[rancid] Re: RANCID as an Element of a CMDB System

[Oliver Gorwits]

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Hi Traiano,

Traiano Welcome wrote:
| what I want is a pre-canned sql schema for each
| model router config (or a single generic one!) which would allow me
| to easily import a router config into a database.

If you were using SNMP, you could poll the ENTITY-MIB on the network
devices. This would reveal their hardware configuration, and it uses a
standardized language as described in section 3 of RFC 2737.

Some systems such as Netdisco will do this, and insert it into an SQL
database. The database schema is quite simple; the RFC uses a strict
hierachical model for the physical entities.

You could look at the Netdisco or SNMP::Info code for some ideas,
perhaps, and translate them for your RANCID-based system.

regards,
oliver.
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Oliver Gorwits, Network and Telecommunications Group,
Oxford University Computing Services

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