
Another feature of the web interface is the status of the last device configuration poll. The web interface is also very fast! I have approximately 500 devices being backed up, and the web interface is always extremely responsive. For example, in my environment, I can search for “PVDM” and quickly see which of my Cisco routers contain DSPs. If only some of your devices have a very specific configuration or inventory item, you can search and only the devices matching will be displayed. However, Oxidized lets you search for terms across all the configurations. It also supports a very wide range of network devices and network operating systems.Ĭompared to using viewvc with RANCID, Oxidized also lets you view current configurations and diffs between versions. I found the Oxidized web interface to be exactly what I was looking for. While RANCID can be “web-enabled” with the viewvc interface, it is pretty limited in functionality.

One of the things that made Oxidized more appealing to me right away is its companion web interface. A few days ago, I decided to take another look at it.

When I set up the RANCID server, I had heard of Oxidized, but the project wasn’t yet as far along as it is now.
Ncm backup scheduler software#
It has been a good, stable piece of software that has been doing the job very well across hundreds of devices. A little over a year ago, I created a RANCID server to backup the configuration of my network devices.

Oxidized is an open-source project started by Saku Ytti and Samer Abdel-Hafez as an alternative to the very popular RANCID software.
