[rancid] Rancid on CentOS 6.3

[Andrew S. Meyer]

Hi,
i'm trying to setup Rancid on CentOS 6.3 from the EPEL yum repo. I was able to get it installed but, but can't seem to get it working.

This is what is in my /var/log/rancid/rancidlog.log

starting: Sun Apr 28 15:01:01 CDT 2013

ending: Sun Apr 28 15:01:01 CDT 2013
[***@server rancid]#



Is there a reason why there are no details in the log files?



Also I have no idea where the backup files are going too...

Can anyone shed some light on this? Or should I uninstall and install from source? Is there a RPM avaialble elsewhere?



Thank you

[Darius Seroka]

I havent deployed RANCID for a while but last time I used this git repo as
it seemed to have been quite patched up.
https://github.com/dotwaffle/rancid-git The stuff on epel was quite
outdated at the time.
--
Regards,
Darius Jan Seroka

Post by Andrew S. Meyer
Hi,
i'm trying to setup Rancid on CentOS 6.3 from the EPEL yum repo. I was
able to get it installed but, but can't seem to get it working.
This is what is in my /var/log/rancid/rancidlog.log
starting: Sun Apr 28 15:01:01 CDT 2013
ending: Sun Apr 28 15:01:01 CDT 2013
Is there a reason why there are no details in the log files?
Also I have no idea where the backup files are going too...
Can anyone shed some light on this? Or should I uninstall and install
from source? Is there a RPM avaialble elsewhere?
Thank you
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[Matthew Walster]

Post by Darius Seroka
I havent deployed RANCID for a while but last time I used this git repo as
it seemed to have been quite patched up.
https://github.com/dotwaffle/rancid-git The stuff on epel was quite
outdated at the time.

​As the guy who maintains that repo, I'd be very wary of it. Try and use
the RANCID tarball on the shrubbery.net website if you can, it's almost
certainly tested to a very much higher degree than my changesets.

Essentially, that repo was created because I wanted to add git support and
have a sane way of merging in the latest releases. Then a bunch of other
things got hacked in -- HTML colorized emails, Netgear support, F5 >=v10​
support, stuff that really only gets tested about once a year when I get
something new in front of me that RANCID mainline doesn't support quite as
well as it could do given an unlimited supply of free time.

It also seems to attract every crazy out there who emails me personally
asking for help installing RANCID but not understanding it's a
Next>Next>Next>Finish affair.

I'm hoping that once RANCID 3 becomes stable that my repo can be retired as
I imagine it gives quite a few people headaches.

M

[Andrew S. Meyer]

So I've gotten Rancid installed and somewhat working. I was able to follow Brian Gill's website - http://www.thebriangill.info/2012/12/configuring-rancid-to-backup-your.html . It is emailing me when it can't contact the ASA or access point but that's all its doing.. I'm not sure why it can't access it, but I've tested it through telnet and ssh and it works fine when I do it manually. Rancid won't login. Any ideas?

Thank you,
Andrew

From: Darius Seroka [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 6:01 AM
To: Andrew S. Meyer
Cc: rancid-***@shrubbery.net
Subject: Re: [rancid] Rancid on CentOS 6.3

I havent deployed RANCID for a while but last time I used this git repo as it seemed to have been quite patched up. https://github.com/dotwaffle/rancid-git The stuff on epel was quite outdated at the time.

--
Regards,
Darius Jan Seroka
***@gmail.com<mailto:***@gmail.com>

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Andrew S. Meyer <***@tsg2.com<mailto:***@tsg2.com>> wrote:
Hi,
i'm trying to setup Rancid on CentOS 6.3 from the EPEL yum repo. I was able to get it installed but, but can't seem to get it working.

This is what is in my /var/log/rancid/rancidlog.log

starting: Sun Apr 28 15:01:01 CDT 2013

ending: Sun Apr 28 15:01:01 CDT 2013
[***@server rancid]#



Is there a reason why there are no details in the log files?



Also I have no idea where the backup files are going too...

Can anyone shed some light on this? Or should I uninstall and install from source? Is there a RPM avaialble elsewhere?



Thank you

[MP Netsai]

have you tried with:
rancid-user~$ clogin host
also check the logs.
From: Andrew S. Meyer
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:52 AM
Cc: rancid-***@shrubbery.net
Subject: Re: [rancid] Rancid on CentOS 6.3

So I’ve gotten Rancid installed and somewhat working. I was able to follow Brian Gill’s website - http://www.thebriangill.info/2012/12/configuring-rancid-to-backup-your.html . It is emailing me when it can’t contact the ASA or access point but that’s all its doing.. I’m not sure why it can’t access it, but I’ve tested it through telnet and ssh and it works fine when I do it manually. Rancid won’t login. Any ideas?



Thank you,

Andrew



From: Darius Seroka [mailto:***@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 6:01 AM
To: Andrew S. Meyer
Cc: rancid-***@shrubbery.net
Subject: Re: [rancid] Rancid on CentOS 6.3



I havent deployed RANCID for a while but last time I used this git repo as it seemed to have been quite patched up. https://github.com/dotwaffle/rancid-git The stuff on epel was quite outdated at the time.
--
Regards,
Darius Jan Seroka
***@gmail.com



On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Andrew S. Meyer <***@tsg2.com> wrote:

Hi,

i'm trying to setup Rancid on CentOS 6.3 from the EPEL yum repo. I was able to get it installed but, but can't seem to get it working.



This is what is in my /var/log/rancid/rancidlog.log



starting: Sun Apr 28 15:01:01 CDT 2013



ending: Sun Apr 28 15:01:01 CDT 2013
[***@server rancid]#



Is there a reason why there are no details in the log files?



Also I have no idea where the backup files are going too...

Can anyone shed some light on this? Or should I uninstall and install from source? Is there a RPM avaialble elsewhere?



Thank you




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