I was going to do something simular, but thought I'd request a feature add.

When I deploy my devices, I deploy them with a script that's been standardized / approved. Setting up DHCP would be possible, but it adds additional steps (prone to user error) and may not be possible for all Observium users.

I can see why you may not want to add it, but I feel it would be a really nice time saver for future deployments. You configured Observium to say no, I wont poll you if I can't find you. I think this is a little bit of a grey area, where we know it'll be there eventually.

Just my two cents. Thanks again Adam for the consideration.

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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:27:26 -0700 From: Robbie Wright robbie@siuslawbroadband.com To: Observium Network Observation System observium@observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Request: Add a device proactively Message-ID: CADTKZWZ8kbo7ZU8KAnbANzvh+udkEAaC9Bg05zm+V2AxqZZYmg@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

The way we currently handle this, since all of the devices require dns, is to pre-provision the device on a dhcp network and set dns to the temporary dhcp address. We can do the full config on the on the device, ship it, and when it is in its new location (or while it is being shipped) update dns to the new static IP you pre-provisioned and then when it is plugged in, all should be good with the world. In theory. Most of the time.

Robbie Wright Siuslaw Broadband https://siuslawbroadband.com 541-902-5101

On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Matt Ladewig matt@univoip.com wrote:

I?m in favor of having an offline device add option. We would be able to add the device to Observium as part of the normal provisioning workflow, instead of post activation.

*From:* observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] *On Behalf Of *Adam Armstrong *Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2015 8:10 AM *To:* observium@observium.org *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Request: Add a device proactively

Hmm... I'm not sure about this. What do other people think?

adam.

On 19/10/2015 16:07:40, Nate Mellendorf < nate.mellendorf@netgainhosting.com> wrote:

Observium team,

I just finished pre-deploying a few routers for a new client, and I?m adding each one to our monitoring platforms in advance.

As they?re offline, I?ll be unable to add them to Observium until they respond to SNMP / ICMP.

Is there a way I could add these proactively, and work around the error that Observium pushes our by default?

Ideally, I?d like to add them all now, disable their alerts, and enable them when they?re deployed and connectivity is in place.

I see you have a Ignore RRD checkbox on the add device page. I wonder if we could have another that says, ?Add even though device is offline??

As always, thank you for your feedback and time on this.

Regards,

*Nate Mellendorf **|* *Network Analyst **|* *Netgain* 720 West Saint Germain Street | St. Cloud | MN | 56301 Phone: 320.251.4700 x183 *|* 877.797.4700 x183 *www.NetgainHosting.com* http://www.netgainhosting.com/

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