Re: [PATCH manager] report: list recent reboot events and their kernel version

[Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval@proxmox.com>]

Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht@proxmox.com> writes:

> Am 20.07.26 um 16:58 schrieb Alexander Zeidler:
> [..]
> FWIW, we already got proxmox-mini-journalreader and it can already produce
> json that we could extend to produce the relevant info, i.e. iterating through
> boots (IIRC that is a indexed table) and parser first Line to extract the
> kernel. That could then be outputted as structured JSON there which can be
> parsed by the report here. In the midterm we could even think about integrating
> that as fully fledged API to our products API, if it can provide value as first
> class boot + kernel list there. For now just parsing the json in the report
> would be more than enough (or CLI only integration as middleground).
>
> You can try "poaching" one of our Devs that isn't to afraid from a bit of
> C to implement this, would be probably the safest course be here, especially
> as we maintain the journald handling already anyway.

I tried my hand at this, see
https://lore.proxmox.com/all/20260805081911.131557-1-m.sandoval@proxmox.com/T/#u.

The json output part is not implemented, but for our interests this is
perfectly OK.

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Maximiliano