Configuration Management Software

[stephen.stack]

Hi all,

I'm putting it out there early. In two weeks (Dec 14th) I am going to release rConfig. This free and open source software has been over a year in the making and is specifically designed by a highly expereinced network engineer (Me!) for network engineers. And the best part IT'S FREE (oh yes, I mentioned that already).

What is it? A Free, and Open Source, Network Configuration Management tool. Web based, fast, and customizable. Installs on Linux CentOS and written completely in PHP/MySQL.
You can download the running-configs, cdp neighbor table, OSPF Neighbor table, BGP prefix table, routing table for routers, as well as show route for firewalls and show spanning-tree for switches easily... actually... whatever show command you care to choose for a given category of network devices.
Why? Well, for me, a 'show run' and 'show start' from my network device configuration management tool wasn't enough. I needed more. I needed to see what my routers routing table looked like last week. I needed to know how many hits were on a particular ACL entry on my edge firewall two months ago and compare it to today. I wanted to know, which interface was the root bridge path (spanning-tree) on my one of my core switches yesterday. That's why!

I am hoping to expand features as the community around this tool grows. It will be community led - I hope you can join early.

Go check it out at www.rconfig.com, and if your interested, sign up for a beta release. I am still releasing content on the public site, so a video is due soon, and perhaps an online demo too. Any questions, just fire them back to me.

Please forward to anyone you may think be interested

Regards

Stephen

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http://www.rConfig.com

A free, open source network device configuration management tool, customizable to your needs!

[stephen.stack]

All,

There has been some uptake and some great feedback on rConfig since I made this announcement two weeks ago. rConfig is offically released as Version1 today. Please login to www.rconfig.com and download a copy.

You know, it takes less than 1 hour to install rConfig on Linux and more than 2 hours to get some of it's well known commercial counterparts up and running. There is even a complete, easy-to-follow Linux build document designed especially for the rConfig installation on www.rconfig.com. You'll be backing up Cisco configuration and show outputs in no time with rConfig. And even learning a bit of Linux along the way.

And remember, it's free & open source.

Regards

Stephen

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http://www.rConfig.com 

A free, open source network device configuration management tool, customizable to your needs!

[Ian Beck]

Hi Stephen,

Where would you like bugs reported too ?

Thanks

[stephen.stack]

Hi Ian,

Please send as much detail as possible to bugs@rconfig.com regarding any issues you come accross.

Regards

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A free, open source network device configuration management tool, customizable to your needs!

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[Ian Beck]

Thanks and sent.

[stephen.stack]

rConfig version 1.2.4 is now available for download on rconfig.com

This release contains bug fixes and some new features, most notably  an easy update feature. You can now update rConfig using a built-in  updater, streamlining the process for future rConfig releases.

If you have already downloaded and are using rConfig v1.0.0 or 1.0.3,  you will need to either start a fresh install, or manually upgrade to v1.2.4. Manual upgrade instructions are at www.rconfig.com/index.php/blog

Please help in making free software great, by downloading, testing and giving feedback.

Regards

Stephen

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http://www.rConfig.com 

A free, open source network device configuration management tool, customizable to your needs!

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