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For how long graphs are available in observium?
by Vikas Kumar 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Hi everyone, I want to know for how long the observium graphs are available ? The default I can see in the UI is for 2 years Is it configurable if yes then for how long ? Regards -- <http://moodi.org/> *Vikas Kumar | ** Hospitality & PR Coordinator* *Mood Indigo, IIT Bombay* *+91-9694532954 | mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com <mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com>* [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/vikas.cse.iitb> <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…>

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Re: [Observium] Function gone missing
by Adam Armstrong 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

I had a look at that function the other day, and nothing has changed with it for quite a while. Probably the weathermap script isn't including the correct files, though this stuff hasn't changed for quite some time. adam. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Mike Hyslop" <mike.hyslop(a)theaccesspoint.co.uk> To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> Sent: 2018-04-04 07:08:28 Subject: [Observium] Function gone missing >Hi guys. > > > >I have noticed that our weathermap has stopped updating, when I run it >in debug mode it moans about function check_extension_exists() being >missing. > > > >I have had a quick look through the source and can’t see that function >anywhere. > > > >Not sure if its been depreciated or renamed (or if it was surplus to >requirements and simply removed) > > > >Cheers. > > >Mike Hyslop >Senior Infrastructure Engineer >mike.hyslop(a)theaccesspoint.co.uk > >DDI: 020 8102 1121 Office: 020 3189 2645 > >www.theaccesspoint.co.uk >Accesspoint | Unit 7 | Ashton Gate | Ashton Road | Harold Hill | RM3 >8UF > > Please think of the environment before you print this email > > >This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is >addressed. Accordingly, Accesspoint Group Holdings Ltd and its >subsidiary companies disclaim all responsibility and accept no >liability (including in negligence) for the consequences of any such >persons other than the addressee acting, or refraining from acting, on >such information prior to the receipt by those persons of subsequent >written confirmation. If you have received this e-mail message in >error, please notify us immediately by telephone (0203 189 2645). >Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer. Any form >of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, >distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message is strictly >prohibited. Accesspoint Group Holdings Ltd, Accesspoint Technologies >Ltd and Accesspoint Legal Services Ltd are companies registered in >England and Wales. www.theaccesspoint.co.uk > >The risk of fraud relating to emails and bank account details has >increased. We will NOT email you to tell you that our bank account >details have changed; any such email is a scam. Please check our bank >account details with us in person if you are in any doubt. We will not >accept responsibility if you transfer money into an incorrect account. >

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Re: [Observium] Port Labeling
by Mike Stupalov 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Hi, port_label is cleaned field (from unusefull information), generated based on multiple possible Oids (ie ifDescr, ifName). But anyway in db such fields ifDescr and ifName stored as is without changes and can used for alerts, etc. port_label is short as possible for display in most pages. I not see reasons for keep such data ( - Printer) for display in port names. This exactly should be stored in ifAlias (wich is port description). But.. if your device not support correct ifAlias, I can try to parse ifAlias for that os. Attach debug discovery: ./discovery.php -d -m os,ports -h <device> > Christian <mailto:cyberdoc@cmreynolds.org> > 5 April 2018 at 18:37 > Hello, > > I was introduced to Observium in early March, and coming from a Nagios > / Cacti type of monitoring, I am completely impressed with the power > of Observium. I have CE 17.9.0 and am in the process of deploying it > at my location. > > I have a couple of smart switches that support SNMP, but are not > capable of a Port label. Thus, Observium shows the switch as Port 1, > Port 2, Port 3 instead of my desired “Port 1 - Bandwidth Control” > “Port 2 - Linux Server” “Port 3 - Printer” … that sort of thing. > > I found that I could use NaviCat to edit the MySQL database to > properly label the ports, but then the next polling cycle restores the > generic port label 5 minutes later. > > > Is there any way for me to modify the polling to leave the label > alone? I don’t want to look into “locking” the [port_label] field of > the database tables. > > If I may also ask, is there any way to tell Observium that a down port > is the normal (green) condition? I have some switches with ports that > are not active, and if something is plugged into them, an alert would > be handy. > > Thank you again for this amazing software. > > Christian > > > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Mike Stupalov Observium Limited, http://observium.org

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Rx/Tx Port Errors
by Erdem HAKI 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Hello, I see several Rx/Tx port errors on my Observium. For example it says Tx: 25 on the home page, but when I click on the interface, the "Errors" graph shows me that Tx 118.69m, and I can not see anything wrong with the Tx when I check the interface errors from the router CLI. How can I verify these alarms are false positive or not? Alarms are not router specific, I got alarms from both Nokia and Juniper boxes. Best

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Rancid for different devices
by Travis Garrison 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Wanted to check with everyone to make sure its not builtin or I'm missing something simple before I create my own script. Any way to automatically create the config to backup Cisco, Mikrotik and other devices through rancid? We have rancid setup for Cisco currently and want to start backing up our Mikrotik and Ubiquiti routers. Thanks Travis

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Port Labeling
by Christian 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Hello, I was introduced to Observium in early March, and coming from a Nagios / Cacti type of monitoring, I am completely impressed with the power of Observium. I have CE 17.9.0 and am in the process of deploying it at my location. I have a couple of smart switches that support SNMP, but are not capable of a Port label. Thus, Observium shows the switch as Port 1, Port 2, Port 3 instead of my desired “Port 1 - Bandwidth Control” “Port 2 - Linux Server” “Port 3 - Printer” … that sort of thing. I found that I could use NaviCat to edit the MySQL database to properly label the ports, but then the next polling cycle restores the generic port label 5 minutes later. Is there any way for me to modify the polling to leave the label alone? I don’t want to look into “locking” the [port_label] field of the database tables. If I may also ask, is there any way to tell Observium that a down port is the normal (green) condition? I have some switches with ports that are not active, and if something is plugged into them, an alert would be handy. Thank you again for this amazing software. Christian

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Function gone missing
by Mike Hyslop 04 Apr '18

04 Apr '18

Hi guys. I have noticed that our weathermap has stopped updating, when I run it in debug mode it moans about function check_extension_exists() being missing. I have had a quick look through the source and can't see that function anywhere. Not sure if its been depreciated or renamed (or if it was surplus to requirements and simply removed) Cheers. [Accesspoint Logo] [Roundel Logo] Mike Hyslop Senior Infrastructure Engineer [email icon] mike.hyslop(a)theaccesspoint.co.uk [phone icon] DDI: 020 8102 1121 Office: 020 3189 2645 [website icon] www.theaccesspoint.co.uk<http://www.theaccesspoint.co.uk> [address icon] Accesspoint | Unit 7 | Ashton Gate | Ashton Road | Harold Hill | RM3 8UF [group logos] [website icon] Please think of the environment before you print this email This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is addressed. Accordingly, Accesspoint Group Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary companies disclaim all responsibility and accept no liability (including in negligence) for the consequences of any such persons other than the addressee acting, or refraining from acting, on such information prior to the receipt by those persons of subsequent written confirmation. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone (0203 189 2645). Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. Accesspoint Group Holdings Ltd, Accesspoint Technologies Ltd and Accesspoint Legal Services Ltd are companies registered in England and Wales. www.theaccesspoint.co.uk<http://www.theaccesspoint.co.uk/> The risk of fraud relating to emails and bank account details has increased. We will NOT email you to tell you that our bank account details have changed; any such email is a scam. Please check our bank account details with us in person if you are in any doubt. We will not accept responsibility if you transfer money into an incorrect account.

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"External Web URL" not set or incorrect,
by Eric W. Bates 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

I'm getting the message: Setting 'web_url' for "External Web URL" not set or incorrect, please update on Global Settings Edit page. I'm currently connecting to the URL: https://observium.whoi.edu/ And the setting is: http://observium.whoi.edu/ However, the settings page will not accept the 's' character. Every time I add it, it simply disappears again. The defaults in includes/defaults.inc.php has: #$config['base_url'] = "http://localhost/"; // Not recomend change this, only if autodetect wrong. Used in WUI #$config['web_url'] = "http://localhost:80/"; // This same as base_url but used only in cli for example in alerts Should I change to: $config['web_url'] = "https://localhost:443/" -- Clark 159a, MS 46 508/289-3112

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BitRRD: Blockchain-based data storage for Observium
by Adam Armstrong 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

Hi Guys, We're proud to announce that we're switching to BitRRD, the new blockchain-based metric storage format. http://www.observium.org/blockchain/ The migration should be seemless, provided your server has 6-8 GPUs installed when you perform the update. Thanks, adam.

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taildrops counted as errors since junos 15.X on EX series
by Arne Van Theemsche 01 Apr '18

01 Apr '18

Hi, we started to upgrade our juniper EX switches to 15.X release and notice a change of behaviour in error reporting at interface level in observium the problem lays that taildrops (which are activated by default and cannot just be, and isn't even a good practice to disable them) are now reported as errors in observium Output errors: Carrier transitions: 29, Errors: 0, Drops: 177209, Collisions: 0, Aged packets: 0, FIFO errors: 0, HS link CRC errors: 0, MTU errors: 0, Resource errors: 0 show interfaces queue xe-0/0/4 .... Tail-dropped packets : 177209 ...... prior to 15.X we only received reports/mails if the Errors Value was > 0. Honestly, we only care about errors, because taildrops will always happen from time to time I don't know if this is a change in behaviour of juniper snmp counters or that this is a flag in observium we can toggle? thx Arne

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