diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b71aa2..b2b3afe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ You can tune the behavior with the following parameters:
   triggering deletion (default 90 days).
 - `--show-quotas BOOLEAN`: whether to show quotas for the VO or not (default:
   `True`)
+- `--check-ssh BOOLEAN`: Check SSH version on target VMs (default: `False`)
+- `--check-cups BOOLEAN`: Check whether TCP/UDP port 631 is accessible
+  (default: `False`)
 
 If you have access to
 [Check-in LDAP](https://docs.egi.eu/users/aai/check-in/vos/#ldap) for VO
diff --git a/fedcloud_vm_monitoring/cli.py b/fedcloud_vm_monitoring/cli.py
index ace5b0d..a967596 100644
--- a/fedcloud_vm_monitoring/cli.py
+++ b/fedcloud_vm_monitoring/cli.py
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@
     help="Show quotas for VO",
     show_default=True,
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--check-ssh",
+    default=False,
+    help="Check SSH version on target VMs",
+    show_default=True,
+)
+@click.option(
+    "--check-cups",
+    default=False,
+    help="Check whether TCP/UDP port 631 is accessible",
+    show_default=True,
+)
 @click.option(
     "--ldap-server",
     default="ldaps://ldap.aai.egi.eu:636",
@@ -62,6 +74,8 @@ def main(
     max_days,
     delete,
     show_quotas,
+    check_ssh,
+    check_cups,
     ldap_server,
     ldap_base_dn,
     ldap_user,
@@ -85,7 +99,9 @@ def main(
     sites = [site] if site else set(appdb_sites + fedcloudclient_sites)
     for s in sites:
         click.secho(f"[.] Checking VO {vo} at {s}", fg="blue", bold=True)
-        site_monitor = SiteMonitor(s, vo, access_token, max_days, ldap_config)
+        site_monitor = SiteMonitor(
+            s, vo, access_token, max_days, check_ssh, check_cups, ldap_config
+        )
         try:
             site_monitor.vm_monitor(delete)
         except SiteMonitorException as e:
diff --git a/fedcloud_vm_monitoring/site_monitor.py b/fedcloud_vm_monitoring/site_monitor.py
index 4c6b510..87ee784 100644
--- a/fedcloud_vm_monitoring/site_monitor.py
+++ b/fedcloud_vm_monitoring/site_monitor.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Monitor VM instances running in the provider"""
 
 import ipaddress
+import subprocess
 from collections import defaultdict
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
@@ -27,11 +28,15 @@ class SiteMonitor:
     min_secgroup_instance_ratio = 3
     min_ip_instance_ratio = 1
 
-    def __init__(self, site, vo, token, max_days, ldap_config={}):
+    def __init__(
+        self, site, vo, token, max_days, check_ssh, check_cups, ldap_config={}
+    ):
         self.site = site
         self.vo = vo
         self.token = token
         self.max_days = max_days
+        self.check_ssh = check_ssh
+        self.check_cups = check_cups
         self.ldap_config = ldap_config
         self.flavors = {}
         self.users = defaultdict(lambda: {})
@@ -238,6 +243,52 @@ def get_sshd_version(self, ip_addresses):
         else:
             return "No public IP available to check SSH version."
 
+    def _run_shell_command(self, command):
+        completed = subprocess.run(
+            command,
+            shell=True,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        return completed.returncode, completed.stdout, completed.stderr
+
+    def check_open_port(self, ip, port, protocol):
+        if protocol == "tcp":
+            command = f"ncat --nodns -z {ip} {port}"
+        elif protocol == "udp":
+            command = f"ncat --udp --nodns --idle-timeout 3s {ip} {port}"
+        else:
+            raise SiteMonitorException(f"Protocol {protocol} not supported!")
+        returncode, stdout, stderr = self._run_shell_command(command)
+        return returncode, stdout, stderr
+
+    def check_CUPS(self, ip_addresses):
+        returncode_ncat, stdout_ncat, stderr_ncat = self._run_shell_command(
+            "which ncat"
+        )
+        if returncode_ncat != 0:
+            return "ncat ( https://nmap.org/ncat ) is not installed"
+        public_ip = self.get_public_ip(ip_addresses)
+        if len(public_ip) > 0:
+            returncode_tcp, stdout_tcp, stderr_tcp = self.check_open_port(
+                public_ip, 631, "tcp"
+            )
+            returncode_upd, stdout_upd, stderr_upd = self.check_open_port(
+                public_ip, 631, "udp"
+            )
+            if returncode_tcp == 0 or returncode_upd == 0:
+                return "WARNING: CUPS port is open"
+            elif returncode_tcp == 1 and returncode_upd == 1:
+                return "CUPS port is closed"
+            else:
+                return (
+                    "Error checking CUPS port. "
+                    "TCP return code: {returncode_tcp}, stdout: {stdout_tcp}, stderr: {stderr_tcp}. "
+                    "UDP return code: {returncode_upd}, stdout: {stdout_upd}, stderr: {stderr_upd}."
+                )
+        else:
+            return "No public IP available to check CUPs version"
+
     def process_vm(self, vm):
         vm_info = self.get_vm(vm)
         flv = self.get_flavor(vm["Flavor"])
@@ -252,8 +303,13 @@ def process_vm(self, vm):
             ("instance id", vm["ID"]),
             ("status", click.style(vm["Status"], fg=self.color_maps[vm["Status"]])),
             ("ip address", " ".join(vm_ips)),
-            ("SSH version", sshd_version),
         ]
+        if self.check_ssh:
+            sshd_version = self.get_sshd_version(vm_ips)
+            output.append(("SSH version", sshd_version))
+        if self.check_cups:
+            CUPS_check = self.check_CUPS(vm_ips)
+            output.append(("CUPS", CUPS_check))
         if flv:
             output.append(
                 (
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bec73cc..bcba9f9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "fedcloud-vm-monitoring"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 description = "Monitoring fedcloud VMs and sites"
 authors = ["Giuseppe La Rocca <giuseppe.larocca@egi.eu>",
            "Enol Fernandez <enol.fernandez@egi.eu>"]