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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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Eventlog incorrectly says interface circuit attribute has changed on every poll
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 26 Feb '25

26 Feb '25

We have some very long interface aliases (130 characters). The Observium parsed circuit ID is 66 characters but it appears to be limited to 64 characters somewhere. The annoying part is every time the device is polled a message is written to the eventlog saying the circuit ID has changed, showing the parsed circuit ID and a truncated version of it. We don't need the character limit increased (although that would be nice); we want the constant (incorrect) eventlog messages to stop (without changing the configured interface alias). (For those curious, the long circuit IDs are for circuits made of up several segments chained together from multiple providers.) Corwin

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Owning alerts
by FRANKS, Andy (THE SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST) 12 Feb '25

12 Feb '25

Hi, This might have been asked before, apologies if so. Is it possible somehow to assign ownership of raised alerts? We operate a largish support function and have noticed people are suppressing alerts they think other people are working on, sometimes erroneously. Having notes or a ownership assignment of a raised alert might help sort this. Thanks! Andy Franks ************************************************************************************** ****************************** This message may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please: i) inform the sender that you have received the message in error before deleting it; and ii) do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in relation to its content (to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful). Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is the secure email, collaboration and directory service available for all NHS staff in England. NHSmail is approved for exchanging patient data and other sensitive information with NHSmail and other accredited email services. For more information and to find out how you can switch visit Joining NHSmail - NHSmail Support<https://support.nhs.net/article-categories/joining-nhsmail/>

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TBOX - SNMP line not have index part"
by Bonneau Thomas 11 Feb '25

11 Feb '25

Hello, I try to add a new os and a new mib in my Observium. The device is a TBOX from Ovarro. The device is old so the bulk mode does not work. I managed to add custom OID. I managed to get metadata but sensors and status do not work because ". SNMP line 'prgrun = 1' not have index part" Is there a way to make it work? $os = "semaphore-tbox-os"; $config['os'][$os]['sysObjectID'][] = ".1.3.6.1.4.1.27982"; $config['os'][$os]['sysDescr'][] = "Configuration Energie-Annexes"; $config['os'][$os]['snmp']['nobulk'] = TRUE; $config['os'][$os]['snmp']['max-rep'] = 0; $config['os'][$os]['type'] = "power"; $config['os_group'][$os_group]['mib_blacklist'] = $config['os_group']['default']['mibs']; $config['os'][$os]['mibs'][] = "SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB"; $mib = 'SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['enable'] = 1; $config['mibs'][$mib]['mib_dir'] = 'semaphore'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['identity_num'] = '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['descr'] = 'Semaphore RTU MIB.'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['sysname'][] = array('oid' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.2.23.0'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['version'][] = array('oid' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.2.26.0'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['sysdescr'][] = array('oid' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.2.23.0'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['syslocation'][] = array('oid' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.2.24.0'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['sensor'][] = array('oid' => 'prgrun', 'class' => 'gauge', 'descr' => 'prgrun', 'oid_num' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.1.28161'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['status'][] = array( 'oid_num' => '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.1.20519', 'oid' => 'presbat', 'descr' => 'presbat', 'measured' => 'presbat', 'type' => '0ok'); $type = '0ok'; $config['mibs'][$mib]['states'][$type][0] = array('name' => '0', 'event' => 'ok'); $config['mibs'][$mib]['states'][$type][1] = array('name' => '1', 'event' => 'alert'); The debug : ] prgrun [ CMD[/usr/bin/snmptranslate -On -Pu -m SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/semaphore 'SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB::prgrun'] CMD EXITCODE[0] CMD RUNTIME[0.0094s] STDOUT[ .1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.1.28161 ] SNMP TRANSLATE (CMD): 'SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB::prgrun' -> '.1.3.6.1.4.1.27982.1.7.1.28161' OS-specific no-bulk definition. CMD[/usr/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c *** -Pud -Ih -OQUsb -m SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/semaphore 'udp':'fth-arch-tbox01-yvfi':'161' prgrun] CMD EXITCODE[0] CMD RUNTIME[0.0153s] STDOUT[ prgrun = 1 ] SNMP STATUS[TRUE] Warning. SNMP line 'prgrun = 1' not have index part ] o SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB presbat [OS-specific no-bulk definition. CMD[/usr/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c *** -Pud -Ih -OQUsb -m SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/semaphore 'udp':'fth-arch-tbox01-yvfi':'161' presbat] CMD EXITCODE[0] CMD RUNTIME[0.0146s] STDOUT[ presbat = 0 ] SNMP STATUS[TRUE] Warning. SNMP line 'presbat = 0' not have index part ] disjdepartbt [OS-specific no-bulk definition. CMD[/usr/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c *** -Pud -Ih -OQUsb -m SEMAPHORE-RTU-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/semaphore 'udp':'fth-arch-tbox01-yvfi':'161' disjdepartbt] CMD EXITCODE[0] CMD RUNTIME[0.0144s] STDOUT[ disjdepartbt = 0 ] SNMP STATUS[TRUE] Warning. SNMP line 'disjdepartbt = 0' not have index part ] Thanks in advance. Thomas

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Unexplained alerts for array controller
by eey＠pml.ac.uk 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

We've got a pair of new alerts for a Dell file server having several attached drive arrays. One alert clearly refers to the array controller; it is not clear to what the other refers, other than that it is storage-related. These alerts are: Drive ID 4 storage 3h 17m 52s ago alert fail Drive Controller PERC H730P Mini (Embedded) 3 storage 3h 19m 5s ago alert fail These alerts appeared immediately after starting the Systemd service dsm_sa_datamgrd, which had failed for an unknown reason. I believe this service runs an agent for the Dell OpenManage monitoring portal. Even after the restart of this service, that portal is reporting that it cannot communicate with the system. The iDRAC for this system reports no faults, and all relevant lights on it are green. The system appears to be working, in that the files it serves are available as normal. Do you have any ideas how to take this investigation forward? I see that a similar thread https://lists.observium.org/hyperkitty/list/observium@lists.observium.org/m… was opened nearly a year ago, but this did not receive any responses.

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MIB integration
by Pavel Vraštiak 02 Feb '25

02 Feb '25

Hi, I am not able to correctly detect OS and use MIBs for Bridgetech probes... would you be willing to integrate them? I thought that sysDescr Bridgetech probe might be sufficient to identify this but I might be wrong as this particular virtual appliance is running on linux - they also have dedicated HW appliances. ___ _ _ / _ \ | |__ ___ ___ _ __ __ __(_) _ _ _ __ ___ | | | || '_ \ / __| / _ \| '__|\ \ / /| || | | || '_ ` _ \ | |_| || |_) |\__ \| __/| | \ V / | || |_| || | | | | | \___/ |_.__/ |___/ \___||_| \_/ |_| \__,_||_| |_| |_| Observium Professional 24.12.13796 https://www.observium.org ##### Starting discovery run at 2025-01-31 09:45:09 ##### ##### name [78] ##### +-------------+-----------------------+ | OID | | +-------------+-----------------------+ | sysDescr | Bridgetech probe | | sysObjectID | .1.3.6.1.4.1.24562.10 | +-------------+-----------------------+ o OS Type generic o OS Group unix o SNMP Version v1 o Last discovery 2025-01-31 09:38:00 o Last duration 2.69 seconds ##### Module Start: os ##### -- S pozdravem Ing. Pavel Vraštiak

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Graph is not showing properly
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 26 Jan '25

26 Jan '25

Hi Team, Recently our observium server crashed we changed the HDD & installed as fresh config new versionbut today mrng onwards it will be not showing proper graph. Even webserver also runnning slow. Can u please help me on this. ---- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti NOC HEAD +91 7977783978 sagar(a)nstplnet.com www.nstplnet.com NAVKAR SUPERTECH PVT LTD Unit No 201 Building No F6, Bhumi World Industrial Park, Pimplas, Bhiwandi, Thane-421302

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How to upgrade Observium?
by Bar Russo 20 Jan '25

20 Jan '25

I can see now that Observium has newer version [cid:image001.png@01DB6A87.FD1C2150] . Is there any guide how to upgrade Observium? Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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Observium Integration with MS Teams
by lalit.gupta＠gfl.co.in 20 Jan '25

20 Jan '25

Hi, I am trying to integrate Observium alerts with MS Teams. I am not able to receive alerts on MS Teams. The same is successful when I try to integrate an external webhook-test.com site and passing the parameters in Observium. Any suggestions would be helpful. Regards Lalit

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Time rules for contacts
by noc＠green.ch 19 Jan '25

19 Jan '25

Hi all, We are encountering the following issue and would like to request a new feature to address it. Problem: We have several alert checkers, such as "interface down," configured with time-based conditions for office hours (08:00–18:00) and with "send recovery notification" option enabled. This results in a recovery message being sent at 18:00, even if the interface is still down. Proposed Solution: To resolve this issue, we suggest moving the time restrictions from the alert checker to the contact settings. Specifically, we propose adding the ability to configure time and weekday restrictions directly in the contact settings (e.g., for email contacts). These settings could mirror the time and weekday conditions currently available in alert checkers. For example: Time: between 08:00 and 18:00 Weekdays: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 This feature would allow us to better manage notifications and avoid unnecessary recovery messages outside office hours. Thank you for considering this request, and we look forward to your response. Best regards, Raphael

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Serial number SFP module switch ARUBA 6000+
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 13 Jan '25

13 Jan '25

hi. On our observium we can find SFP modules (searching by serial) installed on switch HP 2530 or Aruba 2530, but search on switch Aruba CX 6000+ not work. we can't find these information to know where is physically located. we appreciate helpus. -- Saluda cordialmente

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webhook Teams 400 bad request
by staf.vangestel＠vitohoogstraten.be 13 Jan '25

13 Jan '25

"Hello, we started using Observium a while back (Observium CE 24.4.13528). I want to receive notifications within our Team in case of issues, so I created a webhook in Teams and added it in Observium under contacts. However, when I perform a test with `test_alert.php`, I get the error message '400 Bad Request' with the error 'Summary or Text is required'. I've read a lot about this issue, but I haven't been able to resolve it. I'm not very skilled at debugging, but I did test with Webhoo.site, and that works. Also, when I run `curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"text": "Hello"}' https://xxxxxx`, the "Hello" message arrives in the Team. So why does it fail with `test_alert.php` (and also with the alerts)? Thank you in advance for any response." Staf Van Gestel Vito Hoogstraten --- Let me know if you need any further adjustments!

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Ports of transit data resume
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 04 Jan '25

04 Jan '25

HELLO, I need to configure an alert for ports with transit description. To know which are transit ports I hope to use the network map. How can I export the data generated with the network map in a table? [image: image.png] The image shows a button to export data, but not in a table. -- Saluda cordialmente

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Monitoring UPS
by Bar Russo 26 Dec '24

26 Dec '24

Hey there. I have UPS of Solar Edge and I succeed to monitor it via the Observium. The thing is, that beside if it's up or down I don't get any information about it. Such as Battery status, etc. Do I need to add some specific OID's or something? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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4 devices showing down after update to Observium
by Anthony Polselli 21 Dec '24

21 Dec '24

4 of my switches are showing: "Down (DNS)..." If I SSH into the server I can still ping the switches by DNS name. Thoughts? [cid:image001.png@01DB53CA.60F46450] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 7047 Carroll Rd. San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232, ext: 101 office [cid:image002.png@01DB53CA.60F46450]

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Building an Observium appliance
by Serge Caron 16 Dec '24

16 Dec '24

It's time I give something back to the community. This project, GitHub - SergeCaron/observium_appliance: Build and maintain an Observium appliance<https://github.com/SergeCaron/observium_appliance>, is aimed at SMB environments and walks the sysadmin through each phase of creating and maintaining (backup, restore, upgrade) an Observium appliance. It also covers the installation of Let's Encrypt certificates, secure (https) access to the Observium web site, basic email configuration for notifications, and log aggregation. It's basically a recipe with scripts. A small appliance with fault tolerant network configuration is shown to emphasize the standalone nature of the project. Of course, any virtual environment can do ;-) I hope I kept the typos and omissions to a minimum. Regards, Serge Caron

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User access levels
by Tibor Marchyn 06 Dec '24

06 Dec '24

Hi, I have another beginner question please. I have setup Active Directory authentication, but how can I limit users to exact devices? I really do not want for some users to see anything else than they need to and all of them have level 1 access. And I can't see any option to limit them or assign user to device. Also it would be great to assign users to exact device group I have created. Thanks a lot Tibor

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Alert Checker question
by Kalafus, Miroslav 04 Dec '24

04 Dec '24

Hi, Adam, is it possible to create an Alert Checker which will check number of trunks (see picture - trunk1,3,6 = 3) for trunk6 ? Something like: if it greater than 1, alert me? Trunk1,3,6 are discovered by Observium itself, I do not know how to check that type of item. Thanks in advance, Miro

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limit time retention of device
by Raphael Pierazzi 04 Dec '24

04 Dec '24

Hello , I am using the Professional edition. I would like to limit the retention of graph information on a device to a maximum of 2 years. I often have to increase my disk capacity. thank you very much, Best Regard's Raphael

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Observium isn't checking devices anymore.
by Bar Russo 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

Greetings, When I check the alerts I've created I can see that it's been 6 days since the last check was done, six days that the observium didn't check it. [cid:image001.png@01DB4580.CC60ADA0] For some reason it stopped checking my devices, I shut down a server and I don not receive an alert obviously. If I'm checking logs from /opt/observium/logs/observium.log I can see from the 27/11 [2024/11/27 09:45:46 +0200] poller.php(4002645): poller.php: 10.1.6.203 - 1 devices polled in 2.6017 secs [2024/11/27 09:45:46 +0200] poller.php(4002858): poller.php: 10.1.6.70 - 1 devices polled in 2.2512 secs Any ideas please? Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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How to Download Professional Edition
by eddie.reyes＠lscu.coop 03 Dec '24

03 Dec '24

I have a valid subscription to the professional edition. I have decided to start from scratch and build a new Observium server, but cannot find where to download the Professional edition. Can someone help? Thanks.

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Re: ... subscription has been disabled from email nikto.barrada@gmail.com
by Tobias Cederlund 27 Nov '24

27 Nov '24

I don't know why... But exactly the same for me. Last message I received on the mailing list was on feb 15. /Tobias

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Ports switch are deleted after polling
by jan.croene＠police.belgium.eu 14 Nov '24

14 Nov '24

I have more than 100 alcatel switches configured in my observium. All of these can be discoverd/polled properly. However, I have 3 switches whose ports are deleted after the devices were added (I think after polling). When I run a discover again the ports show up in the GUI for a while, until the next polling. Other data such as vlans, temperature etc are always available. Other switches in the same environment does have normal behaviour. Of course the switch does operate normally all the time. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks, Jan

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OBSERVIUM STOP GRAPH
by SIMEON COMPANY CHILE SPA 11 Nov '24

11 Nov '24

Observium does not show the graphs. We are using Observium on a VPS server in the Cloud. We manage the devices via VPN. When you start adding several devices, more than 5 approximately, Observium shows the devices online, but does not show any information in the graphs of the interfaces. We have the professional subscription license. Thanks, José

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Re: Ports showing it error.
by Bar Russo 10 Nov '24

10 Nov '24

? [cid:image001.png@01DB337E.0BE0A850] בר רוסו | מערכות מידע מייל: barr(a)mgrp.co.il<mailto:barr@mgrp.co.il> קבוצת Mgroup | אריאל שרון 8, אור יהודה www.mgrp.co.il<http://www.mgrp.co.il>

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Ports showing it error.
by Bar Russo 07 Nov '24

07 Nov '24

Hey there. For some reason there are some ports in a few switch of mines that seems to be in error. [cid:image001.png@01DB3116.7130B2A0] The ports works fine, is it something I need to deal with or just don't mind it? Best regards, Bar Russo | Information Technology Phone: 03-9546064 Address: Ariel Sharon 8 blvd. Or-Yehuda Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/77639321/admin/> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/mgroup.mgar> | Mgrp.co.il [תמונה שמכילה גופן, גרפיקה, לוגו, עיצוב גרפי התיאור נוצר באופן אוטומטי]<https://www.mgar.co.il/>

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