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mrisher
Asked: 2012-03-07 12:25:13 +0800 CST

How to monitor package versions across multiple (Linux) servers

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We use Puppet for installing the base level OS and packages, but our own application packages are deployed manually by individual developers.

I'm looking for a web dashboard to view/monitor the package versions across all machines. Has anyone come across something that achieves this? The puppet-dashboard project is interesting, but it gives a node-centric view, whereas I'd like to see at the class level, e.g.

          Server 1 | Server 2 | Server 3 
   pkg1   v1.2     | v1.2     | *v1.3*
   pkg2   v.09     | v.09     | v.09

Thank you!

linux puppet apt package-management dpkg

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can use http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/fr/ it will inventory the packages on your boxes.

    Some people like to couple it with gpli

    http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/about/features/ocsng-glpi.html

    Used with a IT and Asset Management Software such as open source tool GLPI, you will have a powerful inventory and asset management software with automatic updates of computer configuration, license management, help desk and more.

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  2. This looks like OCSInventory does a SNMP-bulkwalk of the Host-Resources-Installed-Sofware-Tree.

    If your software is being installed with a package mechanism that will work for you.

    If it does not, you will have to code something yourself.

    You could run a cron-job, that calls specific binaries and updates version information with a simple SQL-statement into a central DB.

    If you are interested in just a few packages, you might code that query using dpkg-queries (or rpm-queries on RPM-based systems).

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