puppet-rancid

Rancid Puppet Module

This module will install the Rancid package, manage Rancid groups, initialize per group router.db files, create the rancid-run cron job, and has the capability to add router entries to your router.db file with Hiera. Also manages .cloginrc.

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Compatibility

Compatible with Puppet v3 (starting at version 3.2.0) with and without the future parser and Puppet v4 with Ruby versions 1.8.7, 1.9.3, 2.0.0, 2.1.0 and 2.3.1 on the following platforms.

• EL 6 (rancid package from EPEL)

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

• The module now requires rancid > 3.0 (released 2 Apr 2014)

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class rancid

Parameters

'USE_DEFAULTS' denotes that defaults are made based on osfamily and other such factors.

filterpwds

Determines which passwords are filtered from configs.

NO – does not filter any password. All passwords are included in configs in RANCID repository

YES – passwords which are stored in plain-text or using reversible enryption method will be removed from configs.

ALL – all password will be removed from configs

NOTE: When setting password filtering be aware that RANCID is sending configuration and changes via email, so including any passwords is not recommended. String can be 'ALL', 'YES', or 'NO'.

• Default: 'ALL'

nocommstr

Optionally strip snmp community strings from the configs. String can be 'YES' or 'NO'.

• Default: 'YES'

maxrounds

Defines how many times rancid should retry collection of devices that fail. The minimum is 1.

• Default: '4'

oldtime

Specified as a number of hours, OLDTIME defines how many hours should pass since a successful collection of a device’s configuration and when control_rancid(1) should start complaining about failures. The value should be greater than the number of hours between rancid-run cron runs.

• Default: '4'

locktime

Defines the number of hours a group’s lock file may age before rancid starts to complain about a hung collection. String that must be a digit.

• Default: '4'

parcount

Defines the number of rancid processes that par(1) will start simultaneously as control_rancid(1) attempts to perform collections. Raising this value will decrease the amount of time necessary for a complete collection of a (or all) rancid groups at the expense of system load. The default is relatively cautious. If collections are not completing quickly enough for users, use trial and error of speed versus system load to find a suitable value. String that must be a digit.

• Default: '5'

groups

Array of rancid groups.

• Default: [ 'routers', 'switches', 'firewalls' ]

devices

Hash of devices. See Sample Hiera Structure.

• Default: undef

packages

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

rancid_config

Path to rancid.conf.

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

rancid_path_env

PATH to use in rancid.conf.

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

homedir

Rancid user's home directory.

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

logdir

Directory for storing rancid logs.

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

user

Rancid user.

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

group

Rancid group

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

shell

Rancid user's shell.

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

cron_d_file

Path to file in cron.d that will periodically execute rancid.

• Default: '/etc/cron.d/rancid'

cloginrc_content

Content of ~rancid/.cloginrc

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

show_cloginrc_diff

Whether to show diffs of ~rancid/.cloginrc during puppet runs.

• Default: true

vcs

Which version control system to use. Must be one of git, svn, cvs or USE_DEFAULTS.

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

vcsroot

Use a different directory than the default for the vcs you've chosen.

• Default: 'USE_DEFAULTS'

manage_vcs_packages

If true, we will ensure that the appropriate packages are installed for the vcs you've chosen.

• Default: false

vcs_remote_urls

Hash (keyed by group name) of remote urls. See Sample Hiera Structure.

• Default: undef

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define rancid::router_db

Example Usage

If you specify a hash in Hiera, you will not need to call this define directly.

Parameters

devices

Hash of devices. See Sample Hiera Structure.

• Default: undef

rancid_cvs_path

PATH for finding rancid-cvs and test programs.

• Default: '/bin:/usr/bin',

router_db_mode

Mode of router.db files.

• Default: '0640',

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Sample Hiera Structure

rancid::cloginrc_content: |
  add autoenable * 1
  add method * ssh
  add user * rancid
  add password * mypassword

rancid::groups:
  - 'routers'
  - 'switches'
  - 'firewalls'

rancid::devices:
  routers:
    cr1.example.com: {
      hostname: 'cr1.example.com',
      type: 'juniper',
      status: 'up'
    }
    cr2.example.com: {
      hostname: 'cr2.example.com',
      type: 'juniper',
      status: 'up'
    }
  switches:
    as1.example.com: {
      hostname: 'as1.example.com',
      type: 'cisco',
      status: 'up'
    }
    as2.example.com: {
      hostname: 'as2.example.com',
      type: 'cisco',
      status: 'up'
    }
  firewalls:
    fw1.example.com: {
      hostname: 'fw1.example.com',
      type: 'cisco',
      status: 'up'
    }

rancid::vcs_remote_urls:
  routers: git@github.com/me/my-routers.git
  switches: git@github.com/me/my-switches.git
  firewalls: git@github.com/me/my-firewalls.git

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License

Apache Software License v2.0

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