Network configuration archiving

Fri Oct 25 04:51:22 UTC 2013

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

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> From: Job Snijders <job.snijders at hibernianetworks.com>
>To: nanog at nanog.org 
>Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:25 PM
>Subject: Network configuration archiving
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>Dear all,
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>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.
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>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. 
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>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.
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>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
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>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
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>Gerty - https://github.com/ssinyagin/gerty
>    * Seems easier to extend than RANCID
>    * perl...
>    * small user & developer base
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>punc - https://code.google.com/p/punc/
>    * written in python, based on notch [2]
>    * no recent developments (although 2011 was a good wine year)
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>[1] - http://honestnetworker.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/adding-new-device-support-to-rancid/
>[2] - https://code.google.com/p/notch/
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>Kind regards,
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>Job
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