Overview

For Zabbix version: 5.2

This template monitors a host for available patches and general package updates by repository. Using discovery it will create items and triggers for all required patch categories/severities and/or package repositories, configurable using macro's. Additionally it will feed Zabbix with a list of known vulnerabilities (as known by Zypper) and package names of the available updates.

This template was tested on:

• Zabbix 5.2
• openSUSE Leap 15.2 but should work on any SLES/openSUSE Leap 15.x

Accompanying script requires Python >= 3.4

Setup

On all hosts you want to monitor:

• Install packages python3 and zabbix-sender
• Copy scripts/zypper-updateinfo.py to /etc/zabbix/scripts
• Check zabbix_sender_bin, zabbix_agent_config paths and the hostname_name variable in scripts/zypper-updateinfo.py and adapt if required
• Copy Systemd unit files
  • systemd/zabbix-template-module-zypper-updateinfo.service and
  • systemd/zabbix-template-module-zypper-updateinfo.timer to /etc/systemd/system
• By default the systemd timer will execute the script every hour. Change this in the .timer-file to your needs.
• If you chose to put the zypper-updateinfo.py script somewhere else than /etc/zabbix/scripts, adjust the path in the .service-file
• Enable and start the Systemd timer:

  systemctl daemon-reload
  systemctl enable zabbix-template-module-zypper-updateinfo.timer
  systemctl start zabbix-template-module-zypper-updateinfo.timer
  

On Zabbix server:

• Import the template_module_zypper_updateinfo.yaml template into Zabbix
• Assign the template "Template Module Zypper updateinfo by Zabbix trapper" to the host(s) you want to monitor

Zabbix configuration

No specific Zabbix configuration is required. Eventually adjust Macro's to filter on patch categories/severities and/or package repositories.

Feedback

Please report any issues with the template at https://github.com/RobinR1/zbx-template-zypper-updateinfo/issues