Module: monitoring-plugins
 Branch: master
 Commit: f07f96c3cfaeb30f95eb1898d6cc58b200e70831
 Author: Lorenz Kästle <[email protected]>
   Date: Mon Sep 15 12:40:24 2025 +0200
    URL: 
https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/repositories/monitoring-plugins/commit/?id=f07f96c3

check_apt: implement new output

---

 plugins/check_apt.c          | 237 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 plugins/check_apt.d/config.h |   7 +-
 2 files changed, 172 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/check_apt.c b/plugins/check_apt.c
index 15febd4d..5aaf1eb6 100644
--- a/plugins/check_apt.c
+++ b/plugins/check_apt.c
@@ -29,31 +29,33 @@
  *
  *****************************************************************************/
 
+#include "perfdata.h"
 const char *progname = "check_apt";
 const char *copyright = "2006-2024";
 const char *email = "[email protected]";
 
 #include "states.h"
+#include "output.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "runcmd.h"
 #include "utils.h"
 #include "regex.h"
 #include "check_apt.d/config.h"
 
-/* Character for hidden input file option (for testing). */
-#define INPUT_FILE_OPT CHAR_MAX + 1
 /* the default opts can be overridden via the cmdline */
-#define UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS "-o 'Debug::NoLocking=true' -s -qq"
-#define UPDATE_DEFAULT_OPTS  "-q"
+const char *UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS = "-o 'Debug::NoLocking=true' -s -qq";
+const char *UPDATE_DEFAULT_OPTS = "-q";
+
 /* until i commit the configure.in patch which gets this, i'll define
  * it here as well */
 #ifndef PATH_TO_APTGET
 #      define PATH_TO_APTGET "/usr/bin/apt-get"
 #endif /* PATH_TO_APTGET */
+
 /* String found at the beginning of the apt output lines we're interested in */
-#define PKGINST_PREFIX "Inst "
+const char *PKGINST_PREFIX = "Inst ";
 /* the RE that catches security updates */
-#define SECURITY_RE "^[^\\(]*\\(.* 
(Debian-Security:|Ubuntu:[^/]*/[^-]*-security)"
+const char *SECURITY_RE = "^[^\\(]*\\(.* 
(Debian-Security:|Ubuntu:[^/]*/[^-]*-security)";
 
 /* some standard functions */
 typedef struct {
@@ -66,8 +68,14 @@ void print_usage(void);
 
 /* construct the appropriate apt-get cmdline */
 static char *construct_cmdline(upgrade_type /*u*/, const char * /*opts*/);
+
 /* run an apt-get update */
-static int run_update(char * /*update_opts*/);
+typedef struct {
+       mp_subcheck sc;
+       bool stderr_warning;
+       bool exec_warning;
+} run_update_result;
+static run_update_result run_update(char *update_opts);
 
 typedef struct {
        int errorcode;
@@ -75,11 +83,13 @@ typedef struct {
        size_t security_package_count;
        char **packages_list;
        char **secpackages_list;
+       bool exec_warning;
 } run_upgrade_result;
 
 /* run an apt-get upgrade */
-run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(upgrade_type upgrade, const char *do_include, 
const char *do_exclude, const char *do_critical,
-                                                          const char 
*upgrade_opts, const char *input_filename);
+run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(upgrade_type upgrade, const char *do_include, 
const char *do_exclude,
+                                                          const char 
*do_critical, const char *upgrade_opts,
+                                                          const char 
*input_filename);
 
 /* add another clause to a regexp */
 static char *add_to_regexp(char * /*expr*/, const char * /*next*/);
@@ -107,6 +117,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
        const check_apt_config config = tmp_config.config;
 
+       if (config.output_format_is_set) {
+               mp_set_format(config.output_format);
+       }
+
        /* Set signal handling and alarm timeout */
        if (signal(SIGALRM, timeout_alarm_handler) == SIG_ERR) {
                usage_va(_("Cannot catch SIGALRM"));
@@ -115,55 +129,91 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
        /* handle timeouts gracefully... */
        alarm(timeout_interval);
 
-       mp_state_enum result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+       mp_check overall = mp_check_init();
        /* if they want to run apt-get update first... */
        if (config.do_update) {
-               result = run_update(config.update_opts);
+               run_update_result update_result = 
run_update(config.update_opts);
+
+               mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, update_result.sc);
        }
 
        /* apt-get upgrade */
        run_upgrade_result upgrad_res =
-               run_upgrade(config.upgrade, config.do_include, 
config.do_exclude, config.do_critical, config.upgrade_opts, 
config.input_filename);
+               run_upgrade(config.upgrade, config.do_include, 
config.do_exclude, config.do_critical,
+                                       config.upgrade_opts, 
config.input_filename);
+
+       mp_subcheck sc_run_upgrade = mp_subcheck_init();
+       if (upgrad_res.errorcode == OK) {
+               sc_run_upgrade = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_run_upgrade, 
STATE_OK);
+       }
+       xasprintf(&sc_run_upgrade.output, "Executed apt upgrade (dry run)");
+
+       mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_run_upgrade);
 
-       result = max_state(result, upgrad_res.errorcode);
        size_t packages_available = upgrad_res.package_count;
-       size_t sec_count = upgrad_res.security_package_count;
+       size_t number_of_security_updates = upgrad_res.security_package_count;
        char **packages_list = upgrad_res.packages_list;
        char **secpackages_list = upgrad_res.secpackages_list;
 
-       if (sec_count > 0) {
-               result = max_state(result, STATE_CRITICAL);
-       } else if (packages_available >= config.packages_warning && 
!config.only_critical) {
-               result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
-       } else if (result > STATE_UNKNOWN) {
-               result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+       mp_perfdata pd_security_updates = perfdata_init();
+       pd_security_updates.value = 
mp_create_pd_value(number_of_security_updates);
+       pd_security_updates.label = "critical_updates";
+
+       mp_subcheck sc_security_updates = mp_subcheck_init();
+       xasprintf(&sc_security_updates.output, "Security updates available: 
%zu",
+                         number_of_security_updates);
+       mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_security_updates, pd_security_updates);
+
+       if (number_of_security_updates > 0) {
+               sc_security_updates = 
mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_security_updates, STATE_CRITICAL);
+       } else {
+               sc_security_updates = 
mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_security_updates, STATE_OK);
        }
 
-       printf(_("APT %s: %zu packages available for %s (%zu critical updates). 
%s%s%s%s|available_upgrades=%zu;;;0 critical_updates=%zu;;;0\n"),
-                  state_text(result), packages_available, (config.upgrade == 
DIST_UPGRADE) ? "dist-upgrade" : "upgrade", sec_count,
-                  (stderr_warning) ? " warnings detected" : "", 
(stderr_warning && exec_warning) ? "," : "",
-                  (exec_warning) ? " errors detected" : "", (stderr_warning || 
exec_warning) ? "." : "", packages_available, sec_count);
+       mp_perfdata pd_other_updates = perfdata_init();
+       pd_other_updates.value = mp_create_pd_value(packages_available);
+       pd_other_updates.label = "available_upgrades";
+
+       mp_subcheck sc_other_updates = mp_subcheck_init();
+
+       xasprintf(&sc_other_updates.output, "Updates available: %zu", 
packages_available);
+       mp_set_subcheck_default_state(sc_other_updates, STATE_OK);
+       mp_add_perfdata_to_subcheck(&sc_other_updates, pd_other_updates);
+
+       if (packages_available >= config.packages_warning && 
!config.only_critical) {
+               sc_other_updates = mp_set_subcheck_state(sc_other_updates, 
STATE_WARNING);
+       }
 
        if (config.list) {
-               qsort(secpackages_list, sec_count, sizeof(char *), cmpstringp);
-               qsort(packages_list, packages_available - sec_count, 
sizeof(char *), cmpstringp);
+               qsort(secpackages_list, number_of_security_updates, sizeof(char 
*), cmpstringp);
+               qsort(packages_list, packages_available - 
number_of_security_updates, sizeof(char *),
+                         cmpstringp);
 
-               for (size_t i = 0; i < sec_count; i++) {
-                       printf("%s (security)\n", secpackages_list[i]);
+               for (size_t i = 0; i < number_of_security_updates; i++) {
+                       xasprintf(&sc_security_updates.output, "%s\n%s 
(security)", sc_security_updates.output,
+                                         secpackages_list[i]);
                }
 
                if (!config.only_critical) {
-                       for (size_t i = 0; i < packages_available - sec_count; 
i++) {
-                               printf("%s\n", packages_list[i]);
+                       for (size_t i = 0; i < packages_available - 
number_of_security_updates; i++) {
+                               xasprintf(&sc_other_updates.output, "%s\n%s", 
sc_other_updates.output,
+                                                 packages_list[i]);
                        }
                }
        }
+       mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_security_updates);
+       mp_add_subcheck_to_check(&overall, sc_other_updates);
 
-       return result;
+       mp_exit(overall);
 }
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
 check_apt_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+       enum {
+               /* Character for hidden input file option (for testing). */
+               INPUT_FILE_OPT = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+               output_format_index,
+       };
        static struct option longopts[] = {{"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
                                                                           
{"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                           
{"verbose", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
@@ -179,6 +229,7 @@ check_apt_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char 
**argv) {
                                                                           
{"only-critical", no_argument, 0, 'o'},
                                                                           
{"input-file", required_argument, 0, INPUT_FILE_OPT},
                                                                           
{"packages-warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
+                                                                          
{"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
                                                                           {0, 
0, 0, 0}};
 
        check_apt_config_wrapper result = {
@@ -257,6 +308,18 @@ check_apt_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char 
**argv) {
                case 'w':
                        result.config.packages_warning = atoi(optarg);
                        break;
+               case output_format_index: {
+                       parsed_output_format parser = 
mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                       if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                               // TODO List all available formats here, maybe 
add anothoer usage function
+                               printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                               exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                       }
+
+                       result.config.output_format_is_set = true;
+                       result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                       break;
+               }
                default:
                        /* print short usage statement if args not parsable */
                        usage5();
@@ -267,37 +330,38 @@ check_apt_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char 
**argv) {
 }
 
 /* run an apt-get upgrade */
-run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(const upgrade_type upgrade, const char 
*do_include, const char *do_exclude, const char *do_critical,
+run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(const upgrade_type upgrade, const char 
*do_include,
+                                                          const char 
*do_exclude, const char *do_critical,
                                                           const char 
*upgrade_opts, const char *input_filename) {
-       regex_t ereg;
+       regex_t exclude_regex;
        /* initialize ereg as it is possible it is printed while uninitialized 
*/
-       memset(&ereg, '\0', sizeof(ereg.buffer));
+       memset(&exclude_regex, '\0', sizeof(exclude_regex.buffer));
 
        run_upgrade_result result = {
-               .errorcode = STATE_UNKNOWN,
+               .errorcode = OK,
        };
 
        if (upgrade == NO_UPGRADE) {
-               result.errorcode = STATE_OK;
+               result.errorcode = OK;
                return result;
        }
 
        int regres = 0;
-       regex_t ireg;
+       regex_t include_regex;
        char rerrbuf[64];
        /* compile the regexps */
        if (do_include != NULL) {
-               regres = regcomp(&ireg, do_include, REG_EXTENDED);
+               regres = regcomp(&include_regex, do_include, REG_EXTENDED);
                if (regres != 0) {
-                       regerror(regres, &ireg, rerrbuf, 64);
+                       regerror(regres, &include_regex, rerrbuf, 64);
                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Error compiling regexp: %s"), 
progname, rerrbuf);
                }
        }
 
        if (do_exclude != NULL) {
-               regres = regcomp(&ereg, do_exclude, REG_EXTENDED);
+               regres = regcomp(&exclude_regex, do_exclude, REG_EXTENDED);
                if (regres != 0) {
-                       regerror(regres, &ereg, rerrbuf, 64);
+                       regerror(regres, &exclude_regex, rerrbuf, 64);
                        die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Error compiling regexp: %s"), 
progname, rerrbuf);
                }
        }
@@ -306,7 +370,7 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(const upgrade_type upgrade, 
const char *do_includ
        const char *crit_ptr = (do_critical != NULL) ? do_critical : 
SECURITY_RE;
        regres = regcomp(&sreg, crit_ptr, REG_EXTENDED);
        if (regres != 0) {
-               regerror(regres, &ereg, rerrbuf, 64);
+               regerror(regres, &exclude_regex, rerrbuf, 64);
                die(STATE_UNKNOWN, _("%s: Error compiling regexp: %s"), 
progname, rerrbuf);
        }
 
@@ -322,13 +386,12 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(const upgrade_type 
upgrade, const char *do_includ
                result.errorcode = np_runcmd(cmdline, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
        }
 
-       /* apt-get upgrade only changes exit status if there is an
-        * internal error when run in dry-run mode.  therefore we will
-        * treat such an error as UNKNOWN */
-       if (result.errorcode != STATE_OK) {
-               exec_warning = 1;
-               result.errorcode = STATE_UNKNOWN;
-               fprintf(stderr, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"), 
cmdline);
+       // apt-get upgrade only changes exit status if there is an
+       // internal error when run in dry-run mode.
+       if (result.errorcode != 0) {
+               result.exec_warning = true;
+               result.errorcode = ERROR;
+               // fprintf(stderr, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"), 
cmdline);
        }
 
        char **pkglist = malloc(sizeof(char *) * chld_out.lines);
@@ -355,21 +418,25 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(const upgrade_type 
upgrade, const char *do_includ
                if (verbose) {
                        printf("%s\n", chld_out.line[i]);
                }
+
                /* if it is a package we care about */
                if (strncmp(PKGINST_PREFIX, chld_out.line[i], 
strlen(PKGINST_PREFIX)) == 0 &&
-                       (do_include == NULL || regexec(&ireg, chld_out.line[i], 
0, NULL, 0) == 0)) {
+                       (do_include == NULL || regexec(&include_regex, 
chld_out.line[i], 0, NULL, 0) == 0)) {
                        /* if we're not excluding, or it's not in the
                         * list of stuff to exclude */
-                       if (do_exclude == NULL || regexec(&ereg, 
chld_out.line[i], 0, NULL, 0) != 0) {
+                       if (do_exclude == NULL || regexec(&exclude_regex, 
chld_out.line[i], 0, NULL, 0) != 0) {
                                package_counter++;
                                if (regexec(&sreg, chld_out.line[i], 0, NULL, 
0) == 0) {
                                        security_package_counter++;
+
                                        if (verbose) {
                                                printf("*");
                                        }
+
                                        (secpkglist)[security_package_counter - 
1] = pkg_name(chld_out.line[i]);
                                } else {
-                                       (pkglist)[package_counter - 
security_package_counter - 1] = pkg_name(chld_out.line[i]);
+                                       (pkglist)[package_counter - 
security_package_counter - 1] =
+                                               pkg_name(chld_out.line[i]);
                                }
                                if (verbose) {
                                        printf("*%s\n", chld_out.line[i]);
@@ -377,6 +444,7 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(const upgrade_type upgrade, 
const char *do_includ
                        }
                }
        }
+
        result.package_count = package_counter;
        result.security_package_count = security_package_counter;
        result.packages_list = pkglist;
@@ -385,41 +453,55 @@ run_upgrade_result run_upgrade(const upgrade_type 
upgrade, const char *do_includ
        /* If we get anything on stderr, at least set warning */
        if (input_filename == NULL && chld_err.buflen) {
                stderr_warning = true;
-               result.errorcode = max_state(result.errorcode, STATE_WARNING);
+               result.errorcode = ERROR;
+
                if (verbose) {
                        for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_err.lines; i++) {
                                fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", chld_err.line[i]);
                        }
                }
        }
+
        if (do_include != NULL) {
-               regfree(&ireg);
+               regfree(&include_regex);
        }
+
        regfree(&sreg);
+
        if (do_exclude != NULL) {
-               regfree(&ereg);
+               regfree(&exclude_regex);
        }
+
        free(cmdline);
+
        return result;
 }
 
 /* run an apt-get update (needs root) */
-int run_update(char *update_opts) {
-       int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
+run_update_result run_update(char *update_opts) {
        char *cmdline;
        /* run the update */
        cmdline = construct_cmdline(NO_UPGRADE, update_opts);
 
+       run_update_result result = {
+               .exec_warning = false,
+               .stderr_warning = false,
+               .sc = mp_subcheck_init(),
+       };
+
+       result.sc = mp_set_subcheck_default_state(result.sc, STATE_OK);
+       xasprintf(&result.sc.output, "executing '%s' first", cmdline);
+
        struct output chld_out;
        struct output chld_err;
-       result = np_runcmd(cmdline, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
+       int cmd_error = np_runcmd(cmdline, &chld_out, &chld_err, 0);
        /* apt-get update changes exit status if it can't fetch packages.
         * since we were explicitly asked to do so, this is treated as
         * a critical error. */
-       if (result != 0) {
+       if (cmd_error != 0) {
                exec_warning = true;
-               result = STATE_CRITICAL;
-               fprintf(stderr, _("'%s' exited with non-zero status.\n"), 
cmdline);
+               result.sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(result.sc, STATE_CRITICAL);
+               xasprintf(&result.sc.output, _("'%s' exited with non-zero 
status.\n"), cmdline);
        }
 
        if (verbose) {
@@ -430,15 +512,18 @@ int run_update(char *update_opts) {
 
        /* If we get anything on stderr, at least set warning */
        if (chld_err.buflen) {
-               stderr_warning = 1;
-               result = max_state(result, STATE_WARNING);
+               stderr_warning = true;
+               result.sc = mp_set_subcheck_state(
+                       result.sc, 
max_state(mp_compute_subcheck_state(result.sc), STATE_WARNING));
                if (verbose) {
                        for (size_t i = 0; i < chld_err.lines; i++) {
                                fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", chld_err.line[i]);
                        }
                }
        }
+
        free(cmdline);
+
        return result;
 }
 
@@ -558,7 +643,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
        printf("    %s\n", _("List packages available for upgrade.  Packages 
are printed sorted by"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("name with security packages listed first."));
        printf(" %s\n", "-i, --include=REGEXP");
-       printf("    %s\n", _("Include only packages matching REGEXP.  Can be 
specified multiple times"));
+       printf("    %s\n",
+                  _("Include only packages matching REGEXP.  Can be specified 
multiple times"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("the values will be combined together.  Any 
packages matching this list"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("cause the plugin to return WARNING status.  
Others will be ignored."));
        printf("    %s\n", _("Default is to include all packages."));
@@ -567,7 +653,8 @@ void print_help(void) {
        printf("    %s\n", _("otherwise be included.  Can be specified multiple 
times; the values"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("will be combined together.  Default is to exclude 
no packages."));
        printf(" %s\n", "-c, --critical=REGEXP");
-       printf("    %s\n", _("If the full package information of any of the 
upgradable packages match"));
+       printf("    %s\n",
+                  _("If the full package information of any of the upgradable 
packages match"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("this REGEXP, the plugin will return CRITICAL 
status.  Can be specified"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("multiple times like above.  Default is a regexp 
matching security"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("upgrades for Debian and Ubuntu:"));
@@ -576,15 +663,21 @@ void print_help(void) {
        printf("    %s\n", _("information is compared against the critical 
list."));
        printf(" %s\n", "-o, --only-critical");
        printf("    %s\n", _("Only warn about upgrades matching the critical 
list.  The total number"));
-       printf("    %s\n", _("of upgrades will be printed, but any non-critical 
upgrades will not cause"));
+       printf("    %s\n",
+                  _("of upgrades will be printed, but any non-critical 
upgrades will not cause"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("the plugin to return WARNING status."));
        printf(" %s\n", "-w, --packages-warning");
-       printf("    %s\n", _("Minimum number of packages available for upgrade 
to return WARNING status."));
+       printf("    %s\n",
+                  _("Minimum number of packages available for upgrade to 
return WARNING status."));
        printf("    %s\n\n", _("Default is 1 package."));
 
-       printf("%s\n\n", _("The following options require root privileges and 
should be used with care:"));
+       printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
+
+       printf("%s\n\n",
+                  _("The following options require root privileges and should 
be used with care:"));
        printf(" %s\n", "-u, --update=OPTS");
-       printf("    %s\n", _("First perform an 'apt-get update'.  An optional 
OPTS parameter overrides"));
+       printf("    %s\n",
+                  _("First perform an 'apt-get update'.  An optional OPTS 
parameter overrides"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("the default options.  Note: you may also need to 
adjust the global"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("timeout (with -t) to prevent the plugin from 
timing out if apt-get"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("upgrade is expected to take longer than the 
default timeout."));
@@ -593,8 +686,10 @@ void print_help(void) {
        printf("    %s\n", _("apt-get will be run with these command line 
options instead of the"));
        printf("    %s", _("default "));
        printf("(%s).\n", UPGRADE_DEFAULT_OPTS);
-       printf("    %s\n", _("Note that you may be required to have root 
privileges if you do not use"));
-       printf("    %s\n", _("the default options, which will only run a 
simulation and NOT perform the upgrade"));
+       printf("    %s\n",
+                  _("Note that you may be required to have root privileges if 
you do not use"));
+       printf("    %s\n",
+                  _("the default options, which will only run a simulation and 
NOT perform the upgrade"));
        printf(" %s\n", "-d, --dist-upgrade=OPTS");
        printf("    %s\n", _("Perform a dist-upgrade instead of normal upgrade. 
Like with -U OPTS"));
        printf("    %s\n", _("can be provided to override the default 
options."));
diff --git a/plugins/check_apt.d/config.h b/plugins/check_apt.d/config.h
index 7355937b..e4d622f1 100644
--- a/plugins/check_apt.d/config.h
+++ b/plugins/check_apt.d/config.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "../../config.h"
 #include <stddef.h>
+#include "../lib/output.h"
 
 /* some constants */
 typedef enum {
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ typedef struct {
        char *do_exclude;     /* regexp to only exclude certain packages */
        char *do_critical;    /* regexp specifying critical packages */
        char *input_filename; /* input filename for testing */
+
+       bool output_format_is_set;
+       mp_output_format output_format;
 } check_apt_config;
 
 check_apt_config check_apt_config_init() {
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ check_apt_config check_apt_config_init() {
                                                        .do_include = NULL,
                                                        .do_exclude = NULL,
                                                        .do_critical = NULL,
-                                                       .input_filename = NULL};
+                                                       .input_filename = NULL,
+                                                       .output_format_is_set = 
false};
        return tmp;
 }

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