Port Description Parsing
Observium will recognise the usage of ports as customer ports, transit, etc for display purposes using a standardised interface description format.
Cust: Example Customer [10Mbit] (T1 Telco Y CCID129031) {EXAMP0001}
The identifier before the colon defines the type of service, recognised types are :
Identifier | Description |
---|---|
Cust |
Customer |
Transit |
Transit link |
Peering |
Peering link |
Core |
Infrastructure link (non-customer) |
Server |
Server link (non-customer) |
Additional information can be added using different bracket types:
()
contains a note{}
contains your circuit id[]
contains the service type or speed
Cust: Example Customer [10Mbit] (T1 Telco Y CCID129031) {EXAMP0001}
Transit: Example Provider (AS65000)
Core: core.router01 FastEthernet0/0 (Telco X CCID023141)
Peering: Peering Exchange
ifAlias Support on Linux
Observium includes a script to assist with adding ifAlias support on Linux systems, see the Linux ifAlias Support page for instructions.