[rancid] So close yet....

[Lee]

> rancid-run returns no errors. Returns in a few seconds with no output. What
> is the best way to troubleshoot this?

Take a look at http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/FAQ
3) General
Q. I have a (set of) device(s) on which collection fails.  How can I debug this?

What I'm not seeing in the FAQ is a note that if you've been using
rancid 2.x the router.db separator character changed from : to ;
2.3.8 router.db:
cisco-router.domain.com:cisco:up

3.0 router.db:
cisco-router.domain.com;cisco;up

Regards,
Lee


On 4/11/14, Charles Gagnon wrote:
> So I just tried deploying rancid on a RHEL 6.2 box. I have:
>
> rancid 3.0
> perl v5.10.1
> expect version 5.44.1.15
>
> It seems close to working but whenever I run 'rancid-run', routers end-up
> in the routers.down file. I am testing right now with a single entry in my
> router.db.
>
> I tested w/ clogin myrouter (which works)
> I can also do rancid -t cisco myroute (and it also saves a file)
>
> If I run "rancid myrouter" it failed with:
> $ rancid myrouter
> loadtype(): device_type is empty
> Couldn't load device type spec for
>
> But this may be normal.
>
> rancid-run returns no errors. Returns in a few seconds with no output. What
> is the best way to troubleshoot this?
>
> I check my .db file and it is NOT DOS format. How can I tell if I have a
> problem with my file.
>
> Any good way to troubleshoot this?
>
> --
> Charles Gagnon
> charlesg at unixrealm.com
>