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114 lines
3.5 KiB
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About
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=====
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This Nagios plugin checks for available updates using PackageKit
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http://packagekit.org/ on Linux systems
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Why a new plugin?
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=================
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There are already plugins out there like check_yum and check_apt which do
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check for updates but they are distribution specific. The main drivers are:
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* Can run unprivileged, for instance the nrpe user
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* No sudo/selinux problems
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* Non distribution specific, works on debian, ubuntu, fedora, centos, rhel...
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Usage
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=====
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Critical Security
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Critical on all security type updates
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```
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$ check_package_updates --no-longoutput --th "metric=security,critical=1..inf"
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Critical - Total: 67, Security: 15, Bug fix: 48, Enhancement: 0, Normal: 4. Critical on security | 'total'=67;;;; 'security'=15;;1..inf;; 'bug fix'=48;;;; 'normal'=4;;;;
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```
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Total Updates
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-------------
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Critical on all security type updates and warning on many total updates
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```
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$ python check_package_updates --no-longoutput --th "metric=security,critical=1..inf" --th "metric=total,warning=40..inf"
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Critical - Total: 67, Security: 15, Bug fix: 48, Enhancement: 0, Normal: 4. Critical on security. Warning on total | 'total'=67;40..inf;;; 'security'=15;;1..inf;; 'bug fix'=48;;;; 'normal'=4;;;;
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```
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Long Output
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-----------
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With long output (default) you also get the list of packages
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```
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$ python check_package_updates --th "metric=security,critical=1..inf" --th "metric=total,warning=40..inf"
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Critical - Total: 32, Security: 1, Bug fix: 31, Enhancement: 0, Normal: 0. Critical on security | 'total'=32;40..inf;;; 'security'=1;;1..inf;; 'bug fix'=31;;;;
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Security
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python-bugzilla-0.9.0-1.fc18.noarch
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Bug fix
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ibus-typing-booster-1.2.1-1.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-abbrev-1.0.4-6.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-archy-0.0.2-8.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-async-0.2.9-2.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-block-stream-0.0.6-7.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-chmodr-0.1.0-4.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-chownr-0.0.1-9.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-combined-stream-0.0.4-3.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-delayed-stream-0.0.5-5.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-fstream-0.1.22-3.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-ini-1.1.0-3.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-lru-cache-2.3.0-3.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-mime-1.2.9-3.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-minimatch-0.2.12-2.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-mkdirp-0.3.5-3.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-mute-stream-0.0.3-6.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-node-uuid-1.4.0-4.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-nopt-2.1.1-3.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-once-1.1.1-5.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-opener-1.3.0-7.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-osenv-0.0.3-5.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-promzard-0.2.0-6.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-proto-list-1.2.2-5.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-read-1.0.4-8.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-retry-0.6.0-5.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-sigmund-1.0.0-5.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-tar-0.1.17-3.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-uid-number-0.0.3-7.fc18.noarch
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nodejs-which-1.0.5-8.fc18.noarch
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python-virtinst-0.600.4-2.fc18.noarch
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vgabios-0.6c-9.fc18.noarch
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```
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Caveats
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* PackageKit does draw in quite a few packages with it.
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* Does not work on older distros, like centos/rhel 5.
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Dependencies
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============
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* pynag-0.4.7+
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* Known to work with PackageKit 0.7.6 or later
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Install
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=======
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* Install pynag (available through your favorite package manager)
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* Install PackageKit (packagekit in Debian)
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```
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wget https://raw.github.com/opinkerfi/nagios-plugins/master/check_package_updates/check_package_updates
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```
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Room for improvement
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====================
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The plugin executes pkcon instead of using the API directly. I actually gave
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the API a whirl via "from gi.repository import PackageKitGlib as packagekit"
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but the documentation was very lacking so I ended up with pkcon.
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License
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=======
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GPLv3 or newer, see LICENSE-GPL3 in the root of the project
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