is there any solution to linux not having persistent port ifIndexes ?
Hello,
Since we'all know that Linux is not having persistent port if Indexes, is there any quick-fix workaround to make the ifindexes stay after server reboot ? Observium wise or Linux wise ?
Thanks
See ifAlias support on the bottom of this page: https://docs.observium.org/device_linux/
On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:24 AM, Edvinas K via observium observium@observium.org wrote:
Hello,
Since we'all know that Linux is not having persistent port if Indexes, is there any quick-fix workaround to make the ifindexes stay after server reboot ? Observium wise or Linux wise ?
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Thanks, seems that addon is made only for Debian, if there anything working for Centos 7 ?
Thank you
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 6:01 PM Darrell Budic budic@onholyground.com wrote:
See ifAlias support on the bottom of this page: https://docs.observium.org/device_linux/
On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:24 AM, Edvinas K via observium < observium@observium.org> wrote:
Hello,
Since we'all know that Linux is not having persistent port if Indexes, is there any quick-fix workaround to make the ifindexes stay after server reboot ? Observium wise or Linux wise ?
Thanks _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium@observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium
And btw. I don't understand how that Alias support would solve the problem ? If Observium sticks to ifindex how additional description would help ?
Thanks
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:55 PM Edvinas K edvinas.email@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, seems that addon is made only for Debian, if there anything working for Centos 7 ?
Thank you
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 6:01 PM Darrell Budic budic@onholyground.com wrote:
See ifAlias support on the bottom of this page: https://docs.observium.org/device_linux/
On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:24 AM, Edvinas K via observium < observium@observium.org> wrote:
Hello,
Since we'all know that Linux is not having persistent port if Indexes, is there any quick-fix workaround to make the ifindexes stay after server reboot ? Observium wise or Linux wise ?
Thanks _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium@observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium
I think I misunderstood what you were looking for, I read it as wanting persistent names, sorry.
I have it working on a Gentoo box, I think it would probably work on Centos with a few tweaks. Since it lets observium associate a name with the interface, in my experience means I don’t need to worry about the actual if index since groups could work on the names once I got it going. For me, it was Transit and Peering interfaces on a box acting as a router that I wanted to be identified.
I had more trouble with the engineID changing and causing rediscoveries, setting engineIDtype to 3 in snmpd.conf solved that for me. That was a long time ago, not sure it would even still be an issue.
On Feb 12, 2019, at 9:31 AM, Edvinas K edvinas.email@gmail.com wrote:
And btw. I don't understand how that Alias support would solve the problem ? If Observium sticks to ifindex how additional description would help ?
Thanks
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:55 PM Edvinas K <edvinas.email@gmail.com mailto:edvinas.email@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks, seems that addon is made only for Debian, if there anything working for Centos 7 ?
Thank you
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 6:01 PM Darrell Budic <budic@onholyground.com mailto:budic@onholyground.com> wrote: See ifAlias support on the bottom of this page: https://docs.observium.org/device_linux/ https://docs.observium.org/device_linux/
On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:24 AM, Edvinas K via observium <observium@observium.org mailto:observium@observium.org> wrote:
Hello,
Since we'all know that Linux is not having persistent port if Indexes, is there any quick-fix workaround to make the ifindexes stay after server reboot ? Observium wise or Linux wise ?
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Thanks,
Would be nice to hear something from Observium developers - as user of paid version i want to ask - if there any plans to develop the 'ifindex' persistance feature ?
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 7:00 PM Darrell Budic budic@onholyground.com wrote:
I think I misunderstood what you were looking for, I read it as wanting persistent names, sorry.
I have it working on a Gentoo box, I think it would probably work on Centos with a few tweaks. Since it lets observium associate a name with the interface, in my experience means I don’t need to worry about the actual if index since groups could work on the names once I got it going. For me, it was Transit and Peering interfaces on a box acting as a router that I wanted to be identified.
I had more trouble with the engineID changing and causing rediscoveries, setting engineIDtype to 3 in snmpd.conf solved that for me. That was a long time ago, not sure it would even still be an issue.
On Feb 12, 2019, at 9:31 AM, Edvinas K edvinas.email@gmail.com wrote:
And btw. I don't understand how that Alias support would solve the problem ? If Observium sticks to ifindex how additional description would help ?
Thanks
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:55 PM Edvinas K edvinas.email@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, seems that addon is made only for Debian, if there anything working for Centos 7 ?
Thank you
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 6:01 PM Darrell Budic budic@onholyground.com wrote:
See ifAlias support on the bottom of this page: https://docs.observium.org/device_linux/
On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:24 AM, Edvinas K via observium < observium@observium.org> wrote:
Hello,
Since we'all know that Linux is not having persistent port if Indexes, is there any quick-fix workaround to make the ifindexes stay after server reboot ? Observium wise or Linux wise ?
Thanks _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium@observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium
ifIndex persistence is a feature of the device's SNMP stack, and not really anything to do with us.
We did have a plan to switch Linux ports to using ifDescr for rrd naming, but that hasn't yet been implemented (it'd need a bunch of things to be changed, and we're not sure how reliable it'd be)
adam. On 2019-02-13 16:26:22, Edvinas K via observium observium@observium.org wrote: Thanks,
Would be nice to hear something from Observium developers - as user of paid version i want to ask - if there any plans to develop the 'ifindex' persistance feature ?
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 7:00 PM Darrell Budic <budic@onholyground.com [mailto:budic@onholyground.com]> wrote:
I think I misunderstood what you were looking for, I read it as wanting persistent names, sorry.
I have it working on a Gentoo box, I think it would probably work on Centos with a few tweaks. Since it lets observium associate a name with the interface, in my experience means I don’t need to worry about the actual if index since groups could work on the names once I got it going. For me, it was Transit and Peering interfaces on a box acting as a router that I wanted to be identified.
I had more trouble with the engineID changing and causing rediscoveries, setting engineIDtype to 3 in snmpd.conf solved that for me. That was a long time ago, not sure it would even still be an issue.
On Feb 12, 2019, at 9:31 AM, Edvinas K <edvinas.email@gmail.com [mailto:edvinas.email@gmail.com]> wrote:
And btw. I don't understand how that Alias support would solve the problem ? If Observium sticks to ifindex how additional description would help ?
Thanks
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 1:55 PM Edvinas K <edvinas.email@gmail.com [mailto:edvinas.email@gmail.com]> wrote:
Thanks, seems that addon is made only for Debian, if there anything working for Centos 7 ?
Thank you
On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 6:01 PM Darrell Budic <budic@onholyground.com [mailto:budic@onholyground.com]> wrote:
See ifAlias support on the bottom of this page: https://docs.observium.org/device_linux/ [https://docs.observium.org/device_linux/]
On Feb 4, 2019, at 9:24 AM, Edvinas K via observium <observium@observium.org [mailto:observium@observium.org]> wrote:
Hello,
Since we'all know that Linux is not having persistent port if Indexes, is there any quick-fix workaround to make the ifindexes stay after server reboot ? Observium wise or Linux wise ?
Thanks _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium@observium.org [mailto:observium@observium.org] http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium [http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium]
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