Debian 7 uses Rsyslog. This is well documented. Add the syslog line to Observium’s config.php. pico /opt/observium/config.php // Enable Syslog $config[‘enable_syslog’] = 1; By default Rsyslog does not accept remote syslog information. pico /etc/rsyslog.conf Uncomment $ModLoad imudp $UDPServerRun 514 We …

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The default config file email setup needs some additions pico /opt/observium/config.php Existing config: // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) $config[‘alerts’][‘alerter’][‘default’][‘descr’]   = “Default Email Alert”; $config[‘alerts’][‘alerter’][‘default’][‘type’]    = “email”; $config[‘alerts’][‘alerter’][‘default’][‘contact’] = “you@yourdomain.org”; $config[‘alerts’][‘alerter’][‘default’][‘enable’]  = TRUE; Add: …

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