Check gitlab-version

Overview

Checks the installed GitLab version against the endoflife.date API and alerts if the version is end-of-life or if newer major, minor, or patch releases are available. By default, alerts 30 days before the official EOL date. The offset is configurable.

Important Notes:

  • The check must run locally on the GitLab server because it reads the version from a local file.

Data Collection:

  • Reads the installed GitLab version from /opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt (configurable via --path)

  • Compares against the endoflife.date API to determine EOL status and available updates

  • Caches API responses locally for 24 hours to reduce external requests

Fact Sheet

Fact

Value

Check Plugin Download

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

Nagios/Icinga Check Name

check_gitlab_version

Check Interval Recommendation

Every day

Can be called without parameters

Yes

Runs on

Cross-platform

Compiled for Windows

No

Uses State File

$TEMP/linuxfabrik-lib-version.db

Help

usage: gitlab-version [-h] [-V] [--always-ok] [--check-major] [--check-minor]
                      [--check-patch] [--insecure] [--no-proxy]
                      [--offset-eol OFFSET_EOL] [--path PATH]
                      [--timeout TIMEOUT]

Checks the installed GitLab version against the endoflife.date API and alerts
if the version is end-of-life or if newer major, minor, or patch releases are
available. By default, alerts 30 days before the official EOL date. The offset
is configurable.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit
  --always-ok           Always returns OK.
  --check-major         Alert when a new major release is available, even if
                        the current version is not yet EOL. Example: running
                        v26 (not yet EOL) and v27 is available.
  --check-minor         Alert when a new major.minor release is available,
                        even if the current version is not yet EOL. Example:
                        running v26.2 (not yet EOL) and v26.3 is available.
  --check-patch         Alert when a new major.minor.patch release is
                        available, even if the current version is not yet EOL.
                        Example: running v26.2.7 (not yet EOL) and v26.2.8 is
                        available.
  --insecure            This option explicitly allows insecure SSL
                        connections.
  --no-proxy            Do not use a proxy.
  --offset-eol OFFSET_EOL
                        Alert n days before ("-30") or after an EOL date ("30"
                        or "+30"). Default: -30 days
  --path PATH           Full path to GitLab's `version-manifest.txt`. Default:
                        /opt/gitlab/version-manifest.txt
  --timeout TIMEOUT     Network timeout in seconds. Default: 8 (seconds)

Usage Examples

./gitlab-version --offset-eol=-30

Output:

GitLab v16.0.3 (EOL 2023-08-22 -30d [WARNING], minor 16.4.1 available, patch 16.0.8 available)

States

  • OK if the installed version is not EOL and no update alerts are configured.

  • WARN if the installed version is EOL (considering --offset-eol, default: -30 days).

  • WARN if --check-major is set and a new major version is available.

  • WARN if --check-minor is set and a new minor version is available.

  • WARN if --check-patch is set and a new patch version is available.

  • UNKNOWN if GitLab is not found or the version file cannot be read.

  • --always-ok suppresses all alerts and always returns OK.

Perfdata / Metrics

Name

Type

Description

gitlab-version

Number

Installed GitLab version as float. For example, „16.0.3“ becomes „16.03“.

Credits, License