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Check deb-lastactivity

Overview

Checks the timespan since the last package manager activity, for example due to an apt install/update.

Fact Sheet

Fact Value
Check Plugin Download https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/tree/main/check-plugins/deb-lastactivity
Check Interval Recommendation Once a day
Can be called without parameters Yes
Compiled for Windows No

Help

usage: deb-lastactivity [-h] [-V] [-c CRIT] [--test TEST] [-w WARN]

Checks the timespan since the last package manager activity, for example due
to an apt install/update.

options:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  -V, --version        show program's version number and exit
  -c, --critical CRIT  Set the critical threshold (in days). Default: 365
  --test TEST          For unit tests. Needs "path-to-stdout-file,path-to-
                       stderr-file,expected-retc".
  -w, --warning WARN   Set the warning threshold (in days). Default: 90

Usage Examples

./deb-lastactivity --warning 90 --critical 365

Output:

Last package manager activity is 5M 2W ago [WARNING] (thresholds 90D/365D).

States

  • WARN or CRIT if last activity is above a given threshold.
  • WARN if "Last-Modified" timestamp for one or more packages is not found.

Perfdata / Metrics

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