[rancid] F5 BIG-IP devices - any tricks?

[Lance Vermilion]

In the  F5 you need to change the setting under the user so they will get a
full shell
On Jan 11, 2012 10:15 PM, "Dale Shaw" <dale.shaw+rancid-discuss at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm running RANCID 2.3.6 on a RHEL 4.8 system.
>
> I'm trying to add some F5 BIG-IP devices to the repository but I'm not
> having much luck.
>
> I don't know much at all about the F5s themselves but I suspect a
> terminal length/paging issue.
>
> The devices are running:
>
> BIG-IP Version 10.1.0 3341.0
>
> Interactive "clogin" works fine -- I am dropped straight into a
> 'bigpipe' CLI (prompt "bp>"); I'm not sure if that's relevant.
>
> When I execute commands like "version show", the output is paged.
> Pressing <SPACE> scrolls by page, <ENTER> scrolls by line, as you'd
> expect.
>
> Running "f5rancid -d <hostname>" just results in a file containing:
>
> #RANCID-CONTENT-TYPE: bigip
> #
> #
> #
> #
>
> ..and the terminal output shows:
>
> dale at box:/tmp$ sudo -H -u rancid f5rancid -d gsu-lb01
> executing clogin -t 90 -c"bigpipe version;bigpipe platform;cat
> /config/bigip.license;bigpipe monitor list all;bigpipe profile
> list;bigpipe base list;bigpipe db show;bigpipe route static show;ls
> --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt;ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key;bigpipe list" gsu-lb01
> gsu-lb01 clogin error: Error: TIMEOUT reached
> gsu-lb01 clogin error: Error: TIMEOUT reached
> gsu-lb01: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.crt,bigpipe route static show,bigpipe base list,cat
> /config/bigip.license,bigpipe platform,bigpipe db show,bigpipe monitor
> list all,ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key,bigpipe
> version,bigpipe profile list,bigpipe list
> gsu-lb01: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.crt,bigpipe route static show,bigpipe base list,cat
> /config/bigip.license,bigpipe platform,bigpipe db show,bigpipe monitor
> list all,ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key,bigpipe
> version,bigpipe profile list,bigpipe list
> gsu-lb01: End of run not found
> gsu-lb01: End of run not found
>
> If I run: clogin -t 90 -c"bigpipe version" gsu-lb01
>
> ..I see 'clogin' sending the command "terminal length 0", which is not
> parsed/accepted by the device, then it sends the command "bigpipe
> version", which executes and hangs at the first page of output.
>
> Any clues? I couldn't see an obvious way to disable the CLI pager.
>
> Cheers,
> Dale
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