NAME

App::NetdiscoX::Web::Plugin::RANCID - Link to device backups in RANCID/WebSVN

SYNOPSIS

 # in your ~/environments/deployment.yml file

 extra_web_plugins:
   - X::RANCID

 plugin_rancid:
   location: 'https://websvn.example.com/websvn/filedetails.php?repname=rancid&path=/%GROUP%/configs/%DEVICE%'

Description

This is a plugin for the App::Netdisco network management application. It adds a row to the Device Details page named "RANCID" with a link to your local RANCID/WebSVN installation hosting the device configuration backups.

Configuration

Create an entry in your ~/environments/deployment.yml file named "plugin_rancid", containing the following settings:

location

Value: String, Required.

Name of the server hosting your local WebSVN installation. This should also include the path under which backup files are stored for the devices.

The text "%DEVICE%" must be included, and it will be substituted with the name or IP of the device. That is, this setting must be a complete link to a RANCID web page, only with the device name or ip changed to be "%DEVICE%".

The text "%GROUP%" will be replaced with the group name for this device, if known to Netdisco. This uses the same configuration as for App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::MakeRancidConf, an example of which is below:

 rancid:
   by_ip:           [ other ]
   by_hostname:     'group:grp-reversedns'
   groups:
     aerohive:      'group:grp-hiveos'
     switch:        [ 'name:.*[Ss][Ww].*' ]
     rtr:           [ 'name:[rR]tr.*' ]
     ap:            [ 'name:[aA][pP].*' ]

Briefly, each group value is a list of rules for matching devices similar to those used by any *_only configuration item. You can provide an IP, subnet or prefix, regular expression to match a device name, or device attribute and regular expression as in the above example.

The device DNS name is used, or if missing the device SNMP sysName. Adding the group to the list in by_ip will make the link include the device IP instead of the name. Adding the group to the list in by_hostname will use the device FQDN minus the domain_suffix config item (i.e. the hostname). by_hostname will take precedence over by_ip.

open_in_same_window

Value: Boolean. Default: false.

If set to true, the hyperlink is configured to open the WebSVN page in the same browser window or tab as Netdisco.

SEE ALSO

App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::MakeRancidConf

http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/

https://websvnphp.github.io/

https://github.com/viewvc/viewvc/

AUTHOR

Oliver Gorwits <oliver@cpan.org>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

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