Wed Dec 15 21:37:55 2010 UTC ()
Expand the information in the description and install message


(heas)
diff -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2 pkgsrc/net/rancid/DESCR
diff -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2 pkgsrc/net/rancid/MESSAGE
cvs diff -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2 pkgsrc/net/rancid/DESCR (expand / switch to unified diff)

--- pkgsrc/net/rancid/DESCR 2010/03/12 23:39:16 1.1.1.1
+++ pkgsrc/net/rancid/DESCR 2010/12/15 21:37:55 1.2
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@ @@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
1RANCID monitors a router's (or more generally a device's) configuration, 1RANCID, the Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ
2including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc) and uses CVS 2
3(Concurrent Version System) or Subversion to maintain history of changes. 3Rancid maintains CVS controlled copies of router (device) configurations.
 4I uses expect to login to a list of devices and collect their software
 5configuration, hardware information, etc. The collected data is formatted,
 6trimmed, etc. Each is diff(1)'d against the previous and the output is
 7e-mailed to a mail list, then committed to the cvs repository.
 8
 9It supports various Cisco routers & switches, Juniper Networks routers, and
 10several others.
 11
 12Besides being useful for tracking configuration changes, Rancid comes with
 13several scripts that are generally useful for network management, including
 14the expect scripts that automate device logins.
cvs diff -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2 pkgsrc/net/rancid/MESSAGE (expand / switch to unified diff)

--- pkgsrc/net/rancid/MESSAGE 2010/03/12 23:39:16 1.1.1.1
+++ pkgsrc/net/rancid/MESSAGE 2010/12/15 21:37:55 1.2
@@ -1,19 +1,23 @@ @@ -1,19 +1,23 @@
1=========================================================================== 1===========================================================================
2$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.1.1.1 2010/03/12 23:39:16 pettai Exp $ 2$NetBSD: MESSAGE,v 1.2 2010/12/15 21:37:55 heas Exp $
3 3
4rancid is now installed. 4rancid is now installed.
5 5
6To get rancid up and running asap, you have to complete these basic steps: 6To get rancid up and running asap, you have to complete these basic steps:
7 7
8- Configure LIST_OF_GROUPS in ${PREFIX}/etc/rancid/rancid.conf. 8- Configure LIST_OF_GROUPS in ${PREFIX}/etc/rancid/rancid.conf.
9- Configure the LIST_OF_GROUPS users in your mail aliases file. 9- Configure the LIST_OF_GROUPS users in your mail aliases file.
10- As superuser, run the command "su - ${RC_USER} -c rancid-cvs". 10- As superuser, run the command "su - ${RC_USER} -c rancid-cvs".
11- Add the following line to ${RC_USER}'s crontab. 11- Add the following line to ${RC_USER}'s crontab.
12 12
13# Run config differ hourly 13# Run config differ hourly
141 * * * * ${PREFIX}/bin/rancid-run 141 * * * * ${PREFIX}/bin/rancid-run
15 15
16Please read the included README (${PREFIX}/share/doc/rancid/README) file, 16Please read the included README (${PREFIX}/share/doc/rancid/README) file,
17for more information about configuring and starting rancid. 17for more information about configuring and starting rancid.
18 18
 19If upgrading from a non-pkgsrc version of rancid, following the instructions
 20in ${PREFIX}/share/rancid/UPGRADING for retaining your existing CVS
 21respository and rancid configuration.
 22
19=========================================================================== 23===========================================================================