[pdm-devel] [PATCH proxmox-datacenter-manager 1/4] server: add api for getting available updates/changelogs for remote nodes

Lukas Wagner l.wagner at proxmox.com
Wed Sep 3 10:42:10 CEST 2025


On Tue Sep 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM CEST, Lukas Wagner wrote:
> This adds new APIs for update management:
>
>     GET /pve/remotes/{remote}/nodes/{node}/apt/changelog
>       -> get package changelog
>     GET /pve/remotes/{remote}/nodes/{node}/apt/update
>       -> get list of updatable packages
>     POST /pve/remotes/{remote}/nodes/{node}/apt/update
>       -> refresh APT database
>
> At this time these just pass the call through to PVE with no caching
> involved on the PDM side. This should be fine for this API, but once
> we have an API for 'give me a view of ALL available remote updates',
> we need to introduce a cache that is periodically refreshed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Wagner <l.wagner at proxmox.com>
> ---
>  server/src/api/pve/apt.rs    | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  server/src/api/pve/mod.rs    |   3 +-
>  server/src/api/pve/node.rs   |   1 +
>  server/src/lib.rs            |   1 +
>  server/src/remote_updates.rs |  96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 219 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 server/src/api/pve/apt.rs
>  create mode 100644 server/src/remote_updates.rs
>
> diff --git a/server/src/api/pve/apt.rs b/server/src/api/pve/apt.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..f5027fb8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/server/src/api/pve/apt.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
> +use anyhow::Error;
> +
> +use proxmox_apt_api_types::{APTGetChangelogOptions, APTUpdateInfo};
> +use proxmox_router::{list_subdirs_api_method, Permission, Router, SubdirMap};
> +use proxmox_schema::api;
> +use proxmox_schema::api_types::NODE_SCHEMA;
> +
> +use pdm_api_types::{remotes::REMOTE_ID_SCHEMA, RemoteUpid, PRIV_RESOURCE_MODIFY};
> +
> +use crate::{api::remotes::get_remote, remote_updates};
> +
> +#[api(
> +    input: {
> +        properties: {
> +            remote: {
> +                schema: REMOTE_ID_SCHEMA,
> +            },
> +            node: {
> +                schema: NODE_SCHEMA,
> +            },
> +        },
> +    },
> +    returns: {
> +        description: "A list of packages with available updates.",
> +        type: Array,
> +        items: {
> +            type: APTUpdateInfo
> +        },
> +    },
> +    access: {
> +        permission: &Permission::Privilege(&["resource", "{remote}", "node", "{node}", "system"], PRIV_RESOURCE_MODIFY, false),
> +    },
> +)]
> +/// List available APT updates for a remote PVE node.
> +async fn apt_update_available(remote: String, node: String) -> Result<Vec<APTUpdateInfo>, Error> {
> +    let (config, _digest) = pdm_config::remotes::config()?;
> +    let remote = get_remote(&config, &remote)?;
> +
> +    let updates = remote_updates::list_available_updates(remote.clone(), &node).await?;
> +
> +    Ok(updates)
> +}
> +
> +#[api(
> +    input: {
> +        properties: {
> +            remote: {
> +                schema: REMOTE_ID_SCHEMA,
> +            },
> +            node: {
> +                schema: NODE_SCHEMA,
> +            },
> +        },
> +    },
> +    access: {
> +        permission: &Permission::Privilege(&["resource", "{remote}", "node", "{node}", "system"], PRIV_RESOURCE_MODIFY, false),
> +    },
> +)]
> +/// Update the APT database of a remote PVE node.
> +pub async fn apt_update_database(remote: String, node: String) -> Result<RemoteUpid, Error> {
> +    let (config, _digest) = pdm_config::remotes::config()?;
> +    let remote = get_remote(&config, &remote)?;
> +
> +    let upid = remote_updates::update_apt_database(remote, &node).await?;
> +
> +    Ok(upid)
> +}
> +
> +#[api(
> +    input: {
> +        properties: {
> +            remote: {
> +                schema: REMOTE_ID_SCHEMA,
> +            },
> +            node: {
> +                schema: NODE_SCHEMA,
> +            },
> +            options: {
> +                type: APTGetChangelogOptions,
> +                flatten: true,
> +            },
> +        },
> +    },
> +    returns: {
> +        description: "The Package changelog.",
> +        type: String,
> +    },
> +    access: {
> +        permission: &Permission::Privilege(&["resource", "{remote}", "node", "{node}", "system"], PRIV_RESOURCE_MODIFY, false),
> +    },
> +)]
> +/// Retrieve the changelog of the specified package for a remote PVE node.
> +async fn apt_get_changelog(
> +    remote: String,
> +    node: String,
> +    options: APTGetChangelogOptions,
> +) -> Result<String, Error> {
> +    let (config, _digest) = pdm_config::remotes::config()?;
> +    let remote = get_remote(&config, &remote)?;
> +
> +    remote_updates::get_changelog(remote.clone(), &node, options.name).await
> +}
> +
> +const SUBDIRS: SubdirMap = &[
> +    (
> +        "changelog",
> +        &Router::new().get(&API_METHOD_APT_GET_CHANGELOG),
> +    ),
> +    (
> +        "update",
> +        &Router::new()
> +            .get(&API_METHOD_APT_UPDATE_AVAILABLE)
> +            .post(&API_METHOD_APT_UPDATE_DATABASE),
> +    ),
> +];
> +
> +pub const ROUTER: Router = Router::new()
> +    .get(&list_subdirs_api_method!(SUBDIRS))
> +    .subdirs(SUBDIRS);
> diff --git a/server/src/api/pve/mod.rs b/server/src/api/pve/mod.rs
> index 2cfdc5b7..0768083d 100644
> --- a/server/src/api/pve/mod.rs
> +++ b/server/src/api/pve/mod.rs
> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use crate::connection::PveClient;
>  use crate::connection::{self, probe_tls_connection};
>  use crate::remote_tasks;
>  
> +mod apt;
>  mod lxc;
>  mod node;
>  mod qemu;
> @@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ const RESOURCES_ROUTER: Router = Router::new().get(&API_METHOD_CLUSTER_RESOURCES
>  const STATUS_ROUTER: Router = Router::new().get(&API_METHOD_CLUSTER_STATUS);
>  
>  // converts a remote + PveUpid into a RemoteUpid and starts tracking it
> -async fn new_remote_upid(remote: String, upid: PveUpid) -> Result<RemoteUpid, Error> {
> +pub async fn new_remote_upid(remote: String, upid: PveUpid) -> Result<RemoteUpid, Error> {
>      let remote_upid: RemoteUpid = (remote, upid.to_string()).try_into()?;
>      remote_tasks::track_running_task(remote_upid.clone()).await?;
>      Ok(remote_upid)
> diff --git a/server/src/api/pve/node.rs b/server/src/api/pve/node.rs
> index df96a1c3..99539d1c 100644
> --- a/server/src/api/pve/node.rs
> +++ b/server/src/api/pve/node.rs
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub const ROUTER: Router = Router::new()
>  
>  #[sortable]
>  const SUBDIRS: SubdirMap = &sorted!([
> +    ("apt", &super::apt::ROUTER),
>      ("rrddata", &super::rrddata::NODE_RRD_ROUTER),
>      ("network", &Router::new().get(&API_METHOD_GET_NETWORK)),
>      ("storage", &Router::new().get(&API_METHOD_GET_STORAGES)),
> diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
> index 3f8b7708..a58190d8 100644
> --- a/server/src/lib.rs
> +++ b/server/src/lib.rs
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub mod metric_collection;
>  pub mod parallel_fetcher;
>  pub mod remote_cache;
>  pub mod remote_tasks;
> +pub mod remote_updates;
>  pub mod resource_cache;
>  pub mod task_utils;
>  
> diff --git a/server/src/remote_updates.rs b/server/src/remote_updates.rs
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..809e5de1
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/server/src/remote_updates.rs
> @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
> +use anyhow::Error;
> +use pdm_api_types::RemoteUpid;
> +
> +use proxmox_apt_api_types::APTUpdateInfo;
> +
> +use pdm_api_types::remotes::{Remote, RemoteType};
> +
> +use crate::api::pve::new_remote_upid;
> +use crate::connection;
> +
> +/// Return a list of available updates for a given remote node.
> +pub async fn list_available_updates(
> +    remote: Remote,
> +    node: &str,
> +) -> Result<Vec<APTUpdateInfo>, Error> {
> +    let updates = fetch_available_updates(remote, node.to_string()).await?;
> +    Ok(updates)
> +}
> +
> +/// Trigger `apt update` on a remote node.
> +///
> +/// The function returns a `[RemoteUpid]` for the started update task.
> +pub async fn update_apt_database(remote: &Remote, node: &str) -> Result<RemoteUpid, Error> {
> +    match remote.ty {
> +        RemoteType::Pve => {
> +            let client = connection::make_pve_client(remote)?;
> +
> +            let params = pve_api_types::AptUpdateParams {
> +                notify: Some(false),
> +                quiet: Some(false),
> +            };
> +            let upid = client.update_apt_database(node, params).await?;
> +
> +            new_remote_upid(remote.id.clone(), upid).await
> +        }
> +        RemoteType::Pbs => todo!(),

Missed that one during my self review yesterday, I'll replace this with
a `bail!` in v2, which I will post once I get first review feedback from
somebody else.




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