Re: Network configuration archiving

[Eric A Louie <elouie () yahoo com>]

I know you said open source, but we're using Solarwinds Cattools with very good results.  We also have Rancid running 
in the background.





> ________________________________
> From: Job Snijders <job.snijders () hibernianetworks com>
> To: nanog () nanog org 
> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:25 PM
> Subject: Network configuration archiving
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am unsure what we as networkers have done in the past, but I am sure 
> we've done our fair share of atonement and don't have to keep using 
> RANCID.
>
> Some might say "it took ages to get rancid to do kinda what we want!", 
> but not all software ages well. One might work in environments where 
> archived configurations are needed to even start provisioning, one 
> might desire a separation between actual config and transcient data. 
>
> As I am evaluating our path forward, I've compiled a small list of open 
> source projects with some biased highlights. Your feedback is most 
> welcome, maybe I missed some interesting projects or developments. I 
> would also be very interested in what other operators seek in a network 
> config/state archive tool.
>
> RANCID - http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/
>     * Support for a wild variery of devices and operating systems
>     * complex perl code base [1]
>     * no central developer team, the internet is littered with forks
>
> Oxidized - https://github.com/ytti/oxidized
>     * modern & sexy approach with queue & workers
>     * RESTful API (example: can bump devices to the head of the queue)
>     * small user & developer base
>     * written in that ruby language
>
> Gerty - https://github.com/ssinyagin/gerty
>     * Seems easier to extend than RANCID
>     * perl...
>     * small user & developer base
>
> punc - https://code.google.com/p/punc/
>     * written in python, based on notch [2]
>     * no recent developments (although 2011 was a good wine year)
>
> [1] - http://honestnetworker.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/adding-new-device-support-to-rancid/
> [2] - https://code.google.com/p/notch/
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Job