| SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| OS type and version | ubuntu 22.04 |
| Webmin version | 2.111 |
| Virtualmin version | 7.20.2 Pro |
I’m trying to setup some monitoring of backups across multiple servers.
To do this I’m using the api from python via the requests library.
When I get the results back the first row returned is not like the others - it is missing information
sample url: 'https://<REDACTED>:10000/virtual-server/remote.cgi?program=list-backup-logs&multiline&start=2024-08-01&json=1&multiline'
This will return:
{
"data" : [
{
"value" : "",
"name" : "1722474098-1720760-1"
},
{
"values" : {
"differential" : [
"No"
],
"final_status" : [
"OK"
],
"encrypted" : [
"No"
],
"format" : [
"One file per server"
],
"compression" :<REDACTED>@<REDACTED>": [
"tar.gz"
],
"started" : [
"08/02/2024 12:00 AM"
],
"final_size" : [
"18569073997"
],
"destination" : [
"s3://<REDACTED>:<REDACTED>@<REDACTED>"
],
"final_nice_size" : [
"17.29 GiB"
],
"domains" : [
"<REDACTED>"
],
"ended" : [
"08/02/2024 12:56 AM"
],
"scheduled_destination" : [
"s3://<REDACTED>:<REDACTED>@<REDACTED>"
],
"scheduled_backup_id" : [
"1674191266448203"
],
"run_from" : [
"sched"
]
},
"name" : "1722560181-2337146-1:"
}
],
"status" : "success",
"command" : "list-backup-logs"
}
Note that the first element of the data array does not have a “values” key, it has “value” instead (with an empty string)
Using xml=1 has a similar result. First element has value instead of values and no data.
Running this at the command line gives me data for both backups.
root@www-05:~# virtualmin list-backup-logs --multiline --start 2024-08-01
1722474098-1720760-1:
Domains: <REDACTED>
Destination: s3://<REDACTED>:<REDACTED>@<REDACTED>
Differential: No
Compression: tar.gz
Format: One file per server
Started: 08/01/2024 12:00 AM
Ended: 08/01/2024 01:01 AM
Final size: 18531002028
Final nice size: 17.25 GiB
Final status: OK
Run from: sched
Scheduled backup ID: 1674191266448203
Scheduled destination: s3://<REDACTED>:<REDACTED>@<REDACTED>
Encrypted: No
1722560181-2337146-1:
Domains: <REDACTED>
Destination: s3://<REDACTED>:<REDACTED>@<REDACTED>
Differential: No
Compression: tar.gz
Format: One file per server
Started: 08/02/2024 12:00 AM
Ended: 08/02/2024 12:56 AM
Final size: 18569073997
Final nice size: 17.29 GiB
Final status: OK
Run from: sched
Scheduled backup ID: 1674191266448203
Scheduled destination: s3://<REDACTED>:<REDACTED>@<REDACTED>
Encrypted: No
Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem in the code producing the xml/json output?
I’d really rather not have to parse the multiline text format.
Also, while here can I upvote the request for json output from the cli (as per this) I would also rather doi this via ssh keys than be storing priviliged credentials in my automation.
Thanks,
Neill