--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+SCRIPTDIR="$(readlink -f $(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE[0]}))"
+
+BRANCH=${1:-master}
+
+cat <<EOF
+Checking installed versions against available versions in ${BRANCH}...
+
+EOF
+
+${SCRIPTDIR}/software-bom.sh from-installed >installed-versions.md
+curl -sL 'https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/gitweb?p=icn.git;a=blob_plain;f=doc/software-bom.md;hb=refs/heads/'${BRANCH} | sed '/Compute cluster/Q' >available-versions.md
+
+
+if diff installed-versions.md available-versions.md >/dev/null; then
+ cat <<EOF
+No updates available.
+EOF
+else
+cat <<EOF
+Updates of the jump server components may be available. Please refer
+to doc/upgrading.md for instructions on upgrading the component(s).
+
+EOF
+ diff -u0 installed-versions.md available-versions.md | awk '{print " " $0}'
+fi
+
+