Wow, This is execatly what i was looking for! Thank You! Do you do this on your own devices?
On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen <tfn...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:48:55 PM UTC+2, Rob White wrote: > >> Is anyone using git to mange version control for networking devices? I >> already use the CLI over SSH to manage my Cisco IOS & ProCurve devices. I >> would love a tool to help show when I make changes and keep a repository of >> the changes and previous configs. I am jealous of my counterpart in >> dev-land having version **control while working on the code. Any >> thoughts from the community on accomplishing this or am I looking at >> this incorrectly? I would need to have a closed local git server for me and >> my team, due to the nature of the content. > > > If the devices' configuration is managed as files that you can transfer > over SSH, it's straight forward how to manage the files with Git: > > # transfer *.conf files from the device to ~/cisco-123/ - the folder which > will become the Git repository where you track changes for this device > cd ~/cisco-123 > git init > git add . > git commit -m "initial device configuration" > # work work work on files > git commit -am "Close port 1234 in firewall" > # transfer filese back to device for testing > > The downside is that if you want to make changes directly on the devices, > you have to download the files to your PC with the Git repo in order to see > what the changes are. > > Once you've got a workflow figured out, you can set up a shared Git > repository for you team, using Gitblit or some other kind of Repo manager > (a number of other factors will count into that decision). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/git-users/W8C7uDlDeBI/unsubscribe?hl=en-US > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- [ Robert White ][ Social Links <http://flavors.me/spekt909> ] "ONCE YOU'VE OPENED YOUR MIND TO THE NOTION OF FAKE.THEN YOU ARE READY TO THINK YOURSELF INTO ANOTHER UNIVERSE ENTIRELY"...........*PHILIP K DICK* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
