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check_deb_release


Tests


A Nagios/Icinga plugin to monitor the installed Debian or Ubuntu release against a specified target (e.g., "stable").


installation


pip install check-deb-release


usage


usage: check_deb_release [-h] [--mirror MIRROR] [TARGET]

Nagios plugin to monitor if the currently running release of debian matches the desired target distribution

positional arguments:
  TARGET           Default: "stable", supported: "oldoldstable", "oldstable", "stable", "testing", "experimental"

options:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --mirror MIRROR  Debian Mirror to use as release reference. Default: https://deb.debian.org/debian/


contributions


Install locally:


    

  • fork
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  • clone
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  • create/checkout feature branch
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  • optional: virtual env
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  • install uv
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  • uv sync --dev
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  • do work
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  • create pull request where all tests pass
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  • changes will be merged after careful review
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Run tests:


uv run pytest


Works for:


    

  • debian bullseye
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  • debian bookworm
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Does not currently work:


    

  • debian buster ~ due to broken dependencies for old python version
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