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Backup mikrotik router configs with rancid

Ok, I’ve had this running for years now, so this is mostly a ‘do not forget’ note-to-self. Rancid supports backing up MikroTik RouterOS configuration.

Add a readonly user to your RouterOS device:

/user add group=read name=rancid disabled=no password=huwakui5phiiVahnuecheiri
# use a long random password

Add the user/password to your .cloginrc:

add user 10.0.0.1 rancid
add noenable 10.0.0.1 1
add password 10.0.0.1 huwakui5phiiVahnuecheiri
add method 10.0.0.1 ssh

… and add the router to router.db:

10.0.0.1;mikrotik;up