[rancid] mtrancid - output exclusion?

[Alexander Griesser]

This is not entirely correct - this was just the output of one of our testsystems.
When you freshly deploy this system, the deadline lies in the future (30 days free trial) and it keeps renewing every hour and changes the configuration for that and therefore generates a rancid diff.
Also when installing a valid license, the behaviour is the same - the deadline field is static and won't change and therefore won't show up in the config diff, but the renewal date does and the output does not change when the state of the license changes (from valid to expired, f.ex.) - it's just the renewal-date which changes so this can be safely ignored.

Best,

Alexander Griesser
Head of Systems Operations

ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH

E-Mail: AGriesser at anexia-it.com 
Web: http://www.anexia-it.com 

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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Rancid-discuss [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] Im Auftrag von Tim Warnock
Gesendet: Sonntag, 28. Mai 2017 00:45
An: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
Betreff: Re: [rancid] mtrancid - output exclusion?

As a FYI :- if this is really happening you might want to fix the underlying issue. And yes - there is an issue.

Your deadline for re-licence expired in April which is why its retrying all the time...

-----Original Message-----
From: Rancid-discuss [mailto:rancid-discuss-bounces at shrubbery.net] On Behalf Of Alexander Griesser
Sent: Saturday, 27 May 2017 12:39 AM
To: rancid-discuss at shrubbery.net
Subject: [rancid] mtrancid - output exclusion?

Hi,

 

is it possible to exclude some output in mtrancid? We're using rancid to monitor some of those newer Mikrotik CHR appliances and they seem to have some kind of expiring subscription-based license which automatically renews every hour.

The problem is, that the next renewal attempt is being shown in the output and therefore gets recognized as a change every hour.

This is what those mails look like:

 

  #

  # system-id: i3U6SB8z2vE

  # level: p-unlimited

  # limited-upgrades: yes

- # next-renewal-at: may/26/2017 13:56:33

+ # next-renewal-at: may/26/2017 14:56:43

  # deadline-at: apr/09/2017 20:59:59

  #

  #

 

Thanks,

 

Alexander Griesser

Head of Systems Operations

 

ANEXIA Internetdienstleistungs GmbH

 

E-Mail: AGriesser at anexia-it.com <mailto:AGriesser at anexia-it.com>  

Web: http://www.anexia-it.com <http://www.anexia-it.com/>  

 

Anschrift Hauptsitz Klagenfurt: Feldkirchnerstraße 140, 9020 Klagenfurt

Geschäftsführer: Alexander Windbichler

Firmenbuch: FN 289918a | Gerichtsstand: Klagenfurt | UID-Nummer: AT U63216601

 

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