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

Tue Feb 10 05:49:02 UTC 2015

Hi there Annie

Good to hear it is working for you

Can you show us what you mean by default config --- i believe this is 
normal but lets see a sample and we can comment

thanks

Shaun


On 2015-02-09 23:46, Annie Lee wrote:
> Just checked the diff (with the added partition configs) and it seems
> to have all unnecessary default configs as well.
> Is that normal ?
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Annie Lee <lsy.annie at gmail.com [43]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Shaun,
>>
>> Managed to get the bash script running, missed the double quote on
>> the script.
>>
>> #! /bin/bash
>> tmsh -q -c "cd /;list recursive"
>>
>> Thank you very much...
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 8:29 AM, Annie Lee <lsy.annie at gmail.com
>> [42]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Shaun,
>>>
>>> Ive wrote a script with the below content to run from the F5, but
>>> error out..(hence it wont be successful from rancid)
>>>
>>> #!/bin/bash
>>>  tmsh -q -c cd / ;list recursive
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Shaun Krok <krok at krok.za.net [41]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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]
>>>>> [20]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks John --- this worked
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Much appreciated
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shaun
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
>>>>>> FROM: John Kougoulos [mailto:john.kougoulos at gmail.com [15]
>>>>>> [15]]
>>>>>> SENT: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 12:57 PM
>>>>>> TO: Shaun Krok
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CC: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net [16] [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] [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]
>>>>>>> [1]] On Behalf Of Shaun Krok
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 8:13 AM
>>>>>>> To: Mick ORourke
>>>>>>> Cc: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net [2] [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] [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]
>>>>>>> [4] [1]>
>>>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Shaun Krok
>>>>>>> >> Network Team
>>>>>>> >>
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>>>>>>> >> Tel: 050 2424 381
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