[161408] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network Configuration Management
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (chip)
Tue Mar 12 14:07:34 2013
In-Reply-To: <20130312175813.GA27817@2bithacker.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:07:11 -0400
From: chip <chip.gwyn@gmail.com>
To: chip@2bithacker.net
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I've never found anything that hits all of my needs. The closest off the
shelf thing I've ever found is the Network Control System from Tail-F (
http://www.tail-f.com/network-control-system/). We're using a custom built
app that's been refined over the last decade and does a really nice job.
It uses a very similar model of configuration management as Tail-F does
but now quite the application. Just generating config isn't all that
difficult. The hard part is pushing to the devices and working out what
to do when on-box and off-box doesn't match.
Good luck in your search, and if you find something really cool, be sure to
post back!
--chip
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Chip Marshall <chip@2bithacker.net> wrote:
> Just curious what people are using for network configuration
> manangement systems. I'm guessing most places have something
> built in-house, but before starting down that road I figured it
> would be a good idea to see if people have any off-the-shelf
> systems they like.
>
> Some features I'd like to have:
> * Interface configs
> * Firewall filter configs
> * BGP session configs
> * User management
> * Support for multiple router and switch vendors (at least
> Juniper and Cisco)
>
> --
> Chip Marshall <chip@2bithacker.net>
> http://2bithacker.net/
>
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Just my $.02, your mileage may vary, batteries not included, etc....
