check-wordpress

CheckMK local check plugin for checking uavailable updates wordpress installations vie wp-cli.

Install wp cli (if not already on your system):

wget -O /usr/local/bin/wp https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wp
wp --info

Install it into /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local/ your Wordpress Host

interval=3600
mkdir -p /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local/$interval
wget -O /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local/$interval/check-wordpress https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bashclub/check-wordpress/main/check-wordpress
chmod +x /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local/$interval/check-wordpress
/usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local/$interval/check-wordpress

After running once, the script will create the config file /etc/check_mk/wordpress.conf with default settings (JSON Format):

{
    "www.zmb.rocks": {
        "wp_user": "zmb",
        "wp_path": "/home/zmb/htdocs/www.zmb.rocks/",
        "wp_ignore_inactive_plugins": false,
        "wp_ignore_inactive_themes": false
    }
}

Multiple instances example

{
    "www.zmb.rocks": {
        "wp_user": "zmb",
        "wp_path": "/home/zmb/htdocs/www.zmb.rocks/",
        "wp_ignore_inactive_plugins": false,
        "wp_ignore_inactive_themes": false
        }
    },
    "www.bashclub.org": {
        "wp_user": "bashclub",
        "wp_path": "/home/bashclub/htdocs/www.bashclub.org/",
        "wp_ignore_inactive_plugins": false,
        "wp_ignore_inactive_themes": false
        }
    }
}

Author

Thorsten Spille