Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

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Adam Armstrong

22 May 2018 22 May '18

11:09 p.m.

Hi,

We expect a street address in the location field (or more specifically a location field that can be parsed by whatever geolocation service is used).

You can put coordinates directly into sysLocation inside square brackets like :

http://docs.observium.org/config_options/#reverse-geocoding

To quickly repoll the basic device data when testing you can do ./poller.php -h <hostname/device_id> -m system

adam.

------ Original Message ------ From: "Thomas Peters" TPeters@mcts.org To: "observium@observium.org" observium@observium.org Sent: 2018-05-22 21:41:48 Subject: [Observium] Location of a switch

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I have installed Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am trying to get a handle on the question of location for devices.

I have 7 locations, all within the same city. I put in a default location in the configuration, by longitude and latitude. Sure enough, there’s a green checkmark on the map right where my main building is.

For Nagios purposes, we have location codes that consist of the company, site (may be omitted) building, and room. So you might find something like mcts-ad-sr (admin building, server room) or mcts-brg-1flidf (Bridge Street Garage, 1st floor IDF.) So far, I am using the same arbitrary codes for Observium, in the SNMP “location” on the switch.

I was hoping to use these sort of codes to precisely locate a switch for the humans that use Observium, while hoping there was already a table built into the tool to translate the codes to map coordinates.

I don’t know enough about the SNMP “location” code to understand if I’m using it correctly. We have always just treated it as a free-text locator code, usable only by my IT department.

Does Observium expect to see a street address in there? I tried that; doesn’t seem to work. I don’t have an API key for the geocoding, and it probably won’t work anyhow, since all these devices have non-routable 10.x.x.x addresses, which geocoding can’t make sense of.

Any help appreciated-

Thanks.

Thomas M. Peters | Sr. Systems Administrator | tpeters@mcts.org Desk: 414.343.1720 | Helpdesk: x3400 or helpdesk@mcts.org

Milwaukee County Transit System http://www.ridemcts.com/

1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53205

Check us out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mcts & Twitter https://twitter.com/RideMCTS

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Elmar K. Bins

23 May 23 May

7:56 a.m.

New subject: Location of a switch

Re fellows, Adam,

adama@memetic.org (Adam Armstrong) wrote:

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We expect a street address in the location field (or more specifically a location field that can be parsed by whatever geolocation service is used).

I have already run a brick wall a couple of times with location specifications, never got anywhere unless I put Lat+Long into square brackets.

So: Is there a way to *test* the location info against the geolocation service that is being used? Like a text field where I can input the sysLocation contents and it tells me what it believes I put there?

Reconfiguring and repolling is not so nice if you don't know what you're looking for, esp. if you're dealing with older Juniper gear that takes a while to commit.

Yours, Elmar.

...

You can put coordinates directly into sysLocation inside square brackets like :

http://docs.observium.org/config_options/#reverse-geocoding

To quickly repoll the basic device data when testing you can do ./poller.php -h <hostname/device_id> -m system

adam.

Thomas Peters

3:25 p.m.

New subject: Location of a switch

Can I put my location code into the syslocation field on the device, then transpose it in the config file, something like this? $config['location_map']['mcts-ad-sr'] = "[43.053962, -87.931614]";

From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 4:10 PM To: Observium observium@observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Hi,

We expect a street address in the location field (or more specifically a location field that can be parsed by whatever geolocation service is used).

You can put coordinates directly into sysLocation inside square brackets like :

http://docs.observium.org/config_options/#reverse-geocoding

To quickly repoll the basic device data when testing you can do ./poller.php -h <hostname/device_id> -m system

adam.

------ Original Message ------ From: "Thomas Peters" <TPeters@mcts.orgmailto:TPeters@mcts.org> To: "observium@observium.orgmailto:observium@observium.org" <observium@observium.orgmailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: 2018-05-22 21:41:48 Subject: [Observium] Location of a switch

I have installed Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am trying to get a handle on the question of location for devices.

I have 7 locations, all within the same city. I put in a default location in the configuration, by longitude and latitude. Sure enough, there’s a green checkmark on the map right where my main building is.

For Nagios purposes, we have location codes that consist of the company, site (may be omitted) building, and room. So you might find something like mcts-ad-sr (admin building, server room) or mcts-brg-1flidf (Bridge Street Garage, 1st floor IDF.) So far, I am using the same arbitrary codes for Observium, in the SNMP “location” on the switch.

I was hoping to use these sort of codes to precisely locate a switch for the humans that use Observium, while hoping there was already a table built into the tool to translate the codes to map coordinates.

I don’t know enough about the SNMP “location” code to understand if I’m using it correctly. We have always just treated it as a free-text locator code, usable only by my IT department.

Does Observium expect to see a street address in there? I tried that; doesn’t seem to work. I don’t have an API key for the geocoding, and it probably won’t work anyhow, since all these devices have non-routable 10.x.x.x addresses, which geocoding can’t make sense of.

Any help appreciated- Thanks.

Thomas M. Peters | Sr. Systems Administrator | tpeters@mcts.orgmailto:tpeters@mcts.org Desk: 414.343.1720 | Helpdesk: x3400 or helpdesk@mcts.orgmailto:helpdesk@mcts.org Milwaukee County Transit System http://www.ridemcts.com/

1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53205 Check us out on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/mcts & Twitter https://twitter.com/RideMCTS

Thomas Peters

4:01 p.m.

New subject: Location of a switch

The answer is YES, it plots them on the map correctly!

From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Peters Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:26 AM To: Observium observium@observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Can I put my location code into the syslocation field on the device, then transpose it in the config file, something like this? $config['location_map']['mcts-ad-sr'] = "[43.053962, -87.931614]";

From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 4:10 PM To: Observium <observium@observium.orgmailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Hi,

We expect a street address in the location field (or more specifically a location field that can be parsed by whatever geolocation service is used).

You can put coordinates directly into sysLocation inside square brackets like :

http://docs.observium.org/config_options/#reverse-geocoding

To quickly repoll the basic device data when testing you can do ./poller.php -h <hostname/device_id> -m system

adam.

I have installed Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am trying to get a handle on the question of location for devices.

I don’t know enough about the SNMP “location” code to understand if I’m using it correctly. We have always just treated it as a free-text locator code, usable only by my IT department.

Any help appreciated- Thanks.

1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53205 Check us out on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/mcts & Twitter https://twitter.com/RideMCTS

Storer, Darren

5:58 p.m.

New subject: Location of a switch

Thanks Thomas,

I will be using your solution!

Regards

Darren

On 23 May 2018 at 15:01, Thomas Peters TPeters@mcts.org wrote:

...

The answer is YES, it plots them on the map correctly!

*From:* observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Peters *Sent:* Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:26 AM

*To:* Observium observium@observium.org *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Can I put my location code into the syslocation field on the device, then transpose it in the config file, something like this?

$config['location_map']['mcts-ad-sr'] = "[43.053962, -87.931614]";

*From:* observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org observium-bounces@observium.org] *On Behalf Of *Adam Armstrong *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 4:10 PM *To:* Observium observium@observium.org *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Hi,

We expect a street address in the location field (or more specifically a location field that can be parsed by whatever geolocation service is used).

You can put coordinates directly into sysLocation inside square brackets like :

http://docs.observium.org/config_options/#reverse-geocoding

To quickly repoll the basic device data when testing you can do ./poller.php -h <hostname/device_id> -m system

adam.

------ Original Message ------

From: "Thomas Peters" TPeters@mcts.org

To: "observium@observium.org" observium@observium.org

Sent: 2018-05-22 21:41:48

Subject: [Observium] Location of a switch

I have installed Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am trying to get a handle on the question of location for devices.

I have 7 locations, all within the same city. I put in a default location in the configuration, by longitude and latitude. Sure enough, there’s a green checkmark on the map right where my main building is.

For Nagios purposes, we have location codes that consist of the company, site (may be omitted) building, and room. So you might find something like mcts-ad-sr (admin building, server room) or mcts-brg-1flidf (Bridge Street Garage, 1st floor IDF.) So far, I am using the same arbitrary codes for Observium, in the SNMP “location” on the switch.

I was hoping to use these sort of codes to precisely locate a switch for the humans that use Observium, while hoping there was already a table built into the tool to translate the codes to map coordinates.

I don’t know enough about the SNMP “location” code to understand if I’m using it correctly. We have always just treated it as a free-text locator code, usable only by my IT department.

Does Observium expect to see a street address in there? I tried that; doesn’t seem to work. I don’t have an API key for the geocoding, and it probably won’t work anyhow, since all these devices have non-routable 10.x.x.x addresses, which geocoding can’t make sense of.

Any help appreciated-

Thanks.

Thomas M. Peters | Sr. Systems Administrator | tpeters@mcts.org Desk: 414.343.1720 | Helpdesk: x3400 or helpdesk@mcts.org

*Milwaukee County Transit System http://www.ridemcts.com/*

1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53205

Check us out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mcts & Twitter https://twitter.com/RideMCTS

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Thomas Peters

7:39 p.m.

New subject: Location of a switch

Hmmm. Now I’m not so sure this is a good solution. I think what I’m seeing is that the Devices list now shows the longitude and latitude in the Device/Location column, not the location codes I would rather see there.

Is there another way to go about this?

Locating my devices by lat/long is better because there are 3 to 5 separate buildings at some sites, and only a few have addresses.

-T

From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Storer, Darren Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 10:59 AM To: Observium observium@observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Thanks Thomas,

I will be using your solution!

Regards

Darren

On 23 May 2018 at 15:01, Thomas Peters <TPeters@mcts.orgmailto:TPeters@mcts.org> wrote: The answer is YES, it plots them on the map correctly!

From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.orgmailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Peters Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:26 AM

To: Observium <observium@observium.orgmailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Can I put my location code into the syslocation field on the device, then transpose it in the config file, something like this? $config['location_map']['mcts-ad-sr'] = "[43.053962, -87.931614]";

Hi,

We expect a street address in the location field (or more specifically a location field that can be parsed by whatever geolocation service is used).

You can put coordinates directly into sysLocation inside square brackets like :

http://docs.observium.org/config_options/#reverse-geocoding

To quickly repoll the basic device data when testing you can do ./poller.php -h <hostname/device_id> -m system

adam.

I have installed Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am trying to get a handle on the question of location for devices.

I don’t know enough about the SNMP “location” code to understand if I’m using it correctly. We have always just treated it as a free-text locator code, usable only by my IT department.

Any help appreciated- Thanks.

1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53205 Check us out on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/mcts & Twitter https://twitter.com/RideMCTS

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Thomas Peters

11:11 p.m.

New subject: Location of a switch

This is my revised solution: Edit the config.php file to include your locations as follows:

$config['location_map']['mcts-ad-sr'] = "mcts-ad-sr [40.053962, -86.931614]";

They will appear on the map, the map pop-up will give the friendly name, and the equipment list will show your location codes, along with the lat/long.

Not ideal, but it avoids the overhead of geocoding each device. This solution is no good if you have a large number of sites- too much work.

Thanks Thomas,

I will be using your solution!

Regards

Darren

On 23 May 2018 at 15:01, Thomas Peters <TPeters@mcts.orgmailto:TPeters@mcts.org> wrote: The answer is YES, it plots them on the map correctly!

From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.orgmailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Peters Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:26 AM

To: Observium <observium@observium.orgmailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Can I put my location code into the syslocation field on the device, then transpose it in the config file, something like this? $config['location_map']['mcts-ad-sr'] = "[43.053962, -87.931614]";

Hi,

We expect a street address in the location field (or more specifically a location field that can be parsed by whatever geolocation service is used).

You can put coordinates directly into sysLocation inside square brackets like :

http://docs.observium.org/config_options/#reverse-geocoding

To quickly repoll the basic device data when testing you can do ./poller.php -h <hostname/device_id> -m system

adam.

I have installed Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am trying to get a handle on the question of location for devices.

I don’t know enough about the SNMP “location” code to understand if I’m using it correctly. We have always just treated it as a free-text locator code, usable only by my IT department.

Any help appreciated- Thanks.

1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI 53205 Check us out on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/mcts & Twitter https://twitter.com/RideMCTS

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Eric W. Bates

11:49 p.m.

New subject: Location of a switch

WHOI is a private research institution spread out over many acres of Falmouth MA USA. The property is all privately held; so none of the local street addresses can be found on Google or MapQuest, etc. Several of these buildings are multistory and we have an IDF on each floor.

All that being said, it would be quite helpful if we use use regexp to map those locations:

$config['location_map']['/^Clark.*/'] = "Clark Lab [40.053962, -86.931614]";

On 05/23/2018 05:11 PM, Thomas Peters wrote:

...

This is my revised solution:

Edit the config.php file to include your locations as follows:

$config['location_map']['mcts-ad-sr'] = "mcts-ad-sr [40.053962, -86.931614]";

They will appear on the map, the map pop-up will give the friendly name, and the equipment list will show your location codes, along with the lat/long.

Not ideal, but it avoids the overhead of geocoding each device.

This solution is no good if you have a large number of sites- too much work.

*From:* observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] *On Behalf Of *Storer, Darren *Sent:* Wednesday, May 23, 2018 10:59 AM *To:* Observium observium@observium.org *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Thanks Thomas,

I will be using your solution!

Regards

Darren

On 23 May 2018 at 15:01, Thomas Peters <TPeters@mcts.org mailto:TPeters@mcts.org> wrote:

The answer is YES, it plots them on the map correctly!

*From:* observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org
<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Peters
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 23, 2018 8:26 AM


*To:* Observium <observium@observium.org
<mailto:observium@observium.org>>
*Subject:* Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Can I put my location code into the syslocation field on the device,
then transpose it in the config file, something like this?

$config['location_map']['mcts-ad-sr'] = "[43.053962, -87.931614]";

*From:* observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] *On
Behalf Of *Adam Armstrong
*Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2018 4:10 PM
*To:* Observium <observium@observium.org
<mailto:observium@observium.org>>
*Subject:* Re: [Observium] Location of a switch

Hi,

We expect a street address in the location field (or more
specifically a location field that can be parsed by whatever
geolocation service is used).

You can put coordinates directly into sysLocation inside square
brackets like :

http://docs.observium.org/config_options/#reverse-geocoding

To quickly repoll the basic device data when testing you can do
./poller.php -h <hostname/device_id> -m system

adam.

------ Original Message ------

From: "Thomas Peters" <TPeters@mcts.org <mailto:TPeters@mcts.org>>

To: "observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>"
<observium@observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>>

Sent: 2018-05-22 21:41:48

Subject: [Observium] Location of a switch

    I have installed  Observium CE on CentOS 7.4 and am trying to
    get a handle on the question of location for devices.

    I have 7 locations, all within the same city. I put in a default
    location in the configuration, by longitude and latitude. Sure
    enough, there’s a green checkmark on the map right where my main
    building is.

    For Nagios purposes, we have location codes that consist of the
    company, site (may be omitted) building, and room. So you might
    find something like mcts-ad-sr (admin building, server room) or
    mcts-brg-1flidf (Bridge Street Garage, 1^st floor IDF.) So far,
    I am using the same arbitrary codes for Observium, in the SNMP
    “location” on the switch.

    I was hoping to use these sort of codes to precisely locate a
    switch for the humans that use Observium, while hoping there was
    already a table built into the tool to translate the codes to
    map coordinates.

    I don’t know enough about the SNMP “location” code to understand
    if I’m using it correctly. We have always just treated it as a
    free-text locator code, usable only by my IT department.

    Does Observium expect to see a street address in there? I tried
    that; doesn’t seem to work. I don’t have an API key for the
    geocoding, and it probably won’t work anyhow, since all these
    devices have non-routable 10.x.x.x addresses, which geocoding
    can’t make sense of.

    Any help appreciated-

    Thanks.

    Thomas M. Peters | Sr. Systems Administrator | tpeters@mcts.org
    <mailto:tpeters@mcts.org>
    Desk: 414.343.1720 | Helpdesk: x3400 or helpdesk@mcts.org
    <mailto:helpdesk@mcts.org>

    _Milwaukee County Transit System <http://www.ridemcts.com/>_

    1942 N 17th Street | Milwaukee, WI  53205

    Check us out on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/mcts> &
    Twitter <https://twitter.com/RideMCTS>


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