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mrcharles 241d41e128 docs: expand aug11.md handoff with full conversation review [#430] 
Added: SNMP trap strategy (#429), Pushover as standard transport, user
action items, snmpd NOT fleet-wide directive, Cloudron Tailscale routing,
NetDisco interactive deploy note, Weathermap PHP fix, RackRental NIC
design (Q6 answer), location taxonomy, ticket gate discussion, and
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<!-- Discourse: https://community.turnsys.com/t/298 -->
# Handoff: 2026-08-11 OAM Session
Point a new Crush session at this file: `cat aug11.md` (or read it). It contains
everything needed to pick up where this session left off.
## Quick Start (for the new session)
1. Follow normal session-start gate (AGENTS.md steps 1-4)
2. Set active ticket: `echo '#430' > .crush/active-ticket`
3. Read this file for full context
4. Check Redmine queue for latest status
## Session Summary
Deployed the entire OAM monitoring stack on tsys-librenms (VM 104 on pfv-tsys1).
All tools running as Docker containers. 4 of 5 tools are 100% operational.
## OAM Stack Status (tsys-librenms)
| Tool | Port | Container | Status | Ticket |
|------|------|-----------|--------|--------|
| Smokeping | 8081 | oam-smokeping | DONE | #375 (90%) |
| NetDisco | 8082 | oam-netdisco-{web,backend,db} | DONE | #337 (90%) |
| Oxidized | 8083 | oam-oxidized | DONE (4/5 switches) | #436 (Cisco pending) |
| UNPoller | 8084 | oam-unpoller | POLLING but needs Prometheus/Grafana | #430 |
| Weathermap | LibreNMS | (plugin) | DONE | #375 (90%) |
| phpIPAM | Cloudron | ipam.knownelement.com | 90% configured | #425 |
Access: `VM_IP=tsys-librenms VM_USER=root bash tests/remote.sh vm '<cmd>'`
## What's Done (don't re-do)
- Smokeping: 16 targets, FPing every 5 min, fully operational
- NetDisco: 4 Dell switches discovered, LLDP neighbors working (18 entries), web UI at :8082
- Oxidized: oxidized user created on 4 switches, configs backing up to KNEL/network-device-configs on Gitea, auto-push via SSH key
- UNPoller: authenticated to UniFi controller (pfv-bms:8443, user: unpoller), Prometheus metrics on :8084
- Weathermap: LibreNMS plugin enabled, generating maps via cron (network.conf)
- phpIPAM: PFV section with Server Room/EE Lab/Art Room sub-sections, 9 devices, 64 DHCP reservations imported, SNMP on 4 switches, scan agent configured
- Switch locations standardized: PFV/Server-Room/R{n} format on all 4 switches
- Switch DNS names fixed in LibreNMS (#424 closed)
- LibreNMS poller cron fix verified (#423 closed)
- Rules updated: remote.sh mandatory, DNS names only, command timeouts, questions-v(N) versioning
## What's Left (in priority order)
### 1. UNPoller → Prometheus/Grafana wiring (#430)
- UNPoller is running and polling. Need to add scrape config to Prometheus (Cloudron)
- BLOCKED: needs ~/.creds/prometheus.env and ~/.creds/grafana.env populated by user
- Then build Grafana dashboard for UniFi
- UNPoller v3.4.1 exports Prometheus metrics at http://tsys-librenms.knel.net:8084/metrics
### 2. LibreNMS alert transports (#338)
- Configure Pushover as alert delivery in LibreNMS
- BLOCKED: needs ~/.creds/pushover.env (PUSHOVER_TOKEN + PUSHOVER_USER)
- **Pushover is the STANDARD alert transport for ALL OAM tools** (user directive):
- Uptime Kuma: already using Pushover
- LibreNMS: #338 (this ticket)
- Beszel: #428
- Grafana: when wired via #430
### 3. SNMP trap strategy (#429)
- Decide: Dell OME owns server/iDRAC traps, LibreNMS owns network traps (recommended split)
- Awaiting Dell OME deployment (#339) before implementing
- Switches may need trap destination configured
### 4. TEMPer USB graphing (#341)
- Deploy on pfv-tsys1 (Server Room) + stlpc-artroom (Art Room)
- USB probe driver + RRD/LibreNMS integration
- stlpc-garage (EE Lab) may also have a probe — verify with user
### 5. Monitoring coverage matrix (#343)
- Governance doc mapping every tool to its domain (no overlap)
- Write to Discourse, update ticket
- Tool domains: Uptime Kuma=HTTP/service availability, Beszel=host metrics,
LibreNMS=SNMP/network, Dell OME=Dell hardware, Smokeping=latency,
NetDisco=L2 topology, Oxidized=config backup, phpIPAM=IP inventory,
UNPoller=UniFi metrics
### 6. Uptime Kuma API + comprehensive monitors (#426/#435)
- Enable API write access
- Add monitors for all PFV/SITER + Cloudron services (HTTPS, DNS, DB, Docker, k8s)
### 7. Dell OpenManage Enterprise (#339)
- USER DEPLOYING MANUALLY — has KVM image downloaded, will do qm import + VM creation
- Agent role: post-deployment integration only (SNMP traps #429, coverage matrix #343)
- Fleet is 100% Dell (documented in Discourse #304)
## Blocked Items (waiting on user or hardware)
- #431: Cisco router fan replacement (physical, onsite) → blocks #432, #433, #434, #436
- #427: Credential management (Vault/RADIUS/Ansible Vault) → tomorrow's IAC track
- #430: Prometheus/Grafana creds needed (~/.creds/prometheus.env + grafana.env EMPTY)
- #338: Pushover API key needed (~/.creds/pushover.env NOT CREATED YET)
- #426: Uptime Kuma API access needed (read works, write not enabled)
- #425: phpIPAM scan agent — user may need to create from web UI and trigger first scan
## User Action Items (things only the user can do)
1. **Populate ~/.creds/pushover.env** — PUSHOVER_TOKEN + PUSHOVER_USER (unblocks #338, #428)
2. **Populate ~/.creds/prometheus.env + grafana.env** — Cloudron API keys (unblocks #430)
3. **Deploy Dell OME manually** — VM creation + qm import + OOB config (#339)
4. **Replace Cisco router fan** — physical onsite work (#431, blocks RackRental track)
5. **Create phpIPAM scan agent** — from web UI, trigger first discovery scan (#425)
6. **Enable Uptime Kuma API write access** — from web UI (#426)
7. **Run interactive netdisco-deploy** — DONE (user already did this)
## Important Technical Notes
### snmpd is NOT fleet-wide (user directive)
snmpd will NOT be rolled out to Linux hosts. Beszel covers host metrics.
SNMP (community: kn3lmgmt) is ONLY for network devices (switches, routers, PDUs).
Do NOT add snmpd deployment to any ticket scope.
### Cloudron Tailscale routing
Cloudron is on Tailscale. pfv-netinfra-01/02 are Tailscale subnet routers advertising
192.168.0.0/22. This means Cloudron-hosted services (phpIPAM, Prometheus, Grafana)
CAN reach the LAN switches via Tailscale for SNMP discovery/scraping.
### NetDisco required interactive deploy
The `netdisco-deploy` script requires a TTY (interactive yes/no prompts).
The agent cannot run this through remote.sh. The user ran it manually.
If NetDisco needs redeployment, the user must run this step.
### Weathermap PHP fix
Weathermap plugin required `register_argc_argv = On` in /etc/php/8.4/fpm/php.ini
on tsys-librenms. Already applied. If PHP gets updated, verify this setting persists.
### RackRental split-network design (Q6 answer in questions-v1.md)
tsys6/7 have 4-6 ethernet ports. User wants:
- 2 NICs for storage bond (keep existing bond0)
- 1 NIC for mgmt (non-RackRental side)
- 1 NIC trunked to RackRental VLAN 2
- RackRental router prevents network loops
### Location taxonomy
- PFV/Server-Room/R{n} for server room gear by rack
- PFV/EE-Lab for stlpc-garage
- PFV/Art-Room for stlpc-artroom
- Applied to all 4 switches via SNMP. Cisco pending fan fix (#431).
- phpIPAM sections match this taxonomy.
### Ticket gate discussion
User wants to discuss relaxing the ticket gate for handoff/continuation sessions.
For now, use a "dummy" ticket (#430 as placeholder) but don't bypass the rules.
This is an open discussion item — see questions-v1.md for future Q&A.
## Credential Files (in ~/.creds/)
| File | Status |
|------|--------|
| redmine.env | OK |
| discourse.env | OK |
| phpipam.env | OK (app_code auth working) |
| unifi-creds.env | OK (user: unpoller, polling working) |
| oxidized.env | OK (password stored) |
| switch-creds.env | Created, user to populate if needed |
| pushover.env | NOT CREATED — needs PUSHOVER_TOKEN + PUSHOVER_USER |
| prometheus.env | Created, EMPTY — user to populate |
| grafana.env | Created, EMPTY — user to populate |
## Rules Changed This Session
All committed and pushed to both PFVCluster and TSYSGroupAIOS (meta):
1. **remote.sh mandatory**: ALL SSH through chokepoint scripts, never direct ssh/scp
2. **DNS names only**: NEVER use IP literals in any command/script/config
3. **Command timeouts**: 30s reads, 120s standard, 300s deployments — every remote command wrapped in `timeout`
4. **questions-v(N) versioning**: increment filename each time answers land (v1→v2→v3)
## Key Commits This Session
- `1f634a6` — questions versioning rule
- `2806eab` — command timeout rule
- `eea5495` — remote.sh + DNS-names-only rule
- `1590923` — Oxidized fully operational
- `acf880a` — Weathermap deployed
- `7216eb5` — OAM stack initial deployment
- `29b3989` — UNPoller image fix
## Key Gitea Repos
- PFVCluster: `ssh://git@git.knownelement.com:29418/KNEL/PFVCluster.git` (main)
- TSYSGroupAIOS (meta): `ssh://git@git.knownelement.com:29418/TSYSGroupCorporate/TSYSGroupAIOS.git` (master)
- network-device-configs: `ssh://git@git.knownelement.com:29418/KNEL/network-device-configs.git` (master) — Oxidized backup target
## SNMP Community
All Dell PowerConnect switches: `kn3lmgmt` (v2c)
## Switch Inventory
| Switch | Model | Location | IP | Oxidized User |
|--------|-------|----------|----|---------------|
| pfv-r5-core-01 | Dell PowerConnect 5448 | PFV/Server-Room/R5 | 192.168.0.12 | oxidized (priv 1) |
| pfv-r3-tor-mgmt-01 | Dell PowerConnect 5324 | PFV/Server-Room/R3 | 192.168.0.7 | oxidized (priv 1) |
| pfv-r3-tor-stor-01 | Dell PowerConnect 5324 | PFV/Server-Room/R3 | 192.168.0.9 | oxidized (priv 1) |
| pfv-r6-mgmt-01 | Dell PowerConnect 5324 | PFV/Server-Room/R6 | 192.168.0.8 | oxidized (priv 1) |
| pfv-rrinfra-rtr | Cisco router | PFV/Server-Room/R2 (pending) | unknown | BLOCKED (#431 fan) |
## Tickets Created This Session
| # | Subject | Status |
|---|---------|--------|
| 424 | LibreNMS switch DNS rename | CLOSED |
| 425 | phpIPAM config | 90% |
| 426 | Uptime Kuma API | New |
| 427 | Credential management + IAC | New |
| 428 | Beszel alert delivery (Pushover) | New |
| 429 | SNMP trap strategy (LibreNMS vs Dell OME) | New |
| 430 | UNPoller → Prometheus/Grafana | New |
| 431 | Cisco router fan replacement | New |
| 432 | RackRental VLAN 2 | New |
| 433 | Trunk ports tsys6/7 for RackRental | New |
| 434 | Cyclades PDU IP confirm | New |
| 435 | Uptime Kuma comprehensive monitors | New |
| 436 | Cisco router → Oxidized (after fan) | New |
| 437 | Switch location standardization | 90% |
## Tickets Updated (not created) This Session
| # | What we did |
|---|-------------|
| 314 | Parent umbrella for OAM alerts — updated children list |
| 337 | LibreNMS integration modules — 90% done (Oxidized/NetDisco/UNPoller deployed) |
| 339 | Dell OME — confirmed 100% Dell fleet, user deploying manually |
| 375 | Monitoring expansion — smokeping done, weathermap done, snmpd removed from scope |
| 406 | Beszel API — cross-referenced with OAM platform |
| 425 | phpIPAM — revised from "deploy" to "configure existing Cloudron instance" |
| 370 | Vault umbrella — clarified parent-child relationships |
## Tomorrow's Goal: IAC
User wants to move to IAC (AWX/Ansible) tomorrow/Thursday night. Vault (#408)
unblocks everything: Ansible Vault → AWX playbooks → full IAC rebuild path for
all OAM tools deployed this session.
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