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Backing Up Linux Files with Cirrus

rkawell

has anyone ever tried to back up some Linux config files with the Cirrus program? (iptables, ha.d, etc...) I would like to hear your experiences.

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Mithrilhall

I've used Cirrus in the past when I was beta testing to log into some of my Linux servers to get the versions of some software and it worked like a charm at the time.

bleearg13

I use Cirrus to back up my iptables config. I configured a username for Cirrus on my Linux firewall, configured a command alias for iptables so I get more info (iptables -L -n --line), and created a custom Device Type which has my command in it (iptlist). Recently, I've modified my command alias to include ip6tables, so my new alias looks like this: iptables -L -n --line && ip6tables -L -n --line. Seems to work fine, although, I do remember having trouble logging in initially because of the prompt character. I believe Cirrus had trouble parsing '$' at the end of my prompt, so I had to change it to '#'.

There should be no reason you can't include a perl or shell script that simply runs a 'cat' on several config files at once upon login, so that way you can track changes to practically any config file. The only problem with this is that all configs will be in one 'file' with regard to Cirrus. I have a feature request for Cirrus to be able to track alternate command output, such as 'show version' and 'show flash' (a. la RANCID), but I'm not sure if that's even on the road map.

Haley

FYI, providing the ability to track command output other than running and startup configs is a feature we are considering for a future release.

FormerMember

Any idea when and if this is going to be available, with our iptables firewalls we would like to have that ability.

Also, does anyone have a good Linux/iptables command template that they can share??

Thanks,
Paul V.

therealgt

Also interested in this... been quite a while now.. any progress?

therealgt

So, with the release of Orion, do we now have the capability to keep track of more than one config 'file' per device? Or is it still limited to one config/one device?

anyone?

chris.lapoint

It is still limited to one startup and one running config per device. However, you can add the device again and point it at a modified device template for capturing different configs.

Device A - standard device template that captures running and startup when download config operation is executed

Device A (copy) - uses modified device template that captures other config when download config operation is executed

Formalizing this capability so that you can have multiple configs per device is still on our roadmap but did not make NCM v5.

FormerMember

Any update on this? Looks like a lot of people are still looking for the ability to save multiple configuration files per devide.

Thanks,

Paul

chris.lapoint

This definitely on our roadmap. In 5.1, our focus was making more config management operations avaialble through the website (config upload/download and execute script). For our next major release, we'll definitely consider formalizing this capability.

In the meantime, I would recommend checking out the workaround described in this thread: