Collect number of available apt updates for netdata

This plugin collects a number of currently available apt updates (from apt-get shell command) this metric is missed from core netdata.

Manual install

copy plugin to python.d plugins dir
copy config to /etc/netdata/python.d/
restart netdata, check "apt updates" section

Configuration

As usual, no config is required by default

to disable plugin, set command to /bin/false
to change check interval, set update_every

Example

Compatibility

Tested on Debian 8 - 11.