pkg-notify

Simple sh script to notify via Pushover API about pkg update candidates in FreeBSD, etc

Features:

• update version of pkg
• log output of pkg upgrade -n to a file and parse it for numbers
• upload the log file to termbin.com for temporary hosting (month if nothing changed)
• send notification to Pushover app using netcat including numbers and URL for the log file

Requirements:

• pkg
• curl, nc, dirname
• Pushover account

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Installation example:

cd /root/ && \
git clone https://github.com/InQuize/pkg-notify.git
cp /root/pkg-notify/config.example /root/pkg-notify/config && \
chmod 0700 /root/pkg-notify/config

Configuration:

NOTE: Do not edit pkg-notify.sh for the sake of configuration. All 'user-servisable' variables are located in config file

• edit config file to fill in your Pushover User Key and App Token:

NOTE: these are the only variables that are necessary

TOKEN=uQiRzpo4DXghDmr9QzzfQu27cmVRsG
USER=azGDORePK8gMaC0QOYAMyEEuzJnyUi

• in case of executable not found issues revise:

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin

• to customize log file name and path:

LOG="/tmp/pkg.log"

• to use message title other than machine's hostname just comment (#) the corresponding line and add yours:

#MSG_TITLE=$(hostname)
MSG_TITLE="your title in doube quotes"

• to customize link text of log paste use:

URL_TITLE="Your text in double quotes"

• execute to test: sh /root/pkg-notify/pkg-notify.sh

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Example cron job:

NOTE: Generate your own

NOTE: execute every day at 6:30 AM and redirect output (including errors) to a file in /tmp/ overwrighting it contents

• crontab -u root -e :

30 6 * * * /bin/sh /root/pkg-notify/pkg-notify.sh > /tmp/pkg-notify.log 2>&1

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Screenshots:

NOTE: 123 in message title is actually a system's hostname

Example log file raw text:

Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
FreeBSD repository is up to date.
All repositories are up to date.
Checking for upgrades (25 candidates): .......... done
Processing candidates (25 candidates): .......... done
The following 27 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):

New packages to be INSTALLED:
	pcre: 8.40
	libnghttp2: 1.21.1

Installed packages to be UPGRADED:
	subversion: 1.9.3_3 -> 1.9.5
	sqlite3: 3.11.1 -> 3.18.0
	serf: 1.3.8_1 -> 1.3.9_1
	python27: 2.7.11_1 -> 2.7.13_1
	perl5: 5.20.3_8 -> 5.24.1_1
	p5-Socket: 2.021 -> 2.024
	p5-Net-SSLeay: 1.72 -> 1.81
	p5-Net-SMTP-SSL: 1.03 -> 1.04
	p5-IO-Socket-SSL: 2.024 -> 2.044
	p5-IO-Socket-IP: 0.37 -> 0.39
	indexinfo: 0.2.4 -> 0.2.6
	git: 2.7.4_1 -> 2.12.1
	gettext-runtime: 0.19.7 -> 0.19.8.1_1
	gdbm: 1.11_2 -> 1.12
	expat: 2.1.0_3 -> 2.2.0_1
	db5: 5.3.28_3 -> 5.3.28_6
	cvsps: 2.1_1 -> 2.1_2
	curl: 7.48.0_1 -> 7.53.1_1
	ca_root_nss: 3.22.2 -> 3.30.1
	apr: 1.5.2.1.5.4 -> 1.5.2.1.5.4_2

Installed packages to be REINSTALLED:
	p5-Mozilla-CA-20160104 (direct dependency changed: perl5)
	p5-GSSAPI-0.28_1 (direct dependency changed: perl5)
	p5-Error-0.17024 (direct dependency changed: perl5)
	p5-Digest-HMAC-1.03_1 (direct dependency changed: perl5)
	p5-Authen-SASL-2.16_1 (direct dependency changed: perl5)

Number of packages to be installed: 2
Number of packages to be upgraded: 20
Number of packages to be reinstalled: 5

The process will require 11 MiB more space.
33 MiB to be downloaded.