> 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 people in this thread have been mentioning config generators. There is / was something called netomata. A web search brings up various references, but their main web site appears to be offline. Tweets stopped back in '10, freecode.com's last submission is Jan 2011, so I don't know if they are still alive. But seemed like an interesting tool then. > > 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
