[rancid] router.db and up/down notifications

[Sean]

It’s actually started to send down notifications again. The replaced device generated an SSH key mismatch, which caused it to become unreachable from rancid’s perspective. Had to clear known_hosts. 

Must have been a timing issue originally.

On 9/14/16, 2:37 AM, "Rancid-discuss on behalf of Alan McKinnon" <rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net on behalf of alan.mckinnon at gmail.com> wrote:

    On 14/09/2016 01:54, Sean wrote:
    > I'm curious about the default behavior/relationship between router.db
    > and routers.down.
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > 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?
    
    
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > 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.
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > 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.
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > 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.
    > 
    >  
    > 
    > P.S. Right list this time.
    > 
    > 
    > 
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