Add bash / cron based update checker for Pi-hole

advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
+# (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
+# Network-wide ad blocking via your own hardware.
+#
+# Checks for updates via GitHub
+#
+# This file is copyright under the latest version of the EUPL.
+# Please see LICENSE file for your rights under this license.
+
+# Credit: https://stackoverflow.com/a/46324904
+function json_extract() {
+  local key=$1
+  local json=$2
+
+  local string_regex='"([^"\]|\\.)*"'
+  local number_regex='-?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(\.[0-9]+)?([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?'
+  local value_regex="${string_regex}|${number_regex}|true|false|null"
+  local pair_regex="\"${key}\"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*(${value_regex})"
+
+  if [[ ${json} =~ ${pair_regex} ]]; then
+    echo $(sed 's/^"\|"$//g' <<< "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}")
+  else
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+GITHUB_CORE_VERSION="$(json_extract tag_name "$(curl -q 'https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases/latest' 2> /dev/null)")"
+GITHUB_WEB_VERSION="$(json_extract tag_name "$(curl -q 'https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/AdminLTE/releases/latest' 2> /dev/null)")"
+GITHUB_FTL_VERSION="$(json_extract tag_name "$(curl -q 'https://api.github.com/repos/pi-hole/FTL/releases/latest' 2> /dev/null)")"
+
+echo "${GITHUB_CORE_VERSION} ${GITHUB_WEB_VERSION} ${GITHUB_FTL_VERSION}" > "/etc/pihole/GitHubVersions"
+
+function get_local_branch() {
+  # Return active branch
+  local directory
+  directory="${1}"
+  local output
+
+  cd "${directory}" || return 1
+  # Store STDERR as STDOUT variable
+  output=$( { git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD; } 2>&1 )
+  echo "$output"
+  return
+}
+
+CORE_BRANCH="$(get_local_branch /etc/.pihole)"
+WEB_BRANCH="$(get_local_branch /var/www/html/admin)"
+FTL_BRANCH="$(pihole-FTL tag)"
+
+echo "${CORE_BRANCH} ${WEB_BRANCH} ${FTL_BRANCH}" > "/etc/pihole/localbranches"
+
+function get_local_version() {
+  # Return active branch
+  local directory
+  directory="${1}"
+  local output
+
+  cd "${directory}" || return 1
+  # Store STDERR as STDOUT variable
+  output=$( { git describe --long --dirty --tags; } 2>&1 )
+  echo "$output"
+  return
+}
+
+CORE_VERSION="$(get_local_version /etc/.pihole)"
+WEB_VERSION="$(get_local_version /var/www/html/admin)"
+FTL_VERSION="$(pihole-FTL version)"
+
+echo "${CORE_VERSION} ${WEB_VERSION} ${FTL_VERSION}" > "/etc/pihole/localversions"

advanced/pihole.cron

@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@
 00 00   * * *   root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/" pihole flush once quiet
 
 @reboot root /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/pihole/logrotate
+
+# Pi-hole: Grab remote version and branch every 10 minutes
+*/10 *  * * *   root    PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker

pihole

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Options:
 
   # Scan Wildcards
   if [[ -e "${wildcardlist}" ]]; then
-    # Determine all subdomains, domain and TLDs 
+    # Determine all subdomains, domain and TLDs
     mapfile -t wildcards <<< "$(processWildcards "${domainQuery}")"
 
     for match in "${wildcards[@]}"; do
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ statusFunc() {
 
   # Determine if Pi-hole's addn-hosts configs are commented out
   addnConfigs=$(grep -i "addn-hosts=/" /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf)
-  
+
   if [[ "${addnConfigs}" =~ "#" ]]; then
     # A config is commented out
     case "${1}" in
@@ -579,6 +579,11 @@ tricorderFunc() {
   fi
 }
 
+updateCheckFunc() {
+  "${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}"/updatecheck.sh "$@"
+  exit 0
+}
+
 helpFunc() {
   echo "Usage: pihole [options]
 Example: 'pihole -w -h'
@@ -650,5 +655,6 @@ case "${1}" in
   "-t" | "tail"                 ) tailFunc;;
   "checkout"                    ) piholeCheckoutFunc "$@";;
   "tricorder"                   ) tricorderFunc;;
+  "updatechecker"               ) updateCheckFunc;;
   *                             ) helpFunc;;
 esac