RANCID  - linux is cool
i haven't got much linux experiences but here is the setup steps for me

sudo apt-get update

Adduser rancid

Sudo Apt-get install rancid cvsweb mutt postfix

Sudo nano /etc/rancid/rancid.conf

LIST_OF_GROUPS="brisbane"

Sudo nano /etc/aliases

rancid-brisbane: rancid

rancid-admin-brisbane: rancid

Rancid: myemail@mycompany.com

newaliases

Sudo Chown -R rancid /var/lib/rancid

Sudo Chmod -R 775 /var/lib/rancid

Sudo Chown rancid logs

Sudo Chmod 775 /var/lib/rancid/logs

Cd  /var/lib/rancid/logs

Sudo Chmod 775 .

/etc/postfix/main.cf

Add smtp.mycompany.com

postfix restart

Su rancid

/var/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-cvs

cd /var/lib/rancid/brisbane

nano router.db

IPADDRESS_OR_HOSTNAME:brand:up_or_down

nano /home/rancid/.cloginrc

add autoenable * 1

add method * telnet

add user 10.11.61.11 admin

add userpassword 10.11.61.11 passwordhere

add password IPADDRESS_OR_HOSTNAME LOGINPASSWORD ENABLEPASSWORD

add password OTHERIP_OR_HOSTNAME LOGINPASSWORD ENABLEPASSWORD

http://www.shrubbery.net/rancid/man/cloginrc.5.html

chmod 640 /home/rancid/.cloginrc

chown rancid /home/rancid/.cloginrc

####- no need usermod -a -G sudo rancid

Pasted from <http://maketecheasier.com/fixing-sudo-error-in-ubuntu/2012/01/03>

Rancid-run

Check router config

/var/lib/rancid/CVS/brisbane/configs

Check rancid log

/var/lib/rancid/logs

> crontab -e
- Add this line:
*/30  *  *  *  *  /usr/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-run

Pasted from <https://nsrc.org/workshops/2009/apricot/netmanage/presos/rancid-exercise.txt>

Add the Web GUI:

apt-get install cvsweb

nano /etc/cvsweb/cvsweb.conf

Find "@CVSrepositories"

Add:

'rancid' => ['Rancid', '/var/lib/rancid/CVS'],

Save and Quit

Restart apache

apache2ctl restart

sudo ~rancid/bin/rancid-run (or, if in as root, rancid-run)

You can now open a web browser to http://IPOFSERVER/cgi-bin/cvsweb

Pasted from <http://it.thelibrarie.com/weblog/2011/08/rancid-ubuntu-10-04/>

Too Much Information:

If you feel like you only want to have the configuration files and not the proc info/mem info etc, just edit the following file:

nano /var/lib/rancid/bin/rancid

Search for "# Main"

Comment out lines you no longer wish to document

Save and Quit

Pasted from <http://it.thelibrarie.com/weblog/2011/08/rancid-ubuntu-10-04/>