Check about-me
Overview
Reports a overview about the host dimensions, its network interfaces, deployed software and recurring jobs:
OS, disks: system information
Interfaces: all IPv4 network interfaces with their IP address
Software: lists well-known packages installed by your package manager
Apps (if any): manually installed software that resides in
/home,/optand/var/www/htmlTools (if any): tools like dig, wget etc., normally not installed on a minimal server system
Python modules: reports version of installed Python modules some of our checks depend on
systemd default target: the default systemd target that will be booted into
systemd timers: a list of all system systemd timers (excluding user timers)
systemd enabled units: a list of all enabled systemd system units (excluding user units)
crontabs: a list of crontabs that are found in the usual locations. note that this list is not complete
Plugin execution may take up to 30 seconds, depending on the amount or type of installed software.
Fact Sheet
Check Plugin Download |
https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/tree/main/check-plugins/about-me |
Check Interval Recommendation |
Once a day or once a week |
Can be called without parameters |
Yes |
Available for |
Python 2, Python 3 |
Requirements |
Python module |
Help
usage: about-me [-h] [-V]
Reports a quick overview about the host dimensions and installed software.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
Usage Examples
./about-me
Output:
myhostname - Fedora release 34 (Thirty Four) on bare-metal, 8 CPUs, 15.2GiB RAM, Public IP 1.2.3.4
# Disks
* nvme0n1 953.9G
# Interfaces (IPv4)
* virbr0 192.168.122.1/24
* wlp0s20f3 10.80.32.245/24
# Software
* Apache httpd 2.4.49
* Docker Compose 1.28.6
* Docker/Podman 3.3.1
* Firefox 92.0
* g++ 11.2.1
* gcc 11.2.1
* Git 2.31.1
* Glances 3.1.4.1
* GNOME Display Manager 40.1
* GNOME Shell 40.4
* Java openjdk 11.0.12 2021-07-20
* LibreOffice 7.1.6.2.0
* Linux Kernel 5.13.19-200.fc34.x86_64
* MySQL 8.0.26
* Node 14.17.6
* npm 6.14.15
* ntpd ntpsec-1.2.1
* OpenSSL 1.1.1l
* OpenVPN 2.5.3
* Perl 5.32.1
* PHP 7.4.23
* PHP-FPM 7.4.23
* pip 21.0.1
* Python mapped to 3.9.7
* Python2 2.7.18
* Python3 3.9.7
* QEMU Guest Agent 5.2.0
* SPICE Agent
* ssh 8.6p1
* Sublime Text 4113
* sudo 1.9.5p2
* systemd 248
* TeamViewer 15.21.4
* tmate 2.4.0
* vsftpd 3.0.3
# Apps
* Brother Printer SW
* F5 VPN SW
* Google Chrome
* KeeWeb
* Nextcloud
* Rambox
* VMware Tools
# Tools
* dig
* lsof
* nano
* ncat
* nmap
* rsync
* tcpdump
* telnet
* tmux
* unzip
* wget
* whois
* wireshark
# Python modules
* BeautifulSoup 4.1.0
* psutil 5.8.0
# systemd default target
* graphical.target
# systemd timers
* dnf-makecache.timer
* systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer
* mlocate-updatedb.timer
* unbound-anchor.timer
* fstrim.timer
# systemd enabled units
* abrt-journal-core.service
* abrt-oops.service
* abrt-vmcore.service
* abrt-xorg.service
* abrtd.service
* accounts-daemon.service
* anydesk.service
* atd.service
* auditd.service
* avahi-daemon.service
* bluetooth.service
* chronyd.service
* crond.service
* cups.service
* dbus-broker.service
* firewalld.service
* flatpak-add-fedora-repos.service
* gdm.service
* getty@.service
* import-state.service
* iscsi.service
* libvirtd.service
* lm_sensors.service
* low-memory-monitor.service
* lvm2-monitor.service
* mcelog.service
* mdmonitor.service
* ModemManager.service
* multipathd.service
* mysqld.service
* netcf-transaction.service
* NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
* NetworkManager-wait-online.service
* NetworkManager.service
* nfs-convert.service
* ostree-remount.service
* qemu-guest-agent.service
* rngd.service
* rpmdb-rebuild.service
* rtkit-daemon.service
* selinux-autorelabel-mark.service
* smartd.service
* sssd.service
* switcheroo-control.service
* systemd-oomd.service
* systemd-resolved.service
* teamviewerd.service
* thermald.service
* udisks2.service
* upower.service
* uresourced.service
* vboxservice.service
* vgauthd.service
* vmtoolsd.service
* vpnagentd.service
* vsftpd.service
# systemd mounts
* -.mount
* boot-efi.mount
* boot.mount
* dev-hugepages.mount
* dev-mqueue.mount
* proc-fs-nfsd.mount
* sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
* sys-kernel-config.mount
* sys-kernel-debug.mount
* sys-kernel-tracing.mount
* tmp.mount
* var-lib-machines.mount
* var-lib-nfs-rpc_pipefs.mount
# systemd automounts
* proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
# non-default users
user ! pw ! uid ! gid ! comment ! home_dir ! user_shell
--------------------+----+------+------+------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------
apache ! x ! 48 ! 48 ! Apache ! /usr/share/httpd ! /sbin/nologin
avahi ! x ! 70 ! 70 ! Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack ! /var/run/avahi-daemon ! /sbin/nologin
colord ! x ! 983 ! 983 ! User for colord ! /var/lib/colord ! /sbin/nologin
dnsmasq ! x ! 987 ! 987 ! Dnsmasq DHCP and DNS server ! /var/lib/dnsmasq ! /usr/sbin/nologin
fahclient ! x ! 977 ! 975 ! Folding@home Client ! /var/lib/fahclient ! /sbin/nologin
flatpak ! x ! 980 ! 978 ! User for flatpak system helper ! / ! /sbin/nologin
gdm ! x ! 42 ! 42 ! ! /var/lib/gdm ! /sbin/nologin
geoclue ! x ! 985 ! 985 ! User for geoclue ! /var/lib/geoclue ! /sbin/nologin
gluster ! x ! 996 ! 992 ! GlusterFS daemons ! /run/gluster ! /sbin/nologin
gnome-initial-setup ! x ! 979 ! 977 ! ! /run/gnome-initial-setup/ ! /sbin/nologin
bash
mysql ! x ! 27 ! 27 ! MySQL Server ! /var/lib/mysql ! /bin/false
nagios ! x ! 972 ! 965 ! ! /var/spool/nagios ! /sbin/nologin
nginx ! x ! 975 ! 973 ! Nginx web server ! /var/lib/nginx ! /sbin/nologin
nm-openconnect ! x ! 995 ! 990 ! NetworkManager user for OpenConnect ! / ! /sbin/nologin
nm-openvpn ! x ! 981 ! 979 ! Default user for running openvpn spawned by NetworkManager ! / ! /sbin/nologin
ntp ! x ! 38 ! 38 ! ! /var/lib/ntp ! /sbin/nologin
openvpn ! x ! 982 ! 980 ! OpenVPN ! /etc/openvpn ! /sbin/nologin
pipewire ! x ! 997 ! 995 ! PipeWire System Daemon ! /var/run/pipewire ! /sbin/nologin
pkg-build ! x ! 976 ! 974 ! lpf local package build user ! /var/lib/lpf ! /sbin/nologin
pulse ! x ! 171 ! 171 ! PulseAudio System Daemon ! /var/run/pulse ! /sbin/nologin
qemu ! x ! 107 ! 107 ! qemu user ! / ! /sbin/nologin
radvd ! x ! 75 ! 75 ! radvd user ! / ! /sbin/nologin
rtkit ! x ! 172 ! 172 ! RealtimeKit ! /proc ! /sbin/nologin
saslauth ! x ! 993 ! 76 ! Saslauthd user ! /run/saslauthd ! /sbin/nologin
setroubleshoot ! x ! 974 ! 969 ! ! /var/lib/setroubleshoot ! /sbin/nologin
usbmuxd ! x ! 113 ! 113 ! usbmuxd user ! / ! /sbin/nologin
vboxadd ! x ! 978 ! 1 ! ! /var/run/vboxadd ! /sbin/nologin
# crontabs
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
1 5 cron.daily nice run-parts /etc/cron.daily
7 25 cron.weekly nice run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
@monthly 45 cron.monthly nice run-parts /etc/cron.monthly
States
Always returns OK.
Perfdata / Metrics
cpu: Number of CPUs
ram: Size of memory
disks: Number of disks
osversion: as a Number. „Fedora 33“ becomes „33“, „CentOS 7.4.1708“ becomes „741708“ - to see when an update happened
Credits, License
Authors: Linuxfabrik GmbH, Zurich
License: The Unlicense, see LICENSE file.