Check fortios-version

Overview

This plugin lets you track if FortiOS is End-of-Life (EOL). To compare against the current/installed version of FortiOS, the check has to fetch the REST API of the FortiOS appliance.

Fact Sheet

Check Plugin Download

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

Check Interval Recommendation

Once a day

Can be called without parameters

Yes

Compiled for

Linux, Windows

Uses SQLite DBs

$TEMP/linuxfabrik-lib-version.db

Help

usage: fortios-version [-h] [-V] [--always-ok] -H HOSTNAME [--insecure]
                       [--no-proxy] --password PASSWORD [--timeout TIMEOUT]

Tracks if FortiOS 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.
  -H HOSTNAME, --hostname HOSTNAME
                        FortiOS-based Appliance address, optional including
                        port ("192.0.2.1:443").
  --insecure            This option explicitly allows to perform "insecure"
                        SSL connections. Default: False
  --no-proxy            Do not use a proxy. Default: False
  --password PASSWORD   FortiOS REST API Single Access Token.
  --timeout TIMEOUT     Network timeout in seconds. Default: 3 (seconds)

Usage Examples

./fortios-version --hostname fortigate-cluster.example.com --password mypass

Output:

FortiOS v6.0.1 (EOL 2022-09-29) [WARNING]

States

  • If wanted, always returns OK,

  • else returns WARN if Software is EOL

Perfdata / Metrics

Name

Type

Description

fortios-version

Number

Installed FortiOS version as float. „6.0.1“ becomes „6.01“.

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