[rancid] rancid not working with partitions v11.x tmsh F5 LTM

Mon Feb 9 08:15:36 UTC 2015

On 2015-02-08 23:16, Annie Lee wrote:
> Hi Shaun,
>
> Sorry. im new to this scripting and hope you dont mind me asking more
> on the bash thingy.
>
> 1) create a file under root privilege with the below contents : (root
> for the F5 or the rancid box) ? on the F5
>
>  #!/bin/bash
>  tmsh -q -c cd / ;list recursive
>
> 2) how do i call that via rancid ?
>
>  _{TMSH -Q LIST => WRITETERMTMSH},_

SNIP from the f5rancid script

# Main
# bigpipe commands, BIGIP v9 and v10
@bigpipe_commandtable = (
{'bigpipe version' => 'ShowVersion'},
{'bigpipe platform' => 'ShowPlatform'},
{'cat /config/bigip.license' => 'ShowLicense'},
{'bigpipe monitor list all' => 'ShowMonitor'},
{'bigpipe profile list' => 'ShowProfile'},
{'bigpipe base list' => 'ShowBaseRun'},
{'bigpipe db show' => 'ShowDb'},
{'bigpipe route static show' => 'ShowRouteStatic'},
#{'ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt' => 'ShowSslCrt'},
#{'ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key' => 'ShowSslKey'},
{'bigpipe list' => 'WriteTermBIGPIPE'}
);
# tmsh commands, BIGIP v11
@tmsh_commandtable = (
{'tmsh show /sys version' => 'ShowVersion'},
{'tmsh show /sys hardware' => 'ShowHardware'},
{'tmsh show /sys license' => 'ShowLicense'},
#{'cat /config/ZebOS.conf' => 'ShowZebOSconf'},
#{'lsof -i :179' => 'ShowZebOSsockets'},
{'tmsh show /net route static' => 'ShowRouteStatic'},
#{'ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt' => 'ShowSslCrt'},
#{'ls --full-time --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key' => 'ShowSslKey'},
#{'tmsh -q list' => 'WriteTermTMSH'},
#{'tmsh -q -c /"cd /;list recursive"/' => 'WriteTermTMSH'},
{'./f5part' => 'WriteTermTMSH'},
>
> Yes, my rancid is working good with the common partitions..
>
> Thanks
>
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 5:51 AM, Shaun Krok 
> <Shaun.Krok at 888holdings.com
> [20]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks John --- this worked
>>
>>  
>>
>> Much appreciated
>>
>>  
>>
>> Shaun
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> FROM: John Kougoulos [mailto:john.kougoulos at gmail.com [15]]
>> SENT: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 12:57 PM
>> TO: Shaun Krok
>>
>> CC: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net [16]
>> SUBJECT: Re: [rancid] rancid not working with partitions v11.x tmsh
>> F5 LTM
>>
>>  
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I had a similar problem with the width of the terminal, so when the
>> device was out of sync, the prompt was becoming longer and some of
>> the commands failed to be parsed.
>>
>> I had to change in f5rancid the line:
>> $ENV{TERM} = "vt100";
>>
>> to:
>> $ENV{TERM} = "vt100-w";
>>
>> Regards,
>> John
>>
>>  
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Shaun Krok
>> <Shaun.Krok at 888holdings.com [17]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> I was hoping someone had come across this issue.
>>>
>>> We are using Rancid to collect diffs from our  BIG-IP clusters
>>> (as per bash script below)
>>> It works really well but are now facing an issue for reason
>>> unknown that when the cluster is not synced the rancid fails and
>>> reports fetcher issues.
>>> If I run the bash script below manually on each device it works
>>> without issue.
>>> As soon the cluster is synced it works fine ..
>>>
>>> It appears that TMSH is not allowing the script to work but it
>>> works fine if I run it manually on the BIG-IP
>>>
>>> What could be the problem ?
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Shaun
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Rancid-discuss [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net
>>> [1]] On Behalf Of Shaun Krok
>>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 8:13 AM
>>> To: Mick ORourke
>>> Cc: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net [2]
>>> Subject: Re: [rancid] rancid not working with partitions v11.x
>>> tmsh F5 LTM
>>>
>>> Thank your for the reply ---
>>>
>>> i have created a bash script on the F5 and it works creating a
>>> test.file with all the config
>>> the file is in /root/f5part
>>>
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>> tmsh -q -c cd / ;list recursive
>>>
>>> how do i call from f5rancid or do i have this all wrong ?
>>>
>>> {tmsh -q list => WriteTermTMSH},
>>> #{tmsh -q -c /"cd /;list recursive"/ => WriteTermTMSH},
>>>
>>> On 2014-10-13 06:13, Mick ORourke wrote:
>>> > We found easiestquickest way to modify rancid-f5 - post 11.x
>>> version
>>> > checkdetect, call a bash script under /root/bin which runs
>>> "tmsh -q
>>> > -c
>>> > cd / ;list recursive" working around the rancid
>>> limitationerrors that
>>> > resulted when  cd / ;list recursive was added to rancid-f5
>>> itself.
>>> >
>>> > On 12 October 2014 15:27, Shaun Krok <krok at krok.za.net [3] [4]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Hi
>>> >>
>>> >> I am busy to integrate Rancid into our network and have an
>>> issue
>>> >> with partitions on BIG IP LTM v11.x
>>> >> All  works fine but Rancid does not backup all partitions …
>>> >> I am using the script from GIT with TMSH commands
>>> >>
>>> >> This command work from bash : tmsh -q -c "cd /; list
>>> recursive" but
>>> >> does not from the script ..
>>> >>
>>> >> This is a snip from the forum where the issue was identified
>>> but is
>>> >> anyone aware if there is a fix :
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks
>>> >>
>>> >> Shaun
>>> >>
>>> >> here is a working tmsh version in the rancid git repo.
>>> >>
>>> >> The only thing that doesnt work when adjusting the script to
>>> list
>>> >> all
>>> >> partition co config is a tmsh -q -c "cd /; list recursive" -
>>> it
>>> >> errors out
>>> >> due to extra double quotes required by the -c option.
>>> >> On Dec 6, 2012 8:57 PM, "Darius Seroka" <dariusjs at gmail.com
>>> [4] [1]>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Shaun Krok
>>> >> Network Team
>>> >>
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