https://github.com/matteocorti/check_updates

check_updates is a Nagios plugin to check if RedHat or Fedora system is up-to-date
https://github.com/matteocorti/check_updates

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check_updates is a Nagios plugin to check if RedHat or Fedora system is up-to-date

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/matteocorti/check_updates
• Owner: matteocorti
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2015-10-21T08:45:32.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-14T20:19:16.000Z (12 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-28T19:07:27.363Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: nagios-plugin, updates
• Language: Perl
• Homepage: https://matteocorti.github.io/check_updates/
• Size: 446 KB
• Stars: 21
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 18
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: Changes
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: COPYING
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Security: SECURITY.md
  • Authors: AUTHORS.md

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 © Matteo Corti, ETH Zurich, 2007-2012

 © Matteo Corti, 2007-2024

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  see AUTHORS for the complete list of contributors

# check\_updates

check\_updates is a Nagios plugin to check if RedHat or Fedora system

is up-to-date

## Security

If at least a security update is available the plugin will return a critical status.

This can be overridden with the `--number-only` command line option

## DNF

DNF uses different caches per user. This has the consequence that DNF

and the plugin will potentially deliver different results for

different users.

## YUM security plugin

Use one of the following commands to install the YUM security plugin:

 - Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x, CentOS 6.x, Scientific Linux 6.x systems:

```

yum install yum-plugin-security

```

 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x, CentOS 5.x and Scientific Linux 5.x systems:

```

yum install yum-security

```