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--- If you are upgrading from rancid-<3, please note that router.db field separator has been changed from ':' to ';' to avoid conflict with IPv6 addresses. Replace the field separator in router.db files before running rancid. The configuration files location is changed from /etc to /etc/rancid. ---
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RANCID monitors a router's (or more generally a device's)
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configuration, including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers,
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etc) and uses CVS (Concurrent Version System) to maintain history of
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changes.
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RANCID does this by the very simple process summarized here:
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* login to each device in the router table (router.db)
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* run various commands to get the information that will be saved
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* cook the output; re-format, remove oscillating or incrementing data
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* email any differences (sample) from the previous collection to a
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mail list
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* and finally commit those changes to the revision control system
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