How to get Linux Update info from client

kspringer＠innovateteam.com

5 Jun 2018 5 Jun '18

2:48 p.m.

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Paul.Root＠CenturyLink.com

5 Jun 5 Jun

2:52 p.m.

I just wrote an external script that basically does a ‘yum check-upgrade’ and parses that for the number of packages that need updating.

From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> On Behalf Of Kris Springer Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2018 9:48 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] How to get Linux Update info from client

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?

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abe＠deuxchevaux.org

4:11 p.m.

Hi Kris,

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

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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...

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

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