Wow, this sounds fantastic! Have any code you can share? Cheers, Harry
On Feb 27, 2014 6:52 AM, Andrew Latham <lath...@gmail.com> wrote: > > For a large install I set up a solution that might help. I utilized a > Mediawiki install and its API to create, update and pull the > configuration on many IOS devices. A wiki page for the host name was > dynamically created and the configuration was placed there daily or > hourly. This allowed support to review the configuration and advise > customers quicker. Additional hacks for updating the devices via the > wiki were used. The goal was transparency for the support team and the > side effect was wiki page history showing what day and what lines > changed. As mentioned the answer to your question would likely make a > good article. > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Ryan Shea <ryans...@google.com> wrote: > > Howdy network operator cognoscenti, > > > > I'd love to hear your creative and workable solutions for a way to track > > in-line the configuration revisions you have on your cisco-like devices. > > Let me clearify/frame: > > > > You have a set of tested/approved configurations for your routers which use > > IOS style configuration. These configurations of course are always refined > > and updated. You break these pieces of configuration into logical sections, > > for example a configuration file for NTP configuration, a file for control > > plane filter and store these in some revision control system. Put aside for > > the moment whether this is a reasonable way to comprehend deployed > > configurations. What methods do some of you use to know which version of a > > configuration you have deployed to a given router for auditing and update > > purposes? Remarks are a convenient way to do this for ACLs - but I don't > > have similar mechanics for top level configurations. About a decade ago I > > thought I'd be super clever and encode versioning information into the snmp > > location - but that is just awful and there is a much better way everyone > > is using, right? Flexible commenting on other vendors/platforms make this a > > bit easier. > > > > Assume that this version encoding perfectly captures what is on the router > > and that no person is monkeying with the config... version 77 of the > > control plane filter is the same everywhere. > > > > -- > ~ Andrew "lathama" Latham lath...@gmail.com http://lathama.net ~ >