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Billing system aggregation
by Marco Spicuglia 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Hello there, I have been using the billing system for a while now and hardly had any issues. However, it seems that one customer has an unexplainable aggregation and accurate graph data. Please check the attached png. How can the 95% value be so high? Something strange I noticed is that the vlan 44 interfaces are admin down in both devices. However, Vlan44 on e04t shows nan values and it is blue (up) in the billing system overview for this bill. Vlan44 on e03t shown instead as grey (correctly, as it's also admin down) but the values are 0, instead of nan. Am I missing something? Is this a bug? Thanks for your help. Best regards, Marco

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Unable to Assign Device to User
by Stephen Bateman 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

I am unable to assign devices or ports to users. On the Edit Users page I select a device and click Add nothing happens what so ever. I am using revision 6204.

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Alert Checks - 500 error
by David Roush 27 Jan '15

27 Jan '15

Hello, we have been experiencing an issue with the Alert Check functionality for the past two weeks or so, I was hoping someone would have some insight. I'm not aware of any changes made to the system that would have broken it, we have about fifteen alert checkers configured which seemed to be working fairly well. We are using the paid version. Error: The "alert checks" (/alert_checks/) page presents a 500 error when loading. Log Example: [Tue Jan 20 14:52:53.641445 2015] [:error] [pid 9996] [client 10.3.15.210:56877] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function dbFetchRows() in /opt/observium/html/pages/alerts.inc.php on line 22 Current Version: 0.15.1.6204 The overview page indicates the Alerts are actually working (non-zero values for "OK", "Fail", "Delay, "Supp", and "Other"), it seems to just be an issue with the alert checks page. There does not appear to be any issue with the rest of the system. A fresh copy of the PHP files has no effect. Please let me know if anyone has any ideas or what other information would be helpful to have. Thanks, David Roush

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ASA Graph Discrepancy
by Chip Pleasants 26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing the same behavior as me. While looking at the ASA graphs I notice a couple discrepancy's with the the Remote Access Sessions graph. Attached is our graph and cli output.The SSL VPN Session and the Clientless seem to have the colors flipped, but also I noticed the values on the Clientless have negative numbers. This doesn't seeem t match with the cli output. Let me know if anyone has questions. Thanks, Chip v-12/act# sh vpn-sessiondb --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VPN Session Summary --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active : Cumulative : Peak Concur : Inactive ---------------------------------------------- AnyConnect Client : 44 : 42107 : 63 : 2 SSL/TLS/DTLS : 44 : 42107 : 63 : 2 Clientless VPN : 0 : 1911 : 13 Browser : 0 : 1911 : 13 IKEv1 IPsec/L2TP IPsec : 0 : 3 : 1 Site-to-Site VPN : 12 : 62257 : 13 IKEv1 IPsec : 12 : 62257 : 13 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Active and Inactive : 58 Total Cumulative : 106278 Device Total VPN Capacity : 750 Device Load : 8% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tunnels Summary --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active : Cumulative : Peak Concurrent ---------------------------------------------- IKEv1 : 12 : 62260 : 13 IPsec : 50 : 81703 : 65 Clientless : 0 : 1914 : 13 AnyConnect-Parent : 46 : 42092 : 63 SSL-Tunnel : 44 : 58934 : 62 DTLS-Tunnel : 45 : 53190 : 60 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals : 197 : 300093 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- v12/act# !! [image: Inline image 1]

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Java JVM Monitoring
by Kresimir Jurasovic 26 Jan '15

26 Jan '15

Hi, I am in the beginning phase of using Observium. I have everything set-up and working. No problems so far. One feature I am missing is Java JVM Monitoring. In your Bug Tracker I found the following ticket: http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-554?jql=text%20~%20%22JVM%22 In it you mention that this should be implemented using unix-agent. This is perfectly fine by me. I have implemented a Java application which is run by unix-agent and retrieves data from the JVM using the JMX protocol. I have graphs set-up and so far every is running ok. There is only one feature I cannot figure out how to implement. This feature is very important for me. In most cases there will be more then one JVM on a single machine. From monitoring perspective this should be treated as separate application but handled by the same agent. Is this even possible on Observium? If it is can you please point me to the right code so I can see how this is done. Thanks, Krešimir

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(no subject)
by sonali yadav 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

i need help in adding range of ip address so what can i do changes plz suggest me

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Alerting configuration problem
by Joel Golliet 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Hi, I am starting with observium Professional Edition (i first installed community edition and upgraded it to pro with svn) and try to run the alerts. I have enabled email alertsin configuration. Nevertheless, when I create "alert checkers" (here a simple example with storage check), after clicking "Regenerate" this list me well the devices / entities corresponding with the check but when I look at the details of a check, I don't find anything in the list below. See screenshots for details. I had a look at my mysql database and tables "alerts", "alert_table" are empty (i don't know if it's normal). Can someone help me please ? I don't know what to check. B.R. -- Signature email • *Joël GOLLIET |* *Ingénieur Infrastructure et Système* • Tel : +33 4 86 11 37 08 | joel.golliet(a)2lm.fr <mailto:joel.golliet@2lm.fr> • 2L Multimedia - Park Nord, Les Pléiades, 74370 - Metz-Tessy - FRANCE Pensez à l'environnement, n'imprimez cet e-mail qu'en cas de réelle nécessité

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buttons not shown correctly
by Simon Smith 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Hi all For some reason, the buttons are shown like this on my iPhone 6? I have even tried my iPad and its the same? However my computer browsers are all fine? The buttons seem to stack ontop of one another instead of being display side to side Regards Simon Sent from my iPhone

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VMWare stats
by Matthew Andersen 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

New customer/user to Observium. So far we are really liking the product. Currently running: 0.15.1.6200 We have SNMP working on our VMWare hosts and get a lot of good data. I need to determine how to get DISKIO stats currently I just have capacity. Also there are some forum posts about getting more in depth VM info, machine info, etc. I don't see anything on how to get that up and working. Any help would be appreciated. Happy to take feedback from everyone get it working and then publish the steps I went through. Thanks and thanks for such a great product. Matthew TheTVDB.Com

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Alert for HSRP and IPSLA on a Cisco router
by Ben Maschke 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Hi guys, did anyone implement alerts for Cisco's IPSLA and HSRP in the past? Basically I want to create an alert in case of an IPSA tracking change and HSRP change from standby to active. Thank you very much in advance! (We use the subscriber version) Cheers -- Ben Maschke System Engineer Shazam Entertainment Limited 26-28 Hammersmith Grove London W6 7HA t: +44 (0) 20 8742 6820 shazam.com Get Shazam on iOS <https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/shazam/id284993459?mt=8> & Android <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shazam.android> <http://facebook.com/shazam> <http://www.twitter.com/shazam> <https://plus.google.com/+shazam/posts> <http://instagram.com/shazam/> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/shazam-entertainment> Please consider the environment before printing this document This e-mail and its contents are strictly private and confidential. It must not be disclosed, distributed or copied without our prior consent. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify Shazam Entertainment immediately on: +44 (0) 20 8742 6820 and then delete it from your system. Please note that the information contained herein shall additionally constitute Confidential Information for the purposes of any NDA between the recipient/s and Shazam Entertainment. Shazam Entertainment Limited is incorporated in England and Wales under company number 3998831 and its registered office is at 26-28 Hammersmith Grove, London W6 7HA.

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Autologin Web
by chott＠praha1.net 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Hello We are looking for solution how we can run Observium with Automatic login into Web interface, I means for Projector we have some PC in rack without keyboard, after start Linux starting Chrome but i need confirm Login/Password Tomas

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Problem with rsyslog configuration
by Patrick Marquetecken 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Hi All, I'm having trouble to get the rsyslog working. I have followed the guide http://www.observium.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Syslog_Server but used the %fromhost-ip% . And rebooted rsyslog service. When I do a tail of /var/log/messages (i'm using a centos 6.4) I see the log files from my others server coming in, but none is going to the database. Jan 22 08:31:12 smtp postfix/anvil[6320]: Jan 22 08:27:38 app-05 postfix/postqueue[28297]: Jan 22 08:31:24 db-02 postfix/postqueue[25382]: Jan 22 07:52:56 fw-01 postfix/postqueue[18540]: Jan 22 08:31:36 proxy-01 postfix/postqueue[16781]: Jan 22 08:31:40 app-01 postfix/postqueue[17602]: Jan 22 08:31:39 db-01 postfix/postqueue[17506]: Jan 22 08:28:06 voip-02 postfix/postqueue[29870]: Jan 22 08:27:48 nas-02 postfix/postqueue[30007]: config.php $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; $config['syslog']['fifo'] = FALSE; $config['syslog']['debug'] = TRUE; syslog.php logfile('logs/debug.log', $line); debug.log This file stays empty unless i run syslog.php at hand then I see this: [2015/01/20 17:03:31 +0100] syslog.php(15435): Can someone please advice to get this working. Thanks

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HP TippingPoint IPS 1400N
by Daniel Rolfe 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

HI, I know this device isn't on the supported list, we currently use cacti to monitor our IPS devices, there is a cacti module for tippingpoint and it works well but we are wanting to migrate everything to observium if we can Currently this is coming up as a generic snmp device I've got a paid SVN version but the observium connected to the tipping points is still running the latest CE I'm not sure if the cacti module can be used as a cheat sheet for observium support ? http://docs.cacti.net/usertemplate:host:tippingpoint:ips running tipping point OS (TOS) 3.6.4 Regards, Daniel

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Turnkey Linux
by adama＠observium.org 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

There are a few things I need to talk to the Turnkey Linux people about... Is anyone here involved with that? adam.

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Orphaned rrd's [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
by Peter.Hine＠familycourt.gov.au 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Hi, Anyone have a good and safe way to find and remove orphaned rrd' s ???? thanks Peter Hine Senior Technical Support Engineer (Servers) FCoA ITS peter.hine(a)familycourt.gov.au PH : +61 2 6243 8668 FAX : +61 2 6243 5611 ********************************************************************** The information contained in this e-mail (including any attachments) is for the exclusive use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. It is noted that legal privilege is not waived because you have read this e-mail. **********************************************************************

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Just Hello and question about alerts
by dragonauta 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Hi, my name is Diego, I'm from Argentina. I'm using Observium on my home server. It's a proxmox platform running 12 containers. One of them is running openvpn+observium to monitoring remote servers of my Customers. Observium CE it's just what I was looking, easy, simple. I just miss alerting system (e-mail) when a node is down. I read on wiki that new alerting system is not on CE (yet): will be added sometimes or will be a "premium" feature? For now I made a raw "alerting" system, modifying source code. At includes/polling/functions.inc.php I added a small script into poll_device function, just under status check. It uses php-mail and sends me a message indicating just hostname and status (Up or Down) Obviously it's hardcoded, but it works for me. Thanks for this nice software -- GPG-Key: 2FFBC43B Linux Registered User #436806 www.preguntaslinux.org :: supermoderador bbs.archbang.org :: moderator jinetedeldragon.wordpress.com

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Services monitoring?
by Ryan, Spencer 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Now that the Services / nagios plugins are deprecated what are people doing for monitoring availability of things like SSH? We are trying to get rid of nagios but mainly need the functionality of checking to make sure services are responding on various ports. Any good ideas? Thanks, *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.net *Arbor Networks* +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) www.arbornetworks.com

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Email Formatting for Alert Checks
by Pico Leto 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

Hi, Is there a better option for how the html formatting happens with the alert checkers? Examples are attached. I basically create a message with proper spacing, carriage returns etc. But after saving the alert (screenshot2) the formatting is disregarded. Reason for the long message is that my NOC needs step by steps instructions on how to handle something like per company policy. The email formatting also seems to take the Message field and throw it into the subject line. Shouldn't just the Name field in the alert checkers be in the Subject line of the email and then the message be included in the body? Is anyone out there doing custom email notifications or just using the default?

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Log rotation, was Re: Observium on CentOS 7
by Colin Stubbs 21 Jan '15

21 Jan '15

One note though. And this isn't just related to CentOS hence change of subject. You'll need to sort out your own log rotation, e.g. create /etc/logrotate.d/observium with something like the below if you stick with the basic Apache httpd config, /opt/observium/logs/*_log { missingok notifempty compress delaycompress sharedscripts postrotate /bin/systemctl reload httpd.service > /dev/null 2>/dev/null || true endscript } /opt/observium/logs/*.log { missingok notifempty compress delaycompress } There's been a couple of jira tickets related to it (745/872), but no template suggested in jira or added to svn that I could find, and no code to manage observium.log or update-errors.log that grep -i could find. -Colin On 15 January 2015 at 19:30, Florian Miesenberger <florian(a)miesenberger.cc> wrote: > Okay. I will try the standard CentOS/RHEL Guide. > Yeah I know the most minor changes of CentOS 7. > > Thank you Adriaan ;-) > > Greetz from Austria > Florian Miesenberger > > Am 15.01.15 um 10:21 schrieb Adriaan Smuts: > > Standard CentOS installation instruction worked for me. Some minor > changes here and there (systemctl instead of service and MariaDB instead of > MySQL). > > > > *Adriaan Smuts* > > Systems Administrator - Windows > > ------------------------------ > > *Direct Line:* > > +27 21 464 9565 > > *Reception:* > > 086 000 9500 > > *www.webafrica.co.za <http://www.webafrica.co.za/>* > > [image: Web Africa] > > > > > > > > *From:* observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org > <observium-bounces(a)observium.org>] *On Behalf Of *Florian Miesenberger > *Sent:* 15 January 2015 11:18 AM > *To:* Observium Network Observation System > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Observium on CentOS 7 > > > > Okay, cool. Thank you Guys! :-) > Does somebody has got a working Tutorial or Installationscript for CentOS > 7? > > Greetz from Austria > Florian Miesenberger > > Am 14.01.15 um 18:20 schrieb Ellery Weber: > > I am running on CentOS7 as well, and it has been working quite nicely. > > > > [image: SELCO Community Credit Union] > > [image: > https://selcotools/SignatureGenerator/SignatureGenerator_files/SignatureGen…] > > *Ellery Weber* > *Network Administrator* > SELCO Community Credit Union > Eugene – Downtown Corporate Headquarters > Phone/Fax: 541-686-5349 | Cell: 541-357-9505 | eweber(a)selco.org > *selco.org* <https://www.selco.org/> | facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/SELCOCCU> | twitter <http://twitter.com/selcoccu> > > > > > > *From:* observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org > <observium-bounces(a)observium.org>] *On Behalf Of *Colin Stubbs > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 14, 2015 3:37 AM > *To:* Observium Network Observation System > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Observium on CentOS 7 > > > > > > I'm running three instances, all on CentOS 7, no dramas. > > MySQL became MariaDB; that's about the biggest change that I can recall. > > > -Colin > > On 14 January 2015 at 21:12, Florian Miesenberger <florian(a)miesenberger.cc> > wrote: > > Hello, > > this is my first posting on a mailing list so excuse me if I do something > wrong ;-) > > My question is: > Does anybody already got Observium work on CentOS 7? > > Greetz from Austria > Florian Miesenberger > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > > > *This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of > a specific individual or entity or specific individuals or entities and may > contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, > confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may > constitute as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, > you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or > copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and may represent a > tortious interference with a confidential business relationship(s). If you > have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > telephone and (i) permanently destroy this message if a facsimile, (ii) > permanently delete this message immediately if this is an electronic > communication, (iii) permanently destroy any electronic or printed copies > of this electronic communication.* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > observium mailing list > > observium(a)observium.org > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing listobservium@observium.orghttp://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >

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recommend power switch
by Simon Smith 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Hi All, this is just an email to ask what people think about networked power supply? whats the best brand in there mind? what ones do you use? but oversally, do they work with Observium? can you monitor the currents and stuff correctly? I’m looking at upgrading our very old APC one as it doesn’t support monitoring by SNMP, and wanted to see what people have or recommend regards Simon

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Integration question about smokeping
by Nate Mellendorf 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

While looking at the list of tools that are supported within Observium, I found this neat "patch" for Smokeping: http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1075 I'm half tempted to try and implement the proposed solution, as our support staff loves the colored graphs for packet loss. That said, I was curious if this is something you plan to implement into Observium in the near future. I ask, as I'm worried that adding this patch in before it's officially supported could break something for us down the road. Thanks in advance for your opinion on this. It will be well received and is greatly appreciated. Regards, Nate Mellendorf | Network Analyst | Netgain 720 West Saint Germain Street | St. Cloud | MN | 56301 Phone: 320.251.4700 x183 | 877.797.4700 x183 www.NetgainHosting.com<http://www.netgainhosting.com/> [cid:image003.png@01D03046.E119C1F0] ________________________________ The information contained in this email message is for the designated recipient only and may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this message or any information contained within is strictly prohibited.

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Custom Pages for Specific Graphs
by LCJones 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Folks, We are running the subscription package of Observium. Hope this doesn't seem too lame a question after reading the Doc's/FAQ's. Perhaps and most likely, I have missed something. I understand and have created custom_traffic frontpage graphs which are handy. Is there a way to create custom pages with specifically chosen graphs? -- L.C. Jones Mikrotec Hosting/Data Center 1001 Winchester Road Lexington, KY. 40505 lcjones-(a)-mikro-data.net

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distro script not detect mailcleaner
by Simon Smith 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Hi All, just an update on a BUG I found I use the 2014 Community edition of Mailcleaner - http://www.mailcleaner.org/ <http://www.mailcleaner.org/> but the Disto script doesn’t detect it at all the script seems to be looking for the file - /etc/mailcleaner/etc/mailcleaner/version.def it should be looking for /usr/mailcleaner/etc/mailcleaner/version.def please can you update the SVN distro script :) regards Simon

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Observium on CentOS 7
by Florian Miesenberger 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Hello, this is my first posting on a mailing list so excuse me if I do something wrong ;-) My question is: Does anybody already got Observium work on CentOS 7? Greetz from Austria Florian Miesenberger

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Map location problems after switching to the Pro version
by Richard Kuhns 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Hello, We had been running the community version of Observium for a few weeks. I set the syslocation for each device, and when using the Google API each device appeared on the map exactly where it should. I used google instead of mapquest because when using mapquest a number of locations were wrong even though I used the exact address mapquest.com showed when I looked it up. We recently went Pro, and it's well worth the money. However, the map is no longer useful. We currently have 62 devices we're monitoring, all within a small geographic area in central Indiana around Lafayette. 61 of the 62 devices show up within a single block around our default latitude & longitude. For example, in the event log I find an entry for mulberry-sw1: 2015-01-14 09:25:00 mulberry-sw1 System Geolocation (GOOGLE) -> [40.420760, -86.890249] United States (Country), Indiana (State), Tippecanoe County (County), Lafayette (City) This is just wrong. The actual location string for this device (which has been untouched since it worked correctly for the community version) shows that it's in Mulberry, Indiana. That's even in a different county. Am I doing something wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -- Richard Kuhns <rjk(a)wintek.com> Main Number: 765-742-8428 Wintek Corporation Direct: 765-269-8541 427 N 6th Street Internet Support: 765-269-8503 Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Consulting: 765-269-8504

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Observium RANCID best practices
by Pedrosi, Derek G. 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

What is the proper configuration for having Observium and RANCID on separate boxes, and still have versioning with RANCID? Currently we just mount a share from our RANCID box to Observium, this give the current configs, but not the versioning. Regards, derek

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RANCID and Git mode
by krause＠rus.uni-stuttgart.de 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Hi, to get the RANCID mode working on my Debian wheezy I needed to tweak the code a bit. If anyone is interested in the diff, here goes: -(snip)- --- a/html/pages/device/showconfig.inc.php +++ b/html/pages/device/showconfig.inc.php @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ if ($_SESSION['userlevel'] >= 5) if (!$rev['count'] && is_executable($config['git'])) { $cmd_dir = escapeshellarg(dirname($device_config_file)); - $gitlogs = external_exec($config['git'].' --git-dir='.$cmd_dir.' log --pretty=format:"%h %ci" '.$cmd_file); + $git_file = escapeshellarg(basename($device_config_file)); + $git_dir = escapeshellarg(dirname($device_config_file) . '/.git'); + $gitlogs = external_exec($config['git'].' --git-dir='.$git_dir.' log --pretty=format:"%h %ci" -- '.$git_file); foreach (explode("\n", $gitlogs) as $line) { // b6989b9 2014-11-10 00:16:53 +0100 @@ -109,8 +111,10 @@ if ($_SESSION['userlevel'] >= 5) $prev_name = 'r'.$rev['prev']; break; case 'git': - $cmd_cat = $config['git'].' --git-dir='.$cmd_dir.' show '.$rev['curr'].':'.escapeshellarg(basename($device_config_file)); - $cmd_diff = $config['git'].' --git-dir='.$cmd_dir.' diff '.$rev['prev'].' '.$rev['curr'].' '.$cmd_file; + $git_file = escapeshellarg(basename($device_config_file)); + $git_dir = escapeshellarg(dirname($device_config_file) . '/.git'); + $cmd_cat = $config['git'].' --git-dir='.$git_dir.' show '.$rev['curr'].':'.$git_file; + $cmd_diff = $config['git'].' --git-dir='.$git_dir.' diff '.$rev['prev'].' '.$rev['curr'].' -- '.$git_file; $prev_name = $rev['prev']; } $device_config = external_exec($cmd_cat); -(snip)- If I didn't work around that, I'd just get the last version and no history/diff. Running the relevant git commands, I was receiving both: "fatal: Not a git repository:" and "fatal: ambiguous argument '...': unknown revision or path not in the working tree." ...and since we don't use RANCID itself, but some script that does store our configs with a *.cfg extension, I've also needed to patch: -(snip)- --- a/html/includes/functions.inc.php +++ b/html/includes/functions.inc.php @@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ function get_rancid_filename($hostname, { global $config; - $hostnames = array($hostname); + $hostnames = array($hostname . '.cfg'); if ($rdebug) { echo("Hostname: $hostname<br />"); } @@ -1319,6 +1319,8 @@ function get_rancid_filename($hostname, if ($shortname != $hostname) { + // FIXME: as long as RUS nmm does store with .cfg extension + $hostnames[] = $shortname . '.cfg'; $hostnames[] = $shortname; if ($rdebug) { echo("Hostname different from short hostname, looking for both<br />"); } } @@ -1326,6 +1328,8 @@ function get_rancid_filename($hostname, // Addition of a domain suffix for non-FQDN device names. if (isset($config['rancid_suffix']) && $config['rancid_suffix'] !== '') { + // FIXME: as long as RUS nmm does store with .cfg extension + $hostnames[] = $hostname . '.' . trim($config['rancid_suffix'] . '.cfg', ' .'); $hostnames[] = $hostname . '.' . trim($config['rancid_suffix'], ' .'); if ($rdebug) { echo("RANCID suffix configured, also looking for " . $hostname . '.' . trim($config['rancid_suffix'], ' .') . "<br />"); } } -(snip)- The reason is that we have a config with and without ACLs and I'm still pondering whether it'd not be better for our admins to be able to select both variants from the WebUI too. Best regards, Kilian -- Kilian Krause Netze und Kommunikationssysteme (NKS) Informations- und Kommunikationszentrum der Universität Stuttgart (IZUS) Technische Informations- und Kommunikationsdienste (TIK, ehem. RUS) Tel.: +49 (711) 685-64512 Fax.: +49 (711) 685-54512 (PC) Fax.: +49 (711) 68 23 57 Allmandring 30a 70550 Stuttgart DEUTSCHLAND

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Permissions LDAP users
by fcj＠caciis.com 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Hello, I use OpenLDAP to authenticate my users. Or i can grant permissions for my users in group admin but not in my group supervision. It's empty Do you have an idea ? This is my LDAP configuration $config['auth_ldap_version'] = 3; $config['auth_ldap_server'] = "192.168.10.5"; $config['auth_ldap_port'] = 389; $config['auth_ldap_starttls'] = FALSE; $config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",dc=exemple,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_prefix'] = "uid="; $config['auth_ldap_group'] = array( "cn=admins,ou=groups,dc=exemple,dc=com", "cn=supervision,ou=groups,dc=exemple,dc=com" ); $config['auth_ldap_groupbase'] = "cn=supervision,ou=groups,dc=exemple,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_binddn'] = "uid=binduser,dc=exemple,dc=com"; // Initial LDAP bind dn and password, leave empty for bind with user's d $config['auth_ldap_bindpw'] = "bindpasswd"; $config['auth_ldap_objectclass'] = "inetOrgPerson"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmembertype'] = "nodn"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmemberattr'] = "memberUid"; $config['auth_ldap_groups']['admins']['level'] = 10; $config['auth_ldap_groups']['supervision']['level'] = 5; Thank you.

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Weathermap
by Gavin Henry 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Hi all, Found this http://blog.best-practice.se/2014/07/using-php-weathermap-with-observium.ht… Really handy! -- Kind Regards, Gavin Henry.

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Alert Severity
by lom＠digitelitalia.com 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

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Can Observium be set to not bulk get on SNMP
by John Brown 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Is there a way to have Observium for a particular host/device not do a SNMP bulk get ?

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Problem with traffic accounting system.
by Gabriel 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Hello, We turned on a billing mechanism in the config.php: $config['enable_billing'] = 1 and now we can see „Traffic Accounting” in Ports menu, but there is A blank screen and 500 error in the apache log. Any idea what could go wrong?

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Observium Pro SVN Access
by Stephen 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Hello Everyone, Can anyone point me to how to get access to SVN Pro versions. I have now paid however still nothing at all in my mailbox and I am starting to wonder why ? Stephen

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Observium Pro purchase
by Ben Maschke 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

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Monitoring a Geist Smart PDU....
by cwbshaw . 12 Jan '15

12 Jan '15

Hi.... I have been using Observium for a while now and really like it.... Recently I added a Geist smart PDU to monitor it.....it does seem to recognise it, but all it seems to monitor is various network stats. I had been hoping it might automatically begin monitoring voltage, current, watts etc. for both the PDU as a whole and even if possible its individual outlets. It does recognise it as a Geist PDU and the inventory for the unit does correctly show it as having 24 controlled power outlets. However, there is no 'Health' tab and it doesn't seem to graph or monitor any of the electrical stats for the PDU or its outlets. I was just wondering if maybe I have done something wrong, or it it that currently the Geist PDU is not fully supported and that monitoring a Geist PDU this way is a work in progress? If it is still a work in progress, I'd be willing to have a go at getting (or helping to get) Observium to support monitoring the PDU fully, but I'm a bit lost as to where to begin. I know a reasonable amount about PHP and SNMP, but am no expert. Thanx in advance for any help. Chris Bradshaw.

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 54, Issue 37
by Nate Mellendorf 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

@ Colin Stubbs Agreed. We didn't run a full PoC either with Observium. We deployed it and watched to see if anyone found it useful or not. It wasn't long before it was running neck and neck with our production platform, which was quite unexpected for us. We (eventually) have/had no problem paying the $200 USD out of our team budget, as production software far exceeded the extremely low cost of Observium. As you noted earlier, If the demo site included all the features of the paid subscription; I think that would be enough to show free users what they're missing. (If it's configured as a full PoC as well, it should make selling the service to their team / management that much easier.) Side Note: Adam and the team work hard on this project, so the current payment plan is quite understandable and is to be expected. Even if you add on the support element for Observium, it's still far cheaper than most paid subscriptions.(Solarwinds, What's Up Gold) (It's something like $17 USD a month for full device monitoring and statistics on all configured devices. That's crazy awesome!) Nate Mellendorf | NETWORK ANALYST | Netgain 720 West Saint Germain Street | St. Cloud | MN | 56301 Phone: 320.251.4700 x183 | 877.797.4700 x183 www.NetgainHosting.com The information contained in this email message is for the designated recipient only and may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this message or any information contained within is strictly prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of observium-request(a)observium.org Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2015 1:54 AM To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: observium Digest, Vol 54, Issue 37 Send observium mailing list submissions to observium(a)observium.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to observium-request(a)observium.org You can reach the person managing the list at observium-owner(a)observium.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: cheap much? re: trial (Jacob Gardiner) 2. Re: cheap much? re: trial (Colin Stubbs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 10:38:34 +1100 From: Jacob Gardiner <jacob(a)jacobgardiner.com> To: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org>, Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] cheap much? re: trial Message-ID: <etPan.54b1b7fb.2ae8944a.376@JG-MBP> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" There?s more out there than just RedHat.? You?re just being a bit ignorant in that regards.? --? Jacob Gardiner @jacobgardiner On 11 January 2015 at 9:27:23 am, Adam Armstrong (adama(a)memetic.org) wrote: Well, we already proved this stupid "mek ur munies from support herpderp" belief common amongst open source zealots is abject nonsense. We make more money from support as a commercial operation than we ever did as pure open source, because businesses value a commercial product more than a free one, and are more likely to buy support for it. In 7 years of being open source we made maybe $1000 in voluntary donations, more than half from one person (and I'm pretty sure he drunk-donated every time). This is demonstrable fact, and is the primary reason were now commercial. RedHat are the exception that proves the rule. The fact that no one can think of anyone else (no, Oracle don't count) who makes money should be enough to demonstrate that open source doesn't pay, but for some reason people are still convinced it does. I don't know. It's like the software equivalent of trickle-down economics. No amount of evidence can sway ideologues. Adam. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 10 January 2015 13:46:02 Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: Sorry, that's the GPL-centric view that does not cover world reality at all. Also, they already see the whole thing. That's the part (90%+!) they're supporting by sending money. The bonus they get should not be the reason to support the project to begin with. We offer trial licenses at 150 GBP. As a bonus you can test it for an entire year. Lastly, I'm a bit confused why you think something needs to be GPL to be able to modify the source firstly, and the contribute the changes back second... Tom On 10/01/2015 13:15, Jacob Gardiner wrote: Because they don?t give a shit about how you license it. As long as it works and you?ll fix it if it breaks. If you GPL the full version and provide ongoing SLA & upgrades for the software, it wont make much of a difference. Holding back features between versions actually widens the gap between getting trial users converted to fully paid users, Mainly because the guys that try your software out want to see the whole thing, and not just a subset of features when they trial it.? Besides, how do you think organisations that have development budgets contribute to products if they?re not GPL? More often than not, the requirement for ?open source? software within a company is because they want their developers to be able to add and submit features back to the product. ? ? On 10 January 2015 at 3:50:27 pm, Adam Armstrong (adama(a)memetic.org) wrote: I'm not really terribly cool with commercial organisations benefiting from the costlessness of open source software. Why should someone who'll pay Cisco $50k for a router get my work for free? ? _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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cheap much? re: trial
by Rob VanHooren 11 Jan '15

11 Jan '15

really? it’s what, a hundred quid? for a whole year. your bossfolk will collectively burn that up in under one minute of pedantic jawing at their next useless meeting. and they can’t let you take a year’s flyer to gain added features for software that you already like? do they make staff pay per cup for coffee/tea in the office kitchen too? charge rental fees for using up their whiteboard markers? sixpence per sheet in the company loo? ~boggle~ R. > On Jan 9, 2015, at 07:00, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > > I would very much like to test this functionality in the commercial edition of Observium before purchasing a subscription - is this possible please?

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Sbscription
by Chip Pleasants 10 Jan '15

10 Jan '15

I currently have a subscription and wondering the best way to renew. Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks, Chip

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Draw error
by Darian Jimenez 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hello, Any idea why I would be getting "draw errors" on a bunch of my devices?

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RANCID integration and * history *
by Leroux, Steve 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hi Observium Team, We have an Observium Subscription - well worth it. Observium: 0.15.1.6158 Rancid WebSVN: 2.3.3 I noticed this week that viewing the network config (from RANCID) not only has the current but history. We auto-update our observium weekly. I'm not sure when this was done but thanks. I'm sure many of us (subscribers) will be very pleased with this additional feature. That is so awesome. Big Thanks for that. That's it. Sample: [cid:image001.jpg@01D02B25.CEC7A880] Steve Leroux Technical Operations Manager -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: This email and any attachments may contain confidential information intended only for the addressee(s). Inappropriate distribution, use or copying of confidential information is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete it immediately. Avertissement: Cet e-mail et les pièces jointes peuvent contenir des informations confidentielles destinées uniquement au destinataire (s). Répartition inappropriée, l'utilisation ou la copie d'informations confidentielles est strictement interdite. Si vous avez reçu ce courriel par erreur, s'il vous plaît informer l'expéditeur et le supprimer immédiatement.

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Juniper Class of Service MIB (mib-jnx-cos)
by Dave Lindon 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hey All, Wondering if anyone has looked into implementing mib-jnx-cos into Observium? I know that Juniper doesn't create the friendliest MIBs but thought it was worth checking if it's been attempted. Cheers, Dave

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Trial License - Observium Commercial Edition
by Carl Francis 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hi, I'm a very happy Observium Community Edition user, keep up the good work! I have a Linux appliance that utilises Observium, Nagios, NagioSQL, Cacti, Splunk, etc. that runs as our Company NOC. I would like to simplify this and perhaps remove Nagios as I only use this for basic ICMP "Are you there" checks currently. I would very much like to test this functionality in the commercial edition of Observium before purchasing a subscription - is this possible please? Kind regards, Carl Francis [cid:image001.gif@01D01B8A.17EED7F0] e: carl.francis(a)flexnet-ts.com<mailto:carl.francis@flexnet-ts.com> // m: +44 (0) 7967 398 853<callto:00447967398853> // w: http://www.flexnet-ts.com<http://www.flexnet-ts.com/> // @FlexNetTS<https://twitter.com/flexnetts> Click here to watch a Cisco Meraki Webinar, and receive a free wireless access point!<http://www.meraki.com/company/webinars?ref=1dxTIjY>

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installing observium
by girum kebede 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

i got the error when instaling the observium and setting the Setup the MySQL and when running this command :- php includes/sql-schema/update.php this is the error i get " Could not open input file: includes/sql-schema/update.php"

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EU Subscriptions and new subscription management system
by Adam Armstrong 09 Jan '15

09 Jan '15

Hi Guys, To get around the additional complexity complying with the EU regulations would require we've switched to a slightly more expensive, but more helpful payment provider which is now acting as a VAT agent on our behalf, usefully sidestepping all of the EU VAT issues. They also have a much friendlier and much easier to use API, so I finally got around to properly automating the subscription system. For the future to renew subscriptions, you'll need to create an account on the subscription management system and order via the button. At the moment it autogenerates usernames and passwords, but in future I'll make those customisable. You can find it at http://www.observium.org/subs/ Thanks, adam.

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geolocation problems after update
by Guilherme de Freitas Figueiredo 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

hi all! after upgrading my svn version of observium noticed that the points are gone the map going to a strange location and coordinates "manual" in the geolocation option of configuration of devices. to not upgrade one by one and clear beyond coordinate option did a direct change in sql that functioned normally, it follows: UPDATE `observium`.`devices_locations` SET `location_lat` = NULL , `location_lon` = NULL , `location_geoapi` = 'google' , `location_manual` = '0'; after 5 minutes the points again appear on the map in the right way []s! -- Guilherme de Freitas Figueiredo

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export billing to pdf
by Simon Smith 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Hi All, is the any plans of exporting the Billing to PDFs or a module somebodies written? currently if i go File -> Print, it just prints horrible! missing text, no color, just horrible! I have to copy the graphs to a Word Doc and then save to PDF Regards Simon

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Fwd: Help me please
by Phạm Mạnh Hùng 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Dear observium developer/suppoter! I've new install Observium in Ubuntu 12.04 server. It had monitoring some device run snmp services. But now I want Observium monitor some software like: apache/mysql. I have done following instruction http://www.observium.org/wiki/Application/Apache but it not success. Can you instruction me more detail. Thank you very much. -- Thanks & Best regards Phạm Mạnh Hùng Công ty Cổ phần tập đoàn đầu tư công nghệ Intech ADD: No1 Đình Thôn Mỹ Đình Từ Liêm Hà Nội Website: http://www.sieuthisua.com; http://www.Intech.com.vn <http://www.intech.com.vn/> Email: Phammanhhung(a)gmail.com <phammanhhung(a)gmail.com>; Real_time_pro(a)yahoo.com <real_time_pro(a)yahoo.com> Phone: 0904216677

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Re: [Observium] Custom SNMP OID
by lom＠digitelitalia.com 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

I have the same issue. We are running a bunch of DSLAM (Zhone and Keymile) and we want to monitor the numebr of calls, the temperature and so on (no more than 10 SNMP OID checks). How can I ask to add this kind of support? Can I write my own check files for this hardware and (if it's working fine) pull up on the main release? Where to start writing a custom check? Regards

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add specific OID to a host to monitor.graph
by John Brown 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

Hi, I'm working towards building some additional OS and device definitions for Observium. At first, I would like to know if there is a way to add a specific OID to a device to be monitored. Other words, I have a device and the standard mibs are being monitored / graph'd. I'd like to add a specific OID to also be monitored / graphed. thanks

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Re: [Observium] Many false positives
by John Brown 02 Jan '15

02 Jan '15

I'm following back up to the list, in hopes that others will find this and it will help them. Part of figuring this out was to track server (the host observium is running on) utilization in terms of Disk IO, CPU, Network IO, swaps, etc. In general we had to upgrade our server to handle a higher compute load / cpu load. We had been running Cacti on the same hardware platform with about 3x the devices, polling every 1 minute and no issues. When running Cacti we also used the C based poller environment (spine). Observium requires more CPU. We also increased our SNMP time out value in the config file. This helped mitigate the issue, but at the end of the day, more CPU fixed the issue. Now the SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) has reduced and alerts / data from Observium is considered reflective of the devices status. Once we stabilize and goto production, I'll post our hardware / os configuration along with other relevant data for others to reference. cheers and thanks to those that provided on-list and off-list usable feedback. On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 6:06 AM, John Brown <john(a)citylinkfiber.com> wrote: > what command line options do you send to fping ? > how do you call fping from within the code? > and what are you parsing on from fping's output to determine up or down ? > > thanks > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> > wrote: >> >> In my previous testing (which was on a mikrotik, but I didn't find out >> if it was the end device or an intermediate device), the issue occured >> because the device stopped replying to pings for 10 seconds every few >> minutes. >> >> This will produce frequent false alerts with even 1 second timeouts and >> multiple retries not ignoring. >> >> Personally, I think we're quite justified in marking a device down if it >> doesn't reply to ping after 5 seconds :) >> >> adam. >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "John Brown" <john(a)citylinkfiber.com> >> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> >> Sent: 12/22/2014 5:12:18 PM >> Subject: Re: [Observium] Many false positives >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> I did crank the timeout and retires up to 1000ms and 5 retries, prior to >> my original post. >> That didn't seem to help much. >> >> I now have the debug value set and will watch the debug log for any hints. >> >> Thanks >> >> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Tom Laermans < >> tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >> >>> There is no time frame to report; it didn't return a ping (in time) at >>> the exact moment the message is logged. >>> >>> These are the default ping config settings: >>> #$config['ping']['retries'] = 3; // How many times to retry ping (1 - >>> 10) >>> #$config['ping']['timeout'] = 500; // Timeout in milliseconds (50 - >>> 2000) >>> >>> So, 3 missed-or->500ms pings, it would seem. >>> >>> There are currently no device-specific ping settings, this is on my >>> to-do somewhere. >>> >>> You can try to enable this: >>> $config['ping']['debug'] = TRUE; // If TRUE store ping errors >>> into logs/debug.log file >>> >>> and check the debug log. >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> On 22/12/2014 23:55, John Brown wrote: >>> >>> Yes, I see the "Device Status changed to Down (PING)" in the log. >>> >>> The conflict I have with this that it doesn't provide any more detailed >>> information. >>> How many pings failed, time frame, etc >>> >>> I am running TCPDUMP on a monitor/span port that the ONOS is connected >>> to and I see ICMP packets going out to devices and I see their reply >>> packets come back. >>> >>> Over a 15 minute period of time a host will be reported as DOWN, yet the >>> ICMP packet flow shows echo_request / echo_reply pairs without undo delay. >>> >>> Other machines on the same LAN subnet as the ONOS host also show no >>> dropped ICMP packets. >>> >>> Hence why I'm asking about additional debugging tools within ONOS.. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >>

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