Thank you; it worked perfectly to: a) update router.db to have no entries b) do-diff the group either manually or allow the cron job to fire c) remove the cron job and remove the group from LIST_OF_GROUPS, remove the directory from ~rancid/var, and clear the email alias from /etc/aliases
>From the CLI perspective it's all gone and my email gets no new items, but the >Web GUI still shows everything (albeit with all "(dead)" devices) still having >the change history, which basically works perfectly for what I need. Weylin Piegorsch | Manager, Network Engineering Boston University Information Services & Technology [email protected] | 617.353.8128 | bu.edu/tech Listen. Learn. Lead. -----Original Message----- From: heasley <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2022 12:19 PM To: Piegorsch, Weylin William <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [rancid] Removal of a Device Group Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 03:55:36PM +0000, Piegorsch, Weylin William: > I have three groups that I want to remove from RANCiD (version 3.4) w/ CVS. > I've seen previous posts about *completely* removing groups, but I'd like to > keep the attic. > - one group is depopulated (that is, nothing in router.db) > - two groups still have devices that are still on my network but are > no longer backup-able (Cisco autonomous AP converted to Ubiquity > NanoBeam M5's and BridgeWave BW64's) > > Is there an appropriate way to moving things into Attic so that the web GUI > still sees the devices? I'm ambivalent about keeping devices in their > original group. I don't have an "archived / retired / don't update" group. > > I know I can remove CRON jobs and remove from LIST_OF_GROUPS, I'm wondering > if updating those is enough or if I should do more. hey, if you remove the devices from the router.db, rancid will remove them from cvs; that cvs operation will migrate to the attic. Then, the group directory can be removed; the web interface should point to the CVS repo, so it should continue to see all the current and historical data. fwiw, I backup a ubnt USG (device type edgerouter). I have not tried this for ubnt APs, but this might work for your ubnt products. prost _______________________________________________ Rancid-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.shrubbery.net/mailman/listinfo/rancid-discuss
