Category: Observium

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Documentation can be found here. Modules can be found here. I’m assuming you have been following my other guides and this is a Debain Wheezy box that you’d like to monitor. I’m doing this to monitor Unbound. apt-get install subversion …

Observium – Unix Agent w/ Unbound Read more »

It’s possible to get a little more information on a device by using this trick. This is mostly for debugging purposes. It tells you information on rancid and smokeping. On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Tom Laermans  wrote: …

Observium – showtech tip Read more »

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 …

Observium Professional edition – Syslog intergration Read more »

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: …

Observium Professional edition – Email setup Read more »

We are going to be installing the Professional edition of Observium, not the Community edition. I’m starting with a fresh install of Debian Wheezy using the Netinstall iso.  I only install SSH and the standard system utilities. Much of this comes directly …

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