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Check gitlab-version

Overview

This plugin lets you track if GitLab is End-of-Life (EOL). To compare against the current/installed version of GitLab, the check has to run on the GitLab server itself.

This check plugin alerts n days before or after the EOL date is reached. Optionally, it can also alert on available major, minor or patch releases (each independently).

Fact Sheet

Fact Value
Check Plugin Download https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/tree/main/check-plugins/gitlab-version
Check Interval Recommendation Once a day
Can be called without parameters Yes
Compiled for Windows No
Uses SQLite DBs $TEMP/linuxfabrik-lib-version.db

Help

usage: gitlab-version [-h] [-V] [--always-ok] [--check-major] [--check-minor]
                      [--check-patch] [--insecure] [--no-proxy]
                      [--offset-eol OFFSET_EOL] [--path PATH]
                      [--timeout TIMEOUT]

Tracks if GitLab is EOL.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit
  --always-ok           Always returns OK.
  --check-major         Alert me when there is a new major release available,
                        even if the current version of my product is not EOL.
                        Example: Notify when I run v26 (not yet EOL) and v27
                        is available. Default: False
  --check-minor         Alert me when there is a new major.minor release
                        available, even if the current version of my product
                        is not EOL. Example: Notify when I run v26.2 (not yet
                        EOL) and v26.3 is available. Default: False
  --check-patch         Alert me when there is a new major.minor.patch release
                        available, even if the current version of my product
                        is not EOL. Example: Notify when I run v26.2.7 (not
                        yet EOL) and v26.2.8 is available. Default: False
  --insecure            This option explicitly allows to perform "insecure"
                        SSL connections. Default: False
  --no-proxy            Do not use a proxy. Default: False
  --offset-eol OFFSET_EOL
                        Alert me n days before ("-30") or after an EOL date
                        ("30" or "+30"). Default: -30 days
  --path PATH           Full path to GitLab's `version-manifest.txt`. Default:
                        /opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt
  --timeout TIMEOUT     Network timeout in seconds. Default: 8 (seconds)

Usage Examples

./gitlab-version --offset-eol=-30

Output:

GitLab v16.0.3 (EOL 2023-08-22 -30d [WARNING], minor 16.4.1 available, patch 16.0.8 available)

States

  • WARN if software is EOL
  • Optional: WARN when new major version is available
  • Optional: WARN when new minor version is available
  • Optional: WARN when new patch version is available

Perfdata / Metrics

Name Type Description
gitlab-version Number Installed GitLab version as float. "15.8.0" becomes "15.80".

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