check_pakfire

check_pakfire is a Nagios / Icinga plugin for checking IPFire Pakfire updates.

Requirements

I successfully tested the plugin with IPFire 2.x. I'm not sure whether IPFire 3.x comes with a new Pakfire architecture - so, use this on newer versions at your own risk. ;-)

No additional Python packages are required - just deploy the script and use it.

Usage

By default, the script checks for core updates and also packages upgrades - it is also possible to only check core updates (-e / --exclude-packages parameters). Gathering performance data (outdated packages) can be useful when monitoring a big amount of IPFire systems.

The following parameters can be specified:

Examples

The following example checks for core updates only:

$ ./check_pakfire.py  -e
OK: Core Update '105' for release '2.19' up2date!

A IPFire host with some outdated packages:

$ ./check_pakfire.py
WARNING: Core Update '105' for release '2.19' up2date, but 3 package(s) outdated!

The same example with listing the outdateed packages:

$ ./check_pakfire.py -l
WARNING: Core Update '105' for release '2.19' up2date, but 3 package(s) (hostapd, nagios, libgiertz) outdated!

An updated IPFire host with performance data:

$ ./check_pakfire.py
OK: Core Update '105' and packages for release '2.19' up2date! | 'outdated_packages'=0.0;5.0;10.0;;

Installation

To install the plugin, move the Python script into the appropriate directory and create a NRPE configuration.

Configuration

Inside Nagios / Icinga you will need to configure a remote check command, e.g. for NRPE:

#check_nrpe_pakfire
define command{
    command_name        check_nrpe_pakfire
    command_line        $USER1$/check_nrpe -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -c check_pakfire -a $ARG1$
}

Configure the check for a particular host, e.g.:

#DIAG: Updates
define service{
        use                             generic-service
        host_name                       st-ipfire02
        service_description             DIAG: Updates
        check_command                   check_nrpe_pakfire!-P
}