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Cisco IPSEC tunnel problem
by Bastiaan Topper 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Hi all, Attached you find the debug output of the cipsec-tunnels module. We miss some tunnels in the statistics, while they are successful up and running, Observium isn't reporting them. What I see is that the Cisco SNMP is successfully returning the information and, for example in this case, one of the tunnels is showed in the GUI. [cid:image001.png@01D15447.C82C9070] Are we doing something wrong? Or is this a bug? Regards, Bastiaan

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only show alerted ports that are not toggled alerts=no in settings?
by Steffie Morris 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hi, how can i show a list of ports in observium that only show the alerted ports that are not toggled alerts=no in the device port settings page? in ports dropdown menu item the total number of alerted ports is correct, but if i open the page i see all the alerted ports. including the ports that have been toggeld not to generate an alert in the settings. Can i create a view filter somewhere to only show the relevant ports?

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RRDTool Output: ERROR only on overview graph.
by Arno Mooreeleme 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

We just added a host to observium for which the overview graph does not work. It is an cisco firewall (ASA) running in context mode, the context itself has just 2 interfaces. Both these interfaces are graphed just fine when we look at the ports. However the combined graph on the overview page just shows an 'error drawing graph'. The problem seems to be that the RRD graph is generated without any path's to the existing RRD files. As you can see in the output below there is just an empty space for where the RRD path should be. Any idea where to start troubleshooting this? Note that this is the only host, all other work just fine. Performance & Output RRDTool Output: ERROR: String ends after the = sign on 'CDEF:inB=' Total time: 0.013 | RRDtool time: 0.011s RRDTool Command rrdtool graph /tmp/ddZYHLrHrQRbsOtM.png -g -Y --alt-autoscale --rigid --start 1452850542 --end 1452936942 --width 1152 --height 300 -c BACK#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEA#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEB#EEEEEE00 -c FONT#000000 -c CANVAS#FFFFFF00 -c GRID#a5a5a5 -c MGRID#FF9999 -c FRAME#5e5e5e -c ARROW#5e5e5e -R normal --font LEGEND:8:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal -E CDEF:inB= CDEF:outB= CDEF:octets=inB,outB,+ CDEF:doutB=outB,-1,* CDEF:inbits=inB,8,* CDEF:outbits=outB,8,* CDEF:bits=inbits,outbits,+ CDEF:doutbits=doutB,8,* VDEF:95thin=inbits,95,PERCENT VDEF:95thout=outbits,95,PERCENT CDEF:pout_tmp=doutbits,-1,* VDEF:dpout_tmp=pout_tmp,95,PERCENT CDEF:dpout_tmp2=doutbits,doutbits,-,dpout_tmp,-1,*,+ VDEF:d95thout=dpout_tmp2,FIRST VDEF:totin=inB,TOTAL VDEF:avein=inbits,AVERAGE VDEF:totout=outB,TOTAL VDEF:aveout=outbits,AVERAGE VDEF:tot=octets,TOTAL COMMENT:' \l' HRULE:999999999999999#FFFFFF:'Total Rx' GPRINT:inbits:LAST:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:inbits:AVERAGE:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:inbits:MIN:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:inbits:MAX:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:totin:%6.2lf%sB COMMENT:'\l' HRULE:999999999999999#FFFFFF:' Tx' GPRINT:outbits:LAST:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:outbits:AVERAGE:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:outbits:MIN:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:outbits:MAX:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:totout:%6.2lf%sB COMMENT:'\l' HRULE:999999999999999#FFFFFF:' Agg' GPRINT:bits:LAST:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:bits:AVERAGE:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:bits:MIN:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:bits:MAX:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:tot:%6.2lf%sB COMMENT:'\l' HRULE:0#999999

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Website Alerting
by Matt Zillmann 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hello everyone, I am investigating whether monitoring/alerting a website's status is possible with Observium. Has anyone done this before? It would be a basic alert (UP/DOWN) Thank you.

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Network mounts
by Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hi all, If I change ignore_mount_network=>0, should it show up cifsd based shares? I have a host reporting some back, but nothing in observium. I can't pick up windows mount points, and wondered if I could map read only via cifsd in order just to report the space free and alert. Professional version if it makes any difference. Thanks Andy.

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webhooks documentation on creating contacts
by Daughenbaugh, Glenn 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Would like to get more information on how to use the webhooks option under creating new contacts. Examples would be great. Thanks. Glenn [cid:37e35183-11a3-40c7-b8d5-92ecc22896d6] _______________________________________________________________ GLENN DAUGHENBAUGH | SENIOR APPLICATION ENGINEER | MSS :SRE/DOC-TECHNICAL LIASON | AMPT: AUDIENCE DATA & ANALYTIC PLATFORMS O. 404-827-2180 | C. 770-540-1087 | GLENN.DAUGHENBAUGH(a)TURNER.COM TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC. | ONE CNN CENTER. ATLANTA, GA 30303

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Re: [Observium] Network mounts
by Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Never mind, forgot to run the discovery php code. Can see the mounts ok now. Cheers Andy From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) Sent: 19 January 2016 21:41 To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: [Observium] Network mounts Hi all, If I change ignore_mount_network=>0, should it show up cifsd based shares? I have a host reporting some back, but nothing in observium. I can't pick up windows mount points, and wondered if I could map read only via cifsd in order just to report the space free and alert. Professional version if it makes any difference. Thanks Andy.

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Postfix configuration for alerts
by Matt Zillmann 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Hello everyone, I am trying to set up email alerting for Observium. I have hit a roadblock. I am not sure what I need to configure on postfix in order to send only outbound email alerts to our internal exchange server IT email recipients. Does anyone have documentation or an idea on how to do this? Thank you in advance!

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observium svn changes
by Simon Smith 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Hi All. laptop broke and my rss client crashed and lost all my rss feeds :( I remember adam had to remove the mailing list for the svn changes for one reason or another does anybody have the link at all? I’m using Reeder for OS X now :) Simon

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Re: [Observium] Website Alerting
by Henrik Cednert (Filmlance) 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

I*m interested in the same. From what the boys said at IRC this is not possible with Observium. Sadly. =( But if someone finds a way, please let me know. =) Also interested in FTP-tests for test of actual upload/download to see if Ftp is up. =) Cheers -- Henrik Cednert cto | td | compositor Filmlance International Direct + 46 (0)704 71 89 54 From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Matt Zillmann <mzillmann(a)testoil.com<mailto:mzillmann@testoil.com>> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Date: Tuesday 19 January 2016 at 14:53 To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: [Observium] Website Alerting Hello everyone, I am investigating whether monitoring/alerting a website’s status is possible with Observium. Has anyone done this before? It would be a basic alert (UP/DOWN) Thank you.

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Map / Neighbours on cisco 6500 ports menu.
by Svensson Fredrik A 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Hi there! On our cisco catalyst 6509 I cant see Map and Neighbours under the Ports information, any Idea why? I really like this feature, my hope is that I can be able to have a total network-map with all my switches one day, is there any plan to develope this further? Regards Fredrik

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Enable autodiscovery via VMware
by Tibor Marchyn 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Hi all, Not sure if it was asked before, but in current version of Observium 0.16.1.7504 in global settings is option called "Enable autodiscovery via Vmware". How does it works? As I very like observium, documentation looks as totally out of date and not usable. Thanks Tibor

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Please suggest best configuration for rrdcached daemon in Observium..................!
by Chaman Rathee 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

We are monitoring 200 devices. Please suggest best rrdcached configuration and also find my rrdcached file configuration below:---------> root@observe:~# cat /etc/default/rrdcached # /etc/default/rrdcached # 0: start rrdcached on boot, 1: do not start rrdcached on boot # default: 0 DISABLE=0 # options to be passed to rrdcached # (do not specify -p <pidfile> - this is handled by the init script) # default: see /etc/init.d/rrdcached OPTS="-w 1800 -z 1800 -f 3600 -s www-data -l unix:/var/run/rrdcached.sock -j /var/lib/rrdcached/journal/ -F -b /mnt/ramdisk/ -B" # number of seconds to wait for rrdcached to shut down # (writing the data to disk may take some time; # tune this according to your setup) # default: 30 MAXWAIT=30 # 0: do not enable core-files, 1: enable core-files ... if rrdcached crashes # default: 0 ENABLE_COREFILES=0 root@observe:~# root@observe:~# [Fabrikam] Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please delete this message and kindly notify the sender by an emailed reply. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Progression and its associate entities shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by them.

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Email alerts
by Matt Zillmann 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Hello everyone, I am trying to figure out the best way to have email alerts sent from Observium to our exchange server ( IT email accounts on exchange server). What method is best? Does anyone have a recommendation and documentation on how to configure? I am new to setting up email on a Linux host. Thank you, Matt

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FW: Custom OID alerting
by Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Hi all, Like the custom oid addition, it's nice to be able to add support for some each oids if necessary. One thing I've never been able to find out how to do was get mount point support in windows for space percentages used - I can now do this, but wondered whether I could do a custom oid alert? We tend to not have the time to proactively check graphs, so an alert would be ideal. Thanks Andy

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reporting and billing
by Anthony Parker 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Hi I am running a couple of installs of the community edition and I like it very much. I would like to expand into suggesting Observium to our customers as a reporting and billing tool and I am wondering Is it possible to get a demonstration copy of the subscription edition of observium to show clients the reporting they can expect? Is it possible to convert an installation to/from the subscription edition or does one simply create a new installation? Thanks Anthony Anthony Parker M9 (IT) Ltd. Red Lion Buildings, 12 Cock Lane, London, EC1A 9BU United Kingdom (UK) Tel: +442036678200 DISCLAIMER: This email contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by replying to this email. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email. Registered in England. Company registration number: 04343900. VAT No. 202 2531 70

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Re: [Observium] NaN on Graphs
by Edward Weir 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

No, I have 30GB free on my / (root). ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 13:09:50 -0500 From: "Edward Weir" <edward.weir(a)gmail.com> To: <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] NaN on Graphs Message-ID: <046e01d15152$42167070$c6435150$(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, I've been trying to get my graphs to work but I'm still getting NaN on 'some' of my them. I have a Cisco c891fw router and interfaces g2 and g3 graph fine but the other interfaces g0, g3, g4, g5 do not graph and I get a NaN but keep in mind that I do see their traffic transfer rates. I do not get a 'draw error', just a blank graph. I'm running the following: Ubuntu 15.10 Observium CD 0.15.6.6430 NET-SNMP version: 5.7.3 RRDtool 1.4.3 I have updated to the latest RRDtool version 1.5.5 but then I get the draw errors. Is there anything you can provide to help. Thanks, ejw

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NaN on Graphs
by Edward Weir 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Hi, I've been trying to get my graphs to work but I'm still getting NaN on 'some' of my them. I have a Cisco c891fw router and interfaces g2 and g3 graph fine but the other interfaces g0, g3, g4, g5 do not graph and I get a NaN but keep in mind that I do see their traffic transfer rates. I do not get a 'draw error', just a blank graph. I'm running the following: Ubuntu 15.10 Observium CD 0.15.6.6430 NET-SNMP version: 5.7.3 RRDtool 1.4.3 I have updated to the latest RRDtool version 1.5.5 but then I get the draw errors. Is there anything you can provide to help. Thanks, ejw

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Still get alerts on deleted interfaces / vinterfaces
by Pirmin Sidler - Computerline 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

Dear Observium members, Monitored interfaces went down on our brocade devices, then we deleted the interfaces (because we didn't use them anymore). We are now facing a bug where alerts are still up and still send Email notifications, even if Observium sees the interfaces as deleted. I have seen there is a "ignore until OK" button in the interface monitoring options but I want it out of alerts. Question: is this a bug? If yes, has it been fixed? (long not upgraded the files). Thanks! Best regards, Pirmin Sidler

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fresh install, dbquery errors mad
by Simon Smith 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

HI All, decided to do a fresh install of observium and DB I’m getting dbquery errors in db.log with add_user.php, add_device.php, discovery.php and poller.php http://pastebin.com/w13kXT6H - full db.log just a few lines i managed to find out [2016/01/15 14:46:43 +0000] adduser.php(26168): Failed dbQuery (#1366 - Incorrect integer value: 'NULL' for column 'device_id' at row 1), Query: INSERT INTO `eventlog` (`device_id`,`entity_id`,`entity_type`,`timestamp`,`severity`,`message`) VALUES ('NULL',NULL,NULL,NOW(),'6','Observium updated: -> 7497') [2016/01/15 14:47:59 +0000] add_device.php(26237): Failed dbQuery (#1292 - Incorrect datetime value: 'NULL' for column 'last_discovered' at row 1), Query: UPDATE `devices` set `last_discovered` ='NULL' WHERE `device_id` = '2' [2016/01/15 14:48:27 +0000] discovery.php(26358): Failed dbQuery (#1364 - Field 'sensor_status' doesn't have a default value), Query: INSERT INTO `sensors-state` (`sensor_id`,`sensor_value`,`sensor_polled`) VALUES ('5','23','NOW()’) [2016/01/15 14:49:21 +0000] poller.php(26843): Failed dbQuery (#1364 - Field 'location_country' doesn't have a default value), Query: INSERT INTO `devices_locations` (`location`,`location_geoapi`,`location_lat`,`location_lon`,`location_updated`,`device_id`) VALUES ('L24 9PB [53.352382, -2.858778]','yahoo','53.352382','-2.858778','2016-01-15 14:48:52','1') [2016/01/15 14:51:12 +0000] poller.php(26843): Failed dbQuery (#1366 - Incorrect integer value: '' for column 'sensor_last_change' at row 1), Query: INSERT INTO `sensors-state` (`sensor_id`,`sensor_value`,`sensor_event`,`sensor_status`,`sensor_last_change`,`sensor_polled`) VALUES ('7','24.1','ok','','','1452869472') [2016/01/15 14:51:28 +0000] poller.php(26843): Failed dbQuery (#1364 - Field 'ifInUcastPkts_delta' doesn't have a default value), Query: INSERT INTO `ports-state` (`poll_time`,`poll_period`,`ifInOctets`,`ifOutOctets`,`ifInErrors`,`ifOutErrors`,`ifInUcastPkts`,`ifOutUcastPkts`,`ifInOctets_perc`,`ifOutOctets_perc`,`ifOctets_rate`,`ifUcastPkts_rate`,`ifErrors_rate`,`port_id`) VALUES ('1452869487','1452869487','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','152') however I’m seeing the ' insert into ports-state ' every time i poll my switches ive only added 3 switches for test reasons regards Simon

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Observium: Pre-auth and security questions
by Nate Mellendorf 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

Good evening everyone, I've been trying to configure Observium with a forms based SSO solution. My reasoning for this, is that I'd like to minimize the attack surface for Observium when published to the Internet. As Observium supports groups, I thought it would be extremely beneficial for clients to view their throughput at anytime from anywhere. I was curious if anyone in the community is using pre-authentication, or if you're publishing Observium directly to the Internet. I'm not as familiar with Apache and PHP, so hardening the service through pre-auth seemed like a good first step. Unfortunately, I can't quite get pre-auth to work. Observium uses forms based authentication, which is hard to capture on the platform I'm using. Here's a link, if you're curious on how I'm trying to capture it: http://fritsesblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/link-to-netscaler-form-sso-kb.html If I could get Observium to use basic authentication, I think I could get it to work. Do we know if this is possible? A better question, is pre-auth even necessary here? Aside from HTTPS, iptables, firewalling, and locking down SSH/root, what other steps do you take to secure your Observium server? Do you think that allowing Internet access is unwise at this time? Thank you for any input on insight into this. This is a concern of mine that I'm trying to address. Your suggestions and opinions are very much appreciated. Regards, - NM

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wiki typo
by Joey Stanford 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

Hi, I found a wiki typo. Housekeeping Cron job - /opt/observium/housekeeping.php -rptb the “b” should probably be a “y”

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Strange issue with BGP sessions on Juniper MX104
by Duncan Mossop 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Hello, We are running Observium professional 0.16.1.7407 and we have an issue with BGP session discovery on a Juniper MX104 (dual RE), running discovery against the device displays the fact there are numerous bgp sessions but not a single session appears under the device in the Observium WebUI. This is the output from Discovery: ##### Module Start: bgp-peers ##### o Local AS AS198313 o Caching BGP4-MIB BGP4-V2-MIB-JUNIPER o Try discovering host 91.233.128.253 through BGP o Try discovering host 91.233.128.254 through BGP +------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Local IP | Peer: AS | IP | Family | rDNS | Remote Device | +------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | 91.233.128.244 | 198313 | 91.233.128.253 | ipv4.unicast | lo0-core4.lancs-ycr.systemhost.co. | core4.lancs-ycr.systemhost.uk | | | | | | uk | | | 91.233.128.244 | 198313 | 91.233.128.254 | ipv4.unicast | lo0-edge1.lancs-ycr.systemhost.co. | edge1.car1.systemhost.co.uk | | | | | | uk | | | 149.6.147.122 | 174 | 149.6.147.121 | ipv4.unicast | gi0-0-0-6.nr11.b015668-1.lon01.atl | ... | | | | | | as.cogentco.com | | | 195.66.226.239 | 6939 | 195.66.224.21 | ipv4.unicast | 40ge1-3.core1.lon2.he.net | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 32787 | 195.66.224.31 | ipv4.unicast | blackhole.prolexic.com | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 20940 | 195.66.224.168 | ipv4.unicast | linxnap.netarch.akamai.com | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 5459 | 195.66.224.254 | ipv4.unicast | ge0-0.pr1.linx.net | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 45014 | 195.66.225.55 | ipv4.unicast | ge-0-2.gw4.rtr.thn.lon.as45014.net | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 29611 | 195.66.225.78 | ipv4.unicast | linx.a.elite.net.uk | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 8714 | 195.66.225.230 | ipv4.unicast | rs1.rbs.linx.net | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 42344 | 195.66.226.71 | ipv4.unicast | linx1.conceptcoders.com | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 20940 | 195.66.226.81 | ipv4.unicast | | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 20940 | 195.66.226.167 | ipv4.unicast | | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 58226 | 195.66.226.197 | ipv4.unicast | | ... | | 217.68.244.122 | 29611 | 217.68.244.123 | ipv4.unicast | ae0.1129.core.a.thm.elite.net.uk | ... | | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0003:06a9 | 6939 | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0000:1b1b | ipv6.unicast | 40ge1-3.core1.lon2.he.net | ... | | :0001 | | :0001 | | | | | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0003:06a9 | 8714 | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0000:220a | | | ... | | :0001 | | :0001 | | | | | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0003:06a9 | 45014 | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0000:afd6 | ipv6.unicast | ge-0-2.gw4.rtr.thn.lon.as45014.net | ... | | :0001 | | :0001 | | | | | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0003:06a9 | 58226 | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0000:e372 | ipv6.unicast | | ... | | :0001 | | :0001 | | | | +------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ o Changes 2 updated, 17 unchanged o Duration 3.5349s This issue seems to have appeared since fully enabling chassis Graceful Restart / Switchover. I have removed and re-added the device from Observium to no effect. Regards, Duncan Mossop • Operations Manager, SystemHOST Ltd ________________________________ dmossop(a)systemhost.co.uk [cid:image30bc94.PNG@047b1488.498f55d8] 01524 737414 systemhost.co.uk<http://www.systemhost.co.uk> [Twitter]<https://twitter.com/systemhost> Follow us on Twitter ________________________________ SystemHOST Ltd Registered office: Holmere Hall, Yealand Conyers, Carnforth, Lancs, LA5 9SN Registered in England No.05028996 VAT No. 927386490 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. By opening this email or its attachments, you accept liability for any damage that may be caused to your computer hardware, software or data. ________________________________

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[ALERT-CHECKER] Alert to pick up on physical failure of disk.
by Henrik Cednert (Filmlance) 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Hi there Have gotten some hints at IRC but can't really wrap my head around on how to set it up. Yeah, I know I'm probably stupid. But I can't find a complete list of all commands available and it doesn't complain if I feed it something invalid. So it's really a guessing game. =/ So the checker needs to do something like: if status of physical_class('storage' or 'hrDeviceDiskStorage') != 1 send alert Possible? Please give detailed instructions if possible. Would be sweet if all different possible combinations of alert checkers was added to the demo instance so once can look there for guidance. =) Cheers and thanks -- Henrik Cednert cto | td | compositor Filmlance International Direct + 46 (0)704 71 89 54

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Monitor DHCP pools
by Anders Alavik 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Is there any may to monitor DHCP pools in observium? Best Med Vänliga Hälsningar Anders Alavik anders(a)bogalnet.se <mailto:anders@bogalnet.se> / 0322 - 64 24 71 BogalNet AB Alvhemsgatan 3 447 30 Vårgårda http://www.bogalnet.se <http://www.bogalnet.se/>

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r7497
by Eduardo Schoedler 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Big chances in r7497, huh? :) -- Eduardo Schoedler

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memory showing 0B/0B (0%)
by Simon Smith 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Hi All, not sure if its a bug ive found or something ive done? all our memory sections are showing 0B/0B (0%) however the graphs is actually being populated with data every 5mins ? attached a screenshot showing a mikrotik switch we monitor also attached is a windows machine we monitor, i it showing the same for its physical memory any ideas? simon

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System Running Very Slow
by Eddie Worthington 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Hi, Since upgrading to the latest release with the new interface, the system is running extremely slowly. Installed on Ubuntu 14.04 with 12 vCPU's & 4GB RAM. It worked like a dream before but can now take up to 30 seconds to load a page. Upgraded with SVN. What have I done wrong? Many Thanks, Eddie

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Device Bits Graphing error message
by Joey Stanford 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Howdy, I’m running the community edition on Ubuntu. All the graphs work except the traffic graphs (bits). I get the standard “Draw error”. I don’t get any errors polling (other than a MIB not being supported for engineID). The devices are all Mikrotik routers. I put an &debug=1 on the traffic graph URL and discovered an error all the way at the bottom: “command returned 1 (ERROR: Unused Arguments “” in command : AREA:inbits0#B6D14B:ether1-wan Rx: )" The full text is here: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/14490188/ It’s unclear to me if this is actually causing this one graph (on all my systems) to fail but so far there is a trend from spot checking. Any thoughts on how to debug this further? Thanks, Joey

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Re: [Observium] Radius authentication not work
by ChanTy 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Any comment ? From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of apple <ty.chan(a)corp.mekongnet.com.kh> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 1:57 PM To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Radius authentication not work I am following this http://www.observium.org/docs/authentication to do Radius authentication for user to login to Observium. Radius already allow Observium to connect to Php-radius already install Configuration on Observium is done as the guideline But Login still failed using user from Radius Any comment? _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Alert Emails sent to exchange
by Matt Zillmann 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

I am working on setting up alerting. I have the subscription version of Observium ( version 0.16.1.7407 [stable] running on CentOS 7). I am stuck on the email alerting piece. What settings do I need to configure in sendmail for my email alerts to get sent to my email on our internal exchange server. Anyone have any idea how this needs to be set up? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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RAM
by Matt Zillmann 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hello, When my server needs rebooted and comes back online, all of the RAM values read 0%. Has anyone else seen this before?

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Customer Portal
by ChanTy 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hi Adam, My subscription is still valid but when I log in to customer portal. I don’t see anything. Username: mekongnet . Please help check as I need to download Invoice. Regards, chanty

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new CE ree version when ?
by Gediminas Karčmarinas 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hello, When planned release new CE version ?

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pages slow, maybe nginx instead of apache
by Simon Smith 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hi All, I wanted a view on what people think about using nginx instead of apache for obsevium? ive just managed to change apache to nginx (had to change htaccess to get it to work, but got there in the end) and it seems a little bit quicker but not by much I’m having an issue where when the server is polling and i want a graph or load up the page, it seems slow and takes forever! ( about 10 seconds ) if I load the panel when its not polling, the pages are quick, but i poll every 5mins, and it takes the full 5 mins to poll all our devices, so really no room to wiggle... if the anyway i can speed this up? would nginx help at all? my server is virtual based, 12gb ram, 4 virtual xeon 2.2ghz cores, 80gb virtual hard drive regards Simon

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Alert Checker issue
by Matt Zillmann 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

I am having issues with the alert checker. I cannot get entities to populate. When I click the rebuild button this shows up. I have Observium version 0.16.1.7407 (Stable) running on CentOS 7 [cid:image001.png@01D14E08.DB5F5D20]

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Alert Checkers
by Matt Zillmann 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Hello, I just purchased the subscription version and am looking into setting up Alert checkers. How do I get an alert checker to run? I was referring to documentation and looked the DEMO and it looks like the checker will determine a pass/fail. I have set one for storage [cid:image001.png@01D14DF5.9B1B9F20] Is there something else I need to put?

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itsafeaturenotabug (was re: routing tab)
by Rob VanHooren 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

it’s not “broken” in the sense that CSCO officially considers multicontext snmp the “by-design” method (and I have the TAC cases to prove it). remember, snmp *works* which means it’s for grouchy old [grey|neck]beards. netconf & shiny-api-disaster-of-the-week are supposed to rule the new agile! world! of! devops! ( *gag* ) not just ASRs … for instance, it’s the same thing (multicontext snmp hell) with VRFs on n7k’s. so, it’s a “feature” not a “bug” smh R. > On Jan 13, 2016, at 07:00, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > > Because the MIB is broken and doesn?t have any concept of VRF awareness. > > The workaround that I used on my ASR9Ks was to create a different context for the VRF in question. > > This config example basically treats the vrf Inetv4 as the default vrf when polling with community blahpoo. It only applies to that community. I have non-contextual communities to catch my default stuff, i.e. my MP-BGP underpinnings. > > It?s not ideal because you need to create two of the same device in Observium; one for each community (vrf and non-vrf), but it sucks less than the alternative, which is to not have this functionality at all. > > ! > snmp-server vrf Inetv4 > context BGPVRF > ! > snmp-server context BGPVRF > snmp-server community-map blahpoo context BGPVRF > snmp-server community blahpoo RO MANAGEMENT > ! > > http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/2015-June/010467.html <http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/2015-June/010467.html>

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95th percent billing
by ChanTy 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Hi, I just want to clarify the burstable rate calculation which should work as below according to wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing#95th_percentile) : “ Bandwidth is measured (or sampled) from the switch or router and recorded in a log file. In most cases, this is done every 5 minutes. At the end of the month, the samples are sorted from highest to lowest, and the top 5% (which equal to approximately 36 hours of a 30-day billing cycle) of data is thrown away. The next highest measurement becomes the billable use for the entire month. “ Is observium applying the same calculation on BILLING feature ? Is it possible to download RAW file in which has sample of every 5 minutes ? Regards, chanty

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Routing Tab
by Serghei Golipad 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Guys, Any reason why BGP in a VRF peers are not getting displayed? Cheers PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. Kelway (UK) Ltd is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of Kelway Holdings Limited. Kelway Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for Kelway (UK) Limited trading as Kelway. The registered office for Kelway Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than Kelway or the sender of its existence. For more information about Kelway please visit www.kelway.co.uk

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ALert on Vlan change
by David Schrok 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Hello all. Is there a way, or can it be programmed, to get an alert when a port gets set on a particular Vlan or is moved out of it? Example: We have networks (vlans) where admins are put into. Is there a wat to get an alert when a port is set to an admin vlan or is set from an admin vlan to another vlan? With kind regards, David

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Alert options of a device....................!
by Chaman Rathee 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Hi Team, How to use and enable alert options for an added device ? I have already configured postfix service on observium monitor machine. ......... With Best Regards, Chaman Rathee Mob. No:- +91-9560055816 [Fabrikam] Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please delete this message and kindly notify the sender by an emailed reply. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Progression and its associate entities shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by them.

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Not receiving email notifications. Has there been a change in Alert system I need to know about?
by Richard Kuhns 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Hello, I recently updated my Observium installation; I'm now running 0.16.1.7473. I haven't changed any configurations. I followed procedure, as far as I know: polling was finished, I did the 'svn up' followed by './discovery.php -u' and everything looked fine. However, I should have just received an email both when a port I'm monitoring went down, and about half an hour later when it recovered. Looking through the alert log, I see the entries that say 'Alert notification sent' followed later by 'Recovery notification sent'. I didn't receive either notification, there's nothing in the mail queue, and maillog doesn't show any attempts. This was working perfectly before my update. I'm afraid I don't remember which version that was, but it was from about a week before I saw comments in the mailing list about the change in layout on the front page. Thanks, -- Richard Kuhns <rjk(a)wintek.com> Wintek Corporation 427 N 6th Street Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Main: 765-742-8428 Direct: 765-269-8541

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Info
by Gabriele Faucitano 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Hi, We are currently evaluating Observium for a monitoring solution. I have some technical questions to understand if Observium is adequate to our needs. Is this the right contact? BR, -Gabriele

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Reg: Maipu Switch Configuration with Observium
by Madhu Neal 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Hi Guys, badly needed support to configure Maipu switch with Observium, tried many was I don't know how to add it.. Enabled SNMP in maipu device, find the maipu configuration below. snmp-server enable snmp-server view default 1.0.8802 include snmp-server view default 1.1.2 include snmp-server view default 1.3.111 include snmp-server view default 1.3.6.1 include snmp-server name skynetonline snmp-server contact alerts(a)skynetonline.solutions snmp-server location Adithya Tower snmp-server community public view default ro snmp-server enable traps alarm snmp-server enable traps snmp linkdown snmp-server enable traps snmp linkup I'm using Observium Subscription version, please suggest how to take it forward. I look forward to hear from you. //BR Madhu

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Downgrade
by Andrew Colin 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Hi All How do I downgrade to a previous version I am on the professional addition and I updated to the latest revision 7470. But now the layout is very messy and the top pages have moved to the left side How can I downgrade? Kind Regards Andrew Colin Converged Telecoms (Pty) Ltd. Licensed Telecoms Operator : (0258/IECS/JAN/09) (0258/IECNS/JAN/09) Switchboard: +27 (0)10 591 4600 Email: <mailto:andrew@convergedgroup.net> andrew(a)convergedgroup.net Web: <http://www.convergedtel.co.za/> http://www.convergedgroup.net 75 Witkoppen Road, Northriding, Johannesburg, 2169 P O Box 7246, Weltevredenpark, 1715 This communication is confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you believe this message has been sent to you in error, please notify the sender by replying to this transmission and delete the message without disclosing it. Thank you. E-mail including attachments is susceptible to data corruption, interception, unauthorized amendment, tampering and viruses, and we only send and receive emails on the basis that we are not liable for any such corruption, interception, amendment, tampering or viruses or any consequences thereof.

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Feature request
by observium＠istar.net.nz 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

Just wondering how hard it would be to implement the following features, please le tme know if these already exist and I've just missed them! 1) Close window button on the hover popups. I think the pop ups are great but I find sometimes they don't disappear, a small X button on the top RH corner would be fantastic! 2) Adding AND and NOT to the Device/Entity filters It would be fantastic to have a little more flexibility in the filters used for Alerts and Groups etc. Would it be easy enough to be able to use AND and NOT statements? Thanks in advanced. SHANE lE <mailto:shanson@istar.net.nz> shanson(a)istar.net.nz lW <https://istar.net.nz/> istar.net.nz lA PO Box 911507, Victoria St West, Auckland lM +64 21 623 903

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Recent update beaks Rancid for Cisco ASAs
by David Wilkinson 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

Hi, We have recently updated our version and the generate rancid script is now using the wrong type for the Cisco ASA devices. The type used for the Cisco ASA should be "cisco", it has recently changed so it sets the type to be "asa" This causes rancid to fail with an unknown type. Can this be corrected? We are using rancid 3.1. Observium: 0.16.1.7396 (rolling) Regards David

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Problem addind Mikrotik device
by Eduardo Schoedler 09 Jan '16

09 Jan '16

Hi, I added a mikrotik device yesterday. Since then, the page of the device show the message "Device not yet discovered", but I ran manually the discovery. [image: Imagem inline 2] Is there a issue? Thanks. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Updating Enterprise Edition and Alerts
by Jeffrey d'Ambly 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

I’m looking at updating to the latest stable release, my current version is 0.15.6406. I updated my staging instance to 0.16.1.7433. When looking at the documentation I didn’t see anything new, but in the change log it looks like some changes have made to alerts, do you have documentation on this? —Jeff

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