[rancid] router.db and up/down notifications

[Alan McKinnon]

On 14/09/2016 01:54, Sean wrote:
> I'm curious about the default behavior/relationship between router.db
> and routers.down.
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> I have rancid integrated with Observium, which auto-generates router.db
> once an hour based on the status of each device. If a router is down in
> Observium, it will modify router.db and mark it 'down'. rancid-run is
> configured to run five minutes later.


router.db is in cvs IIRC. Does your data push from observium do a commit?


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> In this case, would rancid send an “unreachable” e-mail the next time
> it’s run? When they switched from "up" to "down" in router.db, I didn't
> receive an "unreachable" e-mail. When they were fixed and returned to
> "up," I received a "routers changed to up" email. This is the first time
> such a transition has taken place, i.e. first time any devices have been
> unreachable for any period of time since rancid was first run.
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> What sort of behavior should I expect in this case? Might have just been
> timing, but I’d like to be sure. Searches have come up with little to go
> on other than formatting and the like.
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> I have another rancid installation that sends both up and down
> notifications, but it's a stand-alone install without any automated
> router.db generation. I don't see any major differences in
> configuration, cron jobs, etc. other than who/what generates router.db.
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> P.S. Right list this time.
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