[rancid] Rancid isn't scanning the f5s from cron job.

[John Kougoulos]

HI,

try changing in f5rancid this one:
$ENV{'TERM'} = "vt100";

to:
$ENV{'TERM'} = "vt100-w";

Regards,
John

On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Matt Almgren <matta at surveymonkey.com>
wrote:

>  Very strange behavior here that I can’t pinpoint.
>
>  When the cron job runs once per day, it doesn’t scan our f5s in multiple
> locations.  But when I run “rancid-run” manually (with no args) it picks
> them up – no problem.
>
>  Cron: 59 9 * * * /usr/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-run
>
>  router.db:
> <snip>
> mt-lr01.endor.lan:juniper:up
> mt-lb03.endor.lan:f5:up
> mt-lb04.endor.lan:f5:up
> <snip>
>
>  Files:
> -rw-r----- 1 rancid rancid 1072279 Jul  8 11:36 mt-lb04.endor.lan
> -rw-r----- 1 rancid rancid 1072475 Jul  8 11:36 mt-lb03.endor.lan
> -rw-r----- 1 rancid rancid   22647 Jul 10 10:01 mt-er01.endor.lan
> -rw-r----- 1 rancid rancid   22211 Jul 10 10:01 mt-er02.endor.lan
>
>  Again, running manually, it works just fine.
>
>  The logs from the cron job show me what I already know:
>
>
>  Trying to get all of the configs.
> mt-lb03.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.key
> mt-lb04.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.key
> =====================================
> Getting missed routers: round 1.
> mt-lb03.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.key
> mt-lb04.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.crt
> =====================================
> Getting missed routers: round 2.
> mt-lb04.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.key
> mt-lb03.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.key
> =====================================
> Getting missed routers: round 3.
> mt-lb04.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.crt
> mt-lb03.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.crt
> =====================================
> Getting missed routers: round 4.
> mt-lb03.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.key,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.crt
> mt-lb04.corp.surveymonkey.com: missed cmd(s): ls --full-time
> --color=never /config/ssl/ssl.crt,ls --full-time --color=never
> /config/ssl/ssl.key
>
>
>  But when I run it manually:
>
>
>
>  Trying to get all of the configs.
> All routers sucessfully completed.
>
>
>
>  Anyone have any clues/ideas?
>
>  Thanks, Matt
>
>
>
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