Very simple external IP plugin for the landscape-sysinfo linux package

extIP.py

# Modified 190812 k
# Be sure to add to the list of packages in deployment.py
# /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/landscape/sysinfo/deployment.py

from twisted.internet.defer import succeed
from requests import get

current_instance = None


class Extip(object):

    def __init__(self):
        self.sysinfo = None
        self.has_run = False

        global current_instance
        current_instance = self

    def register(self, sysinfo):
        self.sysinfo = sysinfo

    def run(self):
        self.has_run = True
        # grab the ip info from ipify
        ip = get('https://api.ipify.org').text
        self.sysinfo.add_header("External IP", ip)
        #self.sysinfo.add_note("Test note")
        #self.sysinfo.add_footnote("Test footnote")
        return succeed(None)