Re: [CentOS] yum-plugin-security

On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:52:30 +0100 Gabriele Pohl wrote:

because I want the alert for my individual machines. So the proposed method is no solution for an automagical trigger :)

You still can do that without expending too much effort.

One way would be to monitor centos-announce, parse the subject lines, copy the security update filenames to a text or database file. (sqlite is made for this kind of thing.) You can either keep a list on each machine or have a central data repository, whichever suits you best.

Then all you need to do is have each machine run "yum check-update" on whatever timed basis you wish. Capture the list of pending updates, compare it against your database, and then do your thing.