Yes,

I did edit the hosts file where observium is installed.



Regards



Tshering DHENDUP(MR)
Internet & IT
Operations Division
Bhutan Telecom Ltd
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On Friday 13 March 2015 02:01 PM, Watson Kamanga wrote:
> Are u editing the hosts files where observium is installed .
> Ping the device by name from the server where you have installed observium .
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Watson
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 13 Mar 2015, at 9:57 AM, Tshering DHENDUP <tshering.dhendup@bt.bt> wrote:
>>
>> I added in /etc/hosts as
>>
>> 192.168.128.1   sw1     sw1.xxx.local
>>
>>
>> I tried adding the host as sw1 and sw1.xxx.local still no progress. It's
>> saying not able to resolve. I suppose we have to have a private DNS
>> which resolves IP into hosts and vice versa. Are my thoughts correct?
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tshering DHENDUP(MR)
>> Internet & IT
>> Operations Division
>> Bhutan Telecom Ltd
>> www.bt.bt
>>
>> Contact# +975-2-343434 [Ext: 2022]
>>
>>> On Friday 13 March 2015 01:34 PM, Cliff Albert wrote:
>>>
>>> Just add the hostname <-> ip mappings to your /etc/hosts file.
>>>
>>> We do it for almost every observium instance we work on.
>>>
>>>> On 13/03/2015 07:50, Tshering DHENDUP wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> You mean add the device IP and the name even if the IP /device name is
>>>> not mapped in the DNS?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tshering DHENDUP(MR)
>>>> Internet & IT
>>>> Operations Division
>>>> Bhutan Telecom Ltd
>>>> www.bt.bt
>>>>
>>>> Contact# +975-2-343434 [Ext: 2022]
>>>>  me
>>>>> On Friday 13 March 2015 12:39 PM, Watson Kamanga wrote:
>>>>> Add the IP address and the name of the device .
>>>>>
>>>>> /watson
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 13 Mar 2015, at 8:34 AM, Tshering DHENDUP
>>>>>> <tshering.dhendup@bt.bt> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you. What do you mean by "add a host file entry on the server" ?
>>>>>> Should I add in the /etc/hosts as follows ( without private DNS)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> vi /etc/hosts
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 192.168.x.x server example.server ------- entry for the observium
>>>>>> server?
>>>>>> 192.168.y.y sw1    sw1.server ----------------entry for switch or
>>>>>> router?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Will this work?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tshering DHENDUP(MR)
>>>>>> Internet & IT
>>>>>> Operations Division
>>>>>> Bhutan Telecom Ltd
>>>>>> www.bt.bt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Contact# +975-2-343434 [Ext: 2022]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Friday 13 March 2015 11:48 AM, Carlos Martinez wrote:
>>>>>>> The devices must be DNS resolvable you could add a host file entry
>>>>>>> on the server.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mar 12, 2015, at 10:45 PM, Tshering DHENDUP
>>>>>>>> <tshering.dhendup@bt.bt> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Team,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We are trying to add private IP address to the observium. Our
>>>>>>>> picture:
>>>>>>>> the observium server is having a private IP address tho' NATed to a
>>>>>>>> public ip address. I am trying to add the private IP( of a
>>>>>>>> switch/router), and it gives me the following error
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Try to add 192.168.128.1:
>>>>>>>> Could not resolve 192.168.128.1.
>>>>>>>> Devices skipped: 1.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Does this mean that, the devices can't be added using their IP? Or
>>>>>>>> should the IP be DNS mapped( resolvable )?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Tshering DHENDUP(MR)
>>>>>>>> Internet & IT
>>>>>>>> Operations Division
>>>>>>>> Bhutan Telecom Ltd
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