A Perl module for Aruba devices in RANCID
This was tested by me on a limited number of legacy Aruba devices (6000 and 7210 wireless mobility access controllers running ArubaOS 6.3 and 6.4; and S1500 and S2500 switches running ArubaOS 7.1 and 7.2) but has since been used successfully on devices running 8.x software.
Note that modern Aruba-branded switches are derived from HPE's ProVision switch line, and should be considered HP switches for the purposes of RANCID.
Install aruba.pm into your Perl module directory – in my Scientific Linux install it's at /usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/rancid/.
There is no need for a separate login script. The included clogin works fine, as long as you remember to disable paging manually at login. Here is suggested content for your /etc/rancid/rancid.types.conf file; note I'm disabling encryption of certain passwords in the output. This may not be desirable for all.
# ArubaOS device
aruba;script;rancid -t aruba
aruba;login;clogin
aruba;module;aruba
aruba;inloop;aruba::inloop
aruba;command;aruba::RunCommand;no paging
aruba;command;aruba::RunCommand;encrypt disable
aruba;command;aruba::ShowVersion;show version
aruba;command;aruba::ShowMasterRedundancy;show master-redundancy
aruba;command;aruba::ShowBoot;show boot
aruba;command;aruba::ShowImageVersion;show image version
aruba;command;aruba::Dir;dir
aruba;command;aruba::ShowInterfaceTransceivers;show interface transceivers
aruba;command;aruba::ShowPacketCapture;show packet-capture
aruba;command;aruba::ShowInventory;show inventory
aruba;command;aruba::ShowVLAN;show vlan
aruba;command;aruba::WriteTerm;write term