How To Install rancid on Fedora 34
rancid is Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rancid on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rancid.
Install rancid on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34
To uninstall only the rancid package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rancid
rancid Package Contents on Fedora 34
/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/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/cdfa86d221a88edbebd1dc6263ab3c62a93c3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/4d4cd9f3e49fabf682fee3c2678cb4d5614e17
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.