Overview

This event monitor runs 'apt-get update' on systems that support 'Advanced Package Tool Get Update' (apt-get) and alerts if updates are available.

Use Cases

• Making sure your Linux systems have the latest fixes applied

Monitoring Options

This event monitor provides the following options:

Alert With [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if the SSH server is unreachable

Use this option to get alerts if FrameFlow could not contact the SSH server.

Alert With [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if updates are available

Use this option to receive alerts when updates are available.

Alert With [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if updates were installed

Use this option to receive alerts if updates have been installed since the last check.

Alert With [Info/Warning/Error/Critical] if installed updates need a system reboot

With this option enabled, you'll receive an alert if newly installed updates require a system reboot.

Automatically apply available updates

Check this box if you want updates to be automatically applied.

Include the list of available updates in each notification

This option lets you receive a list of all available updates in the notifications generated by each event monitor run.

Authentication and Security

The account used for authentication must have interactive login rights via SSH. In addition, the account must have permission to run the following command:

• apt-get

Protocols

Data Points

This event monitor generates the following data points:

Data Point	Description
Pending Reboot	Displays a 1 if a reboot is pending and a 0 if it is not.
Update Count	The number of updates available.

Sample Output

Tutorial

To view the tutorial for this event monitor, click here.