How to get Linux Update info from client

list Kris Springer
Tue, 5 Jun 2018 12:59:13 -0700
Message-Id: <user-780760f9d7ac@xymon.invalid>

That's exactly what I needed. Thanks so much!

Thank you.

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Kris Springer

On 06/05/2018 09:11 AM, Axel Beckert wrote:

Hi Kris,



On Tue, Jun 05, 2018 at 07:48:01AM -0700, Kris Springer wrote:

   I've got the 'xymon-client' installed on many machines and was wondering

   if the client gathers any info regarding Security and Package updates that

   can be updated?  I've searched the 'clientlog' and there's no mention of

   Updates anywhere.  Does anyone have a way to view available updates from

   linux clients?


Debian's hobbit-plugins collection contains checks for apt as well as for yum:

https://salsa.debian.org/debian/hobbit-plugins/tree/master/src/usr/lib/xymon/client/ext



If you're on Debian or a Debian derivative like Ubuntu, you can just

do "apt install hobbit-plugins" and the "apt" check is active by

default.



The yum check works fine on at least RHEL 6 and 7. Just copy it to the

proper directory and write a tiny .cfg file to activate it.



                Kind regards, Axel