Version 1.9.53

Version 1.9.53

• Move checksum related code to own function
• Set a shorter thread name, makes logging messages are easier to read.
• Add opensuse/leap:15.5 to release build.

Full Changelog: v1.9.52...v1.9.53

Version 1.9.52

Version 1.9.52

• Code cleanup
• Build release packages using github actions.

Full Changelog: v1.9.51...v1.9.52

Version 1.9.51

Version 1.9.51

• Slight change in log message wording.
• virtnbdrestore: if starting NBD service on remote system fails, catch
  exceptions accordingly.
• virtnbdrestore: if --nbd-ip parameter is set, pass -b option to qemu-nbd
  command so the NDB service binds to specified IP address.
• virtnbdrestore: Set SSH session mode to UPLOAD, otherwise uploading
  files such as UEFI images and vm config fails.
• virtnbdrestore: Catch exception if connection to libvirt fails
• virtnbdrestore: Create target directory on remote system only if it does
  not exist, Thanks @draggeta
• CI: enhance remote backup check: test if UEFI loader files are copied
  correctly during remote backup.

Full Changelog: v1.9.50...v1.9.51

Version 1.9.50

Version 1.9.50

• Add openssh-client to docker image required for remote backup
  functionality (#151)
• Check if specified ip address in --nbd-ip parameter is an
  ipv6 address and if so, use ipv6 ip notation for NBD client
  connection (#150)
• Fix NBD connection timeout: current implementation only waited
  until NBD server on socket was reachable. Now it also attempts to
  retry connection for remote TCP NBD servers (#150)
• Fix exception in ssh client during raise

Full Changelog: v1.9.49...v1.9.50

Version 1.9.49

Version 1.9.49

• Logging: Use blue color definition instead of light-blue which might not be
  supported by all colorlog versions (#148 logging errors - KeyError: 'light_blue')

Full Changelog: v1.9.48...v1.9.49

Version 1.9.48

Version 1.9.48

• Rework some error messages / exception handling.

Version 1.9.47

• Remote backup: catch more exceptions accordingly, provide better
  error message if ssh connection fails.

Version 1.9.46

• Update package dependencies in docker file.
• Spelling fixes

Full Changelog: v1.9.45...v1.9.48

Version 1.9.45

Version 1.9.45

• virtnbdbackup: Add more info output during checkpoint handling, move
  error message.
• Add colorful log messages so warnings and and errors are easier to spot:
  can be disabled using the --nocolor option.

Version 1.9.44

• virtnbdbackup: disable progressbar if quiet option is enabled.

Version 1.9.43

• virtnbdbackup: add --quiet option: disable log output to stderr,
  log into logfile only. (#137)

Full Changelog: v1.9.42...v1.9.45

Note: the latest version introduces a new dependency on the python colorlog module! If you dont use the regular rpm or debian packages update your venvs (pip3 install -r requirements.txt)

Version 1.9.42

Version 1.9.42

• virtnbdbackup: skip checksum output if backup is redirected to stdout

Version 1.9.41

• virtnbdrestore: add Option -B to allow changing default buffer size
  during verify to speed up process.

Version 1.9.40

• Update README
• New feature: compute adler32 checksum for written data and add
  verify option to virtnbdrestore, so its possible to check for corrupt
  backups without having to restore.

Full Changelog: v1.9.38...v1.9.42

Version 1.9.38

Version 1.9.38

• Release packages compatible with RHEL9 (#130)

• add required vagrant file
• adjust requirements during package build
• put dist files into separate directories

Full Changelog: v1.9.37...v1.9.38

Version 1.9.37

Version 1.9.37

• Update README: add example how to convert qcow images to the required
  format to support all backup features.

Version 1.9.36

• Fail with better understandable error message if libvirt version requires
  the virtual machine configuration to be adjusted for backup to work.

Version 1.9.35

• Fix some pylint warnings, add ignores.

Version 1.9.34

• Update README

Version 1.9.33

• Update README

Full Changelog: v1.9.32...v1.9.37