The only BGP-related metrics at the moment are bgpPeerState, bgpPeerAdminStatus, and bgpFsmEstablishedTime.

The prefix data might be graphed, but the same data might not necessarily be available via the alerting system.

I’d like to see that kind of alerting as well! Though I don’t think it’d replace something more robust like BGPMon. Plus, it could get quite chatty unless you could set limits on route changes.

From: Michael Vieth
Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 7:48 AM
To: Observium Network Observation System
Subject: [Observium] Alerting on BGP Ucast prefixes

I am ecstatic that unicast prefix is graphed on Observium.

Is there a way to alert on a change in the number of routes being advertised?

For example, say I am receiving 500 routes from a peer, and that drops to 430, is that an alert-able event?

(Sorry if this is a repeated question, I am having difficulty finding detailed information on alerts outside of the wiki that just has general alerts documented.)

Cheers,

Michael Vieth

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