systemd-denotify

Updated to v1.3

GENERAL

systemd-denotify is a set of classes that leverage the power of systemd-python library and many other great python bindings. These classes provide desktop and email notifications upon a user login, when systemd files are modified and when various patterns match in journal logs. There is also another class that at a specified interval (by default 30 minutes) notifies the user for the status of some services. One can override the notifications he/she gets by editing the file /etc/systemd-denotify.conf.

CAUTION:

if you use vim to edit files that are being monitored by systemd-denotify.py you will be notified when the backup files that vim writes before saving a file that is modified are written too(also known as swap files =.swp). To overcome this annoyance you can edit /root/.vimrc and add these lines:

set nobackup

set nowritebackup

set noswapfile

You can expect data corruption if you dont have a ups installed, you have been warned.

INSTALLATION

Though this module is pypi ready i found it really tedious to install all the dependencies from pip. Unfortunately this module/app wont be uploaded to pypi. Hopefully this package gets its way into the repos. Below are some guidelines to generate packages for debian,ubuntu,fedora. Arch should not be difficult either- only a proper PKGBUILD would be needed.

SOURCE DISTRIBUTION

git clone https://github.com/gkarakou/systemd-denotify.git

cd systemd-denotify

python2 setup.py sdist

BUILD FOR FEDORA 22 AND UPWARDS

git clone https://github.com/gkarakou/systemd-denotify.git

cd systemd-denotify

sudo python setup.py bdist_rpm --requires "python2, systemd-python, notify-python, pygobject2, python-slip-dbus, python-inotify, systemd, systemd-libs, libnotify, dbus, dbus-python" --build-requires="python-setuptools" --vendor="gkarakou@gmail.com" --post-install=postinstall.sh --no-autoreg

sudo dnf --nogpgcheck install dist/systemd-denotify-1.3-1.noarch.rpm

trouble installing?

Verify that you have all the necessary build tools preinstalled:

sudo dnf install auto-buildrequires rpm-build-libs python2-devel

DEBIAN/UBUNTU

sudo apt-get install python-stdeb fakeroot python-all

git clone https://github.com/gkarakou/systemd-denotify.git

cd systemd-denotify

sudo python setup.py sdist_dsc --depends "systemd systemd-libs dbus libnotify python-systemd python-dbus python-notify python-gobject python-gi python-inotify xorg notification-daemon" --build-depends "python-setuptools" bdist_deb

#it should produce a .deb package ready to be installed in deb_dist directory (hint:ls -al deb_dist|grep deb):

sudo dpkg -i deb_dist/systemd-denotify-$VERSION.deb

sudo apt-get -f install

If you find any troubles you can follow this guide: http://shallowsky.com/blog/programming/python-debian-packages-w-stdeb.html

ARCHLINUX

systemd-denotify is already in AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/systemd-denotify/

USAGE

Simply read and edit the /etc/systemd-denotify.conf file.