Rconfig

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rconfig allows taking periodic backup of cisco devices (switches, routers, firewalls). It can be configured to run any necessary command such as:

1. show running-config
2. show startup-config
3. show cdp nei

and capture their output. The tool also supports cron configuration so that the same set of commands can be run at scheduled interval automatically.

rconfig installation

rconfig must be installed separately on individual machine without sharing with other websites. The machine can be VM or container. To install rconfig use following steps:

1. Create account on www.rconfig.com, if not present already
2. Download rconfig source code and copy it to server
3. Run visudo and append following at end

   apache  ALL = (ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/crontab, /usr/bin/zip, /bin/chmod, /bin/chown, /usr/bin/whoami
   Defaults:apache !requiretty

4. Unzip rconfig sources in /home
5. Then run

   chown -R apache /home/rconfig
   mv /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.original
   cp /home/rconfig/www/install/httpd.conf.new /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
   yum -y install php php-mysql mysql-server
   service mysqld start
   chkconfig mysqld on
   chkconfig httpd on
   service httpd restart

6. Open http://<server>/install
7. Accept license agreement
8. Enter following values:

   Database server

   localhost

   Port

   3306

   Database name

   rconfig

   Database username

   : root

9. Click on check settings
10. Click on install settings
11. Login into rconfig using admin:admin
12. If things are fine do =rm /home/rconfig/www/install -rf=
13. Change admin password
14. Add device and see if connectivity to devices work. Try connectivity from terminal first to ensure that firewall (iptables) rules on machine and ACL on remote device allow corresponding proctocol (telnet, SSH) from rconfig server source IP.

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