diff options
| author | heas <heas@pkgsrc.org> | 2010-12-15 21:37:55 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | heas <heas@pkgsrc.org> | 2010-12-15 21:37:55 +0000 |
| commit | b22eec9c5a0fc7b67f94e9685cc44c34c7d63ca0 (patch) | |
| tree | 8c7c86fa4d88def9e9e3b45ac782e2ef09314382 /net/rancid | |
| parent | fc73488aa5581114cb3b67efeb98fc5bec8fb6b2 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-b22eec9c5a0fc7b67f94e9685cc44c34c7d63ca0.tar.gz | |
Expand the information in the description and install message
Diffstat (limited to 'net/rancid')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/rancid/DESCR | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/rancid/MESSAGE | 6 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 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. diff --git a/net/rancid/MESSAGE b/net/rancid/MESSAGE index fdd6f6a201e..8b5fed44b35 100644 --- a/net/rancid/MESSAGE +++ b/net/rancid/MESSAGE @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ =========================================================================== -$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.1.1.1 2010/03/12 23:39:16 pettai Exp $ +$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.2 2010/12/15 21:37:55 heas Exp $ rancid is now installed. @@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ To get rancid up and running asap, you have to complete these basic steps: Please read the included README (${PREFIX}/share/doc/rancid/README) file, for more information about configuring and starting rancid. +If upgrading from a non-pkgsrc version of rancid, following the instructions +in ${PREFIX}/share/rancid/UPGRADING for retaining your existing CVS +respository and rancid configuration. + =========================================================================== |