I thought it might be my config.php so I posted it below.
root@svr-observium:/opt/observium# cat config.php
<?php
// Database config --- This MUST be configured
$config['db_extension'] = 'mysqli';
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_user'] = 'observium';
$config['db_pass'] = 'XXXXXXXX';
$config['db_name'] = 'observium';
// Base directory
#$config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium";
// 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 (not available in CE)
// $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE;
// Set up a default alerter (email to a single address)
$config['email']['default'] = "user@your-domain";
$config['email']['from'] = "Observium <observium@your-domain>";
$config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE;
// End config.php
?>