More Rancid: (do this as the rancid user: su -s /bin/bash rancid) 1. Note the IP addresses for all the routers 169.223.142.11 - 169.223.142.18 2. Update /var/lib/rancid/.cloginrc Change the file to look like this: > vi /var/lib/rancid/.cloginrc add user 169.223.142.* admin add password 169.223.142.* apr10cot apr10cot (This tells RANCID that all hosts called "169.223.142.*" use the same password and user -- no need to add every router by hand!) 3. Update the router.db > vi /var/lib/rancid/all/router.db Add all the routers above: 169.223.142.11:cisco:up 169.223.142.12:cisco:up 169.223.142.13:cisco:up 169.223.142.14:cisco:up 169.223.142.15:cisco:up 169.223.142.16:cisco:up 169.223.142.17:cisco:up 169.223.142.18:cisco:up (Note that "cisco" means this is Cisco equipment -- it tells Rancid that we are expecting to talk to a Cisco device here. You can also talk to Juniper, HP, ...) 4. Run rancid again: > /usr/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-run (Should take a few seconds) 11. Check out the logs: > cd /var/lib/rancid/logs > ls -l ... View the contents of the file: > more all.* 12. Look at the configs > cd /var/lib/rancid/all/configs > more 169.223.142.X - If all went well, you can see the configs of ALL routers 13. Change the configuration on the router (change the description on an interface, for example) 14. Run rancid again > /usr/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-run 15. Play with clogin: > /usr/lib/rancid/bin/clogin -c "show clock" 169.223.142.11 169.223.142.12 169.223.142.13 ... (add as many routers as you want on the line -- don't type "..." !) - What do you notice ?