check_routeros-upgrade

A simple monitoring plugin to check RouterOS for updates.

This script should work with different monitoring frameworks like Nagios, Icinga, Naemon, Shinken or Sensu.

Features

• 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.

Configuration

• 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.