accessing multiple devices via a script
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices. What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case. Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
Abdullah Al-Malki (a.almalki1402) writes:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Hi Abdullah, rancid ? http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/ Cheers, Phil
On 1/15/12 09:56 , Phil Regnauld wrote:
Abdullah Al-Malki (a.almalki1402) writes:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Hi Abdullah,
rancid ?
clogin from rancid features prominently in a lot of our network level automation... so does pdsh... http://code.google.com/p/pdsh/ Particularly when it involves hosts.
Cheers, Phil
On Sun, 2012-01-15 at 18:56 +0100, Phil Regnauld wrote:
Abdullah Al-Malki (a.almalki1402) writes:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Hi Abdullah,
rancid ?
http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/
Cheers, Phil
Back in the day (~2001 era) I used expect to do a lot of tasks across (in that day) telnet. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3065 Good Luck, ~k
I do this with cluster-ssh, as in some networks I have a generic script-daemon login that use to log into them all simultaneously. cssh uses tk and xterm, so its a bit long in the tooth. New hotness to do this is something like keyboardcast, which can broadcast keyboard input to however many windows you want. Its currently broken on Ubuntu 11.10, but I think it works in .04. On 01/15/2012 11:52 AM, Abdullah Al-Malki wrote:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
Hi Abdullah - Have you seen the new Resource Manager product from QualiSystems? It has this capability built into it and out of the box to support large numbers of devices. Let me know off line where you are located and I can hook you up. Regards, Chuck -----Original Message----- From: Abdullah Al-Malki [mailto:a.almalki1402@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:53 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: accessing multiple devices via a script Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices. What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case. Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
Is "full disclosure" expected on NANOG, or is it just polite? Like mentioning that Chuck Reynolds is a salesman for QualiSystems, and not just another network operator passing on what they might think will help? On 01/15/2012 01:21 PM, Chuck Reynolds wrote:
Hi Abdullah - Have you seen the new Resource Manager product from QualiSystems? It has this capability built into it and out of the box to support large numbers of devices.
Let me know off line where you are located and I can hook you up.
Regards,
Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: Abdullah Al-Malki [mailto:a.almalki1402@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:53 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: accessing multiple devices via a script
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
On Sun, 15 Jan 2012, Rhys Rhaven wrote:
Is "full disclosure" expected on NANOG, or is it just polite? Like mentioning that Chuck Reynolds is a salesman for QualiSystems, and not just another network operator passing on what they might think will help?
I think it's reasonable to expect that sales people identify themselves as such - including what vendor or re-seller they represent - on technical mailing lists. If sales solicitations are not permitted on the list, then it's also reasonable to expect that sales people respect that rule, same as everyone else on the list. jms
Like Rhys Rhaven. On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Rhys Rhaven <rhys@rhavenindustrys.com>wrote:
Is "full disclosure" expected on NANOG, or is it just polite? Like mentioning that Chuck Reynolds is a salesman for QualiSystems, and not just another network operator passing on what they might think will help?
On 01/15/2012 01:21 PM, Chuck Reynolds wrote:
Hi Abdullah - Have you seen the new Resource Manager product from QualiSystems? It has this capability built into it and out of the box to support large numbers of devices.
Let me know off line where you are located and I can hook you up.
Regards,
Chuck
-----Original Message----- From: Abdullah Al-Malki [mailto:a.almalki1402@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:53 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: accessing multiple devices via a script
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
-- Regards, Shahab Vahabzadeh, Network Engineer and System Administrator PGP Key Fingerprint = 8E34 B335 D702 0CA7 5A81 C2EE 76A2 46C2 5367 BF90
Pseudonyms and declaring conflicts of interest are two separate things. On 01/15/2012 01:48 PM, Shahab Vahabzadeh wrote:
Like Rhys Rhaven.
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Rhys Rhaven <rhys@rhavenindustrys.com <mailto:rhys@rhavenindustrys.com>> wrote:
Is "full disclosure" expected on NANOG, or is it just polite? Like mentioning that Chuck Reynolds is a salesman for QualiSystems, and not just another network operator passing on what they might think will help?
On 01/15/2012 01:21 PM, Chuck Reynolds wrote: > Hi Abdullah - Have you seen the new Resource Manager product from > QualiSystems? It has this capability built into it and out of the box to > support large numbers of devices. > > Let me know off line where you are located and I can hook you up. > > Regards, > > Chuck > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Abdullah Al-Malki [mailto:a.almalki1402@gmail.com <mailto:a.almalki1402@gmail.com>] > Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:53 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org <mailto:nanog@nanog.org> > Subject: accessing multiple devices via a script > > Hi fellows, > I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. > Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some > verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices. > > What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case. > > Appreciate the feedback, > Abdullah > >
-- Regards, Shahab Vahabzadeh, Network Engineer and System Administrator
PGP Key Fingerprint = 8E34 B335 D702 0CA7 5A81 C2EE 76A2 46C2 5367 BF90
On 01/15/2012 12:52 PM, Abdullah Al-Malki wrote:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
clogin which is part of the RANCID suite. I've even done wrapper front ends that give operations device lists and configlets they can push with it. Or you can feed it command line options for one off pushes, etc. -- -James
I have been using PLINK (putty's lesser known sibling) scripts for some of our smaller customers to execute information gathering before a project in case of "excellent" documentation. I can usually whip up a script in a few minutes to get sh ru, sh ver and sh diag from 20 devices. Also been using it for a couple of small customers for config backup from webservers, switches, routers, firewalls and anything else with a telnet/ssh login. Blake -----Original Message----- From: Abdullah Al-Malki [mailto:a.almalki1402@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 10:53 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: accessing multiple devices via a script Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices. What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case. Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
Hi Abdullah, On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:52 AM, Abdullah Al-Malki <a.almalki1402@gmail.com> wrote:
I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Have a look at Notch: http://code.google.com/p/notch/ Other people have already mentioned RANCID, which I agree is a very handy set of tools and is worth investigating also. Cheers, Dale
If your looking for something interactive, check out Mr. CLI Sent from my iPhone On Jan 15, 2012, at 12:52, Abdullah Al-Malki <a.almalki1402@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
Thank you all for your recommendations. I will sit this weekend and evaluate what fits into my requirements. Thanks all On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Rafael Rodriguez <packetjockey@gmail.com>wrote:
If your looking for something interactive, check out Mr. CLI
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On Jan 15, 2012, at 12:52, Abdullah Al-Malki <a.almalki1402@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
Hello, You can use also rancid. Regards Fabien Le 17 janv. 2012 à 20:44, Abdullah Al-Malki a écrit :
Thank you all for your recommendations. I will sit this weekend and evaluate what fits into my requirements.
Thanks all
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Rafael Rodriguez <packetjockey@gmail.com>wrote:
If your looking for something interactive, check out Mr. CLI
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 15, 2012, at 12:52, Abdullah Al-Malki <a.almalki1402@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
Hey did anyone mention Rancid..., just kidding.... I've used ciscocmd in the past, a little outdated but worth looking at (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cosi-nms/files/ciscocmd/) You might also have some fun writing your own expect scripts. -- Michael Gatti main. 949.371.5474 (UTC -8) On Jan 17, 2012, at 12:43 PM, Fabien Delmotte wrote:
Hello,
You can use also rancid.
Regards
Fabien
Le 17 janv. 2012 à 20:44, Abdullah Al-Malki a écrit :
Thank you all for your recommendations. I will sit this weekend and evaluate what fits into my requirements.
Thanks all
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Rafael Rodriguez <packetjockey@gmail.com>wrote:
If your looking for something interactive, check out Mr. CLI
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 15, 2012, at 12:52, Abdullah Al-Malki <a.almalki1402@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
Like many others on here, I utilize rancid's set of scripts to handle all the different platform's quirks for access. I then wrap that inside a perl script that can do things in parallel. I'm no developer by any stretch of the imagination but I can poke around in perl badly enough to write some tools. One perl module I've come across is Parallel::Fork::BossWorkerAsync. Using this module makes it incredibly easily to run many instances in parallel while each instance is just a bit different and then can gather data back from each session. Using some form of parallelization can significantly decrease the amount of time things take. I hope you find it as useful as I have. http://search.cpan.org/~jvannucci/Parallel-Fork-BossWorkerAsync-0.06/lib/Par... Good Luck! --chip On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Abdullah Al-Malki <a.almalki1402@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi fellows, I am supporting a big service provider and sometimes I face this problem. Sometimes I want to access my customer network and want to extract some verification output "show commands" from a large number of devices.
What kind of scripting solutions you guys are using this case.
Appreciate the feedback, Abdullah
-- Just my $.02, your mileage may vary, batteries not included, etc....
participants (15)
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Abdullah Al-Malki -
Blake T. Pfankuch -
chip -
Chuck Reynolds -
Dale Shaw -
Fabien Delmotte -
James Michael Keller -
Joel jaeggli -
Justin M. Streiner -
Kurth Bemis -
Mike Gatti -
Phil Regnauld -
Rafael Rodriguez -
Rhys Rhaven -
Shahab Vahabzadeh