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Apache 2.4 config (for newer versions of Linux)
by Tristan Rhodes 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

I saw in the list archives that someone recently asked about using newer versions of Linux with Observium. I am not an Apache expert, but I got it working by simply changing to "Require all granted" in the recommended Observium config: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html root@observium:/opt/observium/includes# cat /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /opt/observium/html <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None </Directory> <Directory /opt/observium/html/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log LogLevel warn CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined ServerSignature On </VirtualHost> I also had to manually enable the php5-mcrypt module: sudo php5enmod mcrypt sudo service apache2 restart I hope this was helpful! Tristan *Tristan Rhodes* Network Engineer Weber State University 801.626.8549

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 5
by matthew waterman 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

ok great, I will get a few basic alerters programmed and await an update at some stage with further examples. I will update tommorrow if the alerts have been successful. I like the send recovery toggle - sometimes the little hamster would go ape for up to 20 emails with a missed SNMP down. Glad to send the end of that. Matt On 1 September 2014 20:34, <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: > 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: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3 (Tom Laermans) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 10:32:27 +0200 > From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3 > Message-ID: <54042F1B.8060804(a)powersource.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" > > Hi Matt, > > Yes, the legacy alerters have been removed as they did not work very > well. The new alerting system is a lot better. > > I was planning to create example alerts to replicate the old ones, but I > haven't gotten around to that unfortunately. > > For example, device rebooted: > > - Entity type: device > - Alert conditions: device_uptime < 300 > - Entity match: * > - Device match: * > > + Turn off "Send recovery" so you don't get a recovery mail after 5 > minutes. > > Tom > > On 09/01/2014 10:25 AM, matthew waterman wrote: > > hmmm, > > > > I think I am beginning to see the error in my ways perhaps, > > > > I do not have any Alert-checkers..... > > > > I have never had to add them or go near them as the version I was > > originally running just simply emailed me with Device down, device up, > > device rebooted, or if I wanted it to - port down etc > > > > So the new version will not do this by default? Do I need to created > > alert checkers for all my devices? > > > > matt > > > > > > > > On 1 September 2014 19:53, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> wrote: > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@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 > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > observium-owner(a)observium.org <mailto:observium-owner@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: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 (Tom Laermans) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:52:26 +0200 > > From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx > > <mailto:tom.laermans@powersource.cx>> > > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 > > Message-ID: <540425BA.6050808(a)powersource.cx > > <mailto:540425BA.6050808@powersource.cx>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > > > Hi, > > > > Please share your alert checker configuration (screenshot) so we > > can see > > if those are alright, first. > > > > Tom > > > > On 01/09/2014 09:46, matthew waterman wrote: > > > Thanks for your replies, > > > > > > I have un commented the line "$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] > > > = TRUE;" , and also confirmed that I have the correct cron job > > > configured. I then gave the VM a reboot as It is one of the devices > > > that I observe. Unfortunalty i did not receive an email alert, so I > > > reboot another device for a full 5 minutes so I should have > > received 1 > > > x email alert for device down and 1 x reboot alert. I did not > > receive > > > either. Is there a way I can monitor/watch the email being sent or > > > processed to confirm that it is indeed happening? > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > > On 1 September 2014 11:20, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>>> wrote: > > > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > <mailto:observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@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 > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org>> > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific > > > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Email setup in Config.php (matthew waterman) > > > 2. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Tristan Rhodes) > > > 3. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Nathan Phelan) > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:32:15 +1200 > > > From: matthew waterman <mwaterman1982(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com> > > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com>>> > > > To: observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > <mailto:observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > > Subject: [Observium] Email setup in Config.php > > > Message-ID: > > > > > > > > <CAMq=ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK+ugBQ6OB2eK+6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > > <mailto: > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%2BugBQ6OB2eK%2B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > > <mailto: > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%2BugBQ6OB2eK%2B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > > <mailto: > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%252BugBQ6OB2eK%252B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com>>> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and > > > recently, > > > approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, > > upgraded > > > via SVN > > > and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at > > > the moment > > > and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this > > > working again. > > > Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to > > > what needs > > > to be changed to get email working again. > > > > > > Config.php: > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of > > > settings you > > > can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! > > > > > > // Database config > > > $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; > > > $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; > > > $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; > > > $config['db_name'] = "observium"; > > > > > > // Location > > > $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; > > > > > > // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a > particular > > > hostname/port > > > // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any > other > > > hostname > > > #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; > > > > > > // Default community list to use when adding/discovering > > > $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); > > > > > > // Authentication Model > > > $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other > > options: > > > ldap, > > > http-auth, please see documentation for config help > > > > > > // Enable alerter > > > // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; > > > > > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > > > > > > // SNMP Settings > > > $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms > > > $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to > > > retry the > > > query > > > > > > //Ping Settings > > > $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms > > > $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to > > > retry the > > > query > > > > > > //Alert Settings > > > $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = > > "myemail(a)domain.co.nz <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz> > > > <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz>>"; > > > $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < > > > myeamil(a)domain.co.nz <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz> > > <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz>>>"; > > > $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > > > $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; > > > $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time > to > > > display > > > reboot warning > > > //Poller and Discovery Modules > > > > > > //Syslog settings > > > $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; > > > $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", > > > "Connection from > > > UDP: [", > > > "ipSystemStatsTable node > > > ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", > > > "diskio.c: don't know how to > > > handle"); ## > > > Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon > > > > > > //Geocoding Configuration > > > > > > > > > // End config.php > > > > > > > > > > > > *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) > > *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 > > > *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 > > > *RRDtool*1.4.7 > > >

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6500 PSU Voltage Check
by Jake Turner 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

Hi All, I was wondering if I could configure alerts for the voltage on a couple of 6500 power supplies (to try and alert on power failures). I've used the Entity Type of Voltage and this picks up the Enitity's from the 6500 (110/220v AC power supply, 2500 watt 2 - Power Supply 2 power-input) however I'm unsure on how to configure the 'Check Conditions' and 'Associations'. The below is a guess for the check conditions: Metric Condition Value sensor_voltage lt 220 In Associations I have simply put * * which I suspect is incorrect. Has anybody else tried setting up checks on voltage? Thanks Jake

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Google Maps not showing
by Sebastian Pitei 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Hi everyone, First, congrats ot the devs for making such a nice piece of software. Simple, to the point, perfect! Second, my issue: I'm trying to change the maps engine to Google Maps. I've change the engine to "google" in config.php but unfortunately nothing is happening. Any ideas? Regards, Sebi

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 3
by matthew waterman 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

hmmm, I think I am beginning to see the error in my ways perhaps, I do not have any Alert-checkers..... I have never had to add them or go near them as the version I was originally running just simply emailed me with Device down, device up, device rebooted, or if I wanted it to - port down etc So the new version will not do this by default? Do I need to created alert checkers for all my devices? matt On 1 September 2014 19:53, <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: > 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: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 (Tom Laermans) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:52:26 +0200 > From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1 > Message-ID: <540425BA.6050808(a)powersource.cx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed" > > Hi, > > Please share your alert checker configuration (screenshot) so we can see > if those are alright, first. > > Tom > > On 01/09/2014 09:46, matthew waterman wrote: > > Thanks for your replies, > > > > I have un commented the line "$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] > > = TRUE;" , and also confirmed that I have the correct cron job > > configured. I then gave the VM a reboot as It is one of the devices > > that I observe. Unfortunalty i did not receive an email alert, so I > > reboot another device for a full 5 minutes so I should have received 1 > > x email alert for device down and 1 x reboot alert. I did not receive > > either. Is there a way I can monitor/watch the email being sent or > > processed to confirm that it is indeed happening? > > > > Matt > > > > > > On 1 September 2014 11:20, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> wrote: > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@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 > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > observium-owner(a)observium.org <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Email setup in Config.php (matthew waterman) > > 2. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Tristan Rhodes) > > 3. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Nathan Phelan) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:32:15 +1200 > > From: matthew waterman <mwaterman1982(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:mwaterman1982@gmail.com>> > > To: observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > Subject: [Observium] Email setup in Config.php > > Message-ID: > > > > <CAMq=ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK+ugBQ6OB2eK+6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto:ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK%2BugBQ6OB2eK%2B6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q@mail.gmail.com > >> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hi, > > > > I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and > > recently, > > approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, upgraded > > via SVN > > and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at > > the moment > > and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this > > working again. > > Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to > > what needs > > to be changed to get email working again. > > > > Config.php: > > > > <?php > > > > ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of > > settings you > > can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! > > > > // Database config > > $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; > > $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; > > $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; > > $config['db_name'] = "observium"; > > > > // Location > > $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; > > > > // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a particular > > hostname/port > > // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any other > > hostname > > #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; > > > > // Default community list to use when adding/discovering > > $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); > > > > // Authentication Model > > $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: > > ldap, > > http-auth, please see documentation for config help > > > > // Enable alerter > > // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; > > > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > > > > // SNMP Settings > > $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms > > $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to > > retry the > > query > > > > //Ping Settings > > $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms > > $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to > > retry the > > query > > > > //Alert Settings > > $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "myemail(a)domain.co.nz > > <mailto:myemail@domain.co.nz>"; > > $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < > > myeamil(a)domain.co.nz <mailto:myeamil@domain.co.nz>>"; > > $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > > $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; > > $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time to > > display > > reboot warning > > //Poller and Discovery Modules > > > > //Syslog settings > > $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; > > $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", > > "Connection from > > UDP: [", > > "ipSystemStatsTable node > > ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", > > "diskio.c: don't know how to > > handle"); ## > > Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon > > > > //Geocoding Configuration > > > > > > // End config.php > > > > > > > > *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) > *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 > > *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 > > *RRDtool*1.4.7 > >

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 1
by matthew waterman 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Thanks for your replies, I have un commented the line "$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE;" , and also confirmed that I have the correct cron job configured. I then gave the VM a reboot as It is one of the devices that I observe. Unfortunalty i did not receive an email alert, so I reboot another device for a full 5 minutes so I should have received 1 x email alert for device down and 1 x reboot alert. I did not receive either. Is there a way I can monitor/watch the email being sent or processed to confirm that it is indeed happening? Matt On 1 September 2014 11:20, <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: > 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. Email setup in Config.php (matthew waterman) > 2. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Tristan Rhodes) > 3. Re: Email setup in Config.php (Nathan Phelan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 08:32:15 +1200 > From: matthew waterman <mwaterman1982(a)gmail.com> > To: observium(a)observium.org > Subject: [Observium] Email setup in Config.php > Message-ID: > <CAMq= > ffcjUmV--G_kqRpXMK+ugBQ6OB2eK+6dEsqza4mteHZx4Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and recently, > approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, upgraded via SVN > and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at the moment > and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this working again. > Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to what needs > to be changed to get email working again. > > Config.php: > > <?php > > ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of settings you > can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! > > // Database config > $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; > $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; > $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; > $config['db_name'] = "observium"; > > // Location > $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; > > // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a particular > hostname/port > // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any other hostname > #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; > > // Default community list to use when adding/discovering > $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); > > // Authentication Model > $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: ldap, > http-auth, please see documentation for config help > > // Enable alerter > // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > > // SNMP Settings > $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms > $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to retry the > query > > //Ping Settings > $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms > $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to retry the > query > > //Alert Settings > $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "myemail(a)domain.co.nz"; > $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < > myeamil(a)domain.co.nz>"; > $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; > $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time to display > reboot warning > //Poller and Discovery Modules > > //Syslog settings > $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; > $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", "Connection from > UDP: [", > "ipSystemStatsTable node > ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", > "diskio.c: don't know how to handle"); ## > Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon > > //Geocoding Configuration > > > // End config.php > > > > *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 > *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 > *RRDtool*1.4.7 >

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Email setup in Config.php
by matthew waterman 01 Sep '14

01 Sep '14

Hi, I have been using Observium for about 1 year successfully and recently, approximately 3mth ago, I subscribed to the paid version, upgraded via SVN and copied my config.php. I do not have working email alerts at the moment and would like to know what needs to be changed to get this working again. Below is a print of my config.php file. Please advise me as to what needs to be changed to get email working again. Config.php: <?php ## Have a look in includes/defaults.inc.php for examples of settings you can set here. DO NOT EDIT defaults.inc.php! // Database config $config['db_host'] = "localhost"; $config['db_user'] = "myuesrname"; $config['db_pass'] = "mypassword"; $config['db_name'] = "observium"; // Location $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; // Thie should *only* be set if you want to *force* a particular hostname/port // It will prevent the web interface being usable form any other hostname #$config['base_url'] = "http://observium.company.com"; // Default community list to use when adding/discovering $config['snmp']['community'] = array("public"); // Authentication Model $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: ldap, http-auth, please see documentation for config help // Enable alerter // $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) // SNMP Settings $config['snmp']['timeout'] = 1000; # timeout in ms $config['snmp']['retries'] = 6; # how many times to retry the query //Ping Settings $config['ping']['timeout'] = 2000; # timeout in ms $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; # how many times to retry the query //Alert Settings $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "myemail(a)domain.co.nz"; $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "observium.dev < myeamil(a)domain.co.nz>"; $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = FALSE; $config['uptime_warning'] = "14400"; ## Time to display reboot warning //Poller and Discovery Modules //Syslog settings $config['enable_syslog'] = 1; $config['syslog_filter'] = array("last message repeated", "Connection from UDP: [", "ipSystemStatsTable node ipSystemStatsOutFragOKs not implemented", "diskio.c: don't know how to handle"); ## Ignore some crappy stuff from SNMP daemon //Geocoding Configuration // End config.php *Observium*0.14.8.5763 *Apache*2.2.22 (Ubuntu) *PHP*5.3.10-1ubuntu3.13 *MySQL*5.5.38-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 *SNMP*NET-SNMP version: 5.4.3 *RRDtool*1.4.7

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Re: [Observium] Syslog msg empty temporary fix
by Mike Stupalov 30 Aug '14

30 Aug '14

1. write questions to list pls, I'm not a service support 2. why do you have a line break in $template, all text betwen $template and \n" this is one line (use copy-paste) 3. about '& stop' vs '& ~', tilde - legacy but still working variant, and therefore suitable for the old and new rsyslog versions and in irc you sayd that syslog messages displayed if in cisco device set logging without timezone, this is not true? On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Wouter Prins <wp(a)null0.nl> wrote: > It still doesn't work correctly here. > Any idea's? :) > > I've pasted this into /etc/rsyslog.conf: > > -- > $template > observium,"%fromhost%||%syslogfacility%||%syslogpriority%||%syslogseverity%||%syslogtag%||%$year%-%$month%-%$day% > %timereported:8:25%||%msg%||% > programname%\n" > $ModLoad omprog > $ActionOMProgBinary /opt/observium/syslog.php > > :inputname, isequal, "imudp" :omprog:;observium > > & stop > #--------------------------------------------------------- > -- > > Any idea why i still dont see any cisco syslog messages? When i restart > rsyslogd its not complaining about syntax etc. > I do see unix syslog from servers. > > > On 24 August 2014 12:37, Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> yes, everything works >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Wouter Prins <wp(a)null0.nl> wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> Is this config working for you in 14.04.1? >>> >>> >>> On 20 August 2014 07:14, Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> .. or just use Rsyslog because it is in base Ubuntu system: >>>> http://observium.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Syslog_Server >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Robert Williams < >>>> Robert(a)custodiandc.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Further to Pav's comments earlier, I’ve found that setting the >>>>> “no-parse” flag in syslog-ng stops it from messing with the string and >>>>> restores some reasonable sanity to the messages which get passed to >>>>> Observium. Clearly something has changed within syslog-ng from Ubuntu >>>>> 12->14 and this new issue is nothing to do with the >>>>> Observium-importing-the-message element. >>>>> >>>>> For anyone suffering the same fate, the actual setting syntax to be >>>>> used within the Observium definition for syslog-ng is: >>>>> >>>>> source s_net { >>>>> udp(flags(no-parse)); >>>>> }; >>>>> >>>>> This restores 100% normal message structure for /most/ of the devices >>>>> I’ve just tested with, including all the IOS 15.x ones which had all >>>>> started showing simply "%" as the message content. >>>>> >>>>> The ones which are still a little bit broken are the IOS-XR based >>>>> units as they seem to pass a load of process name, event log number, >>>>> process number, favourite colour and other random crap in the “message” >>>>> element. However, they were all a bit broken before all this anyway to be >>>>> fair. >>>>> >>>>> I can see that within the /includes/syslog.php there is a rather >>>>> extensive section of preg_match/replace for a number of $os types. So I >>>>> guess the best way forwards to sanitise the extra IOS-XR crap is to build >>>>> it in there and submit a patch. Although I have a feeling that IOS and >>>>> IOS-XR count as the same $OS type? So we won't necessarily be able to >>>>> filter the manipulation using that to match them. >>>>> >>>>> Anyway, if we make any progress with it we’ll let you know! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers guys, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Robert Williams >>>>> Custodian Data Centre >>>>> Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com >>>>> http://www.CustodianDC.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> observium mailing list >>>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mike Stupalov >>>> http://observium.org/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> observium mailing list >>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Wouter Prins >>> wp(a)null0.nl >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Stupalov >> http://observium.org/ >> > > > > -- > Wouter Prins > wp(a)null0.nl > > -- Mike Stupalov http://observium.org/

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RSS
by Johnson, Edward A. 30 Aug '14

30 Aug '14

I’m trying to get RSS working. php-mcrypt is installed and under “My Settings” it says my RSS/Atom key was created. I can’t find any documentation anywhere that explains anything further.

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Re: [Observium] Avtech Room Alert 4E support?
by Scott Benninger 29 Aug '14

29 Aug '14

I was able to svn add the new file I copied and modified as well as make the diff file with the changes I made to the other files. How would I go about submitting my changes/adds to you to verify and commit? Or does the svn add accomplish this? I am not well versed in the use of svn. Thanks, Scott On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > Only if you submit them to us and we commit them to the repository. > > "svn add" any new files to SVN and then do "svn diff" to get SVN to > generate a file containing your changes. > > adam. > > > On 2014-08-28 17:52, Scott Benninger wrote: > >> Thanks! I managed to get it working. Not perfect but returns the 2 >> temp sensors I need. There is no internal humidity sensor on the 4E so >> may remove the humidity code as well. >> >> For reference I modified the definitions/os.inc.php roomalert os to >> use the 4E mib. I then coped the 24E sensor .php and modified it to >> use the 4E mibs and had to change the OID from 5 to 6 (the different >> product code) otherwise the mibs are almost the same up until the >> extra sensors that are available in the 24E. >> >> I guess my final question is will all the changes I made stick through >> SVN updates? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Scott >> >> AVTech uses a different MIB for each product, unfortunately. So it needs >> some coding to be done... >> >> Tom >> >> On 08/28/2014 03:41 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> Hi Scott, >> >> You need to write code to discover the objects in the new MIB. >> >> You can look at the old ones as an example, you'll find them in >> includes/discovery/sensors/ >> >> adam. >> >> On 2014-08-28 14:33, Scott Benninger wrote: >> I have been trying to get our Room Alert 4E working to record >> temperature and alert if needed. On the latest svn build(5770). I see >> on the website that the 24E is the only one supported currently since >> they have different MIBS. (FYI they no longer sell the 24E in NA). >> >> I have been able to get it to discover as and AVtech device but I had >> to modify the roomalert discovery and poller php files to add a space >> to RoomAlert as the sysDescr on the 4E is "Room Alert 4E v3.1.1". >> >> I see the 4E mibs are there as well but the temp is not getting >> polled properly. >> >> Is it possible for me to make modifications to get the temp polling >> properly? If so where should I be looking to get the 4E MIBS working >> properly? I am not sure where the mappings are done etc. Is this >> difficult to do? >> >> Otherwise how would I go about getting the working properly? >> >> Thanks, >> >> _ Scott_ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Avtech Room Alert 4E support?
by Scott Benninger 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Thanks! I managed to get it working. Not perfect but returns the 2 temp sensors I need. There is no internal humidity sensor on the 4E so may remove the humidity code as well. For reference I modified the definitions/os.inc.php roomalert os to use the 4E mib. I then coped the 24E sensor .php and modified it to use the 4E mibs and had to change the OID from 5 to 6 (the different product code) otherwise the mibs are almost the same up until the extra sensors that are available in the 24E. I guess my final question is will all the changes I made stick through SVN updates? Thanks, Scott > AVTech uses a different MIB for each product, unfortunately. So it needs > some coding to be done... > > Tom > > On 08/28/2014 03:41 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >>* Hi Scott, *>>>>* You need to write code to discover the objects in the new MIB. *>>>>* You can look at the old ones as an example, you'll find them in *>> *includes/discovery/sensors/ *>>>>* adam. *>>>>* On 2014-08-28 14:33, Scott Benninger wrote: *>>>* I have been trying to get our Room Alert 4E working to record *>>>* temperature and alert if needed. On the latest svn build(5770). I see *>>>* on the website that the 24E is the only one supported currently since *>>>* they have different MIBS. (FYI they no longer sell the 24E in NA). *>>>>>>* I have been able to get it to discover as and AVtech device but I had *>>>* to modify the roomalert discovery and poller php files to add a space *>>>* to RoomAlert as the sysDescr on the 4E is "Room Alert 4E v3.1.1". *>>>>>>* I see the 4E mibs are there as well but the temp is not getting *>>>* polled properly. *>>>>>>* Is it possible for me to make modifications to get the temp polling *>>>* properly? If so where should I be looking to get the 4E MIBS working *>>>* properly? I am not sure where the mappings are done etc. Is this *>>>* difficult to do? *>>>>>>* Otherwise how would I go about getting the working properly? *>>>>>>* Thanks, *>>>>>>* Scott*

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Avtech Room Alert 4E support?
by Scott Benninger 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

I have been trying to get our Room Alert 4E working to record temperature and alert if needed. On the latest svn build(5770). I see on the website that the 24E is the only one supported currently since they have different MIBS. (FYI they no longer sell the 24E in NA). I have been able to get it to discover as and AVtech device but I had to modify the roomalert discovery and poller php files to add a space to RoomAlert as the sysDescr on the 4E is "Room Alert 4E v3.1.1". I see the 4E mibs are there as well but the temp is not getting polled properly. Is it possible for me to make modifications to get the temp polling properly? If so where should I be looking to get the 4E MIBS working properly? I am not sure where the mappings are done etc. Is this difficult to do? Otherwise how would I go about getting the working properly? Thanks, Scott

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remove old event log data
by Simon Smith 28 Aug '14

28 Aug '14

Hi All, hoping again someone can assist me with my problems or questions… i fixed the WMI problem i was having a few weeks ago, however it has left loads and loads of Device rebooted event logs in my database is the an easy way of deleting this data as really i only wanted the log to show once? not really 2,000 times…. I’ve attached a screenshot of showing the data from the mysql i was simply gunna do 'delete from event log where reference = 2447807' but im not 100% sure incase i screw anything up in the database as its a running live system i use regards Simon

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Re: [Observium] Syslog msg empty temporary fix
by Robert Williams 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hi, Further to Pav's comments earlier, I’ve found that setting the “no-parse” flag in syslog-ng stops it from messing with the string and restores some reasonable sanity to the messages which get passed to Observium. Clearly something has changed within syslog-ng from Ubuntu 12->14 and this new issue is nothing to do with the Observium-importing-the-message element. For anyone suffering the same fate, the actual setting syntax to be used within the Observium definition for syslog-ng is: source s_net { udp(flags(no-parse)); }; This restores 100% normal message structure for /most/ of the devices I’ve just tested with, including all the IOS 15.x ones which had all started showing simply "%" as the message content. The ones which are still a little bit broken are the IOS-XR based units as they seem to pass a load of process name, event log number, process number, favourite colour and other random crap in the “message” element. However, they were all a bit broken before all this anyway to be fair. I can see that within the /includes/syslog.php there is a rather extensive section of preg_match/replace for a number of $os types. So I guess the best way forwards to sanitise the extra IOS-XR crap is to build it in there and submit a patch. Although I have a feeling that IOS and IOS-XR count as the same $OS type? So we won't necessarily be able to filter the manipulation using that to match them. Anyway, if we make any progress with it we’ll let you know! Cheers guys, Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Graph Netstats
by Darian Jimenez 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hello, Anyone know where I could get an understanding of how to interpret the graphs for network devices? Is there any documentation to help explain what to look for in devices for packet loss or problems with service? I don't see a way to tell packet drops like you would see on a device normally.

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Re: [Observium] Weird database issue?
by Nick Pais 27 Aug '14

27 Aug '14

Hogan, I'm talking about the current throughput, screenshots attached. Please excuse my "fantastic" GIMPing skills :D Thanks! > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 17:40:03 +0000 > From: Hogan Whittall <whittalh(a)yahoo-inc.com> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Weird database issue? > Message-ID: <6CDB9AE7-7909-401B-80E3-D404CDA371AC(a)yahoo-inc.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > If you?re referring to the link speed (100Mb, 1Gb, etc) then that has historically been a problem with permissions when snmpd tries to access ethtool info. You basically have 3 options: > > - Run snmpd as ?root? (Not recommended) > - Enable ETHTOOL_GSET in the kernel > - Add the link speed of each NIC to snmpd.conf (interface ethX 6 <speed in bits/s>) > > I went with the third option and wrote a script to do this for me. This info is kept in the ?ports? table. > > Or are you talking about current throughput and not port speed? > > -Hogan

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fixing graphing of FortiGate memory (used to work, now broken)
by Nathan Phelan 26 Aug '14

26 Aug '14

Hi Guys, Short version: Fortinet memory stops showing in Observium after updating due to Fortinet MIBS not being where Observium expects them. Hack Solution: mv /opt/observium/mibs/FORTINET-* /opt/observium/mibs/fortinet/ ./discovery.php -h all Long version: We have been running a very old version for a long time ( 0.14.1.4945 ) and it's been ticking along nicely but I've finally found some time to do a test update to the latest svn and ran into an issue with Fortigate memory. I ran a discovery with debug; attached as "memory debug.txt". If I run one of those commands manually I get the following: root@clone:/opt/observium# /usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c 'test -snmp' -OvQ -m FORTINET-FORTIGATE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/fortinet 'udp':'testdev.test.local':'161' fgSysMemUsage.0 MIB search path: /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/fortinet Cannot find module (FORTINET-FORTIGATE-MIB): At line 0 in (none) fgSysMemUsage.0: Unknown Object Identifier (Sub-id not found: (top) -> fgSysMemUsage) The FORTINET-FORTIGATE-MIB files don't appear to have changed but Observium appears to be looking for them under "/opt/observium/mibs/fortinet/" when they are actually just under "/opt/observium/mibs/" After doing this: root@clone:/opt/observium# cd mibs root@clone:/opt/observium/mibs# mkdir fortinet root@clone:/opt/observium/mibs# mv FORTINET-* ./fortinet/ and then running discovery again memory stats came back. Has anyone else had this issue? If so maybe the MIBS need to be relocated in SVN? Cheers, Nathan

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Quote for feature
by Benoit Lambert 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Where can I get a quote for a new feature? The Professional Services (http://www.observium.org/services/) page doesn't contain any information on who to contact. Thanks, Benoit

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Pagination on edit settings?
by Michael Loftis 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Is there *any* way to get pagination added to the edit setting pages? F/ex the "Sensors" page is unusable on a majority of my devices try waiting for load/render when you've got something like a fully loaded Juniper EX9214 so you can disable a sensor alert on one port ... ~300 ports - it's just pure pain assuming it finishes at all. And then you have to set PHP's limits so high to get the submit/save to work. Another issue is I kind of need an ability to occasionally do a "reset all" on the limits page. Individually checking off hundreds of sensors is a completely unnecessary waste of time. I realise I could go muck in the database for both of these in my particular but thats just not always an option and this just seems like something it should be doing when it hits a couple hundred records or some configurable limit. -- "Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds." -- Samuel Butler

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Re: [Observium] Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

If anyone is interested, this is how I did it without shutting down the server. And it worked. #Add 2 30GB disk (sdb1=DB | sdc1=rrd) #Rescan to find HDD - without shutdown echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host2/scan #check if it got added fdisk -l ls -la /dev/sd* #Stop daemons service crond stop service snmpd stop service syslog-ng stop service httpd stop service auditd stop #Stop sql last service mysqld stop #Configure DB HDD fdisk /dev/sdb n p 1 <cr> <cr> w #Configure rrd HDD fdisk /dev/sdc n p 1 <cr> <cr> w #Format them in ext4 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1 #Rename DB folder cd /var/lib/ mv mysql mysql_tmp #Recreate mysql folder mkdir mysql #Mount the DB hard drive mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /var/lib/mysql #Copy files over and preserve owners/perms cp -rp mysql_tmp/* mysql/ #change owner/perms of mysql folder chown mysql:mysql mysql #Rename rrd folder cd /opt/observium mv rrd rrd_tmp #Recreate rrd folder mkdir rrd #Mount the rrd hard drive mount -t ext4 /dev/sdc1 /opt/observium/rrd #Copy files over and preserve owners/perms cp -rp rrd_tmp/* rrd/ #change owner/perms of mysql folder chown apache:apache rrd #mount at startup - edit /etc/fstab /dev/sdb1 /var/lib/mysql ext4 defaults 0 0 /dev/sdc1 /opt/observium/rrd ext4 defaults 0 0 #Start daemons service mysqld start service httpd start service syslog-ng start service snmpd start service crond start service auditd start

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Re: [Observium] help with observium
by Benoit Lambert 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Add this to your config.php #PING Settings - Retries/Timeouts $config['ping']['retries'] = 10; // How many times to retry ping (1 - 10) $config['ping']['timeout'] = 1000; // Timeout in milliseconds (50 - 2000)

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help with observium
by Magnus Svensson 25 Aug '14

25 Aug '14

Hi! I got a problem with my new install. i get messege: 2014-08-25 11:00:01 "host" System Device status changed to Up 2014-08-25 10:55:07 "host" System Device status changed to Down (ping) its always down 5min, and if i ping the host its up. its just observium that think its down. ive google it and tried ping settings in config and i dont get it to work. someone know whats wrong? //magnus

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Status Proxmox-VE-Monitoring
by Cyrill Matenaers 23 Aug '14

23 Aug '14

Hi all, I just read something about Proxmox-Monitoring here http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-471. What is the actual status of this development? Is there any documetation on how to use it? Thanks for your help! Kind regards, Cyrill

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Re: [Observium] alerting
by Jake Hansen 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

Can anyone help with an issue we are having regarding alerting. Every since updating a few weeks ago, we no longer get email alerts when outages occur. I have verified that the email on the server it self is working, we simply get no events generated when things go down. Did something change in this regard? How can I restore email alerts? -- Jake Hansen Sr. Network Administrator ZTelco / Zray Technologies, Inc. 858-431-4411 Direct 858-565-2155 Office

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Apache access config for Ubuntu 14.04
by Al Nash 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

Hello Observium Just curious, your documentation here http://www.observium.org/wiki/Debian_Ubuntu_Installation#Problems mentions modifying the Apache access configuration for 13.10 and 14.04. Are there any helpful articles that can assist with making the necessary modifications? Thank You -- <http://dattobackup.com/email-signature> *Al Nash*DEVT Engineer Datto, Inc. 877-455-6015www.dattobackup.com

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Odd real time graph behavior
by Derek 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

I'm getting some strange looking graphs on some ports on my routers, where the graph is basically just a bunch of spikes. Set at 1 second intervals, it will register traffic for one tick, then nothing for anywhere from 4-10 ticks, then register traffic again, and so on. This is happening on Cisco 2811's, 2911's, and a 7206VXR, and it happens on the FastEthernet, GigEthernet, and SVI ports on them. If I set the interval to 5 seconds or higher, it looks normal again. Now, these same routers with this problem have no issue doing a 1 second interval on their Serial ports or sub-interfaces. We have several 2960 switches that seem to work just fine. I've attached an example graph to show you what I see. I happen to know that this port had at least a consistent 1MB connection throughout the time period of the graph. Thanks, Derek

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Simple question about application monitoring
by Christopher K. Brown 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Looking at Observium for the first time and wanted confirmation on this: From looking around at an install and the scripts in the scripts/agent-local directory, I believe these data-gathering scripts are executed locally on each host that is being monitored. Is that correct? Thanks!

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Re: [Observium] Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Perfect, thanks! I won't forget to chown/chmod :P Benoit

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Re: [Observium] Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Can I move entire DB to another disk? Like this? : 1. Stop the daemons 2. Rename the DB folder "mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql-tmp" 3. Recreate the folder "mkdir /var/lib/mysql" 4. Mount the new disk to the new folder "mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /var/lib/mysql" (put in fstab after) 5. Copy the files from the old folder to the new folder (cp mysql-tmp/* mysql/) 6. Restart the daemons. And voila??? Thanks, Benoit

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Re: [Observium] Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Would this work? http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/symbolic-links.html Thanks, Benoit

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Cannot Ping
by Greg Lipschitz 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Hi All, Seeing an issue where the interface is reporting it cannot ping the host but you can ping it fine from the console of the server. Anyone else seen this issue? Adding host xxxxxxxxx community mycomunity port 161 Could not ping xxxxxxxxxxx. Greg Lipschitz Director Summit IT Management<http://www.thesummitgroup.com.au> | Summit Internet<http://www.summitinternet.com.au> | Summit Creative<http://www.summitcreative.com.au> - ‘reach your peak’ Divisions of The Summit Group (Australia) Pty Ltd Phone (Australia): 1300 049 749 Phone (US & Canada): (321) 216 3844 E-mail: Greg(a)thesummitgroup.com.au<mailto:Greg@thesummitgroup.com.au> Internet: http://www.thesummitgroup.com.au/<http://www.thesummitgroup.com.au> Address: Level 1, 39 Railway Road, Blackburn VIC 3130 Postal: P.O. Box 3225, Doncaster East VIC 3109 Follow us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/thesummitgroup/> | LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/1942329> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/summitgroupau/> -- ExchangeDefender Message Security: Click below to verify authenticity https://admin.exchangedefender.com/verify.php?id=s7LBpcHQ003797&from=greg@t…

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Traffic graphs have red line on it
by Marco Marques 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Hi Guys, When looking at the traffic graphs for the ports on a devices, it has these red lines on the graph. What do they represent? See attached. Marco Marques

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Alert Checker - Device match
by Jake Turner 21 Aug '14

21 Aug '14

Hi All, I hope somebody can help. I’m currently trying to add device alerts for all my Cisco devices. As per the example in the alerting guide I’ve used ‘os equals iOS’ which works perfectly for my iOS devices but doesn’t alert on any of my XR devices. I gave 'os match iOS’ a go but that again only gives iOS devices. ‘os equals iosxr’ pulls the XR devices but obviously not the iOS devices. I’ve also tried the two statements on separate lines and that just breaks the checker. Is there any way to put the iOS and XR devices on one checker (based on os) or am I going to have to look into selecting on hostname or something similar? Thanks Jake Turner

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Moving logs and rrds to another partition?
by Benoit Lambert 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

I want to move all logs and rrds to another partition. I know rrds are stored in "/opt/observium/rrd"... But where on disk does Observium store syslogs|eventlogs? Unless they are in the DB and moving them to another partition is impossible...? I have it installed on Centos 6.5. Thanks in advance for any help! Benoit

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Alerting
by RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Just to be clear Alerting is only available in the paid version? the website observium states future ... "is the future is now"??? this is a very important feature that is lacking Computer King CaN-Mail Surveillance King http://computerking.ca http://canmail.org http://surveillanceking.net Surveillance - Sales Service - Hosting Backup Internet Based Surveillance Systems Custom Service Pac kages Secure IMAP Email - Automated Remote Backups - Photo Blogs - Online ERP and Accounting Packages

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Re: [Observium] No port names in traffic accounting
by Travis Kreikemeier 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Any thoughts on this issue? Is this a known issue? Observium 0.14.7.5736 (stable) TRAVIS KREIKEMEIER From: Travis Kreikemeier Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 1:27 PM To: 'observium(a)observium.org' Subject: No port names in traffic accounting When adding a Calix E7 port to a customer in traffic accounting. All of the interfaces in the drop down are blank, so hard to figure out which one to select. A work around I have been doing is going to the switch port and clicking "Create Bill". Would like to add the ports in the traffic accounting area. [cid:image001.jpg@01CFB87C.115A9BC0] Some of the ports on the device: [cid:image002.jpg@01CFB87C.115A9BC0] TRAVIS KREIKEMEIER

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Port Alerts
by Tech8 otelafrica 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Hi Guys On the subscription version, what would be an example of setting up an alert if a serial0/0 or eth0 port goes down on a device? Regards Anton

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server rebooted log over and over again
by Simon Smith 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Hi All, I seem to have an issue with a Windows machine and SNMP, every 5 mins when the Observium checks one of our windows machine, I keep getting ‘Device rebooted after X days’ in the event logs of that machine I did do a server reboot the other day on that machine, however if i enable the Device Ignore, i never see this issue but again thats only a work around!? is the a bug possible?! im happy to help with this issue Regards Simon

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dealing with locations
by Mike Glass 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

How does one go about changing the location, is there somewhere I can input gps coordinates to change the map pointers to a specific location. Most of my devices show up in the UK as they are tagged "Server Room". Thanks Mike

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monitor device by multiple ips
by Simon Smith 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hi All, this is a daft random question, can i monitor a device via multiple ip addresses? for instance, we have a site with a mikrotik router, they currently have 3 internet lines (DONT ASK!) 2xADSL,1xFTTC currently we use PPPOE on the router so we can see the mikrotik directly, ive enabled SNMP remotely and i monitor the box via 1 of the ADSL lines, however its constantly goes up and down and never makes up its mind! the other issue i have is the FTTC line is dynamic ip and never stays the same for more then 48hrs so in my mind, /etc/hosts or DNS for site1.router goes to 1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8, 9.10.11.12 then every check it always use one of three ip addresses ? am i correct? or is the another way of monitoring this device? regards Simon

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Postgresql fails to execute?
by Kaya Saman 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hi, I'm running Observium on a FreeBSD 10.0-RELEASE x64 system. For some reason the Postgresql script isn't working; I have turned debugging on: set 0 -> 1 The output however just seems to be: ./postgresql.pl Execute Failed The odd thing is that other Perl based scripts are working on the same box. eg. Apache. the postgresql.conf file has the correct details: db_driver set to: Pg db_host is set to the IP address of the database Jail etc.... These modules are installed which I'm sure are the relevant ones: perl5-5.16.3_11 Practical Extraction and Report Language perl5-5.16.3_11 Practical Extraction and Report Language p5-Class-DBI-3.0.17_1 Simple Database Abstraction p5-Class-DBI-Pg-0.09_1 Extensions to Class::DBI for PostgreSQL p5-DBD-Pg-3.2.1 Provides access to PostgreSQL databases through the DBI p5-DBI-1.631 Perl5 Database Interface, required for DBD::* modules p5-DBIx-ContextualFetch-1.03 Add contextual fetches to DBI p5-Ima-DBI-0.35 Database connection caching and organization Would anyone be able to suggest anything? I have been looking at this: http://www.observium.org/wiki/Application/Postgresql but unfortunately it's not very helpful in my case. Permissions are also set properly. Thanks. Kaya ./postgresql.pl Execute failed ./postgresql.pl Execute failed root@Alpha-Ray: ./postgresql.pl Execute failed ./postgresql.pl Execute failed

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Syslog msg empty temporary fix
by Pavelas Sokolovas 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hi, all. After dist upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 syslog messages from cisco IOS devices became empty. There is a similar thread/bug: http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-850 http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/2014-August/007527.html We’ve managed to work around it by changing: template ("$HOST||$FACILITY||$PRIORITY||$LEVEL||$TAG||$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY $HOUR:$MIN:$SEC||$MSG||$PROGRAM\n") to: template ("$HOST||$FACILITY||$PRIORITY||$LEVEL||$TAG||$YEAR-$MONTH-$DAY $HOUR:$MIN:$SEC||:: : :: $MSG||$PROGRAM\n") in syslog config. For the developers: it happened after update of syslog/php to 3.5.3-1 [@9695e81] / PHP 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.3 from whatever was current on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS , worked fine before that. Also, the data examplesyslog sends to the script is: 10.x.x.x||local7||notice||notice||bd||2014-08-19 20:21:10||%SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by xx on vty3 (10.x.x.xx)||BST Hope this helps! Pav Pavelas Sokolovas Custodian Data Centre Email: ps(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Billing history
by Simon Schmitz 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

hello, there is a plan for a billing history with over the last month? Greetings Simon

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Question octets to Mbps conversion.
by Senses0 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hi, I am using below query to convert ifInOctets_rate to Mbps value. mysql> SELECT ifInOctets_rate, CONCAT(ROUND((ifInOctets_rate*8)/1024/1024,2), " Mbps") ConvertedValue FROM `ports-state` WHERE port_id=105; +-----------------+----------------+ | ifInOctets_rate | ConvertedValue | +-----------------+----------------+ | 55014356 | 419.73 Mbps | +-----------------+----------------+ The value I get different from the value printed on the graph for the same port_id. On the graph I got 427Mbps, while this conversion gives me 419. Since I don't know where in the code this conversion happens, I couldn't figure out if this is the way to go about it or not. Could someone shed some light? Thanks

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Observium SNMP VMware Hosts
by Darian Jimenez 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hello, I am able to monitor pretty much everything from firewalls to switches but I am having problems with my vmware hosts. It will add the devices fine via SNMP but when it comes to polling them it will give an "SNMP UnreachableMySQL" after running the poller.php -h 'vmware host' It will show as down on the site and every now and then it comes back online. Then it will show as down again.Attached is a screenshot of the polling information.[image: Inline image 1]

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Accessing our subscription
by Richard Berndt 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

We did purchase the subscription edition of Observium. How do we access the SVN?

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Add_device fails at SNMP
by Richard Berndt 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

I am a little confused and looking for suggestions on what I can do to troubleshoot this issue. On the machine that I am running Observium on I can use snmpwalk to view the device’s system information. ubuntu@mgh-netmon:/opt/observium$ snmpwalk -Os -v 2c -c communitystring mx-hospital system sysDescr.0 = STRING: Meraki MX80 Cloud Managed Security Appliance sysObjectID.0 = OID: enterprises.29671.2.103 sysName.0 = STRING: MX-HOSPITAL sysORID.1 = OID: snmpMIB sysORID.2 = OID: vacmBasicGroup sysORID.3 = OID: ifMIB sysORDescr.1 = STRING: The MIB module for SNMPv2 entities sysORDescr.2 = STRING: View-based Access Control Model for SNMP. sysORDescr.3 = STRING: The MIB module to describe generic objects for network interface sub-layers sysORUpTime.1 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01 sysORUpTime.2 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01 sysORUpTime.3 = Timeticks: (16) 0:00:00.16 However when I use add_device it tells me that it cannot add the device. ubuntu@mgh-netmon:/opt/observium$ ./add_device.php mx-hospital communitystring v2c 161 udp Observium v0.14.4.5229 Add Device(s) Try to add mx-hospital: Trying v2c community communitystring ... No reply on community communitystring using v2c. Could not reach mx-hospital with given SNMP community using v2c. Devices skipped: 1. Any ideas? I know it Is not a network/firewall related issue since SNMPWALK can access the device. I know it is not an SNMP string issue because both SNMPWALK and another monitoring system is able to access this device using the provided SNMP string.

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Up/Down Monitoring
by Lane Eckley 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hi Guys, I am attempting to setup an alert checker for when a server goes into a "down" state for either SNMP or Ping - ideally I would like to create one alert checker for each (ping & snmp). Reviewing the metrics documentation I believe I should be using a combination of the following two: device_status (0 = down, 1 = up) device_status_type (reason for down, 'snmp'/'ping') Using the above I am failing miserably it seems as I am unable to get the alert checker to "match" a machine I turned off to do the testing. Can anyone share a quick step by step on how to setup this alert checker correctly? Thanks! -Lane

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Remove WiFi errors from dashboard
by Franjo Posavec 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Is posible to remove wifi errors from dashboard, like on atachment? -- Franjo Posavec system administrator entitas d.o.o. M: +385 (0)98 8808 72 S: franjo.posavec

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Observium Remote Poller Option
by Ben House 17 Aug '14

17 Aug '14

Hello There, Does Observium have an ability to deploy poller nodes. We currently support a number of fixed wireless networks in which we don't have visibility into. We are looking to deploy a remote node to poll/monitor remote network devices i.e deploy a VM into network and have necessary ports open back to master node and have single display? Let me what's possible for the above requirement. -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au

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