From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SQcqZ-00021n-FG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 05 May 2012 11:08:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 59E29E0886; Sat, 5 May 2012 11:08:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f181.google.com (mail-we0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B827E05CB for ; Sat, 5 May 2012 11:06:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by werm13 with SMTP id m13so2655639wer.40 for ; Sat, 05 May 2012 04:06:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/0b/FGXPGRHz8VZkisn0SOI1Okv0B42JT6tr2dex/HQ=; b=rmKk7XIzgz8yXGc2a9cPDU/pwgVxQ6G/ZehJ2l6LlXhNTFy+dErNFdSAieqfh5jewl K9Vmxfz4+TsxP8llURwma3PNoJLMBVWf3Ryp6G1mdbrkHzDMUoigxZlwH4T2dhRI6leL VvldaCxm0hSOvx7uCwSZKkrIm3Jhe4eFxBRoZsuqp0oRZ4TPsihLJLnRd1zcVG2Mw4Rb VIe6B2TzaDPGsxtnlNoLFc/QyUH7B1iIjZy+caZRkHlE/vwDrLWtUgyLtMaa6fmlXBZS Vb6yaTPQInDqvColg0+3aGLEmNJbL1X0wF9cbHnVhbkNktsZ+qgRDgFm68/DHCve6aJi NdDA== Received: by 10.180.102.101 with SMTP id fn5mr20510327wib.6.1336215996378; Sat, 05 May 2012 04:06:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-209-227-85.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.209.227.85]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ea6sm4764071wib.5.2012.05.05.04.06.32 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 05 May 2012 04:06:34 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 13:04:00 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] minimal web server Message-ID: <20120505130400.1d7272a1@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 441e9b15-ee3b-4195-91cd-c97e7feb7065 X-Archives-Hash: 68c9d9398d07220c37ef28210658ece9 On Sat, 5 May 2012 02:39:27 +0000 (UTC) James wrote: > Hello, > > Backing up routers, I have an option I can > issue from the a router: > > #copy running-config [http | https] > > so if my laptop is running some minimal web > server (suggestions are most welcome) > > and I have local IP connectivity (say > both on a 10.10.10.x network, > > The I could just issue this command? > > copy running-config http://10.10.10. > > It should work and it's simple. What would be > some recommendations as to which minimal web server > I could run on a laptop (simple and small) to > just backup various router configs to? How many routers are you backing up and what are your needs? If you have lots of them and need some kind of record, then rancid is a most excellent tools. It's also very Unixy so you get bonus points there. https://www.shrubbery.net It's a completely different take on the problem you posed in your mail. -- Alan McKinnnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com