cysystemd 0.17.2

SystemD wrapper on Cython

Python systemd wrapper using Cython

Installation

All packages available on github releases.

Debian/Ubuntu

Install repository key

wget -qO - 'https://bintray.com/user/downloadSubjectPublicKey?username=bintray' | \
   apt-key add -

Install the repository file

Debian Jessie:

echo "deb http://dl.bintray.com/mosquito/cysystemd jessie main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cysystemd.list
apt-get update
apt-get install python-cysystemd python3-cysystemd

Ubuntu Xenial:

echo "deb http://dl.bintray.com/mosquito/cysystemd xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cysystemd.list
apt-get update
apt-get install python-cysystemd python3-cysystemd

Ubuntu Bionic:

echo "deb http://dl.bintray.com/mosquito/cysystemd bionic main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cysystemd.list
apt-get update
apt-get install python-cysystemd python3-cysystemd

Centos 7

yum localinstall \
   https://github.com/mosquito/cysystemd/releases/download/0.17.1/python-cysystemd-0.17.1-1.centos7.x86_64.rpm

Installation from sources

You should install systemd headers

For debian users:

apt-get install build-essential \
    libsystemd-journal-dev \
    libsystemd-daemon-dev \
    libsystemd-dev

For CentOS/RHEL

yum install gcc systemd-devel

And install it from pypi

pip install cysystemd

Usage examples

Systemd daemon notification

from cysystemd.daemon import notify, Notification

# Send READY=1
notify(Notification.READY)

# Send status
notify(Notification.STATUS, "I'm fine.")

# Send stopping
notify(Notification.STOPPING)

Write message into Systemd journal

from cysystemd import journal


journal.write("Hello Lennart")

# Or send structured data
journal.send(
    message="Hello Lennart",
    priority=journal.Priority.INFO,
    some_field='some value',
)

Or add logging handler to python logger

from cysystemd import journal
import logging
import uuid

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.addHandler(journal.JournaldLogHandler())

try:
    log.info("Trying to do something")
    raise Exception('foo')
except:
    logger.exception("Test Exception %s", 1)