[rancid] Rancid + Cisco ASAs (with multiple contexts)

[David Stanford]

Hi all,

I've been googling for the past hour or so, but haven't been able to find a
solid answer to my problem. We are beginning to implement some new Cisco ASA
devices here at work, using multiple contexts. We currently use Rancid
across our network for Juniper+Cisco devices and would like to incorporate
the new ASAs, but I don't see that Rancid currently has the ability to
recognize contexts and pull the various config information from each one.

At the moment, I am considering a simple shell script using clogin that will
subsequently commit the configs to our CVS repo, but since I am no shell
scripting guru, this would be a best effort attempt and would probably not
be nearly as clean as Rancid (on the saved output). Is there anything in the
works for Rancid to support this? Has anyone else been able to implement
this with any success (using multiple contexts)?

Thanks in advance!

-David

[Lance]

David,

This link is where I have put in some suggestions and will actually
hopefully produce a new script to do this.

http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2007-July/002358.html

Not sure when I will get to it. Hopefully I will get to it in the next
couple of weeks.

-Lance

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [rancid] Rancid + Cisco ASAs (with multiple contexts)
Date: Thu, July 26, 2007 6:35 pm
Hi all,
I've been googling for the past hour or so, but haven't been able to find a
solid answer to my problem. We are beginning to implement some new Cisco ASA
devices here at work, using multiple contexts. We currently use Rancid
across our network for Juniper+Cisco devices and would like to incorporate
the new ASAs, but I don't see that Rancid currently has the ability to
recognize contexts and pull the various config information from each one.
At the moment, I am considering a simple shell script using clogin that will
subsequently commit the configs to our CVS repo, but since I am no shell
scripting guru, this would be a best effort attempt and would probably not
be nearly as clean as Rancid (on the saved output). Is there anything in the
works for Rancid to support this? Has anyone else been able to implement
this with any success (using multiple contexts)?
Thanks in advance!
-David
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[David Stanford]

Thanks Lance, I appreciate the quick response. :)

Will you post it to the list or should I just continue checking for a new
alpha release?

Thanks again!

-David

Post by Lance
David,
This link is where I have put in some suggestions and will actually
hopefully produce a new script to do this.
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2007-July/002358.html
Not sure when I will get to it. Hopefully I will get to it in the next
couple of weeks.
-Lance

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [rancid] Rancid + Cisco ASAs (with multiple contexts)
Date: Thu, July 26, 2007 6:35 pm
Hi all,
I've been googling for the past hour or so, but haven't been able to

find a

solid answer to my problem. We are beginning to implement some new Cisco

ASA

devices here at work, using multiple contexts. We currently use Rancid
across our network for Juniper+Cisco devices and would like to

incorporate

the new ASAs, but I don't see that Rancid currently has the ability to
recognize contexts and pull the various config information from each

one.

At the moment, I am considering a simple shell script using clogin that

will

subsequently commit the configs to our CVS repo, but since I am no shell
scripting guru, this would be a best effort attempt and would probably

not

be nearly as clean as Rancid (on the saved output). Is there anything in

the

works for Rancid to support this? Has anyone else been able to implement
this with any success (using multiple contexts)?
Thanks in advance!
-David
--
Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and

confusion.<hr>_______________________________________________

Rancid-discuss mailing list
http://www.shrubbery.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rancid-discuss

[Lance]

Daniel,

I will post it to the list. I don't maintain the list/app. I am just a
contributor. :-D John H. would be the one to add it to the package.

-Lance

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [rancid] Rancid + Cisco ASAs (with multiple contexts)
Date: Thu, July 26, 2007 9:10 pm
Thanks Lance, I appreciate the quick response. :)
Will you post it to the list or should I just continue checking for a new
alpha release?
Thanks again!
-David

Post by Lance
David,
This link is where I have put in some suggestions and will actually
hopefully produce a new script to do this.
http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2007-July/002358.html
Not sure when I will get to it. Hopefully I will get to it in the next
couple of weeks.
-Lance

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [rancid] Rancid + Cisco ASAs (with multiple contexts)
Date: Thu, July 26, 2007 6:35 pm
Hi all,
I've been googling for the past hour or so, but haven't been able to

find a

solid answer to my problem. We are beginning to implement some new Cisco

ASA

devices here at work, using multiple contexts. We currently use Rancid
across our network for Juniper+Cisco devices and would like to

incorporate

the new ASAs, but I don't see that Rancid currently has the ability to
recognize contexts and pull the various config information from each

one.

At the moment, I am considering a simple shell script using clogin that

will

subsequently commit the configs to our CVS repo, but since I am no shell
scripting guru, this would be a best effort attempt and would probably

not

be nearly as clean as Rancid (on the saved output). Is there anything in

the

works for Rancid to support this? Has anyone else been able to implement
this with any success (using multiple contexts)?
Thanks in advance!
-David
--
Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and

confusion.<hr>_______________________________________________

Rancid-discuss mailing list
http://www.shrubbery.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/rancid-discuss

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