Installing Oxidized on OpenBSD

Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool that supports a wide range of devices. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Oxidized on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• An OpenBSD running instance.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Update the system

Before starting the installation process, update the OpenBSD operating system to its latest version with the following command:

$ sudo sysupgrade -S

This command will fetch the latest patches and upgrade the operating system packages.

Step 2: Install the dependencies

Oxidized requires Ruby and Git to be installed. You can install these dependencies by running the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add ruby git

Step 3: Install Oxidized

To install Oxidized, you can use the Git version control system to clone the Oxidized repository. You can do this with the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/ytti/oxidized.git

Once the cloning process is complete, navigate to the cloned Oxidized repository directory:

$ cd oxidized

Then, use Ruby's bundler to install the required Ruby gems:

$ bundle install

Step 4: Configure Oxidized

After installation, you need to configure Oxidized by editing the oxgen.conf file. This contains the configuration details required to collect the device information.

To configure Oxidized, copy the sample configuration file to the default configuration file name:

$ cp oxgen.conf.sample ~/.config/oxidized/config

Then edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor:

$ vi ~/.config/oxidized/config

In the configuration file, specify the device's hostname, IP, login credentials, enable credentials, and other details. Be sure to save the changes.

Step 5: Test Oxidized

To test the installation, run the Oxidized and wait until it completes. You can initiate it by executing:

$ oxidized

If everything was set up correctly, you should see something like:

...
2017-07-08 20:07:08 INFO  PID-1 TID-47255787527280 oxidized.rb:33 - running on 0.0.0.0:8888
2017-07-08 20:07:12 INFO  PID-1 TID-47390134936160 lib/oxidized/runner.rb:70 - Node Router Configuration Store Completed
...

Conclusion

That’s it! You have successfully installed Oxidized on OpenBSD. You can configure Oxidized for more devices by editing the configuration file, and you can launch the application by running the oxidized command.

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