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> On Nov 17, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Doug McIntyre <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 09:38:16AM -0600, Andrew Hoyos wrote: >> I’d like to offer up a VM donation located in Madison, WI to at least run RANCID to grab config backups of the IX switches, as well as a backup target for any data (graphs, route-server config, etc). > > Sure. Although I do have some backups of the main switch/bird configs located here > in my location (not at 511, but still Minneapolis). I have considered > adding the configs I touch to my RANCID, but didn't find enough value I suppose. I think one of the things that was touched on in the meeting yesterday was change control. RANCID diffs running on a 15/30 minute basis could be a cheap verification. Probably even from multiple places wouldn’t hurt. > I already had a tech list setup (MICE-TECH), but then I started > thinking about who should have access to what, and what should be an > archive (public? Semi-public?) of tech discussions, vs. something that > may have a little sensitive value (ie. config snippets with SNMP > communities, CoPP firewall rules, etc.). vs. most of it (ie. BGP setup > & questions/problems). I’d support this, and would happily participate in these discussions. Maybe just a members only list, added only by someone in some official capacity? Private archives would solve some issue there, and RANCID will by default, redact passwords/community strings.