check_updates(1) - Linux man page

Name

"check_updates" - a Nagios plugin to check if Red Hat or Fedora system is up-to-date

Description

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

Version

Version 1.6.1

Synopsis

check_updates [OPTIONS]

-?, --usage
  Print usage information
-h, --help
  Print detailed help screen
-V, --version
  Print version information
--extra-opts=[<section>[@<config_file>]]
  Section and/or config_file from which to load extra options (may repeat)
--boot-check
  Check if the machine was booted with the newest kernel (default)
--no-boot-check
  do not complain if the machine was booted with an old kernel
-w, --warning=INTEGER
  Exit with WARNING status if more than INTEGER updates are available
-c, --critical=INTEGER
  Exit with CRITICAL status if more than INTEGER updates are available
--security-only
  Ignores non-security updates
-t, --timeout=INTEGER
  Seconds before plugin times out (default: 15)
-v, --verbose
  Show details for command-line debugging (can repeat up to 3 times)

Options

-?, --usage                              Print usage information

-h, --help                               Print detailed help screen

-V, --version                            Print version information

--extra-opts=[<section>[@<config_file>]] Section and/or config_file from which to load extra options (may repeat)

--boot-check                             Check if the machine was booted with the newest kernel (default)

--no-boot-check                          do not complain if the machine was booted with an old kernel

-w, --warning=INTEGER                    Exit with WARNING status if more than INTEGER non-security updates are available

-c, --critical=INTEGER                   Exit with CRITICAL status if more than INTEGER non-security updates are available

--security-only                          Ignores non-security updates

-t, --timeout=INTEGER                    Seconds before plugin times out (default: 15)

-v, --verbose                            Show details for command-line debugging (can repeat up to 3 times)

Security updates always force a CRITICAL state

Security Updates

If yum's security plugin is available

Example

check_updates

check_updates checks if the system is up-to-date

Diagnostics

You can specify multiple --verbose options to increase the program verbosity.

Exit Status

0 if OK , 1 in case of a warning, 2 in case of a critical status and 3 in case of an unkown problem

Dependencies

check_updates depends on

• Carp • English • Getopt::Long • Nagios::Plugin • Nagios::Plugin::Getopt • Nagios::Plugin::Threshold • POSIX • Readonly • Sort::Versions

Incompatibilities

None reported.

Bugs And Limitations

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to matteo.corti@id.ethz.ch, or through the web interface at http://trac.id.ethz.ch/projects/nagios_plugins/newticket?component=check_updates

Be sure to include the output produced by the plugin with the --verbose option:

check_updates -v -v -v

Author

Matteo Corti <matteo.corti@id.ethz.ch>

License And Copyright

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of GNU general public license (gpl) version 3 or (at your option) any later version. See the LICENSE file for details.

Disclaimer Of Warranty

BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE , THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE , TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW . EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE " AS IS " WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND , EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED , INCLUDING , BUT NOT LIMITED TO , THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE . THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU . SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE , YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING , REPAIR , OR CORRECTION .

IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER , OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVE LICENCE , BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES , INCLUDING ANY GENERAL , SPECIAL , INCIDENTAL , OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE ( INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE ), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES .

Acknowledgments

Many thanks to:

• Peter Bircher & Cristian Tuduce for several bug fixes • Mark Greenheigh for the prompt and precise bug reports • Jose Pedro Oliveria for the build and release fixes