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+++ b/man/org.freedesktop.import1.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" >
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" >
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
<refentry id="org.freedesktop.import1" conditional='ENABLE_IMPORTD'
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-importd.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- is a system service which may be used to import, export and download additional system images. These
- images can be used by tools such as
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- to run local containers. The service is used as the backend for <command>machinectl pull-raw</command>,
- <command>machinectl pull-tar</command> and related commands. This page describes the D-Bus interface.
+ is a system service which may be used to import, export and download disk images. These images can be
+ used by tools such as
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> to run
+ local containers. The service is used as the backend for <command>importctl pull-raw</command>,
+ <command>importctl pull-tar</command> and related commands. This page describes the D-Bus interface.
</para>
<para>Note that
@@ -56,42 +56,94 @@ node /org/freedesktop/import1 {
in b read_only,
out u transfer_id,
out o transfer_path);
+ ImportTarEx(in h fd,
+ in s local_name,
+ in s class,
+ in t flags,
+ out u transfer_id,
+ out o transfer_path);
ImportRaw(in h fd,
in s local_name,
in b force,
in b read_only,
out u transfer_id,
out o transfer_path);
+ ImportRawEx(in h fd,
+ in s local_name,
+ in s class,
+ in t flags,
+ out u transfer_id,
+ out o transfer_path);
ImportFileSystem(in h fd,
in s local_name,
in b force,
in b read_only,
out u transfer_id,
out o transfer_path);
+ ImportFileSystemEx(in h fd,
+ in s local_name,
+ in s class,
+ in t flags,
+ out u transfer_id,
+ out o transfer_path);
ExportTar(in s local_name,
in h fd,
in s format,
out u transfer_id,
out o transfer_path);
+ ExportTarEx(in s local_name,
+ in s class,
+ in h fd,
+ in s format,
+ in t flags,
+ out u transfer_id,
+ out o transfer_path);
ExportRaw(in s local_name,
in h fd,
in s format,
out u transfer_id,
out o transfer_path);
+ ExportRawEx(in s local_name,
+ in s class,
+ in h fd,
+ in s format,
+ in t flags,
+ out u transfer_id,
+ out o transfer_path);
PullTar(in s url,
in s local_name,
in s verify_mode,
in b force,
out u transfer_id,
out o transfer_path);
+ PullTarEx(in s url,
+ in s local_name,
+ in s class,
+ in s verify_mode,
+ in t flags,
+ out u transfer_id,
+ out o transfer_path);
PullRaw(in s url,
in s local_name,
in s verify_mode,
in b force,
out u transfer_id,
out o transfer_path);
+ PullRawEx(in s url,
+ in s local_name,
+ in s class,
+ in s verify_mode,
+ in t flags,
+ out u transfer_id,
+ out o transfer_path);
ListTransfers(out a(usssdo) transfers);
+ ListTransfersEx(in s class,
+ in t flags,
+ out a(ussssdo) transfers);
CancelTransfer(in u transfer_id);
+ ListImages(in s class,
+ in t flags,
+ out a(ssssbtttttt) images);
signals:
TransferNew(u transfer_id,
o transfer_path);
@@ -105,8 +157,6 @@ node /org/freedesktop/import1 {
};
</programlisting>
- <!--method ImportFileSystem is not documented!-->
-
<!--Autogenerated cross-references for systemd.directives, do not edit-->
<variablelist class="dbus-interface" generated="True" extra-ref="org.freedesktop.import1.Manager"/>
@@ -115,116 +165,167 @@ node /org/freedesktop/import1 {
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ImportTar()"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ImportTarEx()"/>
+
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ImportRaw()"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ImportRawEx()"/>
+
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ImportFileSystem()"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ImportFileSystemEx()"/>
+
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ExportTar()"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ExportTarEx()"/>
+
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ExportRaw()"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ExportRawEx()"/>
+
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="PullTar()"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="PullTarEx()"/>
+
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="PullRaw()"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="PullRawEx()"/>
+
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ListTransfers()"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ListTransfersEx()"/>
+
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="CancelTransfer()"/>
- <variablelist class="dbus-signal" generated="True" extra-ref="TransferNew"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="ListImages()"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-signal" generated="True" extra-ref="TransferNew()"/>
- <variablelist class="dbus-signal" generated="True" extra-ref="TransferRemoved"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-signal" generated="True" extra-ref="TransferRemoved()"/>
<!--End of Autogenerated section-->
<refsect2>
<title>Methods</title>
- <para><function>ImportTar()</function> and <function>ImportRaw()</function> import a system image and
- place it into <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. The first argument should be a file descriptor
- (opened for reading) referring to the tar or raw file to import. It should reference a file on disk,
- a pipe or a socket. When <function>ImportTar()</function> is used the file descriptor should
- refer to a tar file, optionally compressed with
- <citerefentry project="die-net"><refentrytitle>gzip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry project="die-net"><refentrytitle>bzip2</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- or
+ <para><function>ImportTar()</function>/<function>ImportTarEx()</function> and
+ <function>ImportRaw()</function>/<function>ImportRawEx()</function> import a disk image and place it
+ into the image directory. The first argument should be a file descriptor (opened for reading) referring
+ to the tar or raw file to import. It should reference a file on disk, a pipe or a socket. When
+ <function>ImportTar()</function>/<function>ImportTarEx()</function> is used the file descriptor should
+ refer to a tar file, optionally compressed with <citerefentry project="die-net"><refentrytitle>gzip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project="die-net"><refentrytitle>bzip2</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, or
<citerefentry project="die-net"><refentrytitle>xz</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
<command>systemd-importd</command> will detect the used compression scheme (if any) automatically. When
- <function>ImportRaw()</function> is used the file descriptor should refer to a raw or qcow2 disk image
- containing an MBR or GPT disk label, also optionally compressed with gzip, bzip2 or xz. In either case,
- if the file is specified as a file descriptor on disk, progress information is generated for the import
- operation (as in that case we know the total size on disk). If a socket or pipe is specified, progress information is not
- available. The file descriptor argument is followed by a local name for the image. This should be a
- name suitable as a hostname and will be used to name the imported image below
- <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. A tar import is placed as a directory tree or a
- <citerefentry project="url"><refentrytitle url="https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs.html">btrfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- subvolume below <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> under the specified name with no suffix
- appended. A raw import is placed as a file in <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> with the
- <filename>.raw</filename> suffix appended. If the <option>force</option> argument is true, any
- pre-existing image with the same name is removed before starting the operation. Otherwise, the
- operation fails if an image with the same name already exists. Finally, the
- <option>read_only</option> argument controls
- whether to create a writable or read-only image. Both methods return immediately after starting the import,
- with the import transfer ongoing. They return a pair of transfer identifier and object path, which may
- be used to retrieve progress information about the transfer or to cancel it. The transfer identifier is a
- simple numeric identifier, the object path references an
+ <function>ImportRaw()</function>/<function>ImportRawEx()</function> is used the file descriptor should
+ refer to a raw or qcow2 disk image containing an MBR or GPT disk label, also optionally compressed with
+ gzip, bzip2 or xz. In either case, if the file is specified as a file descriptor on disk, progress
+ information is generated for the import operation (as in that case we know the total size on disk). If
+ a socket or pipe is specified, progress information is not available. The file descriptor argument is
+ followed by a local name for the image. This should be a name suitable as a hostname and will be used
+ to name the imported image below <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. A tar import is placed as a
+ directory tree or a <citerefentry project="url"><refentrytitle url="https://btrfs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/btrfs.html">btrfs</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ subvolume below the image directory under the specified name with no suffix appended. A raw import is
+ placed as a file in the image directory with the <filename>.raw</filename> suffix appended. In case of
+ <function>ImportTar()</function>/<function>ImportRaw()</function>, if the <option>force</option>
+ argument is true, any pre-existing image with the same name is removed before starting the
+ operation. Otherwise, the operation fails if an image with the same name already exists. The
+ <option>read_only</option> argument controls whether to create a writable or read-only image. In case
+ of <function>ImportTarEx()</function>/<function>ImportRawEx()</function> these boolean flags are
+ provided via a 64bit flags parameter instead, with bit 0 mapping to the <option>force</option>
+ parameter, and bit 1 mapping to <option>read_only</option>. The <option>class</option> parameter
+ specifies the image class, and takes one of <literal>machine</literal>, <literal>portable</literal>,
+ <literal>sysext</literal>, <literal>confext</literal>. All four methods return immediately after
+ starting the import, with the import transfer ongoing. They return a pair of transfer identifier and
+ object path, which may be used to retrieve progress information about the transfer or to cancel it. The
+ transfer identifier is a simple numeric identifier, the object path references an
<interfacename>org.freedesktop.import1.Transfer</interfacename> object, see below. Listen for a
- <function>TransferRemoved</function> signal for the transfer ID in order to detect when a transfer is
+ <function>TransferRemoved()</function> signal for the transfer ID in order to detect when a transfer is
complete. The returned transfer object is useful to determine the current progress or log output of the
ongoing import operation.</para>
- <para><function>ExportTar()</function> and <function>ExportRaw()</function> implement the reverse
- operation, and may be used to export a system image in order to place it in a tar or raw image. They
- take the machine name to export as their first parameter, followed by a file descriptor (opened for writing)
- where the tar or raw file will be written. It may either reference a file on disk or a pipe/socket. The
- third argument specifies in which compression format to write the image. It takes one of
+ <para><function>ExportTar()</function>/<function>ExportTarEx()</function> and
+ <function>ExportRaw()</function>/<function>ExportRaw()</function> implement the reverse operation, and
+ may be used to export a system image in order to place it in a tar or raw image. They take the machine
+ name to export as their first parameter, followed by a file descriptor (opened for writing) where the
+ tar or raw file will be written. It may either reference a file on disk or a pipe/socket. The third
+ argument specifies in which compression format to write the image. It takes one of
<literal>uncompressed</literal>, <literal>xz</literal>, <literal>bzip2</literal> or
<literal>gzip</literal>, depending on which compression scheme is required. The image written to the
- specified file descriptor will be a tar file in case of <function>ExportTar()</function> or a raw disk
- image in case of <function>ExportRaw()</function>. Note that currently raw disk images may not be
- exported as tar files, and vice versa. This restriction might be lifted eventually. The method
- returns a transfer identifier and object path for cancelling or tracking the export operation, similarly
- to <function>ImportTar()</function> or <function>ImportRaw()</function> as described above.</para>
-
- <para><function>PullTar()</function> and <function>PullRaw()</function> may be used to download, verify
- and import a system image from a URL. They take a URL argument which should point to a tar or
- raw file on the <literal>http://</literal> or <literal>https://</literal> protocols, possibly
- compressed with xz, bzip2 or gzip. The second argument is a local name for the image. It should be
- suitable as a hostname, similarly to the matching argument of the <function>ImportTar()</function> and
- <function>ImportRaw()</function> methods above. The third argument indicates the verification mode for
- the image. It may be one of <literal>no</literal>, <literal>checksum</literal>,
- <literal>signature</literal>. <literal>no</literal> turns off any kind of verification of the image;
- <literal>checksum</literal> looks for a <filename>SHA256SUM</filename> file next to the downloaded
- image and verifies any SHA256 hash value in that file against the image; <literal>signature</literal>
- does the same but also tries to authenticate the <filename>SHA256SUM</filename> file via
- <citerefentry project="man-pages"><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- first. The last argument indicates whether to replace a possibly pre-existing image with the same local
- name (if <literal>true</literal>), or whether to fail (if <literal>false</literal>). Like the import
- and export calls above, these calls return a pair of transfer identifier and object path for the ongoing
+ specified file descriptor will be a tar file in case of
+ <function>ExportTar()</function>/<function>ExportTarEx()</function> or a raw disk image in case of
+ <function>ExportRaw()</function>/<function>ExportRawEx()</function>. Note that currently raw disk
+ images may not be exported as tar files, and vice versa. This restriction might be lifted
+ eventually. The method returns a transfer identifier and object path for cancelling or tracking the
+ export operation, similarly to <function>ImportTar()</function>/<function>ImportTarEx()</function> or
+ <function>ImportRaw()</function>/<function>ImportRawEx()</function> as described
+ above. <function>ExportTarEx()</function>/<function>ExportRawEx()</function> expect the image class as
+ additional parameter, as well as a 64bit flags parameter that currently must be specified as
+ zero.</para>
+
+ <para><function>PullTar()</function>/<function>PullTarEx()</function> and
+ <function>PullRaw()</function>/<function>PullRawEx()</function> may be used to download, verify and
+ import a system image from a URL. They take a URL argument which should point to a tar or raw file on
+ the <literal>http://</literal> or <literal>https://</literal> protocols, possibly compressed with xz,
+ bzip2 or gzip. The second argument is a local name for the image. It should be suitable as a hostname,
+ similarly to the matching argument of the
+ <function>ImportTar()</function>/<function>ImportTarEx()</function> and
+ <function>ImportRaw()</function>/<function>ImportRawEx()</function> methods above. The third argument
+ indicates the verification mode for the image. It may be one of <literal>no</literal>,
+ <literal>checksum</literal>, <literal>signature</literal>. <literal>no</literal> turns off any kind of
+ verification of the image; <literal>checksum</literal> looks for a <filename>SHA256SUM</filename> file
+ next to the downloaded image and verifies any SHA256 hash value in that file against the image;
+ <literal>signature</literal> does the same but also tries to authenticate the
+ <filename>SHA256SUM</filename> file via <citerefentry project="man-pages"><refentrytitle>gpg</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> first. In
+ case of <function>PullTar()</function>/<function>PullRaw()</function> the last argument indicates
+ whether to replace a possibly pre-existing image with the same local name (if <literal>true</literal>),
+ or whether to fail (if <literal>false</literal>). In case of
+ <function>PullTarEx()</function>/<function>PullRawEx()</function> the last argument is a 64bit flags
+ parameter, where bit 0 controls the <literal>force</literal> flag, bit 1 is a
+ <literal>read_only</literal> flag that controls whether the created image shall be marked read-only,
+ and bit 2 is a <literal>keep_download</literal> flag that indicates whether a pristine, read-only copy
+ of the downloaded image shell be kept, in addition for the local copy of the image. The
+ <function>…_Ex()</function> variants also expect an image class string (as above). Like the import and
+ export calls above, these calls return a pair of transfer identifier and object path for the ongoing
download.</para>
- <para><function>ListTransfers()</function> returns a list of ongoing import, export or download
- operations as created with the six calls described above. It returns an array of structures which
- consist of the numeric transfer identifier, a string indicating the operation (one of
- <literal>import-tar</literal>, <literal>import-raw</literal>, <literal>export-tar</literal>,
- <literal>export-raw</literal>, <literal>pull-tar</literal> or <literal>pull-raw</literal>), a string
- describing the remote file (in case of download operations this is the source URL, in case of
- import/export operations this is a short string describing the file descriptor passed in), a string
- with the local machine image name, a progress value between 0.0 (for 0%) and 1.0 (for 100%), as well as
- the transfer object path.</para>
+ <para><function>ImportFileSystem()</function>/<function>ImportFileSystemEx()</function> are similar to
+ <function>ImportTar()</function>/<function>ImportTarEx()</function> but import a directory tree. The
+ first argument must refer to a directory file descriptor for the source hierarchy to import.</para>
+
+ <para><function>ListTransfers()</function>/<function>ListTransfersEx()</function> return a list of
+ ongoing import, export or download operations as created with the six calls described above. They
+ return an array of structures which consist of the numeric transfer identifier, a string indicating the
+ operation (one of <literal>import-tar</literal>, <literal>import-raw</literal>,
+ <literal>export-tar</literal>, <literal>export-raw</literal>, <literal>pull-tar</literal> or
+ <literal>pull-raw</literal>), a string describing the remote file (in case of download operations this
+ is the source URL, in case of import/export operations this is a short string describing the file
+ descriptor passed in), a string with the local machine image name, the image class (only in case of
+ <function>ListTransfersEx()</function>; one of <literal>machine</literal>, <literal>portable</literal>,
+ <literal>sysext</literal>, <literal>confext</literal>), a progress value between 0.0 (for 0%) and 1.0
+ (for 100%), as well as the transfer object path.</para>
<para><function>CancelTransfer()</function> may be used to cancel an ongoing import, export or download
operation. Simply specify the transfer identifier to cancel the ongoing operation.</para>
+
+ <para><function>ListImages()</function> returns a list of currently installed images. It takes a image
+ class string and a flags parameter. The image class is either the empty string or specifies one of the
+ four image classes, by which it will then filter. The flags parameter must be zero at this time. It
+ returns an array of items, each describing one image. The item fields are in order: the image class,
+ the local image name, the image type, the image path, the read-only flag, the creation and modification
+ times (in microseconds since the UNIX epoch), as well as the current disk usage in bytes (both overall,
+ and exclusive), as well as any size limit in bytes set on the image (both overall and
+ exclusive).</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2>
<title>Signals</title>
- <para>The <function>TransferNew</function> signal is generated each time a new transfer is started with
+ <para>The <function>TransferNew()</function> signal is generated each time a new transfer is started with
the import, export or download calls described above. It carries the transfer ID and object path that
have just been created.</para>
- <para>The <function>TransferRemoved</function> signal is sent each time a transfer finishes,
+ <para>The <function>TransferRemoved()</function> signal is sent each time a transfer finishes,
is canceled or fails. It also carries the transfer ID and object path, followed by a string indicating
the result of the operation, which is one of <literal>done</literal> (on success),
<literal>canceled</literal> or <literal>failed</literal>.</para>
@@ -242,6 +343,7 @@ node /org/freedesktop/import1/transfer/_1 {
signals:
LogMessage(u priority,
s line);
+ ProgressUpdate(d progress);
properties:
@org.freedesktop.DBus.Property.EmitsChangedSignal("const")
readonly u Id = ...;
@@ -262,8 +364,6 @@ node /org/freedesktop/import1/transfer/_1 {
};
</programlisting>
- <!--signal LogMessage is not documented!-->
-
<!--Autogenerated cross-references for systemd.directives, do not edit-->
<variablelist class="dbus-interface" generated="True" extra-ref="org.freedesktop.import1.Transfer"/>
@@ -272,7 +372,9 @@ node /org/freedesktop/import1/transfer/_1 {
<variablelist class="dbus-method" generated="True" extra-ref="Cancel()"/>
- <variablelist class="dbus-signal" generated="True" extra-ref="LogMessage"/>
+ <variablelist class="dbus-signal" generated="True" extra-ref="LogMessage()"/>
+
+ <variablelist class="dbus-signal" generated="True" extra-ref="ProgressUpdate()"/>
<variablelist class="dbus-property" generated="True" extra-ref="Id"/>
@@ -315,6 +417,17 @@ node /org/freedesktop/import1/transfer/_1 {
between 0.0 and 1.0. To show a progress bar on screen we recommend to query this value in regular
intervals, for example every 500 ms or so.</para>
</refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Signals</title>
+
+ <para>The <function>LogMessage()</function> signal is emitted for log messages generated by a transfer. It
+ carries a pair of syslog log level integer and log string.</para>
+
+ <para>The <function>ProgressUpdate()</function> signal is emitted in regular intervals when new
+ download progress information is available for a transfer. It carries a double precision floating
+ pointer number between 0.0 and 1.0 indicating the transfer progress.</para>
+ </refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -340,4 +453,20 @@ node /org/freedesktop/import1/transfer/_1 {
</refsect1>
<xi:include href="org.freedesktop.locale1.xml" xpointer="versioning"/>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>History</title>
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>The Manager Object</title>
+ <para><function>ImportTarEx()</function>, <function>ImportRawEx()</function>,
+ <function>ImportFileSystemEx()</function>, <function>ExportTarEx()</function>,
+ <function>ExportRawEx()</function>, <function>PullTarEx()</function>, <function>PullRawEx()</function>,
+ <function>ListTransfersEx()</function>, <function>ListImages()</function> were added in version
+ 256.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+ <refsect2>
+ <title>Transfer Objects</title>
+ <para><function>ProgressUpdate()</function> was added in version 256.</para>
+ </refsect2>
+ </refsect1>
+
</refentry>