More detailed error alerting via runtime context available in "on_error" hook (#174).

NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+1.3.23
+ * #174: More detailed error alerting via runtime context available in "on_error" hook.
+
 1.3.22
  * #144: When backups to one of several repositories fails, keep backing up to the other
    repositories and report errors afterwards.

borgmatic/commands/borgmatic.py

@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ def run_configuration(config_filename, config, arguments):
     local_path = location.get('local_path', 'borg')
     remote_path = location.get('remote_path')
     borg_environment.initialize(storage)
-    encountered_error = False
+    encountered_error = None
+    error_repository = ''
 
     if 'create' in arguments:
         try:
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ def run_configuration(config_filename, config, arguments):
                 global_arguments.dry_run,
             )
         except (OSError, CalledProcessError) as error:
-            encountered_error = True
+            encountered_error = error
             yield from make_error_log_records(
                 '{}: Error running pre-backup hook'.format(config_filename), error
             )
@@ -79,7 +80,8 @@ def run_configuration(config_filename, config, arguments):
                     repository_path=repository_path,
                 )
             except (OSError, CalledProcessError) as error:
-                encountered_error = True
+                encountered_error = error
+                error_repository = repository_path
                 yield from make_error_log_records(
                     '{}: Error running actions for repository'.format(repository_path), error
                 )
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ def run_configuration(config_filename, config, arguments):
                 global_arguments.dry_run,
             )
         except (OSError, CalledProcessError) as error:
-            encountered_error = True
+            encountered_error = error
             yield from make_error_log_records(
                 '{}: Error running post-backup hook'.format(config_filename), error
             )
@@ -107,6 +109,9 @@ def run_configuration(config_filename, config, arguments):
                 config_filename,
                 'on-error',
                 global_arguments.dry_run,
+                repository=error_repository,
+                error=encountered_error,
+                output=getattr(encountered_error, 'output', ''),
             )
         except (OSError, CalledProcessError) as error:
             yield from make_error_log_records(

borgmatic/hook.py

@@ -6,12 +6,26 @@ from borgmatic import execute
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def execute_hook(commands, umask, config_filename, description, dry_run):
+def interpolate_context(command, context):
+    '''
+    Given a single hook command and a dict of context names/values, interpolate the values by
+    "{name}" into the command and return the result.
+    '''
+    for name, value in context.items():
+        command = command.replace('{%s}' % name, str(value))
+
+    return command
+
+
+def execute_hook(commands, umask, config_filename, description, dry_run, **context):
     '''
     Given a list of hook commands to execute, a umask to execute with (or None), a config filename,
     a hook description, and whether this is a dry run, run the given commands. Or, don't run them
     if this is a dry run.
 
+    The context contains optional values interpolated by name into the hook commands. Currently,
+    this only applies to the on_error hook.
+
     Raise ValueError if the umask cannot be parsed.
     Raise subprocesses.CalledProcessError if an error occurs in a hook.
     '''
@@ -21,6 +35,9 @@ def execute_hook(commands, umask, config_filename, description, dry_run):
 
     dry_run_label = ' (dry run; not actually running hooks)' if dry_run else ''
 
+    context['configuration_filename'] = config_filename
+    commands = [interpolate_context(command, context) for command in commands]
+
     if len(commands) == 1:
         logger.info(
             '{}: Running command for {} hook{}'.format(config_filename, description, dry_run_label)

docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups.md

@@ -47,19 +47,10 @@ but only if there is a `create` action. It runs even if an error occurs during
 a backup or a backup hook, but not if an error occurs during a
 `before_everything` hook.
 
-## Error hooks
-
 borgmatic also runs `on_error` hooks if an error occurs, either when creating
-a backup or running a backup hook. Here's an example configuration:
-
-```yaml
-hooks:
-    on_error:
-        - echo "Error while creating a backup or running a backup hook."
-```
-
-Note however that borgmatic does not run `on_error` hooks if an error occurs
-within a `before_everything` or `after_everything` hook.
+a backup or running a backup hook. See the [error alerting
+documentation](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/inspect-your-backups.md)
+for more information.
 
 ## Hook output
 

docs/how-to/inspect-your-backups.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ borgmatic --verbosity 2
 
 If you're less concerned with progress during a backup, and you just want to
 see the summary of archive statistics at the end, you can use the stats
-option:
+option when performing a backup:
 
 ```bash
 borgmatic --stats
@@ -82,6 +82,49 @@ Note that the [sample borgmatic systemd service
 file](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/set-up-backups/#systemd)
 already has this rate limit disabled.
 
+## Error alerting
+
+When an error occurs during a backup, borgmatic can run configurable shell
+commands to fire off custom error notifications or take other actions, so you
+can get alerted as soon as something goes wrong. Here's a not-so-useful
+example:
+
+```yaml
+hooks:
+    on_error:
+        - echo "Error while creating a backup or running a backup hook."
+```
+
+The `on_error` hook supports interpolating particular runtime variables into
+the hook command. Here's an example that assumes you provide a separate shell
+script to handle the alerting:
+
+```yaml
+hooks:
+    on_error:
+        - send-text-message.sh "{configuration_filename}" "{repository}"
+```
+
+In this example, when the error occurs, borgmatic interpolates a few runtime
+values into the hook command: the borgmatic configuration filename, and the
+path of the repository. Here's the full set of supported variables you can use
+here:
+
+ * `configuration_filename`: borgmatic configuration filename in which the
+   error occurred
+ * `repository`: path of the repository in which the error occurred (may be
+   blank if the error occurs in a hook)
+ * `error`: the error message itself
+ * `output`: output of the command that failed (may be blank if an error
+   occurred without running a command)
+
+Note that borgmatic does not run `on_error` hooks if an error occurs within a
+`before_everything` or `after_everything` hook. For more about hooks, see the
+[borgmatic hooks
+documentation](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups.md),
+especially the security information.
+
+
 ## Scripting borgmatic
 
 To consume the output of borgmatic in other software, you can include an
@@ -96,4 +139,5 @@ output only shows up at the console, and not in syslog.
 ## Related documentation
 
  * [Set up backups with borgmatic](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/set-up-backups.md)
+ * [Add preparation and cleanup steps to backups](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/add-preparation-and-cleanup-steps-to-backups.md)
  * [Develop on borgmatic](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/develop-on-borgmatic.md)

setup.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-VERSION = '1.3.22'
+VERSION = '1.3.23'
 
 
 setup(

tests/unit/test_hook.py

@@ -5,7 +5,24 @@ from flexmock import flexmock
 from borgmatic import hook as module
 
 
+def test_interpolate_context_passes_through_command_without_variable():
+    assert module.interpolate_context('ls', {'foo': 'bar'}) == 'ls'
+
+
+def test_interpolate_context_passes_through_command_with_unknown_variable():
+    assert module.interpolate_context('ls {baz}', {'foo': 'bar'}) == 'ls {baz}'
+
+
+def test_interpolate_context_interpolates_variables():
+    context = {'foo': 'bar', 'baz': 'quux'}
+
+    assert module.interpolate_context('ls {foo}{baz} {baz}', context) == 'ls barquux quux'
+
+
 def test_execute_hook_invokes_each_command():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('interpolate_context').replace_with(
+        lambda command, context: command
+    )
     flexmock(module.execute).should_receive('execute_command').with_args(
         [':'], output_log_level=logging.WARNING, shell=True
     ).once()
@@ -14,6 +31,9 @@ def test_execute_hook_invokes_each_command():
 
 
 def test_execute_hook_with_multiple_commands_invokes_each_command():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('interpolate_context').replace_with(
+        lambda command, context: command
+    )
     flexmock(module.execute).should_receive('execute_command').with_args(
         [':'], output_log_level=logging.WARNING, shell=True
     ).once()
@@ -25,6 +45,9 @@ def test_execute_hook_with_multiple_commands_invokes_each_command():
 
 
 def test_execute_hook_with_umask_sets_that_umask():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('interpolate_context').replace_with(
+        lambda command, context: command
+    )
     flexmock(module.os).should_receive('umask').with_args(0o77).and_return(0o22).once()
     flexmock(module.os).should_receive('umask').with_args(0o22).once()
     flexmock(module.execute).should_receive('execute_command').with_args(
@@ -35,6 +58,9 @@ def test_execute_hook_with_umask_sets_that_umask():
 
 
 def test_execute_hook_with_dry_run_skips_commands():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('interpolate_context').replace_with(
+        lambda command, context: command
+    )
     flexmock(module.execute).should_receive('execute_command').never()
 
     module.execute_hook([':', 'true'], None, 'config.yaml', 'pre-backup', dry_run=True)
@@ -45,6 +71,9 @@ def test_execute_hook_with_empty_commands_does_not_raise():
 
 
 def test_execute_hook_on_error_logs_as_error():
+    flexmock(module).should_receive('interpolate_context').replace_with(
+        lambda command, context: command
+    )
     flexmock(module.execute).should_receive('execute_command').with_args(
         [':'], output_log_level=logging.ERROR, shell=True
     ).once()