File check_yum of Package nagios-plugins-yum

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""Nagios plugin to test for Yum updates on RedHat/CentOS Linux.
   Can optionally alert on any available updates as well as just
   security related updates"""

__author__  = "Hari Sekhon"
__title__   = "Nagios Plugin for Yum updates on RedHat/CentOS systems"
__version__ = "0.7.1"

# Standard Nagios return codes
OK       = 0
WARNING  = 1
CRITICAL = 2
UNKNOWN  = 3

import os
import re
import sys
import signal
OLD_PYTHON = False
try:
    from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
except ImportError:
    OLD_PYTHON = True
    import commands
from optparse import OptionParser

DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30

def end(status, message):
    """Exits the plugin with first arg as the return code and the second
    arg as the message to output"""
    
    check = "YUM "
    if status == OK:
        print "%sOK: %s" % (check, message)
        sys.exit(OK)
    elif status == WARNING:
        print "%sWARNING: %s" % (check, message)
        sys.exit(WARNING)
    elif status == CRITICAL:
        print "%sCRITICAL: %s" % (check, message)
        sys.exit(CRITICAL)
    else:
        print "UNKNOWN: %s" % message
        sys.exit(UNKNOWN)

YUM = "/usr/bin/yum"

def check_yum_usable():
    """Checks that the YUM program and path are correct and usable - that
    the program exists and is executable, otherwise exits with error"""

if not os.path.exists(YUM):
        end(UNKNOWN, "%s cannot be found" % YUM)
    elif not os.path.isfile(YUM):
        end(UNKNOWN, "%s is not a file" % YUM)
    elif not os.access(YUM, os.X_OK):
        end(UNKNOWN, "%s is not executable" % YUM)

class YumTester:
    """Class to hold all portage test functions and state"""

def __init__(self):
        """Initialize all object variables"""

self.all_updates        = False
        self.no_cache_update    = False
        self.no_warn_on_lock    = False
        self.enable_repo        = ""
        self.disable_repo       = ""
        self.timeout            = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
        self.verbosity          = 0
        self.warn_on_any_update = False

def validate_all_variables(self):
        """Validates all object variables to make sure the 
        environment is sane"""

if self.timeout == None:
            self.timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
        try:
            self.timeout = int(self.timeout)
        except ValueError:
            end(UNKNOWN, "Timeout must be an whole number, " \
                       + "representing the timeout in seconds")

if self.timeout < 1 or self.timeout > 3600:
            end(UNKNOWN, "Timeout must be a number between 1 and 3600 seconds")

if self.verbosity == None:
            self.verbosity = 0
        try:
            self.verbosity = int(self.verbosity)
            if self.verbosity < 0:
                raise ValueError
        except ValueError:
            end(UNKNOWN, "Invalid verbosity type, must be positive numeric " \
                        + "integer")

def run(self, cmd):
        """runs a system command and returns 
        an array of lines of the output"""

if cmd == "" or cmd == None:
            end(UNKNOWN, "Internal python error - " \
                       + "no cmd supplied for run function")
       
        if self.no_cache_update:
            cmd += " -C"

if self.enable_repo:
            for repo in self.enable_repo.split(","):
                cmd += " --enablerepo=%s" % repo
        if self.disable_repo:
            for repo in self.disable_repo.split(","):
                cmd += " --disablerepo=%s" % repo

self.vprint(3, "running command: %s" % cmd)

if OLD_PYTHON:
            self.vprint(3, "subprocess not available, probably old python " \
                         + "version, using shell instead")
            returncode, stdout = commands.getstatusoutput(cmd)
            if returncode >= 256:
                returncode = returncode / 256
        else:
            try:
                process = Popen( cmd.split(), 
                                 stdin=PIPE, 
                                 stdout=PIPE, 
                                 stderr=STDOUT )
            except OSError, error:
                error = str(error)
                if error == "No such file or directory":
                    end(UNKNOWN, "Cannot find utility '%s'" % cmd.split()[0])
                end(UNKNOWN, "Error trying to run utility '%s' - %s" \
                                                  % (cmd.split()[0], error))
        
            output = process.communicate()
            returncode = process.returncode
            stdout = output[0]
        
        if stdout == None or stdout == "":
            end(UNKNOWN, "No output from utility '%s'" % cmd.split()[0])

self.vprint(3, "Returncode: '%s'\nOutput: '%s'" \
                                                     % (returncode, stdout))
        output = str(stdout).split("\n")
        self.check_returncode(returncode, output)

return output

def check_returncode(self, returncode, output):
        """Takes the returncode and output (as an array of lines) 
        of the yum program execution and tests for failures, exits 
        with an appropriate message if any are found"""

if returncode == 0:
            pass
        elif returncode == 100:
            # Updates Available
            pass
        elif returncode == 200:
            if "lock" in output[-2] or "another copy is running" in output[-2]:
                msg = "Cannot check for updates, " \
                    + "another instance of yum is running"
                if self.no_warn_on_lock:
                    end(OK, msg)
                else:
                    end(WARNING, msg)
            else:
                output = self.strip_output(output)
                end(UNKNOWN, "%s" % output)
        else:
            if not 'Loading "security" plugin' in output \
               or "Command line error: no such option: --security" in output:
                end(UNKNOWN, "Security plugin for yum is required. Try to "    \
                           + "'yum install yum-security' and then re-run "     \
                           + "this plugin. Alternatively, to just alert on "   \
                           + "any update which does not require the security " \
                           + "plugin, try --all-updates")
            else:
                output = self.strip_output(output)
                end(UNKNOWN, "%s" % output)

def strip_output(self, output):
        """Cleans up the output from the plugin and returns it. 
        Takes and returns an array of the lines of output 
        and returns a single string"""

self.vprint(3, "stripping output of 'Loading ... plugin' lines")
        re_loading_plugin = re.compile("^Loading .+ plugin$")
        output = [re_loading_plugin.sub("", line) for line in output]
        output = " ".join(output).strip()
        return output

def set_timeout(self):
        """sets an alarm to time out the test"""

if self.timeout == 1:
            self.vprint(3, "setting plugin timeout to %s second" \
                                                                % self.timeout)
        else:
            self.vprint(3, "setting plugin timeout to %s seconds"\
                                                                % self.timeout)

signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, self.sighandler)
        signal.alarm(self.timeout)

def sighandler(self, discarded, discarded2):
        """Function to be called by signal.alarm to kill the plugin"""

# Nop for these variables
        discarded = discarded2
        discarded2 = discarded

end(CRITICAL, "Yum nagios plugin has self terminated after " \
                    + "exceeding the timeout (%s seconds)" % self.timeout)

def get_updates(self):
        """Checks for updates and returns a tuple containing the number of
        security updates and the number of total updates"""

self.vprint(2, "checking for any security updates")

if self.all_updates:
            number_security_updates, number_other_updates = \
                                                        self.get_all_updates()
        else:
            number_other_updates = self.get_security_updates()
            number_security_updates = 0

return number_security_updates, number_other_updates

def get_all_updates(self):
        """Gets all updates. Returns a single integer of the 
        number of available updates"""

cmd = "%s check-update" % YUM
        
        output = self.run(cmd)

output2 = "\n".join(output).split("\n\n")
        if self.verbosity >= 4 :
            for section in output2:
                print "\nSection:\n%s\n" % section
        if len(output2) > 2 or \
           not ( "Setting up repositories" in output2[0] or \
                 "Loaded plugins: " in output2[0] or \
                 re.search('Loading\s+".+"\s+plugin', output2[0]) ):
            end(WARNING, "Yum output signature does not match current known "  \
                       + "format. Please make sure you have upgraded to the "  \
                       + "latest version of this plugin. If the problem "      \
                       + "persists, please contact the author for a fix")
        if len(output2) == 1:
            # There are no updates but we have passed 
            # the loading and setting up of repositories
            number_packages = 0
        else:
            number_packages = len([x for x in output2[1].split("\n") \
                                                        if len(x.split()) > 1 ])
        
        try:
            number_packages = int(number_packages)
            if number_packages < 0:
                raise ValueError
        except ValueError:
            end(UNKNOWN, "Error parsing package information, invalid package " \
                       + "number, yum output may have changed. Please make "   \
                       + "sure you have upgraded to the latest version of "    \
                       + "this plugin. If the problem persists, then please "  \
                       + "contact the author for a fix")

# Extra layer of checks. This is a security plugin so it's preferable 
        # to fail on error rather than pass silently leaving you with an 
        # insecure system
        count = 0
        re_package_format = \
                re.compile("^.+\.(i[3456]86|x86_64|noarch)\s+.+\s+.+$")
        # This is to work around a yum truncation issue effectively changing
        # the package output format. Currently only very long kmod lines
        # are seen to have caused this so we stick to what we know for safety
        # and raise an unknown error on anything else for maximum security
        #re_package_format_truncated = \
        #        re.compile("^[\w-]+-kmod-\d[\d\.-]+.*\s+.+\s+.+$")
        for line in output:
            if re_package_format.match(line):
                count += 1
        if count != number_packages:
            end(UNKNOWN, "Error parsing package information, inconsistent "    \
                       + "package count, yum output may have changed. Please " \
                       + "make sure you have upgraded to the latest version "  \
                       + "of this plugin. If the problem persists, then "      \
                       + "please contact the author for a fix")

return number_packages

def get_security_updates(self):
        """Gets all updates, but differentiates between
        security and normal updates. Returns a tuple of the number 
        of security and normal updates"""

cmd = "%s --security check-update" % YUM

output = self.run(cmd)

re_security_summary = \
                re.compile("Needed \d+ of \d+ packages, for security")
        re_no_security_updates_available = \
                re.compile("No packages needed, for security, \d+ available")
        summary_line_found = False
        for line in output:
            if re_no_security_updates_available.match(line):
                summary_line_found = True
                number_security_updates = 0
                number_total_updates    = line.split()[5]
                break
            elif re_security_summary.match(line):
                summary_line_found = True
                number_security_updates = line.split()[1]
                number_total_updates    = line.split()[3]
                break

if not summary_line_found:
            end(WARNING, "Cannot find summary line in yum output. Please "     \
                       + "make sure you have upgraded to the latest version "  \
                       + "of this plugin. If the problem persists, please "    \
                       + "contact the author for a fix")

try:
            number_security_updates = int(number_security_updates)
            number_total_updates = int(number_total_updates)
        except ValueError:
            end(WARNING, "Error parsing package information, yum output " \
                       + "may have changed. Please make sure you have "     \
                       + "upgraded to the latest version of this plugin. "  \
                       + "If the problem persists, the please contact the " \
                       + "author for a fix")

number_other_updates = number_total_updates - number_security_updates
         
        if len(output) > number_total_updates + 25:
            end(WARNING, "Yum output signature is larger than current known "  \
                       + "format, please make sure you have upgraded to the "  \
                       + "latest version of this plugin. If the problem "      \
                       + "persists, please contact the author for a fix")

return number_security_updates, number_other_updates

def test_yum_updates(self):
        """Starts tests and controls logic flow"""

check_yum_usable()
        self.vprint(3, "%s - Version %s\nAuthor: %s\n" \
            % (__title__, __version__, __author__))
        
        self.validate_all_variables()
        self.set_timeout()
  
        if self.all_updates:
            return self.test_all_updates()
        else:
            return self.test_security_updates()

def test_all_updates(self):
        """Tests for all updates, and returns a tuple 
        of the status code and output"""

status  = UNKNOWN
        message = "code error - please contact author for a fix"

number_updates = self.get_all_updates()
        if number_updates == 0:
            status = OK
            message = "0 Updates Available"
        else:
            status = CRITICAL
            if number_updates == 1:
                message = "1 Update Available"
            else:
                message = "%s Updates Available" % number_updates

return status, message

def test_security_updates(self):
        """Tests for security updates and returns a tuple
        of the status code and output"""

status  = UNKNOWN
        message = "code error - please contact author for a fix"
        
        number_security_updates, number_other_updates = \
                                                    self.get_security_updates()
        if number_security_updates == 0:
            status = OK
            message = "0 Security Updates Available"
        else:
            status = CRITICAL
            if number_security_updates == 1:
                message = "1 Security Update Available"
            elif number_security_updates > 1:
                message = "%s Security Updates Available" \
                                                    % number_security_updates
    
        if number_other_updates != 0:
            if self.warn_on_any_update == True and status != CRITICAL:
                status = WARNING
            if number_other_updates == 1:
                message += ". 1 Non-Security Update Available"
            else:
                message += ". %s Non-Security Updates Available" \
                                                        % number_other_updates
                                
        return status, message

def vprint(self, threshold, message):
        """Prints a message if the first arg is numerically greater than the
        verbosity level"""

if self.verbosity >= threshold:
            print "%s" % message

def main():
    """Parses command line options and calls the test function"""

tester = YumTester()
    parser = OptionParser()

parser.add_option( "--all-updates",
                       action="store_true",
                       dest="all_updates",
                       help="Does not distinguish between security and "      \
                          + "non-security updates, but returns critical for " \
                          + "any available update. This may be used if the "  \
                          + "yum security plugin is absent or you want to "   \
                          + "maintain every single package at the latest "    \
                          + "version. You may want to use "                   \
                          + "--warn-on-any-update instead of this option")

parser.add_option( "--warn-on-any-update",
                       action="store_true",
                       dest="warn_on_any_update",
                       help="Warns if there are any (non-security) package "   \
                          + "updates available. By default only warns when "   \
                          + "security related updates are available. If "      \
                          + "--all-updates is used, then this option is "      \
                          + "redundant as --all-updates will return a "        \
                          + "critical result on any available update, "        \
                          + "whereas using this switch still allows you to "   \
                          + "differentiate between the severity of updates ")

parser.add_option( "-C",
                       "--cache-only",
                       action="store_true",
                       dest="no_cache_update",
                       help="Run entirely from cache and do not update the " \
                          + "cache when running yum. Useful if you have "    \
                          + "'yum makecache' cronned so that the nagios "    \
                          + "check itself doesn't have to do it, possibly "  \
                          + "speeding up execution (by 1-2 seconds in tests)")

parser.add_option( "--no-warn-on-lock",
                       action="store_true",
                       dest="no_warn_on_lock",
                       help="Return OK instead of WARNING when yum is locked " \
                          + "and fails to check for updates due to another "   \
                          + "instance running. This is not recommended from "  \
                          + "the security standpoint, but may be wanted to "   \
                          + "reduce the number of alerts that may "            \
                          + "intermittently pop up when someone is running "   \
                          + "yum interactively for package management")

parser.add_option( "--enablerepo",
                       dest="repository_to_enable",
                       help="Explicitly enables a reposity when calling yum. "
                          + "Can take a comma separated list of repositories")

parser.add_option( "--disablerepo",
                       dest="repository_to_disable",
                       help="Explicitly disables a repository when calling yum "
                          + "Can take a comma separated list of repositories")

parser.add_option( "-t",
                       "--timeout",
                       dest="timeout",
                       help="Sets a timeout in seconds after which the "  \
                           +"plugin will exit (defaults to %s seconds). " \
                                                      % DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)

parser.add_option( "-v", 
                       "--verbose", 
                       action="count", 
                       dest="verbosity",
                       help="Verbose mode. Can be used multiple times to "     \
                          + "increase output. Use -vvv for debugging output. " \
                          + "By default only one result line is printed as "   \
                          + "per Nagios standards")

parser.add_option( "-V",
                       "--version",
                       action="store_true",
                       dest="version",
                       help="Print version number and exit")

(options, args) = parser.parse_args()

if args:
        parser.print_help()
        sys.exit(UNKNOWN)

tester.all_updates                 = options.all_updates
    tester.no_cache_update             = options.no_cache_update
    tester.no_warn_on_lock             = options.no_warn_on_lock
    tester.enable_repo                 = options.repository_to_enable
    tester.disable_repo                = options.repository_to_disable
    tester.timeout                     = options.timeout
    tester.verbosity                   = options.verbosity
    tester.warn_on_any_update          = options.warn_on_any_update

if options.version:
        print "%s - Version %s\nAuthor: %s\n" \
            % (__title__, __version__, __author__)
        sys.exit(OK)
    
    result, output = tester.test_yum_updates()
    end(result, output)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    try:
        main()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print "Caught Control-C..."
        sys.exit(CRITICAL)