munin plugins apt_ubuntu + reboot-required-packages

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- encoding: iso-8859-1 -*-
#
# apt_ubuntu
#
# Plugin to monitor packages that should be installed on Ubuntu systems.
#
# Author: Stefan Daniel Schwarz <[email protected]>
#
# v1.0 2008-11-07 - First draft
# v1.1 2008-11-08 - critical = #: First # critical, rest warning
# v1.2 2008-11-09 - Code cleanup for MuninExchange submission
#
# Usage: place in /etc/munin/plugins/ (or link it there using ln -s)
#
# Parameters understood:
#
#       config   (required)
#       autoconf (optional - used by munin-config)
#
# Magic markers - optional - used by installation scripts and
# munin-config:
#
#%# capabilities=autoconf
#%# family=contrib

###########################################################
category = 'apt' # 'upgrades'
title = 'Upgradable packages' # 'Upgradeable packages'
vlabel = 'Total packages'
other = 'other'
total = 'total'

archives = ['security', 'updates', 'proposed', 'backports']
colour = ['ff0000', '22ff22', '0022ff', '00aaaa', 'ff00ff']
origins = ['Ubuntu']

critical = 1
###########################################################

import os
import sys
import warnings

warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', 'apt API not stable yet', FutureWarning)

def autoconf():
    if os.path.exists('/etc/lsb-release'):
        for line in open('/etc/lsb-release'):
            if line.strip() == 'DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu':
                try:
                    import apt
                except ImportError:
                    print 'no (python-apt not installed)'
                    sys.exit(1)
                cache = apt.Cache()
                if not cache.has_key('update-notifier-common'):
                    print 'no (update-notifier-common not found)'
                    sys.exit(1)
                if not cache['update-notifier-common'].isInstalled:
                    print 'no (update-notifier-common not installed)'
                    sys.exit(1)
                if not os.path.exists('/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic'):
                    print 'no (/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic not found)'
                    sys.exit(1)
                for line in open('/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic'):
                    if line.strip() == 'APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";':
                        print 'yes'
                        sys.exit(0)
                print 'no (APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists not "1")'
                sys.exit(1)
    print 'no'
    sys.exit(1)

def config():
    print 'graph_category %s' % (category)
    print 'graph_title %s' % (title)
    #print 'graph_total %s' % (total)
    print 'graph_vlabel %s' % (vlabel)
    for i, archive in enumerate(archives + [other]):
        if len(colour) > i:
            print '%s.colour %s' % (archive, colour[i])
        if i < critical:
            print '%s.critical 0:0' % (archive)
        if i == 0:
            print '%s.draw AREA' % (archive)
        else:
            print '%s.draw STACK' % (archive)
        print '%s.label %s' % (archive, archive)
        if i + 1 > critical:
            print '%s.warning 0:4' % (archive)
    print 'total.colour 000000'
    print 'total.draw LINE1'
    print 'total.label %s' % (total)

    print 'reboot-required-packages.draw LINE1'
    print 'reboot-required-packages.label reboot-required.pkgs'
    print 'reboot-required-packages.warning 0:0'
    sys.exit(0)

def check_origin(pkg):
    #print 'Checking: %s (%s)' % (pkg.name, map(str, pkg.candidateOrigin))
    if pkg.candidateOrigin:
        for archive in archives:
            for origin in pkg.candidateOrigin:
                #a = origin.archive.rpartition('-')[2]
                a = origin.archive.split('-')[origin.archive.count('-')]
                if a == archive and origin.origin in origins:
                    return a
    return other

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    if sys.argv[1] == 'autoconf':
        autoconf()
    elif sys.argv[1] == 'config':
        config()
    elif sys.argv[1]:
        print('unknown argument "' + sys.argv[1] + '"')
        sys.exit(1)

try:
    import apt
except ImportError:
    print "The module 'apt' is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:\nsudo apt-get install python-apt\nImportError: No module named apt"
    sys.exit(1)

pkgs = {}
total = 0
for pkg in apt.Cache():
    if pkg.isUpgradable:
        a = check_origin(pkg)
        pkgs[a] = pkgs.get(a, 0) + 1
        total += 1

for archive in archives + [other]:
    print '%s.value %s' % (archive, pkgs.pop(archive, 0))

print 'total.value %s' % (total)

if os.path.exists("/var/run/reboot-required.pkgs"):
    print 'reboot-required-packages.value %s' % (len(open("/var/run/reboot-required.pkgs").readlines()))
else:
    print 'reboot-required-packages.value 0'

Also:
python ./apt_ubuntu autoconf
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./apt_ubuntu", line 114, in
autoconf()
File "./apt_ubuntu", line 60, in autoconf
if not cache['update-notifier-common'].isInstalled:
AttributeError: 'Package' object has no attribute 'isInstalled'

I saw the very same error under Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS.
However, these errors are fixed in the official version: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/munin-monitoring/contrib/master/plugins/ubuntu/apt_ubuntu