[rancid] Device into routers.down

[Gary Douglas]

We have been running Rancid for a couple of years on our core devices. I am moving it to VM with Unbuntu Server and setting it up for all our network devices. I have it working on our egress groups with no problem. I add the core group and it moves every device to the routers.down file automagically. I run the clogin for the device in question and this logs me in just fine. I have removed then added the devices back into router.db and this does not help. The devices I am trying to connect to are the same type device that is working in the egress group. How can I troubleshoot this problem?

Thank you
Gary Douglas

[Alan McKinnon]

Post by Gary Douglas
We have been running Rancid for a couple of years on our core devices. I
am moving it to VM with Unbuntu Server and setting it up for all our
network devices. I have it working on our egress groups with no problem.
I add the core group and it moves every device to the routers.down file
automagically. I run the clogin for the device in question and this logs
me in just fine. I have removed then added the devices back into
router.db and this does not help. The devices I am trying to connect to
are the same type device that is working in the egress group. How can I
troubleshoot this problem?

Most likely you have different versions of utility tools such as expect
and friends.

Start by examining the logs in $RANCIDDIR/var/logs for that device - the
cause of failure is usually there.


You can also check for dumb human mistakes like mistyping :up in
router.db and a typo in GROUPS in rancid.conf [yes indeed, I've made
those mistakes myself - more than once :-) ]

[Gary Douglas]

Stupid mistake in the router.db. Had \t\n on the end of some lines. Removed them and all is good.

Thank you
Gary Douglas

Post by Alan McKinnon

Post by Gary Douglas
We have been running Rancid for a couple of years on our core devices. I
am moving it to VM with Unbuntu Server and setting it up for all our
network devices. I have it working on our egress groups with no problem.
I add the core group and it moves every device to the routers.down file
automagically. I run the clogin for the device in question and this logs
me in just fine. I have removed then added the devices back into
router.db and this does not help. The devices I am trying to connect to
are the same type device that is working in the egress group. How can I
troubleshoot this problem?

Most likely you have different versions of utility tools such as expect
and friends.
Start by examining the logs in $RANCIDDIR/var/logs for that device - the
cause of failure is usually there.
You can also check for dumb human mistakes like mistyping :up in
router.db and a typo in GROUPS in rancid.conf [yes indeed, I've made
those mistakes myself - more than once :-) ]
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Alan McKinnon
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