https://github.com/AkuLink1/zabbix-template-apt-upgrade-monitoring

Zabbix template that monitors a host for package upgrades available in Debian / Ubuntu / "apt" package manager distros using apt-get upgrade -s (simulation mode).
https://github.com/AkuLink1/zabbix-template-apt-upgrade-monitoring

apt apt-get debian-linux ubuntu zabbix zabbix-agent zabbix-frontend zabbix-server zabbix-templates

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Zabbix template that monitors a host for package upgrades available in Debian / Ubuntu / "apt" package manager distros using apt-get upgrade -s (simulation mode).

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/AkuLink1/zabbix-template-apt-upgrade-monitoring
• Owner: AkuLink1
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-05-23T16:21:20.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-13T17:03:14.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-18T22:53:18.175Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: apt, apt-get, debian-linux, ubuntu, zabbix, zabbix-agent, zabbix-frontend, zabbix-server, zabbix-templates
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 8.79 KB
• Stars: 5
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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• awesome-zabbix - zabbix-template-apt-upgrade-monitoring - Monitor available package upgrades on Debian & Ubuntu and other apt-based hosts. (Templates / Terraform)

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# Zabbix Template to monitor available package upgrades in hosts

Zabbix template that monitors hosts for available package upgrades in Debian / Ubuntu / "apt" package manager distros. 

The script runs `apt-get update` to update source lists and then runs `apt-get upgrade -s` in simulation mode (no upgrade is executed). Data is then send to Zabbix server in various formats. A problem will be shown in the dashboard in case there is > 1 packages to update. 

## Overview

Zabbix Server version: 6.0

Sample output of `apt-get upgrade -s` from which we extract the info for the template:

    The following packages have been kept back:

      zabbix-frontend-php

    The following packages will be upgraded:

      zabbix-agent zabbix-apache-conf zabbix-server-mysql zabbix-sql-scripts

    4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.

# Versions 

This template was tested on:

- Zabbix Server 6.0 (LTS)

- Zabbix Agent (daemon) 5.0.21

- Debian 11

# Setup

## On Zabbix frontend server:

- Download and import either `server_template_check_apt_updates_templates.xml`, `server_template_check_apt_updates_templates.json` or `server_template_check_apt_updates_templates.yml` to Zabbix frontend.

- Assign the Template Debian APT Updates to the host(s) you want to monitor

## On all hosts you want to monitor:

- Install packages zabbix-agent and zabbix-sender:

     `apt-get install zabbix-agent zabbix-sender`

- Copy content or download `apt_upgrade_agent_script.sh` script and move into host folder (Example): /etc/zabbix/custom_scripts

	 `wget https://github.com/Moluss/zabbix-template-apt-upgrade-monitoring/tree/main/agent_scripts` 

 

- Grant exec permissions 

     `sudo chmod +x /etc/zabbix/custom_scripts/apt_upgrade_agent_script`

- Add entry to crontab (`sudo crontab -e`) to execute the script periodically to check for updates and then check for possible upgrades and send data to Zabbix Server. This cron will run every 12 hours:

     `0 */12 * * * sh /etc/zabbix/custom_scripts/apt_upgrade_agent_script.sh