[rancid] new rancid install not working

Discussion:

Jeffrey d'Ambly

2015-04-17 22:41:54 UTC

I cannot for the life of me figure out what Im doing wrong here.

When I run /usr/bin/rancid-run it seems like nothing happens. When I run rancid manually I get the following

qa-scl009-005:/var/rancid# /usr/bin/rancid -d -t cisco sjc-vpe1

loadtype: device type cisco

loadtype: found device type cisco in /etc/rancid/rancid.types.base

executing clogin -t 90 -c"show version;show redundancy;show idprom backplane;show install active;show env all;show rsp chassis-info;show gsr chassis;show diag chassis-info;show boot;show bootvar;show variables boot;show flash;dir /all nvram:;dir /all bootflash:;dir /all slot0:;dir /all disk0:;dir /all slot1:;dir /all disk1:;dir /all slot2:;dir /all disk2:;dir /all harddisk:;dir /all harddiska:;dir /all harddiskb:;dir /all sup-bootdisk:;dir /all sup-bootflash:;dir /all sup-microcode:;dir /all slavenvram:;dir /all slavebootflash:;dir /all slaveslot0:;dir /all slavedisk0:;dir /all slaveslot1:;dir /all slavedisk1:;dir /all slaveslot2:;dir /all slavedisk2:;dir /all slavesup-bootflash:;dir /all sec-nvram:;dir /all sec-bootflash:;dir /all sec-slot0:;dir /all sec-disk0:;dir /all sec-slot1:;dir /all sec-disk1:;dir /all sec-slot2:;dir /all sec-disk2:;show controllers;show controllers cbus;show diagbus;show diag;show capture;show module;show spe version;show c7200;show inventory raw;show vtp status;show vlan;show vlan-switch;show switch detail;show sdm prefer;show system mtu;show debug;show shun;more system:running-config;show running-config view full;show running-config;write term" sjc-vpe1

sh: clogin: command not found

sjc-vpe1: missed cmd(s): all commands

sjc-vpe1: End of run not found

sjc-vpe1: End of run not found

But if I can clogin manually it works

qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid# /usr/libexec/rancid/clogin -t 90 -c"show version" sjc-vpe1

sjc-vpe1

spawn ssh -c 3des -x -l confbackup sjc-vpe1

Password:

sjc-vpe1#

sjc-vpe1#terminal length 0

sjc-vpe1#terminal width 132

sjc-vpe1#show version

Cisco IOS Software, C3900e Software (C3900e-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.2(4)M7, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)

Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Copyright (c) 1986-2014 by Cisco Systems, Inc.

Compiled Thu 25-Sep-14 10:09 by prod_rel_team

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 15.1(1r)T5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

I have no idea what the hell I am doing wrong here, if someone could point me in the right direction here that would be awesome.

Jeff

Alan McKinnon

2015-04-17 23:05:14 UTC

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I cannot for the life of me figure out what I’m doing wrong here.
When I run /usr/bin/rancid-run it seems like nothing happens. When I run
rancid manually I get the following
qa-scl009-005:/var/rancid# /usr/bin/rancid -d -t cisco sjc-vpe1
loadtype: device type cisco
loadtype: found device type cisco in /etc/rancid/rancid.types.base
executing clogin -t 90 -c"show version;show redundancy;show idprom
backplane;show install active;show env all;show rsp chassis-info;show
gsr chassis;show diag chassis-info;show boot;show bootvar;show variables
boot;show flash;dir /all nvram:;dir /all bootflash:;dir /all slot0:;dir
/all disk0:;dir /all slot1:;dir /all disk1:;dir /all slot2:;dir /all
disk2:;dir /all harddisk:;dir /all harddiska:;dir /all harddiskb:;dir
/all sup-bootdisk:;dir /all sup-bootflash:;dir /all sup-microcode:;dir
/all slavenvram:;dir /all slavebootflash:;dir /all slaveslot0:;dir /all
slavedisk0:;dir /all slaveslot1:;dir /all slavedisk1:;dir /all
slaveslot2:;dir /all slavedisk2:;dir /all slavesup-bootflash:;dir /all
sec-nvram:;dir /all sec-bootflash:;dir /all sec-slot0:;dir /all
sec-disk0:;dir /all sec-slot1:;dir /all sec-disk1:;dir /all
sec-slot2:;dir /all sec-disk2:;show controllers;show controllers
cbus;show diagbus;show diag;show capture;show module;show spe
version;show c7200;show inventory raw;show vtp status;show vlan;show
vlan-switch;show switch detail;show sdm prefer;show system mtu;show
debug;show shun;more system:running-config;show running-config view
full;show running-config;write term" sjc-vpe1
sh: clogin: command not found

This is your problem. When you run rancid manually you provided the full
path. When you ran clogin manually, you provided the full path.

When rancid-run calls rancid which calls clogin, it does not provide the
full path.

What you need to do is define $PATH to include the location of the
*login scripts (/usr/libexec/rancid apparently) in the login shell of
the user rancid runs as.

Incidentally, you are doing your tests as root. You should not run
rancid as root, rather run it as a rancid user

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Jeffrey d'Ambly

2015-04-17 23:11:31 UTC

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Ok so I got that sorted out
qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid# whoami
rancid
qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid# which clogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/clogin
qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid#

/usr/bin/rancid -d -t cisco sjc-vpe1
Gives me what I think should happen at least. It creates a file
sjc-vpe1.new in the local dir I¹m in.

But when I run /usr/bin/rancid-run I just get what looks like an empty file

qa-scl009-005:/var/rancid/routers/configs# cat sjc-core01.new
!RANCID-CONTENT-TYPE: cisco
!
!
!
!
!

‹jeff

I cannot for the life of me figure out what I¹m doing wrong here.
When I run /usr/bin/rancid-run it seems like nothing happens. When I
run rancid manually I get the following
qa-scl009-005:/var/rancid# /usr/bin/rancid -d -t cisco sjc-vpe1
loadtype: device type cisco
loadtype: found device type cisco in /etc/rancid/rancid.types.base
executing clogin -t 90 -c"show version;show redundancy;show idprom
backplane;show install active;show env all;show rsp chassis-info;show
gsr chassis;show diag chassis-info;show boot;show bootvar;show variables
boot;show flash;dir /all nvram:;dir /all bootflash:;dir /all slot0:;dir
/all disk0:;dir /all slot1:;dir /all disk1:;dir /all slot2:;dir /all
disk2:;dir /all harddisk:;dir /all harddiska:;dir /all harddiskb:;dir
/all sup-bootdisk:;dir /all sup-bootflash:;dir /all sup-microcode:;dir
/all slavenvram:;dir /all slavebootflash:;dir /all slaveslot0:;dir /all
slavedisk0:;dir /all slaveslot1:;dir /all slavedisk1:;dir /all
slaveslot2:;dir /all slavedisk2:;dir /all slavesup-bootflash:;dir /all
sec-nvram:;dir /all sec-bootflash:;dir /all sec-slot0:;dir /all
sec-disk0:;dir /all sec-slot1:;dir /all sec-disk1:;dir /all
sec-slot2:;dir /all sec-disk2:;show controllers;show controllers
cbus;show diagbus;show diag;show capture;show module;show spe
version;show c7200;show inventory raw;show vtp status;show vlan;show
vlan-switch;show switch detail;show sdm prefer;show system mtu;show
debug;show shun;more system:running-config;show running-config view
full;show running-config;write term" sjc-vpe1
sh: clogin: command not found

set your PATH correctly

sjc-vpe1: missed cmd(s): all commands
sjc-vpe1: End of run not found
sjc-vpe1: End of run not found
But if I can clogin manually it works
qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid# /usr/libexec/rancid/clogin -t 90 -c"show version" sjc-vpe1
sjc-vpe1
spawn ssh -c 3des -x -l confbackup sjc-vpe1
sjc-vpe1#
sjc-vpe1#terminal length 0
sjc-vpe1#terminal width 132
sjc-vpe1#show version
Cisco IOS Software, C3900e Software (C3900e-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version
15.2(4)M7, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2014 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 25-Sep-14 10:09 by prod_rel_team
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 15.1(1r)T5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
I have no idea what the hell I am doing wrong here, if someone could
point me in the right direction here that would be awesome.
‹Jeff
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Alan McKinnon

2015-04-17 23:36:04 UTC

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Post by Jeffrey d'Ambly
Ok so I got that sorted out
qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid# whoami
rancid
qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid# which clogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/clogin
qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid#
/usr/bin/rancid -d -t cisco sjc-vpe1
Gives me what I think should happen at least. It creates a file
sjc-vpe1.new in the local dir I¹m in.

Examine that file closely, there is something about the results of
clogin in there that the rancid script cannot deal with.

Unfortunately there is no single cause for this, the error messages you
have posted really just say "something went wrong". This isn't rancid's
fault really, it's a consequence of trying to infer structured data from
unstructured output from the router.

Look first for the important stuff. Does the script announce that it
found the prompt? Does it find an initial list of commands output
correctly, then get confused and claim it cannot find any commands
thereafter?

Sometimes you have to look closely. A common problem is "#" and ">"
characters in the router's shell prompt, (and once I had a Nexus that
didn't end a "show admin something" with a proper EOL character. Took
hours to find that :-) )

Post by Jeffrey d'Ambly
But when I run /usr/bin/rancid-run I just get what looks like an empty file
qa-scl009-005:/var/rancid/routers/configs# cat sjc-core01.new
!RANCID-CONTENT-TYPE: cisco
!
!
!
!
!
‹jeff

set your PATH correctly

sjc-vpe1: missed cmd(s): all commands
sjc-vpe1: End of run not found
sjc-vpe1: End of run not found
But if I can clogin manually it works
qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid# /usr/libexec/rancid/clogin -t 90 -c"show
version" sjc-vpe1
sjc-vpe1
spawn ssh -c 3des -x -l confbackup sjc-vpe1
sjc-vpe1#
sjc-vpe1#terminal length 0
sjc-vpe1#terminal width 132
sjc-vpe1#show version
Cisco IOS Software, C3900e Software (C3900e-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version
15.2(4)M7, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2014 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 25-Sep-14 10:09 by prod_rel_team
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 15.1(1r)T5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
I have no idea what the hell I am doing wrong here, if someone could
point me in the right direction here that would be awesome.
‹Jeff
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Jeffrey d'Ambly

2015-04-17 23:41:49 UTC

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Here is my manual run, it looks like it worked right?
Also is it expected for routers.down to look like this?

[***@qa-scl009-005 routers]$ cat routers.down
sjc-core01:cisco:up
sjc-vpe1:cisco:up

[***@qa-scl009-005 tmp]$ /usr/bin/rancid -d -t cisco sjc-vpe1
loadtype: device type cisco
loadtype: found device type cisco in /etc/rancid/rancid.types.base
executing clogin -t 90 -c"show version;show redundancy;show idprom
backplane;show install active;show env all;show rsp chassis-info;show gsr
chassis;show diag chassis-info;show boot;show bootvar;show variables
boot;show flash;dir /all nvram:;dir /all bootflash:;dir /all slot0:;dir
/all disk0:;dir /all slot1:;dir /all disk1:;dir /all slot2:;dir /all
disk2:;dir /all harddisk:;dir /all harddiska:;dir /all harddiskb:;dir /all
sup-bootdisk:;dir /all sup-bootflash:;dir /all sup-microcode:;dir /all
slavenvram:;dir /all slavebootflash:;dir /all slaveslot0:;dir /all
slavedisk0:;dir /all slaveslot1:;dir /all slavedisk1:;dir /all
slaveslot2:;dir /all slavedisk2:;dir /all slavesup-bootflash:;dir /all
sec-nvram:;dir /all sec-bootflash:;dir /all sec-slot0:;dir /all
sec-disk0:;dir /all sec-slot1:;dir /all sec-disk1:;dir /all sec-slot2:;dir
/all sec-disk2:;show controllers;show controllers cbus;show diagbus;show
diag;show capture;show module;show spe version;show c7200;show inventory
raw;show vtp status;show vlan;show vlan-switch;show switch detail;show sdm
prefer;show system mtu;show debug;show shun;more
system:running-config;show running-config view full;show
running-config;write term" sjc-vpe1
PROMPT MATCH: sjc-vpe1#
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show version
In ShowVersion: sjc-vpe1#show version
TYPE = CISCO3925-CHASSIS
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show redundancy
In ShowRedundancy: sjc-vpe1#show redundancy
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show idprom backplane
In ShowIDprom: sjc-vpe1#show idprom backplane
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show install active
In ShowInstallActive: sjc-vpe1#show install active
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show env all
In ShowEnv: sjc-vpe1#show env all
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show rsp chassis-info
In ShowRSP: sjc-vpe1#show rsp chassis-info
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show gsr chassis
In ShowGSR: sjc-vpe1#show gsr chassis
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show diag chassis-info
In ShowGSR: sjc-vpe1#show diag chassis-info
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show boot
In ShowBoot: sjc-vpe1#show boot
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show bootvar
In ShowBoot: sjc-vpe1#show bootvar
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show variables boot
In ShowBoot: sjc-vpe1#show variables boot
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show flash
In ShowFlash: sjc-vpe1#show flash
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all nvram:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all nvram:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all bootflash:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all bootflash:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slot0:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slot0:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all disk0:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all disk0:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slot1:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slot1:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all disk1:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all disk1:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slot2:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slot2:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all disk2:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all disk2:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all harddisk:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all harddisk:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all harddiska:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all harddiska:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all harddiskb:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all harddiskb:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sup-bootdisk:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sup-bootdisk:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sup-bootflash:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sup-bootflash:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sup-microcode:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sup-microcode:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavenvram:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavenvram:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavebootflash:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavebootflash:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slaveslot0:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slaveslot0:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavedisk0:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavedisk0:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slaveslot1:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slaveslot1:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavedisk1:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavedisk1:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slaveslot2:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slaveslot2:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavedisk2:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavedisk2:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavesup-bootflash:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all slavesup-bootflash:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-nvram:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-nvram:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-bootflash:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-bootflash:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-slot0:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-slot0:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-disk0:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-disk0:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-slot1:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-slot1:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-disk1:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-disk1:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-slot2:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-slot2:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-disk2:
In DirSlotN: sjc-vpe1#dir /all sec-disk2:
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show controllers
In ShowContAll: sjc-vpe1#show controllers
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show controllers cbus
In ShowContCbus: sjc-vpe1#show controllers cbus
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show diagbus
In ShowDiagbus: sjc-vpe1#show diagbus
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show diag
In ShowDiag: sjc-vpe1#show diag
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show capture
In ShowCapture: sjc-vpe1#show capture
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show module
In ShowModule: sjc-vpe1#show module
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show spe version
In ShowSpeVersion: sjc-vpe1#show spe version
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show c7200
In ShowC7200: sjc-vpe1#show c7200
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show inventory raw
In ShowInventory: sjc-vpe1#show inventory raw
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show vtp status
In ShowVTP: sjc-vpe1#show vtp status
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show vlan
In ShowVLAN: sjc-vpe1#show vlan
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show vlan-switch
In ShowVLAN: sjc-vpe1#show vlan-switch
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show switch detail
In ShowDetail: sjc-vpe1#show switch detail
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show sdm prefer
In ShowSDM: sjc-vpe1#show sdm prefer
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show system mtu
In ShowMTU: sjc-vpe1#show system mtu
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show debug
In ShowDebug: sjc-vpe1#show debug
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show shun
In ShowShun: sjc-vpe1#show shun
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#more system:running-config
In WriteTerm: sjc-vpe1#more system:running-config
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show running-config view full
In WriteTerm: sjc-vpe1#show running-config view full
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#show running-config
In WriteTerm: sjc-vpe1#show running-config
HIT COMMAND:sjc-vpe1#write term
In WriteTerm: sjc-vpe1#write term

Post by Alan McKinnon

Examine that file closely, there is something about the results of
clogin in there that the rancid script cannot deal with.
Unfortunately there is no single cause for this, the error messages you
have posted really just say "something went wrong". This isn't rancid's
fault really, it's a consequence of trying to infer structured data from
unstructured output from the router.
Look first for the important stuff. Does the script announce that it
found the prompt? Does it find an initial list of commands output
correctly, then get confused and claim it cannot find any commands
thereafter?
Sometimes you have to look closely. A common problem is "#" and ">"
characters in the router's shell prompt, (and once I had a Nexus that
didn't end a "show admin something" with a proper EOL character. Took
hours to find that :-) )

set your PATH correctly

sjc-vpe1: missed cmd(s): all commands
sjc-vpe1: End of run not found
sjc-vpe1: End of run not found
But if I can clogin manually it works
qa-scl009-005:/var/log/rancid# /usr/libexec/rancid/clogin -t 90 -c"show
version" sjc-vpe1
sjc-vpe1
spawn ssh -c 3des -x -l confbackup sjc-vpe1
sjc-vpe1#
sjc-vpe1#terminal length 0
sjc-vpe1#terminal width 132
sjc-vpe1#show version
Cisco IOS Software, C3900e Software (C3900e-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version
15.2(4)M7, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2014 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 25-Sep-14 10:09 by prod_rel_team
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 15.1(1r)T5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
I have no idea what the hell I am doing wrong here, if someone could
point me in the right direction here that would be awesome.
‹Jeff
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Jeffrey d'Ambly

2015-04-17 23:49:53 UTC

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Thanks that did it!

‹jeff

Post by Jeffrey d'Ambly
Here is my manual run, it looks like it worked right?
Also is it expected for routers.down to look like this?
sjc-core01:cisco:up
sjc-vpe1:cisco:up

if youre using 3.x, the FS is ;.