Package Updates DataDog agent Plugin

This plugin sends metrics regarding package updates and reboot status to a DataDog instance.

Work in progress.

If /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py is available, the output will be used to set system.package.updates and system.package.updates.security.

If /var/run/reboot-required is present, system.reboot.required will be set to 1.

If lsb_release is available and the distribution is Ubuntu, the release number will be used to calculate if the release if end-of-life and system.release.eol will be set.

Metrics

https://docs.datadoghq.com/metrics/agent_metrics_submission/?tab=gauge

system.package.updates
system.package.updates.security
system.reboot.required
system.release.eol

Files

/etc/datadog-agent/checks.d/package_updates.py
/etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/package_updates.d/package_updates.yaml

Installation example

git clone https://github.com/konstruktoid/datadog-package-updates
cd datadog-package-updates/
sudo cp -vnR checks.d/ conf.d/ /etc/datadog-agent/
sudo chown -R dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/package_updates.d/
sudo chown -R dd-agent:dd-agent /etc/datadog-agent/checks.d/package_updates.py
sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent