Software Updates Monitoring

Performance Metrics

• Installed Packages Count
• Upgrades Available For Installed Packages
• Packages to be updated
• Security updates

Quick installation

If you're using Linux servers, use the Software Updates plugin installer that checks the prerequisites and installs the plugin with a bash script. You don't need to manually set up the plugin if you're using the installer.

Plugin Installation

• Create a folder named linux_security_updates.
• Download the linux_security_updates.py and the linux_security_updates.cfg files from our GitHub repository and place them in the linux_security_updates folder.
  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/site24x7/plugins/master/linux_security_updates/linux_security_updates.py && sed -i "1s|^.*|#! $(which python3)|" linux_security_updates.py
  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/site24x7/plugins/master/linux_security_updates/linux_security_updates.cfg
• To verify if the plugin is working, execute the command below with appropriate arguments to check for a valid JSON output:
  python3 linux_security_updates.py
• Move the linux_security_updates folder to the Site24x7 Linux server monitoring plugin directory: /opt/site24x7/monagent/plugins/

The agent will automatically execute the plugin within five minutes and send performance data to the Site24x7 data center.

To view performance charts and set thresholds for the various performance metrics:

• Log in to Site24x7.
• Navigate to Server > Plugin Integrations
• Click the required monitor.

Plugin Contribution

Feel free to contribute to our existing plugin and come up with suggestions or feedback on our Community.