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<p class="MsoNormal">Closing the loop on this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">- There does exist a "show running-config" option for the controllers, but not for switches in the fabric<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- Any one controller is enough: all controllers have mostly the same running-config, and you have to bootstrap a controller with the unique details before you can restore to it anyway<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- the contents of the running-config are not enough to restore a fabric, and anyway that’s not the recommended approach if you’re using the GUI (<a href="https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/dcn/aci/apic/5x/basic-configuration/cisco-apic-basic-configuration-guide-52x/m_apic_configuration_interfaces.html#id_49309">https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/dcn/aci/apic/5x/basic-configuration/cisco-apic-basic-configuration-guide-52x/m_apic_configuration_interfaces.html#id_49309</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">- there's a JSON dump file one can get, which can be used for restoration, however it's a tarball containing an entire directory structure of JSON files and other stuff (SSL certificates; archive hash; etc)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">There are additional commands (not "show" but other commands) that can be run to get JSON output of various components of the Managed Object tree.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Cisco's "official" archive approach is for the system to proactively push a configuration archive to a remote server. This archive is a set of files (JSON, SSL certificates, etc) wrapped as a tarball. And, there's an SSH interface that
is "supposed to" be able to drop a full system archive to the CLI. In theory it should be possible to either: use this local-CLI feature; or, drop the tarball into a particular location in the rancid file hierarchy, and in theory it should be enough for RANCiD
to use it’s already-inherent capabilities for backup archive, restoration, and config diff. I don’t have opportunity to develop it, though I’m open to helping with testing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:#002060">Weylin Piegorsch </span></b><span style="color:#002060">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060"> Manager, Network Engineering</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">Boston University Information Services & Technology<br>
</span><a href="mailto:weylin@bu.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">w</span>eylin<span style="font-size:10.0pt">@bu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060"> | 617.353.8128 | </span><a href="http://www.bu.edu/tech" title="http://www.bu.edu/tech"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#954F72">bu.edu/tech</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">Listen. Learn. Lead.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Piegorsch, Weylin William <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 20, 2022 12:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> rancid-discuss@www.shrubbery.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RANCiD vs Cisco ACI<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone had success using RANCiD against Cisco ACI? I’m running RANCiD v3.4.1.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:#002060">Weylin Piegorsch </span></b><span style="color:#002060">| </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060"> Manager, Network Engineering</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">Boston University Information Services & Technology<br>
</span><a href="mailto:weylin@bu.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">w</span>eylin<span style="font-size:10.0pt">@bu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060"> | 617.353.8128 | </span><a href="http://www.bu.edu/tech" title="http://www.bu.edu/tech"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#954F72">bu.edu/tech</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#002060">Listen. Learn. Lead.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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