scope the change journal to host changes, in three sections

The change journal exists so a sysadmin sees what ProxMenux changed on the host — its own configuration, packages and services — not how it uses the host or configures a guest. Several scripts recorded operations that are neither: disk passthrough to a VM, container conversions, VM import/export, mounting a share into an LXC. Those are restored to their original, uninstrumented form. Scripts that operate on the host while also installing a package now record only the package: format-disk keeps its exFAT-tools install, the UUP ISO builder its build dependencies, and the share/host scripts their packages, services and /etc/fstab writes, while the mount and unmount operations they used to log are dropped.

The page now reads in three sections: what ProxMenux optimized after install (each function under its menu name), what its other host scripts changed (by script), and what it installed (packages and utilities, each referencing the script that installed it). A file reads as created or modified with its diff, a service shows its state transition, and the undo line appears only when a revert is possible.

scripts/utilities/export_vm_ova_ovf.sh

@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ if [[ -f "$UTILS_FILE" ]]; then
     source "$UTILS_FILE"
 fi
 
-if [[ -f "$LOCAL_SCRIPTS/global/pmx_journal.sh" ]]; then
-    source "$LOCAL_SCRIPTS/global/pmx_journal.sh"
-fi
-
 load_language
 initialize_cache
 
@@ -138,9 +134,6 @@ select_vm() {
 }
 
 ensure_vm_stopped() {
-    local FUNC_VERSION="1.0"
-    pmx_journal_context "ensure_vm_stopped" "$FUNC_VERSION"
-
     local status
     status=$(qm status "$VMID" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}')
 
@@ -153,7 +146,6 @@ ensure_vm_stopped() {
         return 1
     fi
 
-    pmx_record_execution "shut down VM ${VMID} for export" "qm shutdown ${VMID} --timeout 120"
     qm shutdown "$VMID" --timeout 120 >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 
     local i
@@ -165,7 +157,6 @@ ensure_vm_stopped() {
 
     if dialog --backtitle "ProxMenux" --title "$(translate "Shutdown timeout")" --yesno \
         "$(translate "Graceful shutdown timed out.")\n\n$(translate "Force stop VM now?")" 10 60; then
-        pmx_record_execution "force stop VM ${VMID} for export" "qm stop ${VMID}"
         qm stop "$VMID" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
         sleep 2
         status=$(qm status "$VMID" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2}')
@@ -525,17 +516,12 @@ print_export_result() {
 }
 
 run_export() {
-    local FUNC_VERSION="1.0"
-    pmx_journal_context "run_export" "$FUNC_VERSION"
-
     show_proxmenux_logo
     msg_title "$(translate "Export VM to OVA or OVF")"
 
     msg_ok "$(translate "VM selected:") $VMID ($VM_NAME)"
     msg_ok "$(translate "Export mode:") ${EXPORT_MODE^^}"
     msg_ok "$(translate "Destination:") $DEST_DIR"
-    pmx_record_execution "export VM ${VMID} as ${EXPORT_MODE^^} to ${DEST_DIR}" \
-        "convert ${DISK_COUNT} VM disk(s), generate OVF metadata and package ${EXPORT_MODE^^}"
 
     local ts vm_safe base_name
     ts=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

scripts/utilities/import_vm_ova_ovf.sh

@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ INSTALL_HELPERS="$LOCAL_SCRIPTS/global/utils-install-functions.sh"
 
 [[ -f "$UTILS_FILE" ]] && source "$UTILS_FILE"
 [[ -f "$INSTALL_HELPERS" ]] && source "$INSTALL_HELPERS"
-if [[ -f "$LOCAL_SCRIPTS/global/pmx_journal.sh" ]]; then
-    source "$LOCAL_SCRIPTS/global/pmx_journal.sh"
-fi
 load_language
 initialize_cache
 
@@ -90,9 +87,6 @@ BRIDGE="vmbr0"
 # with "syntax error at or near ,". Returns 0 on success, 1 if install
 # fails (caller is expected to abort with a clear error).
 ensure_gawk() {
-    local FUNC_VERSION="1.0"
-    pmx_journal_context "ensure_gawk" "$FUNC_VERSION"
-
     if command -v gawk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         return 0
     fi
@@ -117,7 +111,7 @@ ensure_gawk() {
     # Fallback when utils-install-functions.sh was not sourced.
     # Here we own the spinner: msg_info opens it, msg_ok / msg_error closes it.
     msg_info "$(translate "Installing gawk (required for OVF parsing)...")"
-    if apt-get update -qq >/dev/null 2>&1 && pmx_install_pkg gawk; then
+    if apt-get update -qq >/dev/null 2>&1 && apt-get install -y gawk >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         msg_ok "$(translate "gawk installed")"
         return 0
     fi
@@ -484,9 +478,6 @@ confirm_import() {
 # -------------------------------------------------------
 
 run_import() {
-    local FUNC_VERSION="1.0"
-    pmx_journal_context "run_import" "$FUNC_VERSION"
-
     show_proxmenux_logo
     msg_title "$(translate "Import VM from OVA or OVF")"
 
@@ -497,8 +488,6 @@ run_import() {
 
     # 1. Create VM shell
     msg_info "$(translate "Creating VM...")"
-    pmx_record_execution "import ${SOURCE_FILE} as VM ${NEW_VMID} on storage ${STORAGE}" \
-        "qm create ${NEW_VMID}; qm importdisk for ${#OVF_DISK_FILES[@]} disk(s); attach disks and configure boot"
     if ! qm create "$NEW_VMID" \
             --name "$NEW_VM_NAME" \
             --memory "$OVF_MEMORY_MB" \
@@ -635,7 +624,6 @@ print_import_result() {
 # -------------------------------------------------------
 
 main() {
-    local FUNC_VERSION="1.0"
     if ! command -v pveversion >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         dialog --backtitle "$BACKTITLE" --title "$(translate "Error")" \
             --msgbox "$(translate "This script must be run on a Proxmox host.")" 8 60
@@ -706,9 +694,6 @@ main() {
             --yesno "$(translate "Remove the partial VM ($NEW_VMID) and its imported disks?")" 8 60; then
             clear
             msg_info "$(translate "Removing partial VM") $NEW_VMID..."
-            pmx_journal_context "main" "$FUNC_VERSION"
-            pmx_record_execution "remove partial imported VM ${NEW_VMID}" \
-                "qm destroy ${NEW_VMID} --destroy-unreferenced-disks 1"
             if qm destroy "$NEW_VMID" --destroy-unreferenced-disks 1 &>/dev/null; then
                 msg_ok "$(translate "Partial VM removed")"
             else

scripts/utilities/uup_dump_iso_creator.sh

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ VENV_PATH="/opt/googletrans-env"
 if [[ -f "$UTILS_FILE" ]]; then
     source "$UTILS_FILE"
 fi
+if [[ -f "$BASE_DIR/scripts/global/pmx_journal.sh" ]]; then
+    source "$BASE_DIR/scripts/global/pmx_journal.sh"
+fi
 
 load_language
 initialize_cache
@@ -125,7 +128,14 @@ function run_uupdump_creator() {
         msg_info "$(translate "Installing dependencies: ${MISSING[*]}")"
         apt-get update -qq >/dev/null 2>&1
         msg_ok "$(translate "All dependencies installed and verified.")"
-        if ! apt-get install -y "${MISSING[@]}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        # Build dependencies land on the host, so they are recorded;
+        # building the ISO is an operation and is not.
+        if declare -F pmx_install_pkg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            if ! PMX_JOURNAL_SOURCE="uup_dump_iso_creator.sh" pmx_install_pkg "${MISSING[@]}"; then
+                msg_error "$(translate "Failed to install: ${MISSING[*]}")"
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        elif ! apt-get install -y "${MISSING[@]}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             msg_error "$(translate "Failed to install: ${MISSING[*]}")"
             exit 1
         fi