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Backup & Restore

Slurp'it has a build-in Backup & Restore function. Schedule a interval or even do manual backup & restores.Step by step guideSetup the volumes slurpit-warehouse:    ...

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Multi Server Setup & Architecture

To scale out Slurp'it, you would deploy each container on a separate server and establish IP connectivity between them. Why would use you separate the application over multiple...

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Configure SSH & SNMP Timeout

The number of seconds Slurp'it will wait before it will return a time-out. This is both configurable for the Scraper a.k. Data Collector (SSH) and the Scanner a.k. Device Finder...

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Reset local user password

It can happen that you forgot the Local admin login. In this article we explain what you can do to gain access again.1. Access the Slurp'it CLI2. Go into your Portal...

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TextFSM template request service

We can help you to build a TextFSM template. Doesn't matter if you need a single template or full device support for the default plannings we provide. To help us build a template...

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Access to MongoDB

The Slurp'it architecture is multi service, and therefor it's faily easy to get access to the back-end of those services as well.In this article I will explain how you can...

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Update Slurp’it 1.0.x

Updating Slurp'it is fairly easy when you have an Internet connection on the appliance, if not than read the following article: Upgrade your offline instance. Update Slurp't...

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Enable Debugging in Slurp’it

This feature can help you to provide extra logging information when you are encountering an issue in discovering your network or maybe a bug in the software. After debugging is...

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Rate Limit Requests

This feature can help you to limit the amount of request for the AAA server and the network device itself. Many Authentication servers (such as TACACS, Radius) cannot handle the...

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Login Retry

The number of times Slurp'it will try to login with SSH before it will return a time-out. When can this be usefull? Older devices that always respond with a time-out the first...

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Self-host the Databases

Hosting the databases yourself outside the containers can be quite usefull. Why ? Well this way you are fully in controll of the data, backups and can you for example easily let...

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Recently we received the following ticket: I would like to test Slurpit in our organization and integrate it with Netbox. I have downloaded a free version and installed it. I...

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Enable HTTPS for Slurp’it

1. Add a certificate To add a certificate: 1. Place the following files in the `certs` folder, make sure the file names match !! :- `private.key`- `certificate.crt` 2. Change the...

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Architecture

The Slurp'it architecture is build and based on years of experience and customer feedback. When I worked in the Airplane communication field the rule of thumb was, technology...

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Upgrading From a Previous Version

Please read the upgrade notes corresponding to the version you are upgrading from. Update Slurp'it 1.0.x Upgrading from MVP to 1.0.x Update your Offline Slurp'it instance Offline...

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Upgrade MVP to 1.0.x

This major update requires a bit of changes for your running setup. Architecture changesWe created a new service (docker image) which will handle all the database requests. This...

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Changelog

Our versioning is setup like: 1.x.x = Majorx.1.x = Minorx.x.1 = Build numberThis release contains Security Improvements, New Features and a couple Bug fixes. Data export bug is...

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