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@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool. It's a RANCID replacemen * [Source: HTTP](#source-http) * [Output: GIT](#output-git) * [Output: File](#output-file) + * [Output types](#output-types) * [Advanced Configuration](#advanced-configuration) 6. [Ruby API](#ruby-api) * [Input](#input) @@ -266,6 +267,52 @@ output: repo: "/var/lib/oxidized/devices.git" ``` +### Output types + +If you prefer to have different outputs in different files and/or directories, you can easily do this by modifying the corresponding model. To change the behaviour for IOS, you would edit `lib/oxidized/model/ios.rb`. + +For example, let's say you want to split out `show version` and `show inventory` into separate files in a directory called `nodiff` which your tools will not send automated diffstats for. You can apply a patch along the lines of + +``` +- cmd 'show version' do |cfg| +- comment cfg.lines.first ++ cmd 'show version' do |state| ++ state.type = 'nodiff' ++ state + +- cmd 'show inventory' do |cfg| +- comment cfg ++ cmd 'show inventory' do |state| ++ state.type = 'nodiff' ++ state ++ end + +- cmd 'show running-config' do |cfg| +- cfg = cfg.each_line.to_a[3..-1].join +- cfg.gsub! /^Current configuration : [^\n]*\n/, '' +- cfg.sub! /^(ntp clock-period).*/, '! \1' +- cfg.gsub! /^\ tunnel\ mpls\ traffic-eng\ bandwidth[^\n]*\n*( ++ cmd 'show running-config' do |state| ++ state = state.each_line.to_a[3..-1].join ++ state.gsub! /^Current configuration : [^\n]*\n/, '' ++ state.sub! /^(ntp clock-period).*/, '! \1' ++ state.gsub! /^\ tunnel\ mpls\ traffic-eng\ bandwidth[^\n]*\n*( + (?:\ [^\n]*\n*)* + tunnel\ mpls\ traffic-eng\ auto-bw)/mx, '\1' +- cfg ++ state = Oxidized::String.new state ++ state.type = 'nodiff' ++ state +``` + +which will result in the following layout + +``` +diff/$FQDN--show_running_config +nodiff/$FQDN--show_version +nodiff/$FQDN--show_inventory +``` + ### Advanced Configuration Below is an advanced example configuration. You will be able to (optinally) override options per device. The router.db format used is ```hostname:model:username:password:enable_password```. Hostname and model will be the only required options, all others override the global configuration sections. |