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NAME

       rancid.conf - rancid environment configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       rancid.conf  contains  environment configuration information for rancid-run(1) and rancid-
       cvs(1), including shell PATH, list of rancid groups, etc.  It is read by  several  scripts
       at run-time and others inherit the configuration from a parent process which has read it.

       The  syntax  of  rancid.conf  is  that  of  sh(1).  rancid.conf is used to set environment
       variables used by other rancid scripts to effect their run-time behavior or to enable them
       to find their resources.

VARIABLES

       The following variables are used (listed alphabetically):

       ACLFILTERSEQ
              Disables  filtering  of  prefix-list/access-list  sequence  numbers.   This  option
              implies ACLSORT=NO for lists with sequence numbers.

              Default: YES

       ACLSORT
              Permits disabling of access-list sorting, which could alter  statement  order  that
              had been cleverly crafted by the administrator for optimal performance, thus making
              recovery and comparison more difficult.

              Default: YES

       BASEDIR
              BASEDIR is the directory where rancid-run's log  directory,  the  revision  control
              system's repository, and rancid group directories will be placed.

              Its value is configure's localstatedir and should be modified if rancid is moved to
              a new location in the file system without re-installing from the distribution.

              Default: /var/lib/rancid

       CVSROOT
              cvs(1)  and  rancid-cvs(1)  use  this  environment  variable  to  locate  the   CVS
              repository.   In  some cases, particularly for Subversion and git, it is used as an
              argument to commands.  In general, it should not be necessary to alter it,  but  it
              could  be  set  to a remote location if the the RCS system supports it.  If it is a
              remote location, any necessary  authentication  must  be  handled  separately  from
              RANCiD, which provides no means of interacting with the remote.

              Default: $BASEDIR/CVS

       DIFFSCRIPT
              Defines an alternate filter for the output of the RCS diff.  The filter should read
              from stdin and write to stdout.  The default is defined in control_rancid and  only
              improves readability.

              Example: DIFFSCRIPT="sed -e '/^=/d' | expand"; export DIFFSCRIPT

       FILTER_OSC
              Determines  if  oscillating  data  such  as  keys, passwords, etc are filtered from
              configs.  The value may be "NO", "YES" or "ALL".  YES is less aggressive than  ALL.
              The FILTER_PWDS variable may override this.

              Default: YES

              Note: a value of "NO" will most likely produce large repositories and frequent diff
              e-mail.  A value of "YES" is encouraged.

              Note: FILTER_OSC does not currently affect the handling of SNMP community  strings.
              see NOCOMMSTR below.

       FILTER_PWDS
              Determines  which  passwords will be filtered from configs.  The value may be "NO",
              "YES", or "ALL" to filter none of the passwords, only those which are reversable or
              plain-text, or all (plus ssh keys, etc), respectively.

              Default: YES

              Note: a value of "NO" could be a security issue since diffs are sent via e-mail.  A
              value of "ALL" is encouraged.

              Note: FILTER_PWDS does not affect the handling  of  SNMP  community  strings.   see
              NOCOMMSTR below.

              Note:  passwords  whose value cycles (oscillates) and would produce erroneous diffs
              may be filtered (e.g.: Alteon passwords).  See the FILTER_OSC variable.

       LC_COLLATE
              See locale(1).

       LIST_OF_GROUPS
              Defines a list of group names of routers separated  by  white-space.   These  names
              become  the  directory  names  in  $BASEDIR  which contain the data for that set of
              devices.  rancid-run(1) also uses this variable to determine which device groups it
              should  collect.  Choose these names to be descriptive of the set of devices and do
              not use spaces, unprintable characters, etc.

              Example: LIST_OF_GROUPS="UofO USFS"

              Two groups are defined; UofO (University of Oregon) and USFS (US  Forest  Service).
              Each   will   have  a  directory  created  (see  rancid-cvs(1))  $BASEDIR/UofO  and
              $BASEDIR/USFS respectively, which will contain their data.

              Each group must also have aliases for the administrative and diff recipients set-up
              in /etc/aliases.  For example:

                        rancid-uofo:            frank
                        rancid-admin-uofo:      joe,bob
                        rancid-usfs:            frank
                        rancid-admin-usfs:      joe,bob

       LOCKTIME
              Defines  the  number  of  hours a group's lock file may age before rancid starts to
              complain about a hung collection.  The default is 4 hours.

       LOGDIR Directory where rancid-run places log files.   This  can  not  be  set  or  altered
              effectively in a group-specific rancid.conf.

              Default: $BASEDIR/logs

       MAILDOMAIN
              Define  the domain part of addresses for administrative and diff e-mail.  The value
              of this variable is simply appended to the  normal  mail  addresses.   For  example
              rancid-usfs@example.com, if MAILDOMAIN had been set to "@example.com".

       MAILHEADERS
              Define additional mail headers to be added to rancid mail, such as Precedence or X-
              style headers.  Individual headers must be separated by a \n (new line).

              Default: Precedence: bulk

              Example: Precedence: bulk\nX-clamation: beef cake

       MAILOPTS
              Define additional options used to invoke sendmail(8).  By default, this is not set.

              Example: MAILOPTS="-f bounces.go.here@example.com"

       MAILSPLIT
              Defines the maximum BODY size of diffs in kilobytes, such that diffs are split into
              clunks no larger than N kbytes.  The minimum is 0, which disables splitting.

              Default: 0.

       MAX_ROUNDS
              Defines  how  many  times rancid should retry collection of devices that fail.  The
              minimum is 0.

              Default: 4.

       NOCOMMSTR
              If set, rancid(1) will filter SNMP community strings from configs.  Otherwise, they
              will be retained and may appear in clear-text in e-mail diffs.  By default, this is
              not set.

       OLDTIME
              Specified as a number of hours, OLDTIME defines how many hours should pass since  a
              successful collection of a device's configuration and when control_rancid(1) should
              start complaining about failures.  The value should be greater than the  number  of
              hours between rancid-run cron runs.

              Default: 24

       PAR_COUNT
              Defines the number of rancid processes that rancid_par(1) will start simultaneously
              as control_rancid(1) attempts to perform  collections.   Raising  this  value  will
              decrease  the  amount  of  time  necessary  for a complete collection of a (or all)
              rancid groups at the expense of system load.  The default is  relatively  cautious.
              If  collections are not completing quickly enough for users, use trial and error of
              speed versus system load to find a suitable value.

              Default: 5

       PATH   Is a colon separate list of directory  pathnames  in  the  the  file  system  where
              rancid's sh(1) and perl(1) scripts should look for the programs that it needs, such
              as telnet(1).  Its value is set by configure.  Should it  be  necessary  to  modify
              PATH, note that it must include /usr/lib/rancid/bin.

       RCSSYS Sets  which  revision  control system is in use.  Valid values are cvs for CVS, git
              for Git or svn for Subversion.

              Default: cvs

       SENDMAIL
              The filename or FQPN of the sendmail executable (or script) that will accept the -t
              option, such that it will read recipients and other headers from stdin.

       TERM   Some  Unix  utilities  require  TERM, the terminal type, to be set to a sane value.
              Some clients, such as telnet(1) and ssh(1), communicate this to the  server  (i.e.:
              the  remote  device),  thus  this  can  affect  the behavior of login sessions on a
              device.  The default should suffice.

              Default: network

       TMPDIR Some Unix utilities recognize TMPDIR as a directory where temporary  files  can  be
              stored.   In  some  cases,  rancid utilizes this directory for lock files and other
              temporary files.

              Default: /tmp

       Each of these are simply environment variables.  In order for them to be  present  in  the
       environment  of child processes, each must be exported.  See sh(1) for more information on
       the built-in command export.

ERRORS

       rancid.conf is interpreted directly by sh(1), so its syntax follows  that  of  the  bourne
       shell.  Errors may produce quite unexpected results.

FILES

       /etc/rancid/rancid.conf
              Configuration file described here.

       <group>/rancid.conf
              Group-specific configuration file described here.

SEE ALSO

       control_rancid(1), rancid(1), rancid-cvs(1), rancid-run(1)

HISTORY

       In  RANCID  releases  prior  to  2.3,  rancid.conf  was  named  env and located in the bin
       directory.  This was changed to be more consistent with common file location practices.

                                          24 March 2020                            rancid.conf(5)