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RANCID Installation and Configuration Guide

This document provides instructions for getting started with RANCID (Really Awesome New Cisco Configuration Differ), which is a tool used to monitor Cisco device configurations. It discusses installing RANCID on Linux, configuring groups and users, adding devices and configurations to version control, and using RANCID commands to view configuration changes and remotely execute commands on devices. The goal of RANCID is to allow network admins to track configuration changes over time through automated diff, backup, and archival of Cisco device configurations.

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RANCID Installation and Configuration Guide

This document provides instructions for getting started with RANCID (Really Awesome New Cisco Configuration Differ), which is a tool used to monitor Cisco device configurations. It discusses installing RANCID on Linux, configuring groups and users, adding devices and configurations to version control, and using RANCID commands to view configuration changes and remotely execute commands on devices. The goal of RANCID is to allow network admins to track configuration changes over time through automated diff, backup, and archival of Cisco device configurations.

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sudo rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs [Link]


sudo yum install rancid cvs

sudo apt-get install rancid

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# list of rancid groups


LIST_OF_GROUPS="routers switches access-points"

rancid-routers:

router-admins@[Link]

rancid-admin-routers:

router-admins@[Link]

rancid-switches:

switches-admins@[Link]

rancid-admin-switches:

switches-admins@[Link]

rancid-access-points:

ap-admins@[Link]

rancid-admin-access-points: ap-admins@[Link]

sudo -i -u rancid
/var/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-cvs (on Debian and Ubuntu)
/usr/bin/rancid-cvs (on CentOS)

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sth-rtr-1:cisco:up
bos-rtr-1:cisco:up
ams-rtr-1:cisco:up
par-rtr-1:cisco:up
lon-rtr-1:cisco:up

sth-dsw-1:cisco:up
sth-asw-1:cisco:up
sth-asw-2:cisco:up
sth-asw-3:cisco:up
bos-asw-1:cisco:up
ams-asw-1:cisco:up
par-asw-1:cisco:up
lon-asw-1:cisco:up

sth-ap-1:cisco:up
sth-ap-2:cisco:up
sth-ap-3:cisco:up
sth-ap-4:cisco:up
sth-ap-5:cisco:up
sth-ap-6:cisco:up
bos-ap-1:cisco:up
bos-ap-2:cisco:up
ams-ap-1:cisco:up
ams-ap-2:cisco:up
par-ap-1:cisco:up
par-ap-2:cisco:up
lon-ap-1:cisco:up
lon-ap-2:cisco:up

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add user * rancid


add password * s3ctetp@ssw0rd

add user *-asw-* rancid-switch-user


add password *-asw-* $witchpassw0rd

chmod 600 .cloginrc

clogin sth-asw-2

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crontab -e
0 * * * * * /usr/bin/rancid-run

[rancid@tsrv-rancid-cen configs]$ cvs log sth-asw-2


RCS file: /var/rancid/CVS/switches/configs/sth-asw-2,v
Working file: sth-asw-2
head: 1.3
branch:
locks: strict
access list:
symbolic names:
keyword substitution: o
total revisions: 3;

selected revisions: 3

description:
---------------------------revision 1.3
date: 2014/04/04 [Link];

author: rancid;

state: Exp;

lines: +5 -4

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revision 1.2
date: 2014/04/04 [Link];

author: rancid;

state: Exp;

lines: +446 -0

updates
---------------------------revision 1.1
date: 2014/04/04 [Link];

author: rancid;

state: Exp;

new router
=============================================================================
[rancid@tsrv-rancid-cen configs]$

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clogin -c "show processes cpu" bos-rtr-1

rancid@tsrv-rancid-ubu:~/routers/configs$ pwd
/var/lib/rancid/routers/configs
rancid@tsrv-rancid-ubu:~/routers/configs$ clogin -c "show processes cpu" `ls
*rtr*`

clogin -c "show processes cpu;show memory free" ams-rtr-1

clogin -x [Link] lon-ap-2

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permit udp any any eq bootps


permit udp any any eq domain
permit icmp any any
end
write mem

clogin -x [Link] `cat [Link]`

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