Installing Oxidized on Manjaro

Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool available on GitHub. In this tutorial, we will install Oxidized on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

• Manjaro operating system
• Access to the command line interface
• git client
• Ruby

Installation

1. Install git using the command below:

   sudo pacman -S git
   

2. Clone the Oxidized repository from GitHub using git:

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

3. Install Ruby and the required dependencies:

   sudo pacman -S ruby rubygems ruby-bundler
   

4. Install Oxidized and its dependencies:

   cd oxidized
   gem install oxidized oxidized-script oxidized-web
   

5. Generate the Oxidized configuration file:

   oxidized --init
   

6. Modify the Oxidized configuration file:

   sudo nano ~/.config/oxidized/config
   

   In the configuration file, you will need to specify the devices you want to backup the configurations for.

7. Start the Oxidized service:

   oxidized
   

   This will start the Oxidized service.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Oxidized on Manjaro. You can now use it to backup the configurations of your network devices.