A script to ping healthchecks.io when no apt security updates are available. To be run as a cron job.

aptr

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -e

hc_guid=<insert healthchecks.io guid>

sudo apt update

if [[ $1 == "upgrade" ]]
then
    printf "Upgrading...\n"
    sudo apt upgrade
fi

security_updates=$(sudo apt list --upgradable | grep "\-security" | wc -l)

if [[ $security_updates > 0 ]]
then
    printf "$security_updates Security Updates Available!\n"
elif test -f /var/run/reboot-required
then
    printf "Reboot Required!\n"
else
    printf "All good, pinging healthchecks.io..."
    curl -fsS --retry 3 https://hc-ping.com/$hc_guid
    printf "\n"
fi