1 /*****************************************************************************
3 * Monitoring check_apt plugin
6 * Copyright (c) 2006-2024 Monitoring Plugins Development Team
8 * Original author: Sean Finney
12 * This file contains the check_apt plugin
14 * Check for available updates in apt package management systems
17 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
18 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
19 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
20 * (at your option) any later version.
22 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
23 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
24 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
25 * GNU General Public License for more details.
27 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
28 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
30 *****************************************************************************/
32 const char *progname
= "check_apt";
33 const char *copyright
= "2006-2024";
34 const char *email
= "devel@monitoring-plugins.org";
42 typedef enum { UPGRADE
, DIST_UPGRADE
, NO_UPGRADE
} upgrade_type
;
44 /* Character for hidden input file option (for testing). */
45 #define INPUT_FILE_OPT CHAR_MAX+1
46 /* the default opts can be overridden via the cmdline */
47 #define UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS "-o 'Debug::NoLocking=true' -s -qq"
48 #define UPDATE_DEFAULT_OPTS "-q"
49 /* until i commit the configure.in patch which gets this, i'll define
51 #ifndef PATH_TO_APTGET
52 # define PATH_TO_APTGET "/usr/bin/apt-get"
53 #endif /* PATH_TO_APTGET */
54 /* String found at the beginning of the apt output lines we're interested in */
55 #define PKGINST_PREFIX "Inst "
56 /* the RE that catches security updates */
57 #define SECURITY_RE "^[^\\(]*\\(.* (Debian-Security:|Ubuntu:[^/]*/[^-]*-security)"
59 /* some standard functions */
60 int process_arguments(int, char **);
61 void print_help(void);
62 void print_usage(void);
64 /* construct the appropriate apt-get cmdline */
65 char* construct_cmdline(upgrade_type u
, const char *opts
);
66 /* run an apt-get update */
68 /* run an apt-get upgrade */
69 int run_upgrade(int *pkgcount
, int *secpkgcount
, char ***pkglist
, char ***secpkglist
);
70 /* add another clause to a regexp */
71 char* add_to_regexp(char *expr
, const char *next
);
72 /* extract package name from Inst line */
73 char* pkg_name(char *line
);
74 /* string comparison function for qsort */
75 int cmpstringp(const void *p1
, const void *p2
);
77 /* configuration variables */
78 static int verbose
= 0; /* -v */
79 static bool list
= false; /* list packages available for upgrade */
80 static bool do_update
= false; /* whether to call apt-get update */
81 static bool only_critical
= false; /* whether to warn about non-critical updates */
82 static upgrade_type upgrade
= UPGRADE
; /* which type of upgrade to do */
83 static char *upgrade_opts
= NULL
; /* options to override defaults for upgrade */
84 static char *update_opts
= NULL
; /* options to override defaults for update */
85 static char *do_include
= NULL
; /* regexp to only include certain packages */
86 static char *do_exclude
= NULL
; /* regexp to only exclude certain packages */
87 static char *do_critical
= NULL
; /* regexp specifying critical packages */
88 static char *input_filename
= NULL
; /* input filename for testing */
89 /* number of packages available for upgrade to return WARNING status */
90 static int packages_warning
= 1;
92 /* other global variables */
93 static int stderr_warning
= 0; /* if a cmd issued output on stderr */
94 static int exec_warning
= 0; /* if a cmd exited non-zero */
96 int main (int argc
, char **argv
) {
97 int result
=STATE_UNKNOWN
, packages_available
=0, sec_count
=0;
98 char **packages_list
=NULL
, **secpackages_list
=NULL
;
100 /* Parse extra opts if any */
101 argv
=np_extra_opts(&argc
, argv
, progname
);
103 if (process_arguments(argc
, argv
) == ERROR
)
104 usage_va(_("Could not parse arguments"));
106 /* Set signal handling and alarm timeout */
107 if (signal (SIGALRM
, timeout_alarm_handler
) == SIG_ERR
) {
108 usage_va(_("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
111 /* handle timeouts gracefully... */
112 alarm (timeout_interval
);
114 /* if they want to run apt-get update first... */
115 if(do_update
) result
= run_update();
117 /* apt-get upgrade */
118 result
= max_state(result
, run_upgrade(&packages_available
, &sec_count
, &packages_list
, &secpackages_list
));
121 result
= max_state(result
, STATE_CRITICAL
);
122 } else if(packages_available
>= packages_warning
&& only_critical
== false){
123 result
= max_state(result
, STATE_WARNING
);
124 } else if(result
> STATE_UNKNOWN
){
125 result
= STATE_UNKNOWN
;
128 printf(_("APT %s: %d packages available for %s (%d critical updates). %s%s%s%s|available_upgrades=%d;;;0 critical_updates=%d;;;0\n"),
131 (upgrade
==DIST_UPGRADE
)?"dist-upgrade":"upgrade",
133 (stderr_warning
)?" warnings detected":"",
134 (stderr_warning
&& exec_warning
)?",":"",
135 (exec_warning
)?" errors detected":"",
136 (stderr_warning
||exec_warning
)?".":"",
142 qsort(secpackages_list
, sec_count
, sizeof(char*), cmpstringp
);
143 qsort(packages_list
, packages_available
-sec_count
, sizeof(char*), cmpstringp
);
145 for(int i
= 0; i
< sec_count
; i
++)
146 printf("%s (security)\n", secpackages_list
[i
]);
148 if (only_critical
== false) {
149 for(int i
= 0; i
< packages_available
- sec_count
; i
++)
150 printf("%s\n", packages_list
[i
]);
157 /* process command-line arguments */
158 int process_arguments (int argc
, char **argv
) {
161 static struct option longopts
[] = {
162 {"version", no_argument
, 0, 'V'},
163 {"help", no_argument
, 0, 'h'},
164 {"verbose", no_argument
, 0, 'v'},
165 {"timeout", required_argument
, 0, 't'},
166 {"update", optional_argument
, 0, 'u'},
167 {"upgrade", optional_argument
, 0, 'U'},
168 {"no-upgrade", no_argument
, 0, 'n'},
169 {"dist-upgrade", optional_argument
, 0, 'd'},
170 {"list", no_argument
, false, 'l'},
171 {"include", required_argument
, 0, 'i'},
172 {"exclude", required_argument
, 0, 'e'},
173 {"critical", required_argument
, 0, 'c'},
174 {"only-critical", no_argument
, 0, 'o'},
175 {"input-file", required_argument
, 0, INPUT_FILE_OPT
},
176 {"packages-warning", required_argument
, 0, 'w'},
181 c
= getopt_long(argc
, argv
, "hVvt:u::U::d::nli:e:c:ow:", longopts
, NULL
);
183 if(c
== -1 || c
== EOF
|| c
== 1) break;
190 print_revision(progname
, NP_VERSION
);
196 timeout_interval
=atoi(optarg
);
199 upgrade
=DIST_UPGRADE
;
201 upgrade_opts
=strdup(optarg
);
202 if(upgrade_opts
==NULL
) die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, "strdup failed");
208 upgrade_opts
=strdup(optarg
);
209 if(upgrade_opts
==NULL
) die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, "strdup failed");
218 update_opts
=strdup(optarg
);
219 if(update_opts
==NULL
) die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, "strdup failed");
226 do_include
=add_to_regexp(do_include
, optarg
);
229 do_exclude
=add_to_regexp(do_exclude
, optarg
);
232 do_critical
=add_to_regexp(do_critical
, optarg
);
238 input_filename
= optarg
;
241 packages_warning
= atoi(optarg
);
244 /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
253 /* run an apt-get upgrade */
254 int run_upgrade(int *pkgcount
, int *secpkgcount
, char ***pkglist
, char ***secpkglist
){
255 int result
=STATE_UNKNOWN
, regres
=0, pc
=0, spc
=0;
256 struct output chld_out
, chld_err
;
257 regex_t ireg
, ereg
, sreg
;
258 char *cmdline
=NULL
, rerrbuf
[64];
260 /* initialize ereg as it is possible it is printed while uninitialized */
261 memset(&ereg
, '\0', sizeof(ereg
.buffer
));
263 if(upgrade
==NO_UPGRADE
) return STATE_OK
;
265 /* compile the regexps */
266 if (do_include
!= NULL
) {
267 regres
=regcomp(&ireg
, do_include
, REG_EXTENDED
);
269 regerror(regres
, &ireg
, rerrbuf
, 64);
270 die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, _("%s: Error compiling regexp: %s"), progname
, rerrbuf
);
274 if(do_exclude
!=NULL
){
275 regres
=regcomp(&ereg
, do_exclude
, REG_EXTENDED
);
277 regerror(regres
, &ereg
, rerrbuf
, 64);
278 die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, _("%s: Error compiling regexp: %s"),
283 const char *crit_ptr
= (do_critical
!= NULL
) ? do_critical
: SECURITY_RE
;
284 regres
=regcomp(&sreg
, crit_ptr
, REG_EXTENDED
);
286 regerror(regres
, &ereg
, rerrbuf
, 64);
287 die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, _("%s: Error compiling regexp: %s"),
291 cmdline
=construct_cmdline(upgrade
, upgrade_opts
);
292 if (input_filename
!= NULL
) {
293 /* read input from a file for testing */
294 result
= cmd_file_read(input_filename
, &chld_out
, 0);
296 /* run the upgrade */
297 result
= np_runcmd(cmdline
, &chld_out
, &chld_err
, 0);
300 /* apt-get upgrade only changes exit status if there is an
301 * internal error when run in dry-run mode. therefore we will
302 * treat such an error as UNKNOWN */
305 result
= STATE_UNKNOWN
;
306 fprintf(stderr
, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"),
310 *pkglist
=malloc(sizeof(char *) * chld_out
.lines
);
311 if(!pkglist
) die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, "malloc failed!\n");
312 *secpkglist
=malloc(sizeof(char *) * chld_out
.lines
);
313 if(!secpkglist
) die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, "malloc failed!\n");
315 /* parse the output, which should only consist of lines like
320 * so we'll filter based on "Inst" for the time being. later
321 * we may need to switch to the --print-uris output format,
322 * in which case the logic here will slightly change.
324 for(size_t i
= 0; i
< chld_out
.lines
; i
++) {
326 printf("%s\n", chld_out
.line
[i
]);
328 /* if it is a package we care about */
329 if (strncmp(PKGINST_PREFIX
, chld_out
.line
[i
], strlen(PKGINST_PREFIX
)) == 0 &&
330 (do_include
== NULL
|| regexec(&ireg
, chld_out
.line
[i
], 0, NULL
, 0) == 0)) {
331 /* if we're not excluding, or it's not in the
332 * list of stuff to exclude */
333 if(do_exclude
==NULL
||
334 regexec(&ereg
, chld_out
.line
[i
], 0, NULL
, 0)!=0){
336 if(regexec(&sreg
, chld_out
.line
[i
], 0, NULL
, 0)==0){
338 if(verbose
) printf("*");
339 (*secpkglist
)[spc
-1] = pkg_name(chld_out
.line
[i
]);
341 (*pkglist
)[pc
-spc
-1] = pkg_name(chld_out
.line
[i
]);
344 printf("*%s\n", chld_out
.line
[i
]);
352 /* If we get anything on stderr, at least set warning */
353 if (input_filename
== NULL
&& chld_err
.buflen
) {
355 result
= max_state(result
, STATE_WARNING
);
357 for(size_t i
= 0; i
< chld_err
.lines
; i
++) {
358 fprintf(stderr
, "%s\n", chld_err
.line
[i
]);
362 if (do_include
!= NULL
) regfree(&ireg
);
364 if(do_exclude
!=NULL
) regfree(&ereg
);
369 /* run an apt-get update (needs root) */
370 int run_update(void){
371 int result
=STATE_UNKNOWN
;
372 struct output chld_out
, chld_err
;
376 cmdline
= construct_cmdline(NO_UPGRADE
, update_opts
);
377 result
= np_runcmd(cmdline
, &chld_out
, &chld_err
, 0);
378 /* apt-get update changes exit status if it can't fetch packages.
379 * since we were explicitly asked to do so, this is treated as
380 * a critical error. */
383 result
= STATE_CRITICAL
;
384 fprintf(stderr
, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"),
389 for(size_t i
= 0; i
< chld_out
.lines
; i
++) {
390 printf("%s\n", chld_out
.line
[i
]);
394 /* If we get anything on stderr, at least set warning */
397 result
= max_state(result
, STATE_WARNING
);
399 for(size_t i
= 0; i
< chld_err
.lines
; i
++) {
400 fprintf(stderr
, "%s\n", chld_err
.line
[i
]);
408 char* pkg_name(char *line
){
409 char *start
=NULL
, *space
=NULL
, *pkg
=NULL
;
412 start
= line
+ strlen(PKGINST_PREFIX
);
415 space
= index(start
, ' ');
420 pkg
=malloc(sizeof(char)*(len
+1));
421 if(!pkg
) die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, "malloc failed!\n");
423 strncpy(pkg
, start
, len
);
429 int cmpstringp(const void *p1
, const void *p2
){
430 return strcmp(* (char * const *) p1
, * (char * const *) p2
);
433 char* add_to_regexp(char *expr
, const char *next
){
437 re
=malloc(sizeof(char)*(strlen("()")+strlen(next
)+1));
438 if(!re
) die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, "malloc failed!\n");
439 sprintf(re
, "(%s)", next
);
441 /* resize it, adding an extra char for the new '|' separator */
442 re
=realloc(expr
, sizeof(char)*(strlen(expr
)+1+strlen(next
)+1));
443 if(!re
) die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, "realloc failed!\n");
444 /* append it starting at ')' in the old re */
445 sprintf((char*)(re
+strlen(re
)-1), "|%s)", next
);
451 char* construct_cmdline(upgrade_type u
, const char *opts
){
453 const char *opts_ptr
=NULL
, *aptcmd
=NULL
;
458 if(opts
==NULL
) opts_ptr
=UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS
;
463 if(opts
==NULL
) opts_ptr
=UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS
;
465 aptcmd
="dist-upgrade";
468 if(opts
==NULL
) opts_ptr
=UPDATE_DEFAULT_OPTS
;
474 len
+=strlen(PATH_TO_APTGET
)+1; /* "/usr/bin/apt-get " */
475 len
+=strlen(opts_ptr
)+1; /* "opts " */
476 len
+=strlen(aptcmd
)+1; /* "upgrade\0" */
478 cmd
=(char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*len
);
479 if(cmd
==NULL
) die(STATE_UNKNOWN
, "malloc failed");
480 sprintf(cmd
, "%s %s %s", PATH_TO_APTGET
, opts_ptr
, aptcmd
);
484 /* informative help message */
488 print_revision(progname
, NP_VERSION
);
490 printf(_(COPYRIGHT
), copyright
, email
);
492 printf("%s\n", _("This plugin checks for software updates on systems that use"));
493 printf("%s\n", _("package management systems based on the apt-get(8) command"));
494 printf("%s\n", _("found in Debian GNU/Linux"));
500 printf(UT_HELP_VRSN
);
501 printf(UT_EXTRA_OPTS
);
503 printf(UT_PLUG_TIMEOUT
, timeout_interval
);
505 printf (" %s\n", "-n, --no-upgrade");
506 printf (" %s\n", _("Do not run the upgrade. Probably not useful (without -u at least)."));
507 printf (" %s\n", "-l, --list");
508 printf (" %s\n", _("List packages available for upgrade. Packages are printed sorted by"));
509 printf (" %s\n", _("name with security packages listed first."));
510 printf (" %s\n", "-i, --include=REGEXP");
511 printf (" %s\n", _("Include only packages matching REGEXP. Can be specified multiple times"));
512 printf (" %s\n", _("the values will be combined together. Any packages matching this list"));
513 printf (" %s\n", _("cause the plugin to return WARNING status. Others will be ignored."));
514 printf (" %s\n", _("Default is to include all packages."));
515 printf (" %s\n", "-e, --exclude=REGEXP");
516 printf (" %s\n", _("Exclude packages matching REGEXP from the list of packages that would"));
517 printf (" %s\n", _("otherwise be included. Can be specified multiple times; the values"));
518 printf (" %s\n", _("will be combined together. Default is to exclude no packages."));
519 printf (" %s\n", "-c, --critical=REGEXP");
520 printf (" %s\n", _("If the full package information of any of the upgradable packages match"));
521 printf (" %s\n", _("this REGEXP, the plugin will return CRITICAL status. Can be specified"));
522 printf (" %s\n", _("multiple times like above. Default is a regexp matching security"));
523 printf (" %s\n", _("upgrades for Debian and Ubuntu:"));
524 printf (" \t%s\n", SECURITY_RE
);
525 printf (" %s\n", _("Note that the package must first match the include list before its"));
526 printf (" %s\n", _("information is compared against the critical list."));
527 printf (" %s\n", "-o, --only-critical");
528 printf (" %s\n", _("Only warn about upgrades matching the critical list. The total number"));
529 printf (" %s\n", _("of upgrades will be printed, but any non-critical upgrades will not cause"));
530 printf (" %s\n", _("the plugin to return WARNING status."));
531 printf (" %s\n", "-w, --packages-warning");
532 printf (" %s\n", _("Minimum number of packages available for upgrade to return WARNING status."));
533 printf (" %s\n\n", _("Default is 1 package."));
535 printf ("%s\n\n", _("The following options require root privileges and should be used with care:"));
536 printf (" %s\n", "-u, --update=OPTS");
537 printf (" %s\n", _("First perform an 'apt-get update'. An optional OPTS parameter overrides"));
538 printf (" %s\n", _("the default options. Note: you may also need to adjust the global"));
539 printf (" %s\n", _("timeout (with -t) to prevent the plugin from timing out if apt-get"));
540 printf (" %s\n", _("upgrade is expected to take longer than the default timeout."));
541 printf (" %s\n", "-U, --upgrade=OPTS");
542 printf (" %s\n", _("Perform an upgrade. If an optional OPTS argument is provided,"));
543 printf (" %s\n", _("apt-get will be run with these command line options instead of the"));
544 printf (" %s", _("default "));
545 printf ("(%s).\n", UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS
);
546 printf (" %s\n", _("Note that you may be required to have root privileges if you do not use"));
547 printf (" %s\n", _("the default options, which will only run a simulation and NOT perform the upgrade"));
548 printf (" %s\n", "-d, --dist-upgrade=OPTS");
549 printf (" %s\n", _("Perform a dist-upgrade instead of normal upgrade. Like with -U OPTS"));
550 printf (" %s\n", _("can be provided to override the default options."));
556 /* simple usage heading */
560 printf ("%s\n", _("Usage:"));
561 printf ("%s [[-d|-u|-U]opts] [-n] [-l] [-t timeout] [-w packages-warning]\n", progname
);