report the apt cache timestamp

We use the `pkgcache.bin` modification time as a heuristic, but there
might be a better way to do this.

We also silently ignore errors when pulling that file to avoid broken
systems from breaking the other metrics. I believe this will lead to a
null metric which is probably what we want anyway.

A possible improvement to this would be to individually inspect the
`InRelease` files and report the mirror's timestamps as well, but
that's more involved. It's also not a priority compared to this fix,
because we want the update timestamp if we remove the `apt update`
run (in prometheus-community#181).

Closes: prometheus-community#180

Signed-off-by: Antoine Beaupré <[email protected]>

apt_info.py

@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ def _write_autoremove_pending(registry, cache):
     g.set(len(autoremovable_packages))
 
 
+def _write_cache_timestamps(registry):
+    g = Gauge('apt_update_timestamp_seconds', "Apt update last run time.", registry=registry)
+    try:
+        g.set(os.stat('/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin').st_mtime)
+    except OSError:
+        pass
+
+
 def _write_reboot_required(registry):
     g = Gauge('node_reboot_required', "Node reboot is required for software updates.",
               registry=registry)
@@ -96,6 +104,7 @@ def _main():
     _write_pending_upgrades(registry, cache)
     _write_held_upgrades(registry, cache)
     _write_autoremove_pending(registry, cache)
+    _write_cache_timestamps(registry)
     _write_reboot_required(registry)
     print(generate_latest(registry).decode(), end='')