[rancid] Re: Config making problem

[john heasley]

Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 10:27:15AM +0200, Norbert Rozs:
> 2009/10/6 john heasley <heas at shrubbery.net>
> 
> > Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 07:16:22AM +0200, Rozs Norbert:
> > > john heasley ?rta:
> > >> Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 06:01:41PM +0200, Rozs Norbert:
> > >>
> > >>> Yes, I executed rancid-cvs, it made the directory structure for all
> > >>> entries of LIST_OF_GROUPS, rancid-run
> > >>> make all the things for the cvs (the "source of the diff's") but no
> > >>> configs in the group/config directory.
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> check the group's router.db file.  it'l need at least 1 device that is
> > >> marked 'up'.  also see router.db(5).
> > >>
> > >
> > > The router.db for the group has 12 entries, all in the format
> > > <name>:cisco:up
> > > and all the names are in the /etc/hosts. (I wrote before that clogin can
> > > login and
> > > can execute commands.)
> >
> > If rancid-cvs created stuff for the group, and there are devices in the
> > group, and the group is in LIST_OF_GROUPS, and cron is working, then at a
> > minimum the log file for the group look similar to:
> >
> >
> > Trying to get all of the configs.
> > All routers sucessfully completed.
> >
> > cvs diff: Diffing .
> > cvs diff: Diffing configs
> > cvs commit: Examining .
> > cvs commit: Examining configs
> >
> > ending: Sat Oct 3 15:10:59 UTC 2009
> >
> >
> > debug it.  sh -x rancid-run or sh -x control_rancid groupname
> >
> >
> So, the logs are similar as this:
> 
> --- cut ---
> begin: Sat Oct 3 15:10:59 UTC 2009
> 
> 
> 
> ending: Sat Oct 3 15:10:59 UTC 2009
> --- cut ---
> 
> Nothing more, nothing less.

are group/routers.{all,up} populated?

> I will try the sh -x rancid-run or sh -x control_rancid groupname method to
> test/debug it.
> 
> 
> > >>> Shane Kavanagh ?rta:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Hi
> > >>>>
> > >>>> have you executed rancid-cvs (/usr/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-cvs) to
> > >>>> update the rancid and populate the cvs app
> > >>>>
> > >>>> SK
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 2009/10/5 Norbert Rozs <crok.bic at gmail.com <mailto:crok.bic at gmail.com
> > >>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     Hi Everyone
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     I have a strange problem with RANCID. Everything working fine with
> > >>>>     it, I have about 14..16 groups
> > >>>>     in my install and the problem is some of the groups working
> > >>>>     (login, make commands, get output,
> > >>>>     format the output and get cvs infos, make the config files in
> > >>>>     right place) but some of the groups
> > >>>>     not working (login, make commands, get output, format output but
> > >>>>     no configs in the right dirs.).
> > >>>>     So I tried all thing to troubleshoot: clogin works, all commands
> > >>>>     can run on the devices, but it is
> > >>>>     not working. Please give me some ideas what goes wrong, what could
> > >>>>     be the problem. The logs
> > >>>>     are empty, just a start statement and an end statement is in
> > there.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     Thank you!
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     --
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>     Best regards:
> > >>>>     -----------
> > >>>>     Norbert Rozs
> > >>>>
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> -- 
> 
> 
> Best regards:
> -----------
> Norbert Rozs