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1. IP Address Hostnames o 127 0 0 1 localhost o 192 168 111 63 alix coreit fr alix LC reff lip6 localhost ip6 loopback TC feoo 0 lip6 localnet TC ff00 0 lip6 mcastprefix i ff02 il lip6 allnodes o ff02 2 lip6 allrouters Update the Hosts file local name resolution change the default IP with your proxy s IP and configure the Fully Qualified Name amp Short Name alias Example 192 168 0 25 proxyname mydomain myorg proxyname IP Address 192 168 111 63 P of your proxy Hostnames alix coreit fr Proxy FON alix Proxy short name ave Save your configuration COVE IT PROJECT Page 9 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 4 Configure Time zone Go to the System Time Tab and Hardware icon _zabbix Webmin System Networking Hardware Configure the appropriate Time zone Set time Change timezone This form allows you to set the system s default time z human readable format and offset Change Europe Paris timezone to save Save your configuration You can by pass the next step if your VM is synchronized by another mechanism like ntp synchronization from the Virtualization Host Platform Configure your ntp servers could be internal ones We recommend you schedule the synchronization regularly and synchronize the hardware clock like on the below screenshot Time server sync This form is for configuring the system to automatically synchronize the time with a r2. Save your configuration COVE IT PROJECT Page 11 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 5 2 Change the Linux root password Go to the System Tab and users and groups icon Bootup and Initial System Bootup Running Processes Users and Groups Shutdown Click on root user Local Users Loes Groups Select all Invert selection Create a new user es UserID LC root lo daemon N O bin E And change the root password Username User ID Real root name Home O Automatic directory Directory root Shell bin bash oh Password No password required O No login allowed Normal password co Pre encrypted Save Save your configuration Reconnect your browser to the new URL for example http 192 168 0 25 username admin paswword newpasswordchain COVE IT PROJECT Page 12 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 6 Configure zabbix settings Go to the Zabbix Tab VA P zabbix_ agent bix java zabbix proxy Zabbix V1 0 zabbix version 2 6 1 Select your zabbix version Go to zabbix version icon in the following example version 2 0 4 will be configured zabbix1813 zabbix1814 zabbix1815 zabbix200 zabbix201 zabbix202 zabbix203 zabbix204 zabbix204 Save config and restart daemons 4 Remember that the zabbix proxy version must be the same as the zabbix server or lower COVE IT PROJECT Page 13 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 6 2 Conf
3. PROJECT Page 4 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 1 2 Software Software is based on e Linux Debian e Zabbix software Zabbix SIA is a company registered in Latvia owns the Zabbix trademark e CORE IT software CORE IT PROJECT is a company registred in France o Databases Monitoring DB2 Oracle MSSQL MYSQL amp Postgresq o Zabbix Webmin modules e Dmitry Maksimov software for ESX Monitoring Linux Debian version Zabbix version Proxy VM version embedded by Core IT Debian 6 0 6 Squeeze 1 8 13 V0 1 first release Nov 15 Upgrade 1 8 14 2012 Nov 28 1 8 15 2 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 2 0 3 Debian 6 0 6 Squeeze 1 8 13 V1 0 second major release Dec 15 Upgrade 1 8 14 2012 Dec 23 1 8 15 2 0 0 Add crypted connection with Zabbix Server 2 0 1 Add ESX Monitoring 2 0 2 Add Databases Monitoring for Oracle DB2 2 0 3 MYSQL Postgresq amp MSSQL Server 2 0 4 Add JVM monitoring Add SNMP Traps Add dump facility Add Zabbix 2 0 4 update Add related monitoring Zabbix templates Debian 6 0 6 Squeeze Dec 15 Upgrade V1 1 2014 Jan 23 COVE IT PROJECT Page 5 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 GETTING STARTED Below is the configuration sequence proceed in this order step by step Deploy the OVF on your favorite Virtualization Host Platform Change the TCP IP parameters Change the passwords Configure Time zone Change the Zabbix parameters 1 version 2 proxy 3 ag
4. 2 Configure Crypted Connection Go to the Zabbix Tools Tab This configuration is not mandatory if you do not want crypted connection between Zabbix server and Zabbix proxy if you monitor a remote office over Internet via the proxy we recommend this configuration Zabbix Tools zabbix dump zabbix vpn Go to zabbix vpn icon and configure the parameters according your zabbix network Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help enable remote 7abbix coreit fr 1443 p un fetc openvpn keys ca crt etc openvpn keys proxy crt etc openvpn keys proxy key eT d db var log openvpn log ze mute 20 Save config and restart daemon Zabbix_vpn is based on openvpn client http openvpn net ie Zabbix server must be configured as an OpenVPN server Please take a look at OpenVPN HowTo to understand how to setup an OpenVPN server hitp openvpn net index php open source documentation howto html As proxy is based on debian OpenVPN client was designed according the Debian OpenVPN Wiki http wiki debian org OpenVPN COVE IT PROJECT Page 16 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 8 Configure Database Plugins Go to Zabbix Plugins Tab Zabbix Plugins Co Sc wt TENI zabbix mssql zabbix mysql zabbix oracle zabbix_snmptraps 2 8 1 Configure DB2 Monitoring parameters Go to zabbix db2 icon and configure the parameters according your DB2 server Cl
5. As the console keyboard is configured as AZERTY you may want to reconfigure it with the following command dpkg reconfigure console data 6 CAVEATS AND EXCEPTIONS Caution some operations are not yet supported e As the solution is highly embedded with webmin we strongly discourage you to update webmin e Normally Debian updates must be supported by the solution but we recommend you test it before COVE IT PROJECT Page 26 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 7 ROADMAP Roadmap V 0 1 first Major version November 2012 V 0 x minor versions corrections amp amp zabbix new versions V 1 0 second Major version January 2013 Debian Webmin Updates Zabbix new versions Crypted connection between zabbix server amp zabbix proxy Add more fields in admin GUI instead of storing values in default config file Add ESX amp Database Monitoring V6 on Proxy Add snmp traps facility V 1 x corrections versions amp zabbix new versions V 2 0 third Major version Summer 2014 Debian Webmin Updates V 2 4 Zabbix monitoring 8 SUPPORT All support requests must be sent by mail at support coreit fr CORE IT PROJECT 12 rue Seraphin MARTIN Les Echevins 38430 MOIRANS FRANCE Tel 33 6 08 00 61 11 Fax 33 9 72 13 23 34 COVE IT PROJECT Page 27 27
6. PZVM1 Administration Guide V1 1 February 2014 Alain Ganuchaud COVE IT PROJECT Page 1 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide Table of Contents 1 GENERALINFORMA HON BEE 3 11 System Ee TT 3 EAE DE EE 5 ee IN IAR TED r n es cw A E EE SEA EAE E AE E EAE 6 Doe WMS NO OVT eare a ar erate Baer ber AE A E EEE E EAA 6 PAPA Eola ON OI E 7 2 3 Configure TCP IP parameters A 7 KC Nee Ale ne 8 2 0 2 ROUNO and Gale E 8 2 5 0 H stname and DNS CHG E 9 E e ee e 9 Ze CONNUS TIMING E 10 SEENEN 11 2 0 1 Change the Webmin poassword 11 2 0 2 Change the LINUX root pDassword 12 2 6 Configure zabbix EE ln e EEN 13 2 6 1 Select your ZADDIX version 13 2 6 2 Configure zabbix Proxy D ramelers 14 2 6 3 Configure Zabbix agent Darameters 15 2 6 4 Configure zabbix java parameierg 15 2 f Configure Crypted Copnpnechon 16 2 6 Configure Database PIUGINS vic iscccivinsiccusaccenuiiundanwusuddanadaiadeyarnncandsteancoedtordduueanedessendeenesienes 17 2 8 1 Configure DB2 Monitoring parameters cccceccccsecceeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeeseseesseeeeeneeees 17 2 8 2 Configure Oracle Monitoring Darameiers 18 2 8 3 Configure MS SQL Server Monitoring parameters ccccccccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 19 2 8 4 Configure MYSQL Monitoring Darameiers 20 2 8 5 Configure POSTGRESQL Monitoring poarameters 21 2 9 COMIGUNE other PUGIN einser r E eE EAEra A 22 2 9 1 Configure ESX Monitoring parameters cccccceceecceseeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeseeee
7. Zabbix Monitoring with ssh connection if you need more Database Templates are included in the OVF zip file COVE IT PROJECT Page 22 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 9 2 Configure SNMP Traps parameters Go to zabbix snmptraps icon and enable disable the SNMP Traps routing to the Zabbix server We do recommend to centralize SNMP Traps Analysis directly on the Zabbix Server that is able to dispatch traps among servers since version 2 0 0 the purpose of this plugin is just the automatic routing according your network crypted connection or not to the Zabbix Server enable enable yes Save config and route SNMP traps to zabbix server COVE IT PROJECT Page 23 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 3 TEMPLATES 3 1 Proxy Template In the OVF directory you will find a template T ZABBIX PROXY designed for proxy monitoring we recommend you configure it for monitoring your proxy but this is not mandatory On your zabbix frontend Go the Tab Configuration gt HOSTS gt Choose the proxy and configure the template from the Templates Tab ei CONFIGURATION OF HOSTS e Host list Host proxyVM Zabbix ProxyVM Monitored SEI Applications 3 Items 3 Templates PMI Macros Host inventory T PING Unlink Unlink and clear T 7ABBIX AGENT Unlink Unlink and clear T 7ABBIX PROXY Unlink Drink and clear cine runcione atte cance 3 2 Other templates Usage of other templates is explained in Zabbix Plu
8. abase Online Help Go to zabbix postgresql icon and configure the parameters according your Postgresq server Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help Read Online Help it will guide you for the Database Monitoring Setup The Version 1 1 frontend is not able to configure more than one Database Instance but you can configure the Zabbix Monitoring with ssh connection if you need more Database Templates are included in the OVF zip file COVE IT PROJECT Page 21 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 9 Configure other Plugins Go to Zabbix Plugins Tab KH PEN DB2 zabbix_ mssql zabbix mysql zabbix db2 onacte zabbix oracle zabbix postgresql zabbix snmptraps 2 9 1 Configure ESX Monitoring parameters Go to zabbix esx icon and configure the parameters according your ESX server Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help L S 3 a Si Save config amp launch esxi checks by cron Templates Configuration On Zabbix frontend ESX hosts must be configured with one template TESX Template that contains ESX monitoring items Hosts Configuration On Zabbix frontend one macro must be configured on ESX hosts SVOLUMEx macros contain the name of the Datastores Online Help Read Online Help it will guide you for the ESX Monitoring Setup The Version 1 1 frontend is not able to configure more than one ESX server but you can configure the
9. eeaeees 22 2 9 2 Configure SNMP Traps Parameters cccccccccesccceeeeceeeeceeeeseeeceueeceueeseeaeseeseeeaeees 23 RT orr E EA EE EE E E 24 TRD TOPI EE 24 EE eege 24 4 TROUBLESHOOTING EE 25 A POUND EE 25 SSA CONNECTION EE 26 SE EC IR Ca H LEE 26 T AO EE 27 EE 27 COVE IT PROJECT Page 2 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1 1 System Overview This documentation describes the zabbix proxy VM designed by CORE IT PROJECT The proxy is produced in OVF format primary developped on ESXi 5 0 A Zabbix proxy is the ideal solution for centralized monitoring of e remote locations e branches e secured networks e with zero administration Main Features Embedded Debian 6 0 Whole configuration with Web Interface Lowcost from 50 euros Zero Admin Solution Provide main 1 8 2 0 amp 2 2 Zabbix versions Option Installation Assistance Option Remote Support Product Description Embedded Debian 6 0 Backend Database SQLite3 Compiled Zabbix Proxy with Zabbix Agent Zabbix Java Gateway Zabbix ssh Agent Zabbix IPMI Agent Zabbix SNMP Agent Zabbix Web Monitoring Agent Zabbix Databases Agents MYSL DB2 Postgresql Oracle amp MSSQL Zabbix ESX Agent SNMP Traps Supported 1 8 versions 1 8 13 1 8 last Supported 2 0 versions 2 0 0 2 0 last Supported 2 0 versions 2 2 0 2 2 last Recommended max load 100 items s 1 X CPU could be extended on Virtualizat
10. emote server Synchronization will be done using the Unix time protocol or NTP depending on which commands are installed and what the remote system supports Timeserver hostnames or O0 debian pool ntp org 1 debian pool ntp org 2 debian pool ntp org 3 debian pc addresses Set hardware time too Synchronize when Webmin Yes No starts Synchronize on schedule No Yes at times below Minutes Hours Days Months Weekdays Selected Selected E 2 14 ba H OD zd OH WM _Sync and Apply Sync and Apply your configuration COVE IT PROJECT Page 10 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 5 Change the passwords The proxy box is configured with the following passwords Linux root coreit fr Webmin admin coreit fr As those passwords are the same for all the proxy boxes we strongly recommend you change them 2 5 1 Change the Webmin password Go to the Webmin Tab and Webmin Users icon _zabbix Webmin System Networking S K Webmin Webmin Users Configuration Click on admin user Webmin Users Select all Invert selection Create a new Webmin user admin Select all Invert selection Create a new Webmin user And change the admin password Fis Password Set to 0000 Temporarily locked Force change at nex Real name Storage type Local files Save
11. emplate that contains perf counters for the default instance T MSSOL NAMED INSTANCE Template that contains perf counters for the named instance T MSSQOL DATABASE Template that contains MSSQL Database monitoring Hosts Configuration On Zabbix frontend three macros must be configured on MSSQL hosts MSSQL INSTANCE NAME The name of the default instance you entered upper MSSQL DATABASE NAME Name of monitored database MSSOL NAMED INSTANCE NAME The name of the named instance given by item MSSQL Server Instance Name Online Help Read Online Help it will guide you for the Database Monitoring Setup The Version 1 1 frontend is not able to configure more than one Database Instance but you can configure the Zabbix Monitoring with ssh connection if you need more Database Templates are included in the OVF zip file COVE IT PROJECT Page 19 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 8 4 Configure MYSQL Monitoring parameters Go to zabbix mysql icon and configure the parameters according your MYSQL server Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help name mysql instance host 192 168 0 99 port 3306 username User name password secret_password _ Save config Templates Configuration On Zabbix frontend MYSQL hosts must be configured with two templates T MYSQL INSTANCE Template that contains MYSQL Instance monitoring T MYSQL DATABASE Template that contains MYSQL Database moni
12. ent 4 java Configure the crypted connection between Proxy and zabbix server Configure the monitoring plugins 1 Databases monitoring Oracle DB2 MYSQL MSSQL amp Postgresal 2 ESX monitoring 3 SNMP Traps 2 1 Deploy OVF a oN ae In the OVF zip file you will find The Proxy VM Proxy Zabbix Template Databases Oracle DB2 MYSQL MSSQL Server Postgresql Zabbix Templates ESX Zabbix Template DB Monitoring V6 documentation Zabbix Proxy VM Admin Guide this document You deploy the ovf from your favorite Virtualization platform Below is an example from a VMWARE vSphere client localhost vSphere Clit lll File Edit View Inventory Administration Plug ins Help tory gt i Hosts and Clusters CAE Report Browse VA Marketplace Print Maps Hosts Virtual Machines and Templates Clusters Networks Datastores Then you can boot the VM the default IP is 192 168 111 70 COVE IT PROJECT Page 6 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 2 Logging On Connect your favorite browser to the following URL http 192 168 111 70 username admin paswword coreit fr You must enter a username and password to login to the Webmin Server ON 192 168 111 63 Username Password Remember login permanently Login Clear 2 3 Configure TCP IP parameters Click on the Networking Tab and then on the Network configuration icon io Tools Pinging Webmin men Ne
13. gins paragraphs COVE IT PROJECT Page 24 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 4 1 Dump For any problem please report it to Core IT Project support by sending the dump that will be generated as following Go to the Zabbix Tools Tab P zabbix dump zabbix vpn Go to zabbix dump Module icon and download the dump to your Desktop from your browser The dump contains nothing confidential except TCP IP ergonomy IP adresses It contains Zabbix configuration zabbix amp system logs and the ergonomy of the VM You can add some additional files to the dump upon support request xj Opening dump tgz i lo in Dr er e Download in browse You have chosen to open Include files to be d ee dump tgz tnp ctg2html EE which is a Tar archive gzip compressed fetc zabbix var log from http 192 168 111 70 as What should Firefox do with this file Dump Now i Open with Archive Manager default e Save File d s Return to index Cancel Please send the dump to support coreit fr with a description of the problem COVE IT PROJECT Page 25 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 5 SSH CONNECTION You must connect via ssh for every operation that is not not supported via frontend for example e adding a Debian package e configuring a zabbix parameter that is not configurable via frontend e Managing several Database Instances frontend will be able to manage them from version 2 0
14. icking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help default user no default_user default_password no_default_password db2 instance name host 192 168 0 96 port 50001 username password secret_password _ Save config Templates Configuration On Zabbix frontend DB2 hosts must be configured with two templates T DB2 INSTANCE Template that contains DB2 Instance monitoring T DB2 DATABASE Template that contains DB2 Database monitoring Hosts Configuration On Zabbix frontend two macros must be configured on DB2 hosts DB2 INSTANCE NAME The instance name you entered upper DB2 DATABASE NAME Name of monitored database Online Help Read Online Help it will guide you for the Database Monitoring Setup The Version 1 0 frontend is not able to configure more than one Database Instance COVE IT PROJECT Page 17 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide but you can configure the Zabbix Monitoring with ssh connection if you need more Database Templates are included in the OVF zip file 2 8 2 Configure Oracle Monitoring parameters Go to zabbix oracle icon and configure the parameters according your Oracle server Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help https zabbix coreit tr apiuser opgeet apipass apipass o O default user Inodefautuser 0 default password no_default_password Instance Parameters name oracle_instance_name host 192 168 0 98 pa
15. igure zabbix proxy parameters Go to zabbix proxy icon and configure the parameters according your zabbix network Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help Save config and restart daemon Only main proxy parameters are configurable by frontend other parameters must be configured via root ssh session they are located in etc zabbix A Take care if you enable the crypted connection between the Zabbix proxy and the Zabbix server then the Server IP must be the one used in the VPN subnet see Zabbix_vpn module COVE IT PROJECT Page 14 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 6 3 Configure zabbix agent parameters Go to zabbix agent icon and configure the parameters according your zabbix network Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help fetc zabbix zabbix_agentd_defaults conf Save config and restart daemon Only main agent parameters are configurable by frontend other parameters must be configured via root ssh session they are located in etc zabbix 2 6 4 Configure zabbix java parameters Go to zabbix java icon and configure the parameters according your zabbix network Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help yes 127 0 0 1 10052 var run zabbix zabbix_java pid Save config and restart daemon CAUTION JVM Monitoring is only supported with Zabbix versions 2 0 x COVE IT PROJECT Page 15 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide
16. ion Host platform RAM 256MB Storage 4GB could be extended on Virtualization Host platform 1 Ethernet 1000 could be extended on Virtualization Host platform Support amp updates provided during 1 year Applications Monitoring remote sites Monitoring secured networks Lighten the load of Zabbix server Centralize the monitoring JVM SNMP Databases amp ESX Monitoring out of the Box COVE IT PROJECT Page 3 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide Architecture M onitoring Platfo rm Zabbix proxy is a process that collects monitoring data from monitored devices and send the information to the Zabbix server All collected data is buffered locally and then transferred to the Zabbix server the proxy belongs to you can consider Zabbix proxy as a black box with zero admin Two modes are supported for proxy active mode the proxy will connect first to the server and request its configuration passive mode the server will connect first to the proxy and downloads the proxy configuration Thus with those two modes you can comply your network architecture Licence All programs developed by CORE IT PROJECT contained in the Proxy box are free softwares you can redistribute them and or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 2 of the License or at your option any later version See the GNU General Public License for more details COVE IT
17. ssword Save config Templates Configuration On Zabbix frontend ORACLE hosts must be configured with one template T ORACLE INSTANCE Template that contains ORACLE Instance monitoring Hosts Configuration On Zabbix frontend two macros must be configured on ORACLE hosts SORACLE INSTANCE NAME The instance name you entered upper SORACLE ALERTLOGPATH The alert log path of the SID except if you configure upper fields apiuser apipass amp apiurl in this case the alert log path will be discovered automatically Online Help Read Online Help it will guide you for the Database Monitoring Setup The Version 1 1 frontend is not able to configure more than one Database Instance but you can configure the Zabbix Monitoring with ssh connection if you need more Database Templates are included in the OVF zip file COVE IT PROJECT Page 18 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 8 3 Configure MS SQL Server Monitoring parameters Go to zabbix mssql icon and configure the parameters according your MS SQL server Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help Default Parameters tdsversion Ion text_size mi default user nodefaultuser default_password Instance Parameters host 192 168 6295 _ S port DS username sa password joctooant sd Save config Templates Configuration On Zabbix frontend MSSQL hosts must be configured with three templates T MSSOL DEFAULT INSTANCE T
18. toring Hosts Configuration On Zabbix frontend two macros must be configured on MYSQL hosts MYSQL INSTANCE NAME The instance name you entered upper MYSQL DATABASE NAME Name of monitored database Online Help Read Online Help it will guide you for the Database Monitoring Setup The Version 1 1 frontend is not able to configure more than one Database Instance but you can configure the Zabbix Monitoring with ssh connection if you need more Database Templates are included in the OVF zip file COVE IT PXOJECT Page 20 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 8 5 Configure POSTGRESQL Monitoring parameters Go to zabbix Postgresql icon and configure the parameters according your Postgresq server Clicking on the name of the parameter will return you an online help Default Parameters default_user default password no_default_password instance name insta nce name host 192 168 0 99 username password secret_password Save config Templates Configuration On Zabbix frontend POSTGRESQL hosts must be configured with two templates T POSTGRESQL INSTANCE Template that contains POSTGRESQL Instance monitoring T POSTGRESQL DATABASE Template that contains POSTGRESOL Database monitoring Hosts Configuration On Zabbix frontend two macros must be configured on POSTGRESOL hosts SPOSTGRESOL INSTANCE NAME The instance name you entered upper SPOSTGRESOL DATABASE NAME Name of monitored dat
19. tworking Hardware Wie Aus Network Configuration Change the TCP IP parameters according your network T_T ue zl 8 DNS 10 2 108 eee Network Interfaces Routing and Hostname and DNS Host Addresses Gateways Client COVE IT PROJECT Page 7 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 3 1 Network interfaces Through Network interfaces icon change ethO IP address and mask we recommend static IP configuration for your proxy Static Pv configuration address Netmask 255 255 255 0 Broadcast O Automatic 197 168 111 255 save Save your configuration 2 3 2 Routing and Gateways Through Routing and gateways icon change default gateway and add routes if needed Default router None or from DHCP Gateway etho Act as router o Yes No Static routes Interface Network Note Gateway C m m n Local routes interface Network Netmask C ss mmm Soe Save your configuration COVE IT PROJECT Page 8 27 PZVM1 Administration Guide 2 3 3 Hostname and DNS Client Through Hostname and DNS Client change hostname domain and DNS servers Hostname Update hostname in host addresses if changed Resolution order Hosts file d DNS i DNS servers 192 168 111 57 Search domains None Listed Save your configuration C o gt OH Save 2 3 4 Host Adresses Through Host adresses change hosts info according your previous changes
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