[pve-devel] [PATCH v2 pve-container/qemu-server/pve-docs] Add pre/post-restore hooks

[Daniel Tschlatscher]

On 11/11/22 15:02, Stefan Hanreich wrote:
> 
> On 11/11/22 14:58, Daniel Tschlatscher wrote:
>> The new hookscript example works nicely out of the box.
>>
>> I tested restore for both VMs and containers via the GUI, the restore
>> and create commands in the respective CLI commands and with the API.
>>
>> One thing which might some more consideration:
>> When restoring a backup that does not configure a hookscript, the
>> 'pre-restore' hook will run, however, the 'post-restore' will not. This
>> was very confusing at first.
>> Similarly, if the config does not include a hookscript, but the backup
>> does, then the 'pre-restore' will not run but the 'post-restore' will.
>> While this is not breaking, it is definitely very unexpected for an
>> unsuspecting user.
> 
> Yes, it might be smarter to use the old config for both pre/post-restore
> and not mix both configurations I think.

+1 for not mixing the configurations

Based on our discussion off-list:
I feel like it might be even better to make this setting config-version
agnostic. Or at least, to not overwrite/include it when making or
restoring backups, and to keep it the same each time.
At least that feels like the way I would expect it to work intuitively.

> 
> Because of this and the minor issues with the example hookscript I will
> create a v3. Some input on whether to use the old configuration for both
> pre/post-restore or not would be much appreciated
> 
> Ty for the review!
> 
>>
>> Otherwise, the core part of the series works as intended, therefore:
>>
>> Tested-by: Daniel Tschlatscher <d.tschlatscher at proxmox.com>
>>
>>
>> On 11/10/22 16:33, Stefan Hanreich wrote:
>>> This patch adds hooks that run when the user restores a backup from
>>> the Web UI
>>> / CLI. I have tested this with both VMs/CTs via Web UI and CLI. Are
>>> there any
>>> other places where the hook should get triggered that I missed?
>>>
>>> Changes compared to v1:
>>> - slightly moved the call site of the exec_hookscript in qemu-server and
>>> pve-container, so necessary checks are run before the hookscript runs.
>>>
>>>
>>> pve-container:
>>>
>>> Stefan Hanreich (1):
>>>    Add pre/post-restore hooks to CTs
>>>
>>>   src/PVE/API2/LXC.pm | 7 +++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>>
>>>
>>> pve-docs:
>>>
>>> Stefan Hanreich (1):
>>>    add pre/post-restore events to example hookscript
>>>
>>>   examples/guest-example-hookscript.pl | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>>>
>>>
>>> qemu-server:
>>>
>>> Stefan Hanreich (1):
>>>    Add pre/post-restore hooks to VMs
>>>
>>>   PVE/API2/Qemu.pm | 10 ++++++++--
>>>   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
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