python-systemd =============== Python module for native access to the systemd facilities. Functionality is separated into a number of modules: - `systemd.journal` supports sending of structured messages to the journal and reading journal files, - `systemd.daemon` wraps parts of `libsystemd` useful for writing daemons and socket activation, - `systemd.id128` provides functions for querying machine and boot identifiers and a lists of message identifiers provided by systemd, - `systemd.login` wraps parts of `libsystemd` used to query logged in users and available seats and machines. Installation ============ This module should be packaged for almost all Linux distributions. Use On Fedora: dnf install python3-systemd On Debian/Ubuntu/Mint: apt update apt install python3-systemd On openSUSE and SLE: zypper in python3-systemd On Arch: pacman -Sy python-systemd To build from source -------------------- On CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora with Python 2: dnf install git python-pip gcc python-devel systemd-devel pip install 'git+https://github.com/systemd/python-systemd.git#egg=systemd-python' On Fedora with Python 3: dnf install git python3-pip gcc python3-devel systemd-devel pip3 install 'git+https://github.com/systemd/python-systemd.git#egg=systemd-python' On Debian or Ubuntu with Python 2: apt install libsystemd-{journal,daemon,login,id128}-dev gcc python-dev pkg-config On Debian or Ubuntu with Python 3: apt install libsystemd-{journal,daemon,login,id128}-dev gcc python3-dev pkg-config The project is also available on pypi as `systemd-python`. Usage ===== Quick example: from systemd import journal journal.send('Hello world') journal.send('Hello, again, world', FIELD2='Greetings!', FIELD3='Guten tag') journal.send('Binary message', BINARY=b'\xde\xad\xbe\xef') There is one required argument — the message, and additional fields can be specified as keyword arguments. Following the journald API, all names are uppercase. The journald sendv call can also be accessed directly: from systemd import journal journal.sendv('MESSAGE=Hello world') journal.sendv('MESSAGE=Hello, again, world', 'FIELD2=Greetings!', 'FIELD3=Guten tag') journal.sendv('MESSAGE=Binary message', b'BINARY=\xde\xad\xbe\xef') The two examples should give the same results in the log. Reading from the journal is often similar to using the `journalctl` utility. Show all entries since 20 minutes ago (`journalctl --since "20 minutes ago"`): from systemd import journal from datetime import datetime, timedelta j = journal.Reader() j.seek_realtime(datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=20)) for entry in j: print(entry['MESSAGE']) Show entries between two timestamps (`journalctl --since "50 minutes ago" --until "10 minutes ago"`): from systemd import journal from datetime import datetime, timedelta j = journal.Reader() since = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=50) until = datetime.now() - timedelta(minutes=10) j.seek_realtime(since) for entry in j: if entry['__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP'] > until: break print(entry['MESSAGE']) Show explanations of log messages alongside entries (`journalctl -x`): from systemd import journal j = journal.Reader() for entry in j: print("MESSAGE: ", entry['MESSAGE']) try: print("CATALOG: ", j.get_catalog()) except: pass Show entries by a specific executable (`journalctl /usr/bin/vim`): from systemd import journal j = journal.Reader() j.add_match('_EXE=/usr/bin/vim') for entry in j: print(entry['MESSAGE']) - Note: matches can be added from many different fields, for example entries from a specific process ID can be matched with the `_PID` field, and entries from a specific unit (ie. `journalctl -u systemd-udevd.service`) can be matched with `_SYSTEMD_UNIT`. See all fields available at the [systemd.journal-fields docs](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.journal-fields.html). Show kernel ring buffer (`journalctl -k`): from systemd import journal j = journal.Reader() j.add_match('_TRANSPORT=kernel') for entry in j: print(entry['MESSAGE']) Read entries in reverse (`journalctl _EXE=/usr/bin/vim -r`): from systemd import journal class ReverseReader(journal.Reader): def __next__(self): ans = self.get_previous() if ans: return ans raise StopIteration() j = ReverseReader() j.add_match('_EXE=/usr/bin/vim') j.seek_tail() for entry in j: print(entry['MESSAGE']) Notes ----- * Unlike the native C version of journald's `sd_journal_send()`, printf-style substitution is not supported. Perform any substitution using Python's f-strings first (or .format() capabilities or `%` operator). * A `ValueError` is raised if `sd_journald_sendv()` results in an error. This might happen if there are no arguments or one of them is invalid. A handler class for the Python logging framework is also provided: import logging from systemd import journal logger = logging.getLogger('custom_logger_name') logger.addHandler(journal.JournalHandler(SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER='custom_unit_name')) logger.warning("Some message: %s", 'detail') `libsystemd` version compatibility ---------------------------------- This module may be compiled against any version of `libsystemd`. At compilation time, any functionality that is not available in that version is disabled, and the resulting binary module will depend on symbols that were available at compilation time. This means that the resulting binary module is compatible with that or any later version of `libsystemd`. To obtain maximum possible functionality, this module must be compile against suitably recent libsystemd. Documentation ============= Online documentation can be found at [freedesktop.org](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/python-systemd/) To build it locally run: make sphinx-html Or use any other builder, see `man sphinx-build` for a list. The compiled docs will be e.g. in `docs/html`. Viewing Output ============== Quick way to view output with all fields as it comes in: sudo journalctl -f --output=json Test Builds (for Development) ============================= python setup.py build_ext -i python >>> from systemd import journal >>> journal.send("Test") [![Build Status](https://semaphoreci.com/api/v1/projects/42d43c62-f6e5-4fd5-a93a-2b165e6be575/530946/badge.svg)](https://semaphoreci.com/zbyszek/python-systemd)