[c-nsp] using RANCID in a CCIE lab

[Keegan Holley]

what platform did you install it on?  RANCID was pretty easy to install, but
I could never get the cvs viewer they recommended working.  I had to switch
back to CVS web.


2011/5/29 Scott Granados <scott at granados-llc.net>

> Just to add to this, we use RANCID in both production and lab environments
> and it works very well.  I found the install to be easy and it's very
> flexable.
>
> On May 29, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Ryan West wrote:
>
> > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 13:10:57, Keegan Holley wrote:
> >> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> >> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] using RANCID in a CCIE lab
> >>
> >> rancid is a good tool.  It's also base on expect and perl so it's easy
> >> to modify the scripts to do other things.  I installed this in a few
> >> other labs
> >> (non-certification) the biggest problem I ran into was everyone's
> >> tendency to blow away the routes,interface IP's and account info that
> >> alows RANCID to do it's work.  Beyond that it's a great tool.  Be
> careful where you run it.
> >> It's a pain to install on certain linux distros.
> >>
> >
> > It can modified pretty easily to allow backup and configuration pushes
> via a terminal server.  Look for user_chat to see the modifications to
> clogin that allow it.  RANCID is great IMO, with all the expect and
> credential information in place, it's easily adaptable cron jobs and
> scripts.   I'm far from a programmer, but I was able to setup an automated
> block list for the ASA based off the emerging threats IP list using RANCID
> to push the changes.
> >
> > -ryan
> >
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