Here's a snippet of our conversation on Wednesday: python and expect are awesome its an automation tool how it works is - it interacts with other tools, such as ssh or ftp, or telnet so basicly, you write a python script using expect to for example, each night, log in to all your MikroTiks and do x if output of command y is z or for example, manipulate a firewall address list on 200 routers with one script run or for example, to login to the 200 mikrotiks, parse the output of /ip fi add exp and notify you if one of those 200 if different then the rest etc... I also use it to have one click RouterOS upgrade in NetXMS so when new routeros comes out, I click one button in NetXMS, and a particular router gets upgraded (like in the Dude) or I click a different button, and a group of x routers gets upgraded etc.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keefe John" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 3, 2015 2:10:24 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik automated backup options like what? On 7/3/2015 12:31 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: A comprehensive monitoring system that includes Rancid is the best way to go. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 3, 2015 12:20:16 PM Subject: [AFMUG] Mikrotik automated backup options I see a whole lot of options out there with scripts using mail, etc. Waht works well, whats cumbersome, simplified is good, alerting on backups not taking place is better. As best i can tell, if you do backup to a backup file, that can only be restored to the same device, or am I misunderstanding that? I thought the dude could pull backups, but Im not seeing it anywhere in documentation I dont mind a combination of text config for reference and full backup file. In all likely hood a disaster restore would go to the same model, I just dont want the backup file restoring the original device MAC addresses We have a linux backup server that pulls backups from fortigates and imagestreams, but its a cumbersome process that I dont really monitor anymore -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
