A simple monitoring plugin to check RouterOS for updates.
This script should work with different monitoring frameworks like Nagios, Icinga, Naemon, Shinken or Sensu.
- connect with SNMP or SSH
- select your RouterOS release tree
- read the changelog to get more information about bugfix importance
The return code depends on the importance of the fixes found in the changelog.
An important bugfix leads to a CRITICAL.
Average fixes result in a WARNING.
Some examples:
- OK: RouterOS 6.39.2 is up to date (release: Jun-06)
- WARNING: RouterOS is upgradable to 6.39.2 (6 average fixes)
- CRITICAL: RouterOS is upgradable to 6.38.7 (2 important fixes, 75 average fixes)
This script is also available as sensu-plugin in sensu-plugins-routeros.
- sh check_routeros-upgrade.sh snmp HOST [PORT] [COMMUNITY] [RELEASE-TREE]
- sh check_routeros-upgrade.sh ssh HOST [PORT] [USER] [RELEASE-TREE]
The default values for SNMP are:
- PORT=161
- COMMUNITY=public
For a check over SSH:
- PORT=22
- USER=user
You need an user and SSH keys. There is no option for a password.
[RELEASE TREE]
Different settings are available. The default is stable. Choose wise.
- stable
- bugfix
- release-candidate
ENV ROUTEROS_UPDATEURL
If you want to save the update information on your own server you can use export ROUTEROS_UPDATEURL to overwrite the default https://download.mikrotik.com/routeros.