https://github.com/josef-friedrich/check_unattended_upgrades

Monitoring plugin to check automatic updates (unattended-upgrades) on Debian / Ubuntu.
https://github.com/josef-friedrich/check_unattended_upgrades

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Monitoring plugin to check automatic updates (unattended-upgrades) on Debian / Ubuntu.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/josef-friedrich/check_unattended_upgrades
• Owner: Josef-Friedrich
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-04-25T14:56:58.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-08-03T09:09:51.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-03T10:25:51.596Z (5 months ago)
• Topics: icinga, icinga-plugin, icinga2, nagios, nagios-plugin, shell, unattended-upgrades
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 449 KB
• Stars: 9
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# check_unattended_upgrades

Note: The monitoring plugin is currently being rewritten from

Shell

([check_unattended_upgrades](https://github.com/Josef-Friedrich/check_unattended_upgrades/blob/master/check_unattended_upgrades)) to

Python

([check_unattended_upgrades.py](https://github.com/Josef-Friedrich/check_unattended_upgrades/blob/master/check_unattended_upgrades.py)). Use the Shell version until further notice.

## Summary / Short description

> Monitoring plugin to check automatic updates ([unattended-upgrades](https://github.com/mvo5/unattended-upgrades)) on Debian / Ubuntu.

## Usage

```

check_unattended_upgrades v1.4

Copyright (c) 2015-2019 Josef Friedrich 

Monitoring plugin to check automatic updates (unattended-upgrades) on Debian / Ubuntu.

Usage: check_unattended_upgrades 

Options:

 -A, --anacron

	Check if the package 'anacron' is installed.

 -a, --autoclean

	Check if the configuration 'APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval' is set

	properly.

 -c, --critical

        Time interval since the last execution to result in a

        critical state (time units depending on '--format').

 -D, --short-description

	Show a short description of this check plugin.

 -d, --download

	Check if the configuration 'APT::Periodic:Download-Upgradeable-Packages'

	is set properly.

 -e, --enable

	Check if the configuration 'APT::Periodic::Enable' is set properly.

 -f UNIT, --format UNIT

        Defines the unit for the numbers of '--warning' and '--

        critical', also the output of 'last-run'. Allowed values

        are: 'seconds', 'minutes', 'hours' and 'days', default:

        'seconds'.

 -h, --help

	Show this help message.

 -l, --lists

	Check if the configuration 'APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists' is set

	properly.

 -m, --mail

	Check if the configuration 'Unattended-Upgrade::Mail' is set properly.

 -n, --dry-run

	Check if 'unattended-upgrades --dry-run' is working. Warning: If you use

	this option the performance data last_ago is always 0 or near to 0.

 -p, --repo

	Check if 'Unattended-upgrades' is configured to include the specified

	custom repository.

 -R, --reboot

	Check if the machine needs a reboot.

 -r, --remove

	Check if the configuration 'Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-

	Dependencies' is set properly.

 -S, --security

	Check if 'Unattended-upgrades' is configured to handle security updates.

 -s, --sleep

	Check if the configuration 'APT::Periodic::RandomSleep' is set properly.

 -t, --systemd-timers

	Check if the appropriate Systemd timers are enabled ( apt-daily-upgrade.timer, apt-daily.timer ).

 -u, --unattended

	Check if the configuration 'APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade' is set

	properly.

 -v, --version

	Show the version number.

 -w, --warning

        Time interval since the last execution to result in a

        warning state (time units depending on '--format').

Performance data:

  - last_ago

	  Time interval in seconds for last unattended-upgrades execution.

  - warning

	  Interval in seconds.

  - critical

	  Interval in seconds.

About file system permissions:

	The user which executes this plugin must have read permissions to this

	log file:

		/var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log

	To allow every user on your system to read the mentioned log file this

	permissions are recommended:

		751 (drwxr-x--x) /var/log/unattended-upgrades

		644 (-rw-r--r--) /var/log/unattended-upgrades/unattended-upgrades.log

```

## Project pages

* https://github.com/Josef-Friedrich/check_unattended_upgrades

* https://exchange.icinga.com/joseffriedrich/check_unattended_upgrades

* https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Software/check_unattended_upgrades/details

## Testing

```

make test

```