[rancid] Cisco WLC: Rancid 3.0 add other vendor devices???

[heasley]

Tue, May 06, 2014 at 06:35:02PM +1000, Gavin Jones:
> Hi all,
>            New user to RANCID 3.0 here, I can login to a Cisco WLC no
> issues with:
> 
>  bin/clogin wlchostname
>  bin/wlogin wlchostname
> 
> I also have custom WLC scripts, that login to the WLC and backup the config
> and work fine,
> which I obtained from here:
> http://www.shrubbery.net/pipermail/rancid-discuss/2010-February/004652.html
> 
> 
> Which I have placed in: /usr/local/rancid/bin and saved as ciscowlc5
> 
> /usr/local/rancid/bi*n/*ciscowlc5 wlchostname : logs in and saves the
> config no problems.
> 
> Now everywhere I read, to add a custom script / vendor device you need to
> add the new details in rancid-fe.
> 
>  /usr/local/rancid/bin/rancid-fe now looks for Vendors in one of these files
> 
> /usr/local/rancid/etc/rancid.types.base
> /usr/local/rancid/etc/rancid.types.conf
> 
> 
> vim /usr/local/rancid/etc/rancid.types.base

you should put this in rancid.types.conf - YOUR localized config file.
rancid.types.base will be overwritten by installation of new versions of
rancid, as indicated at the top of rancid.types.base.

> ciscowlc;script;ciscowlc5
> 
> I now update my router.db
> 
> vim /usr/local/rancid/etc/router.db
> 
> wlchost:ciscowlc:up

;'s, not :'s, are the field separator beginning with rancid 3.0.

> I tail the logs and get these errors:
> 
> 
> Unknown option: t
> ciscowlc wlogin error: Error: Unknown host ciscowlc
> ciscowlc: missed cmd(s): show sysinfo,show udi,show run-config commands
> ciscowlc: End of run not found
> !
> Unknown option: t
> ciscowlc wlogin error: Error: Unknown host ciscowlc
> ciscowlc: missed cmd(s): show sysinfo,show udi,show run-config commands
> ciscowlc: End of run not found
> 
> can someone please show me the light?
> 
> why does not use the working,  /usr/local/rancid/bin/ciscowlc script?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for your time I seem confused can someone please check my steps for
> adding this script into rancid 3.0 to get it to backup the WLC also if I
> need to add other vendors in the future how to add them into RANCID 3.0?
> 
> Thanks for your time.

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