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Re: automated router config back up

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jimmy Hess)
Mon Jun 6 21:09:14 2011

In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinjvZ0Q1+pFRAKY4GVCOi530Bw7mg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 20:09:06 -0500
From: Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com>
To: Jon Heise <jon@smugmug.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Jon Heise <jon@smugmug.com> wrote:
> Aside from rancid, what methods do people have for doing automated backups
> and diffing of router configs ?

There are some commercial config management products that provide similar..
Use search engines with keywords such as  router / network
configuration and auditing tools.

Configuration and change management is a common problem, and CM
auditing requires
tools for pulling, archiving, and comparing network device
configurations to detect changes
and anomolies, so there are _plenty_ of options.

Some routers provide options for remote SCP or FTP access, then it's
just a matter
of using your favorite mass download tool.

Check your device documentation.
A popular router brand  also recently had an archive function added
not too long ago.
That lets you auto-scp new configs with something simple like....

!
archive
path scp://blahblah:blahblahblahblah@configbackup.my.example.com
write-memory
maximum 14
time-period 1440
log config
   record rc
   logging enable
   hidekeys
   notify syslog contenttype plaintext



Regards,

--
-JH
> - Jon Heise


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