_mode` = 'NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION' SELECT TIMEDIFF(NOW(), UTC_TIMESTAMP); SELECT * FROM `config` SELECT `username`, `password` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = 'lima3' AND `type` = 'mysql' SELECT `level` FROM `users` WHERE `username` = '' AND `type` = 'mysql' INSERT INTO `authlog` (`user`,`address`,`user_agent`,`result`) VALUES ('lima3','10.0.0.190','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:141.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/141.0','Authentication Failure')

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Fw: ALERT: [poseidon-4-liko] [counter] [Vetrame] Zmena stavu digitálneho vstupu
by Kalafus, Miroslav 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

vieme len zmenu stavu, ked nepozname predchadzajuci stav, nebudeme vediet, co sa vlastne stalo... ze narastlo z 94 na 95 nam nic nepovie.... ked prestane vetrat, zas sa zmeni z 95 na 96, to zas pride alarm? uvidime ... dufam. M ________________________________ Od: Observium <observium(a)local.energotel.sk> Odoslané: pondelok 28. júla 2025 14:24 Komu: Kalafus, Miroslav <Kalafus(a)energotel.sk> Predmet: ALERT: [poseidon-4-liko] [counter] [Vetrame] Zmena stavu digitálneho vstupu ALERT Modify<https://observium.energotel.sk/device/device=1774/tab=alert/alert_entry=335…> Alert Zmena stavu digitálneho vstupu Entity Vetrame<https://observium.energotel.sk/device/device=1774/tab=health/metric=counter…> Conditions counter_value isnot 94 (95) Metrics counter_value = 95 Duration 5m 2s (2025-07-28 14:19:03) Device Device poseidon-4-liko<https://observium.energotel.sk/device/device=1774/> Hardware Poseidon2 3268 Operating System Poseidon 3.8.4 Location 4-LIKO Uptime 129 days, 2h 2m 3s counter_graph [cid:zFs647uoRfWbMKGF]<https://observium.energotel.sk/graph.php?type=counter_graph&id=168> E-mail sent to: kalafus(a)energotel.sk E-mail sent at: Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:24:05 +0200 -- Observium Professional 25.7.14114<https://www.observium.org>

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Fw: UPS 5051,Puchov(10.100.9.78):Utility power has been restored.
by Kalafus, Miroslav 28 Jul '25

28 Jul '25

Vlado, taketo vies urobit, nech mi nechodi? vlastne nikomu z nas... urcite nepojdeme pozerat na UPS do puchova... Dik, M ________________________________ Od: UPS_5051:3-PUPX@energotel.sk <3-PUPX(a)energotel.sk> Odoslané: nedeľa 27. júla 2025 10:21 Komu: ups-alarm <ups-alarm(a)energotel.sk> Predmet: UPS 5051,Puchov(10.100.9.78):Utility power has been restored. Date/Time 2025/07/27 10:21:10 IP 10.100.9.78 System Name UPS 5051,Puchov System Contact 3-PUPX-01/H5783 System Location Puchov poisDovera Status UPS 5051,Puchov(10.100.9.78):Utility power has been restored.

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Huawei VRP - filtering by OS Version error
by sisak＠energotel.sk 17 Jul '25

17 Jul '25

Hello, After update to Observium 25.7.14103 (rolling) (14th July 2025) we see problem with filtering Huawei VRP devices by OS software. If I try to use discovered OS V200R011C10SPC600 (V200R011SPH009) as a filter parameter in result I see "No devices found Please try adjusting your search parameters". I have 7 devices discovered with this software. If I try to use discovered OS V200R019C00SPC500 as a filter parameter I am getting exact number of devices with this OS monitored by Observium. I did a rollback to 25.2.13882 (stable) (6th February 2025) where this problem isn't occurring. Is there some configuration I need to change, to be able to have working filter in new version? Thank you for response.

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Widget Status - exclude "port down"
by Henrik Aarfeldt 09 Jul '25

09 Jul '25

Hi guys, we have been using the payed version af Observium for many years now and are quite happy. Our Status widget has changed recently, and it now includes "port down" which is messing with our view. Many ports is down (which is ok), and they have recently been added to the widget. I hope the widget can be modified to exclude "port down" - how to do that ? The widget normally only shows down devices and when devices was reboot'd. I have tried to add the widget, and it seems to be called "Status Table (Old)" TIA. Best regards, Henrik Aarfeldt. ________________________________ Region Hovedstaden anvender de personoplysninger, du giver os i forbindelse med din henvendelse. Du kan læse mere om formålet med anvendelsen samt dine rettigheder på vores hjemmeside: www.regionh.dk/persondatapolitik

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disable notifications during a specific time
by Raphael Pierazzi 08 Jul '25

08 Jul '25

Hello, I would like to disable notifications from specific devices during a specific time range. I don’t see how to do it. I’m using the Professional version. Thank you for your help. Raphael (AZ France)

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SNMP Location Error
by enrique＠commsunlimited.com 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

I keep getting an EMPTY Site Address on the Device Location the link is like this http://10.0.10.240/devices/location_text=%22%5BEMPTY%5D%22/ How can I remove that entry there are no devices on that address

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observium behind a nginx reverse proxy
by pra 07 Jul '25

07 Jul '25

<div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> Hello i m trying to access to observium under a reverse proxy , but after login i have a page with some unauthenticated as token is not get vm with observium OS : DEBIAN 12.11 observium version : CE 24.12.13800 apache version : Server version: Apache/2.4.62 (Debian) Server built: 2024-10-04T15:21:08 Server's Module Magic Number: 20120211:134 Server loaded: APR 1.7.2, APR-UTIL 1.6.3, PCRE 10.42 2022-12-11 Compiled using: APR 1.7.2, APR-UTIL 1.6.3, PCRE 10.42 2022-12-11 Architecture: 64-bit Server MPM: Server compiled with.... -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE -D APR_HAS_MMAP -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled) -D APR_USE_PROC_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=256 -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/apache2" -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/lib/apache2/suexec" -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="/var/run/apache2.pid" -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status" -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log" -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="mime.types" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="apache2.conf" host config : SetEnvIf X-Forwarded-Proto "https" HTTPS=on ServerName observium.pra.rip DocumentRoot /opt/observium/html SetHandler application/x-httpd-php Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None DirectoryIndex index.php Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Require all granted Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000 ; includeSubDomains; preload" vm with nginx reverse proxy OS : DEBIAN 12.11 nginx version : 1.22.1 nginx config location / { proxy_pass https://observium.pra.rip; proxy_http_version 1.1; proxy_buffering off; # Forward headers proxy_set_header Host $host; proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme; proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade; #proxy_pass_header Set-Cookie; #proxy_cookie_path / /; proxy_set_header Cookie $http_cookie; } location ~* \.(css|js|png|jpe?g|gif|svg|woff2?|ttf|ico)$ { proxy_pass https://observium.pra.rip; proxy_cache_valid 200 1h; proxy_buffering off; access_log off; } location /rrd/ { proxy_pass https://observium.pra.rip; proxy_buffering off; } session : ls -alh /var/lib/php/sessions/ total 24K drwx-wx-wt 2 www-data www-data 4,0K 3 juil. 11:42 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4,0K 10 févr. 2022 .. -rw------- 1 www-data www-data 386 3 juil. 11:38 sess_0fsi1vaqlf1i5mugqorbjlp406 -rw------- 1 www-data www-data 260 3 juil. 11:55 sess_77ke2t0qmh7oblc2a5cpthb5ca -rw------- 1 www-data www-data 314 3 juil. 11:55 sess_bb5ldiapf9cduuq3sdimjcor89 -rw------- 1 www-data www-data 260 3 juil. 11:47 sess_tb76ik3uh5v3m2a1594vcditho cat /var/lib/php/sessions/sess_77ke2t0qmh7oblc2a5cpthb5ca starttime|i:1751533673;auth_mechanism|s:5:"mysql";requesttoken|s:64:"2d66205c8928de04e12ef2c8b0cfbab3b6233b52c7e84e7718679abd4cb6fc2f";ua|s:32:"ca86b008fc3e2c3d301606d50a2f120e";theme|s:5:"light";mode|s:5:"light";PREV_REMOTE_ADDR|s:22:"2a01:e0a:1ef:7591::203"; you can see the screenshot observium_behind_reverse_proxy.png at https://nxt.pra.rip/s/KMBojmYpHb2Z8KE info with and without : #proxy_pass_header Set-Cookie; #proxy_cookie_path / /; => give the same result / issue => no problem with dns , i use views (internal name is the observium server , reverse proxy have an other name, external name observium pointing to reverse proxy, observium server is unknown) What is wrong in my config ? thank you for your help pra </div>

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is Jira down?
by Tony Guadagno 04 Jul '25

04 Jul '25

Is it just me or is the Jira server down? I was able to get on it this morning, but now I get this: [cid:image001.png@01DBEC16.DE6C5980] Tony

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Account issues or server side problem?
by noc.digital＠iddinkgroup.com 04 Jul '25

04 Jul '25

Hi Team, we are trying to checkout from the svn repo and get an authentication error, accessing the customer portal throws: Database connection problem.SQLSTATE[08004] [1040] Too many connections As yesterday multiple problems where posted on this mailing list, we assume something is broken?

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sensors and devices up down false alarms
by Simone Montagnani 30 Jun '25

30 Jun '25

In the last months I'm starting to get some issues I cannot debug well . I have some alert of devices up&down that are not really going down even at ping check. I'm sure that there are no network issues as we are talking about near switch devices, I'm starting to think that I need to debug if our observium is starting to "saturate" and the performance get poor. is there something I can check to find if we need to tune observium ? Or best practices tI can use ? CPU occupation graphs are kind of weird, processors occupation is different between Processors and Detailed Processors graphs : any idea is welcome Best Regards Simone

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syslog aruba cx
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 22 Jun '25

22 Jun '25

hi, we have a 645 device's comunication, almost 69 device's are Aruba-CX and syslog shows [image: image.png] in the picture not shows logs on the device Aruba JL675A (6100 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 370W Switch), but CLI shows [image: image.png] the config on aruba says logging X.X.X.X ....it's ok? other device's shows information (but not all) -- Saluda cordialmente

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Help with snmp polling
by zank＠minicom.si 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

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Install Script on Debian 12 error with mysql fix
by Bryan Fields 08 Jun '25

08 Jun '25

I just ran the install script on debian 12 as I'm rebuilding our server. I let it install mysql via the script and it died out as mysql was unable to start. I had to manually install the following packages: mariadb-plugin-provider-bzip2 mariadb-plugin-provider-lz4 \ mariadb-plugin-provider-lzma mariadb-plugin-provider-lzo \ mariadb-plugin-provider-snappy The errors showing these were missing: > mariadbd[1605]: 2025-06-08 5:48:20 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mariadbd: unknown variable 'provider_bzip2=force_plus_permanent' > mariadbd[1605]: 2025-06-08 5:48:20 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mariadbd: unknown variable 'provider_lz4=force_plus_permanent' > mariadbd[1605]: 2025-06-08 5:48:20 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mariadbd: unknown variable 'provider_lzma=force_plus_permanent' > mariadbd[1605]: 2025-06-08 5:48:20 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mariadbd: unknown variable 'provider_lzo=force_plus_permanent' > mariadbd[1605]: 2025-06-08 5:48:20 0 [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mariadbd: unknown variable 'provider_snappy=force_plus_permanent' > mariadbd[1605]: 2025-06-08 5:48:20 0 [ERROR] Aborting > systemd[1]: mariadb.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=7/NOTRUNNING Once I did this, it came up and works. -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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phantom sensor and status alerts
by Tony Guadagno 30 May '25

30 May '25

Hi, I am running pro version [cid:image001.png@01DBD0A7.1BDDACF0] today, I saw there were a couple of status alerts and a sensor alert...however, when I click on these links, those alerts are not listed, only the warning is listed.... I think this was working in the past....can someone explain why it indicates sensor and status alerts but does not list them anywhere? Thanks in advance [cid:image002.png@01DBD0A7.1BDDACF0]

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RAM needed per number of ports
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 27 May '25

27 May '25

To update a server for Observium, we want to estimate the amount of RAM needed based on the number of ports. We have 30,000 ports on 650 devices. 28,000 ports are ignored (user only). We're interested in monitoring 2,000 ports. Can you confirm if 8GB of RAM will be sufficient? Or should we consider more RAM? -- Saluda cordialmente

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New Implementation
by rudym88＠hotmail.com 21 May '25

21 May '25

Good day, We are considering purchasing Observium, either the Professional or Enterprise, and would like to know if it will meet our specific requirements. 1 - Will we be able to monitor the following vendors: Sonicwall, APC, Granstream (switches, PBX), Ubiquity, Netgear switches, Dell, servers, and workstations? 2 - Due to some required pro-activity monitoring, we use syslog. Can Observium handle syslog. (e.g. we need to be notified as soon as a port goes down instead of waiting for the polling cycle) 3 - We need to have the system send an alert to our ticketing system. Does Odservium send one alert per email, or does it group all the alerts into a single email? Looking forward to a reply to move forward. Thanks Rudy

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Removing questions in Observium forum/personal info
by scott.brucher＠nelsongp.com 17 May '25

17 May '25

I asked a question with my work email and of course forgot to remove my signature. How do I remove all my information? Getting a lot of BOT and sales calls.

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Missing include /opt/observium/includes/alerting/syscontact.inc.php
by Tony Guadagno 12 May '25

12 May '25

Hi, today I noticed that my syscontact email is not getting sent on alerts. Other contacts get the emails but not the syscontact. I used the test_alert script and got this output: ./test_alert.php -c 1 Observium 25.5.14009 Test Alert Notification o Missing include /opt/observium/includes/alerting/syscontact.inc.php when I look, this file is not present * I am using Observium 25.5.14009 (stable)<https://www.observium.org/> Anyone know whats going on here? 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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Migration went wrong / Windows SNMP Service detection not working
by IT 09 May '25

09 May '25

Hello, i am quite new to the administration of Observium. The old admin is out of reach and gone. I tried the migration process like described. Old Server: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS with Observium 25.2.13882 (stable) New Server: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS with Observium 25.4.13987 (stable) The Migration seems to be not 100%. Problems: 1. Only 10 of 43 Probes have been migrated 2. After re-adding some check_ping probes I stumbled across the folder /usr/lib/nagios/plugins The folder was empty Checked the old Server; full folder Copied the hole folder to the new Server. Check_ping now possible and working 1. Check_snmp_win is still not possible. Started the old server; still able to check the Windows services How can I check, what's wrong with my new Server and the Windows Service Check? GVB

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Proxmox support
by Marco Bungalski 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

Is there a plan for Observium to support Proxmox? This also includes the display of individual VMs, as is done with VMware. Best Regards, Marco

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Wrapper discovery misbehaving
by Milton Ngan 18 Apr '25

18 Apr '25

I am running multiple pollers, and we just noticed that the discovery of new hosts is not doing what we would expect when trying to partition the workload. Instead of doing a third of the new hosts, it does a third of all the hosts, essentially doing a full discovery, which is causing some our PDU’s to get overloaded, since they are being hit by 3 parallel discoveries and also possibly a poll at the same time. /opt/observium/observium-wrapper discovery --host new -i 3 -n 0 If I remove the -i and -n options, then it does what I would expect, although it is not distributed, which isn’t a problem because the number of new devices should be pretty small. So the --host and the -i and -n options appear to be mutually exclusive, which isn’t stated in the help at all.

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Netstat Missing
by observium＠lsl-technology.com 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

If I look at the list of devices, when I select any of the network devices and select Graphs, the dropdown menu has an item called NETSTATS ... This item is not available if I select a VM or a server and select Graphs. How do I view network stats on any of my server devices, be them VM or physical server? Thanks Lawrence

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Send email alerts only for some checkers, not all of them
by Silvio del Val Hinojal 11 Apr '25

11 Apr '25

Hello, First of all, congratulations for your great product :) I have been searching this the forum but I can't find an answer for this :( We are currently using Observium Pro v18.10.9500. I'm trying to configure emailing so that I would like to be notified on some alerts generated by some of the alert checkers but not all of them, but I'm not able to do it :( Currently I'm receiving email alerts from all of my checkers. This is my current "config.php": // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) // $config['email']['default'] = ""; // $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['email']['from'] = "< I omit this part, this is our current email, this is working >"; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = "< I omit, our SMTP email server >"; $config['email']['backend'] = "smtp"; // Mail backend. Allowed: "mail" (PHP's built-in), "sendmail", "smtp". $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = 30; We have only one contact with our destination email address and we have associated only 4 of 7 defined alert checkers, but we are currently receiving email notifications from all of them. Thank you very much [cid:image001.png@01D03B1C.E8E96F80]<http://www.pandasecurity.com/spain/> Silvio del Val Systems Engineer - Panda Security +34 944 343 728 silvio.delval(a)pandasecurity.com<mailto:silvio.delval@pandasecurity.com> pandasecurity.com<http://www.pandasecurity.com/> This e-mail contains confidential information owned by Panda Security. Any such copy, or use, or distribution or disclosure of its contents is strictly forbidden. Please notify us immediately at our phone number (+34 94 425 11 00) if you receive this e-mail and are not its consignee, and then delete this message from your system without copying it, distributing it, or disclosing its contents P Before printing this message, please make sure it is really necessary

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PHP Fatal error
by Henrik Aarfeldt 26 Mar '25

26 Mar '25

Hi, We're running the latest version of Observium. Today we get "PHP Fatal error: html_callback_build_title(): Cannot use output buffering in output buffering display handlers in /opt/observium/html/includes/functions.inc.php on line 130" Returns a blank page (after ok login) -- Best regards, Henrik. ________________________________ Region Hovedstaden anvender de personoplysninger, du giver os i forbindelse med din henvendelse. Du kan læse mere om formålet med anvendelsen samt dine rettigheder på vores hjemmeside: www.regionh.dk/persondatapolitik

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SVN Log not updated
by Thomas Schreiner 23 Mar '25

23 Mar '25

Hello, is the update of the SVN log broken? Neither https://changelog.observium.org nor observium.org/svn.log are updated since 20.2.2025. Best regards Thomas

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Odd issues after recent upgrade:
by Duncan 22 Mar '25

22 Mar '25

Hello all, Environment: Observium CE 24.12.13800, home lab. Rocky Linux release 9.5 (Blue Onyx) VM on ESXi. Problem: Since upgrading recently, I've had issues with constant "Processors: 1 deleted.", "Processors: 1 added." log entries, looks like against Ubiquiti gear only. I've tried splitting the scans: 00 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -i4 -n0 >> /dev/null 2>&1 10 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -i4 -n1 >> /dev/null 2>&1 20 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -i4 -n2 >> /dev/null 2>&1 30 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -i4 -n3 >> /dev/null 2>&1 But it's still persisting. Somewhat irritating... Charts end up looking like this, and clearly going to miss something in the eventlog... I've always had issues monitoring my Ubiquiti kit, butit seems to have got worse: "sysDescr -> ''" "sysDescr -> 'Ubiquiti UniFi UXG-Lite ~blah~'" "WARNING! Ports snmpwalk did not complete. Try to increase SNMP timeout on the device properties page." (set to 30 already) Many thanks in advance for any solutions!

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Alert Checker for inactive switch ports
by blub＠kabelbw.de 21 Mar '25

21 Mar '25

Is it possible to create an alert checker that reports ports that have been inactive for more than two months? Thanks in advance Dilbert

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Incorrect data in ArcGIS geocoding
by Stephen Kent 19 Mar '25

19 Mar '25

I noticed when adding geolocation info to devices, I would consistently get incorrect data regardless of address format for ArcGIS in Observium and when using the test_geo.php script. Specifically, the United States address's "State". My preferred format is the NeDi hierarchical format<https://www.nedi.ch/documentation/index.html> (US;CA;Anaheim,1234 Main Street;2nd Floor;Server Room). Even using a typical format, info is incorrect. (1234 Main Street, Anaheim,CA) I suspect ArcGIS is returning the correct info, but the php is stuffing the data in the wrong fields. I don't know php enough to confirm. So below is a query using typical US address format. /opt/observium# ./test_geo.php -a arcgis '1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca' +--------------------------------+ | Location | +--------------------------------+ | 1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca | +--------------------------------+ +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | Geo: API | Lat | Lon | Country | State | County | City | Error | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | arcgis | 33.8144249 | -117.9249177 | United States | Disneyland | Orange | Anaheim | | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ And in NeDi format: /opt/observium# ./test_geo.php -a arcgis 'US;CA;1313 Disneyland Drive;Building 1' +----------------------------------------+ | Location | +----------------------------------------+ | US;CA;1313 Disneyland Drive;Building 1 | +----------------------------------------+ +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | Geo: API | Lat | Lon | Country | State | County | City | Error | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | arcgis | 33.8144249 | -117.9249177 | United States | Disneyland | Orange | Anaheim | | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ All fields other then "State" is correct. When you run the test-geo.php in debug, we get a lot of info, but I want to point out this section: I think this is the json formatted return from ArcGIS. All this data looks correct. In particular, notice the field descriptor "StName" with value "Disneyland". I think this is where to disconnect occurs. I think there was a misunderstanding that "StName" was the "State" value, while it is actually returned in "Region" (California) I think "StName" is the street name (Disneyland). So the solution would be for the php to stuff the "State" field with the value from "Region". Not sure what Observium is doing with Street name. /opt/observium# ./test_geo.php -dd -a arcgis '1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca' DEBUG! Load class 'Console_Color2' from '/opt/observium/libs/pear/Console/Color2.php': OK DEBUG: is_cli() == TRUE, PHP_SAPI: 'cli', REMOTE_ADDR: ''DEFINITIONS Time : 0.0343442 ms REQUEST[https://geocode.arcgis.com/arcgis/rest/services/World/GeocodeServer… REQUEST STATUS[TRUE] REQUEST RUNTIME[0.4547s] RESPONSE CODE[200 OK] RESPONSE[ {"spatialReference":{"wkid":4326,"latestWkid":4326},"candidates":[{"address":"1313 S Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, California, 92802","location":{"x":-117.924917739781,"y":33.814424874175},"score":99.5,"attributes":{"Score":99.5,"Type":"","PlaceName":"","StName":"Disneyland","City":"Anaheim","Subregion":"Orange County","Region":"California","Territory":"","Country":"USA"},"extent":{"xmin":-117.925917739781,"ymin":33.813424874175,"xmax":-117.923917739781,"ymax":33.815424874175}}]} ] > $http_response_header /opt/observium/includes/http.inc.php:195 null TRUE Response [4326] valid: [spatialReference->wkid] regex [^\d+$] /opt/observium/includes/http.inc.php:691 array( [spatialReference] => array( [wkid] => int(4326) [latestWkid] => int(4326) ) [candidates] => array( [0] => array( [address] => string(48) "1313 S Disneyland Dr, Anaheim, California, 92802" [location] => array( [x] => double(-117.92491773978) [y] => double(33.814424874175) ) [score] => double(99.5) [attributes] => array( [Score] => double(99.5) [Type] => string(0) "" [PlaceName] => string(0) "" [StName] => string(10) "Disneyland" [City] => string(7) "Anaheim" [Subregion] => string(13) "Orange County" [Region] => string(10) "California" [Territory] => string(0) "" [Country] => string(3) "USA" ) [extent] => array( [xmin] => double(-117.92591773978) [ymin] => double(33.813424874175) [xmax] => double(-117.92391773978) [ymax] => double(33.815424874175) ) ) ) ) ... > $location /opt/observium/test_geo.php:88 array( [location] => string(30) "1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca" [location_geoapi] => string(6) "arcgis" [location_lat] => double(33.8144249) [location_lon] => double(-117.9249177) [location_city] => string(7) "Anaheim" [location_county] => string(6) "Orange" [location_state] => string(10) "Disneyland" [location_country] => string(13) "United States" [location_status] => string(315) "Geocoding ENABLED, try detect device coordinates: by FORWARD query (API: ARCGIS, sysLocation: 1313 disneyland dr anaheim, ca) - FOUND GEO API REQUEST: GEO LOCATION: United States (Country), Disneyland (State), Orange (County), Anaheim (City) GEO COORDINATES: 33.8144249 (Latitude), -117.9249177 (Longitude)" ) +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | Geo: API | Lat | Lon | Country | State | County | City | Error | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ | arcgis | 33.8144249 | -117.9249177 | United States | Disneyland | Orange | Anaheim | | +----------+------------+--------------+---------------+------------+--------+---------+-------+ Observium CE 24.12.13800 (24th December 2024) OS Linux 5.15.0-131-generic [amd64] (Ubuntu 22.04) Apache 2.4.52 (Ubuntu) PHP 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20 (OPcache: ENABLED) (Memory: 128MB) Python 3.10.12 MySQL 8.0.41-0ubuntu0.22.04.1 (extension: mysqli 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.20) SNMP NET-SNMP 5.9.1 RRDtool 1.7.2 Fping 5.1 (IPv4 and IPv6) Fetch cURL 7.81.0 (OpenSSL/3.0.2, LibZ 1.2.11, LibIDN 2.3.2)

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api integration with Aruba Central
by Sam Sarkis 05 Mar '25

05 Mar '25

Hi All, Aruba Central is aruba cloud monitoring/management platform for aruba wireless and switching. They have full API capabilities. Can we interface Observium with Aruba Central to get alerts or show status of devices ? Thanks

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0mPHP Fatal error
by Shekhar Basnet 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

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alert box
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

Hi A few months ago we updated observium (from 23.2.12520 to 24.8.13606) and now we don't see the alerts for monitored ports. Before we saw yellow boxes (warnings), now they don't appear. Does it no longer show that information? port down we must add something in the config file? -- Saluda cordialmente

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Missing 'HttpOnly' Cookie Attribute (HTTP)
by Martin Gilhooly 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

subscribe Dear Support, I'm trying to correct this in my ubuntu config. I have adjusted my config. Php to no avail - see atatched. I have added the relevant to the web host: <VirtualHost *:80> # Listen on HTTP ServerName monitor.holycrossprep.com # Force a redirect to HTTPS for any requests to observium. example.com RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301] RedirectPermanent / https://monitor.holycrossprep.com/ </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:443> ServerName monitor.holycrossprep.com DocumentRoot /opt/observium/html <FilesMatch \.php$> SetHandler application/x-httpd-php </FilesMatch> <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> SSLEngine on SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/holycrossprep.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/certs/holycrossprep.key <Directory /opt/observium/html/> DirectoryIndex index.php Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog /error.log LogLevel warn CustomLog /access.log combined ServerSignature On </VirtualHost> Would else should I be looking at? Thank you, Martin [https://www.holycrossprepschool.co.uk/_Includes/images/banner.png] Martin Gilhooly IT Manager +44 (0)20 8942 0729 martin.gilhooly(a)holycrossprep.com<mailto:martin.gilhooly@holycrossprep.com> www.holycrossprepschool.co.uk [https://www.holycrossprepschool.co.uk/_Includes/images/hcp_logo.png] [advertisement]<https://www.holycrossprepschool.co.uk> Holy Cross Preparatory School * George Road * Kingston Upon Thames * Surrey * KT27NU CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE, DISCLAIMER AND MONITORING: This email is intended for the person to whom it is addressed. The message and any attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete the email from your computer systems. You should not make any unauthorized use of the information contained in the email. While all reasonable precautions are taken to ensure that no viruses are transmitted with this message, Holy Cross Preparatory School will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the transmission of this message. Please note that Holy Cross Preparatory School reserves the right to monitor emails in accordance with the School IT policy.

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Problem with Alert-Checkers
by jonas.meyer＠noz-digital.de 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

I have a problem with some alerters... Although the alert really triggers and I get the confirmation “ALERT_NOTIFIY”, I get no message. No matter if by mail, SMS or webhook. Everything works normally with other alert checkers.

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