Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > #copy running-config [http | https] <url> > How many routers are you backing up and what are your needs? It varies. I seem to 'inherit' networks that are not populated by humans (mostly machines & controls). I like to first copy the running configurations to my laptop as often the routers are old and nobody seems to know much about them. (yea as an old linux_hag I get work on stuff that most other will not touch)..... As a PE in Controls, I seem to get lucky and am able to patch, enhance or replace equipment, with minimal disturbances to the myriad of protocols and legacy heuristics that inhabit these plants. It's a situation where if you break it, you own the problem. I try very hard to keep Microsoft based technologies out of the plants. Microsoft(anything) is mostly a disaster in the Process Controls space. I often prove this to a customer, by dropping in a sniffer here and there and show them the myriad of shit_traffic that Microsoft(anything) generates just to move a few bits around. Besides, if you don't believe me, just ask the IRANIANS how wonderful MS is (think stuxnet virus). (enough background?) I use a laptop, as often the sites do not have any remote access or it is blocked. I grab a config and then figure out a fix, only to return later, sometimes with drop in replacement hardware. Too often, I'm content to just hack at the old existing (shit) hardware. Industrial folks are not so robust on their nets that control machines and such.Often, Poor practices and little of a structured management system exist. Still, I get to avoid humans, so I trudge along, meeking out a living.... > https://www.shrubbery.net/rancid Rancid looks interesting enough to explore. Do you have an unofficial ebuild somewhere, or do you just hack the install on gentoo? James
