Home Directory Plugins Operating Systems Linux check_debian_packages

Search Exchange

Search All Sites

Nagios Live Webinars

Let our experts show you how Nagios can help your organization.

Contact Us

Phone: 1-888-NAGIOS-1
Email: sales@nagios.com

Login

Remember Me

Directory Tree

check_debian_packages

Current Version
0.8
Compatible With
  • Nagios 2.x
  • Nagios 3.x
Owner
License
GPL
Hits
93332
Files:
FileDescription
check_debian_packagescheck_debian_packages
Nagios CSP

Meet The New Nagios Core Services Platform

Built on over 25 years of monitoring experience, the Nagios Core Services Platform provides insightful monitoring dashboards, time-saving monitoring wizards, and unmatched ease of use. Use it for free indefinitely.

Monitoring Made Magically Better

  • Nagios Core on Overdrive
  • Powerful Monitoring Dashboards
  • Time-Saving Configuration Wizards
  • Open Source Powered Monitoring On Steroids
  • And So Much More!
This plugin checks if there are debian updates available. If so, it issues a warning, if the packages are from security it raises a critical.
This plugin doesn't update the apt database, you're supposed to have a cron line that already does an apt-get update.

It also needs sudo, add something like this to /etc/sudoers:

nagios servername=NOPASSWD:/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_debian_packages