Check apache-httpd-version

Overview

This plugin lets you track if Apache httpd is End-of-Life (EOL). To compare against the current/installed version of Apache httpd, the check has to run on the Apache httpd server itself.

Hints:

  • Runs on all systems where the Apache is named either „httpd“ or „apache2“.

Fact Sheet

Check Plugin Download

https://github.com/Linuxfabrik/monitoring-plugins/tree/main/check-plugins/apache-httpd-version

Check Interval Recommendation

Once a day

Can be called without parameters

Yes

Compiled for

Linux

Help

usage: apache-httpd-version [-h] [-V] [--always-ok]

Tracks if apache-httpd is EOL.

options:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -V, --version  show program's version number and exit
  --always-ok    Always returns OK.

Usage Examples

./apache-httpd-version

Output:

Apache httpd v2.2.34 (EOL 2017-07-11 [WARNING])

States

  • If wanted, always returns OK,

  • else returns WARN if Software is EOL

Perfdata / Metrics

Name

Type

Description

apache-httpd-version

Number

Installed Apache httpd version as float. „2.2.34“ becomes „2.234“.

Credits, License