[rancid] Need some Help - F5's in RANCID

[john heasley]

Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 03:02:32PM +0200, Eric Jagaeus:
> > Chris,
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> > You're doing anything wrong.  You'll probably find that you can 'rancid-run -r <dev name>' and have it backup properly.  I would recommend getting a good backup of the keys once and then comment out the lines in the command table.
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> why?  what is special about the keys?

shouldnt be anything; but perhaps the parsing routine for ssl.crt is eating
too much output.

i'd first verify that the login script is collecting everything.
export NOPIPE=YES;f5login -d ... and verify that the *.raw file has all
the output.

> > RANCID.    The trouble I'm running into is that they were backing up
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> > fine for a short while, but have recently stopped backing up and continue showing the following in the logs:
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> > =====================================
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> > Getting missed routers: round 4.
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> > xxxx.yyyy.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key
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> > zzzz.yyyy.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key
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> > I've been debugging and have verified the following:
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> > - I have valid and functioning credentials in the .cloginrc file
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> > - I have the devices listed in a 'load-balancer' group's router.db file with the keyword 'f5' and the flag 'up'
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> > - I have tested the login via clogin  - works fine
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> >     (I have run clogin with the '-c' command list that f5rancid issues...and everything works fine)
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> > - I have run f5rancid in debug mode - works fine
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> >     (when I run this I see that all the commands run and see a "HIT COMMAND" next to every command issued)