How To Install rancid on CentOS 8
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rancid on CentOS 8.
What is rancid
RANCID monitors a router’s (or more generally a device’s) configuration, including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc) and uses CVS (Concurrent Version System), Subversion, or Git to maintain history of changes.
We can use yum or dnf to install rancid on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rancid.
Install rancid on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rancid using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rancid
Install rancid on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rancid using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rancid
How To Uninstall rancid on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rancid package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rancid
rancid Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/cron.d/rancid
/etc/logrotate.d/rancid
/etc/rancid
/etc/rancid/lg.conf
/etc/rancid/rancid.conf
/etc/rancid/rancid.types.base
/etc/rancid/rancid.types.conf
/usr/bin/rancid
/usr/bin/rancid-cvs
/usr/bin/rancid-fe
/usr/bin/rancid-run
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/3d30a97c4a3babc7fd24c0e54fc6eb6d1464aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/a5f97db9a5271badeab2d80f8825639ca4e7c9
/usr/libexec/rancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/a10login
/usr/libexec/rancid/agmrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/alogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/anlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/arancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/avologin
/usr/libexec/rancid/avorancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/blogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/brancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/brlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/cat5rancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/clogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/control_rancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/csblogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/cssrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/dllogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/elogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/erancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/f5rancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/flogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/fnlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/fxlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/hlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/hpuifilter
/usr/libexec/rancid/hrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/htlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/htrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/jerancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/jlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/lg.cgi
/usr/libexec/rancid/lgform.cgi
/usr/libexec/rancid/mrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/mrvlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/mtlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/mtrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/nlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/noklogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/nrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/nslogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/nsrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/panlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/par
/usr/libexec/rancid/plogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/rancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/rancid-cvs
/usr/libexec/rancid/rancid-fe
/usr/libexec/rancid/rancid-run
/usr/libexec/rancid/rblogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/rivlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/rivrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/rrancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/rtftpcopy
/usr/libexec/rancid/tlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/trancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/ulogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/wlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/xilogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/xirancid
/usr/libexec/rancid/xlogin
/usr/libexec/rancid/zrancid
/usr/share/doc/rancid
/usr/share/doc/rancid/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/rancid/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/rancid/README
/usr/share/doc/rancid/README.lg
/usr/share/doc/rancid/Todo
/usr/share/doc/rancid/cloginrc.sample
/usr/share/licenses/rancid
/usr/share/licenses/rancid/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/agmrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/alogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/anlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avologin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/avorancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/blogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/brancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cat5rancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/clogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/control_rancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csblogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cssrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dllogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/elogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/erancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/f5rancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fnlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/htlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/htrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jerancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/jlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lg_intro.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mrvlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mtrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/noklogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nslogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nsrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/panlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/par.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/plogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rancid-cvs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rancid-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rancid_intro.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rivlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rivrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/trancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ulogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xilogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xirancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xlogin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zrancid.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/rancid.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/cloginrc.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/lg.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rancid.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rancid.types.base.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/rancid.types.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/router.db.5.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/acos.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/aeos.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/arbor.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/arcos.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/bigip.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/ciscowlc.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/dell.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/dnos10.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/dnos9.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/edgemax.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/edgerouter.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/exos.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/fortigate.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/foundry.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/fss2.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/fxos.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/ios.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/iossb.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/iosshtech.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/iosxr.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/junos.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/mrv.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/nxos.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/panos.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/rancid.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/rbt.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/smc.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/sros.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/vrp.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/wavesvros.pm
/usr/share/rancid
/usr/share/rancid/CHANGES
/usr/share/rancid/COPYING
/usr/share/rancid/FAQ
/usr/share/rancid/README
/usr/share/rancid/README.lg
/usr/share/rancid/README.misc
/usr/share/rancid/UPGRADING
/usr/share/rancid/cisco-load.exp
/usr/share/rancid/cisco-reload.exp
/usr/share/rancid/cloginrc.sample
/usr/share/rancid/downreport
/usr/share/rancid/getipacctg
/usr/share/rancid/index.html
/usr/share/rancid/lg.conf.sample
/usr/share/rancid/lgnotes.html
/usr/share/rancid/rancid-cvspurge
/usr/share/rancid/rancid.conf.sample
/usr/share/rancid/rancid.types.conf
/usr/share/rancid/rtrfilter
/var/log/rancid
/var/log/rancid/old
/var/rancid
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rancid on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.