Note: The monitoring plugin is currently being rewritten from Shell (check_unattended_upgrades) to Python (check_unattended_upgrades.py). Use the Shell version until further notice.
Monitoring plugin to check automatic updates (unattended-upgrades) on Debian / Ubuntu.
check_unattended_upgrades v1.4
Copyright (c) 2015-2019 Josef Friedrich <josef@friedrich.rocks>
Monitoring plugin to check automatic updates (unattended-upgrades) on Debian / Ubuntu.
Usage: check_unattended_upgrades <options>
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
- 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
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