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| author | heas <heas> | 2010-12-15 21:37:55 +0000 |
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| committer | heas <heas> | 2010-12-15 21:37:55 +0000 |
| commit | 3d1c1e6bccff8f93eb6a9ec78d39c576c297c70f (patch) | |
| tree | 8c7c86fa4d88def9e9e3b45ac782e2ef09314382 /net/rancid/DESCR | |
| parent | 21377753aa1b2ccd24f84b53d2d7c893ae9f0bc2 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-3d1c1e6bccff8f93eb6a9ec78d39c576c297c70f.tar.gz | |
Expand the information in the description and install message
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/rancid/DESCR b/net/rancid/DESCR index 0f1501864a3..442699fbb60 100644 --- a/net/rancid/DESCR +++ b/net/rancid/DESCR @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ -RANCID monitors a router's (or more generally a device's) configuration, -including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc) and uses CVS -(Concurrent Version System) or Subversion to maintain history of changes. +RANCID, the Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ + +Rancid maintains CVS controlled copies of router (device) configurations. +I uses expect to login to a list of devices and collect their software +configuration, hardware information, etc. The collected data is formatted, +trimmed, etc. Each is diff(1)'d against the previous and the output is +e-mailed to a mail list, then committed to the cvs repository. + +It supports various Cisco routers & switches, Juniper Networks routers, and +several others. + +Besides being useful for tracking configuration changes, Rancid comes with +several scripts that are generally useful for network management, including +the expect scripts that automate device logins. |