Allow for connection failures for some commands

cmd/ls.go

@@ -47,21 +47,30 @@ ccl ls squid`,
 		w := tabwriter.NewWriter(cmd.OutOrStdout(), 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
 		defer w.Flush()
 
-		titlemsg := "CATEGORY\tNAME\tIMAGE\tCREATED\tRUNNING"
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n", titlemsg)
-		for _, c := range conts {
-			data := []interface{}{c.Category, c.Name, c.Image}
-			if c.IsCreated() {
-				data = append(data, "   ✔")
-			} else {
-				data = append(data, "")
+		if conn != nil {
+			titlemsg := "CATEGORY\tNAME\tIMAGE\tCREATED\tRUNNING"
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n", titlemsg)
+			for _, c := range conts {
+				data := []interface{}{c.Category, c.Name, c.Image}
+				if c.IsCreated() {
+					data = append(data, "   ✔")
+				} else {
+					data = append(data, "")
+				}
+				if c.IsRunning() {
+					data = append(data, "   ✔")
+				} else {
+					data = append(data, "")
+				}
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", data...)
 			}
-			if c.IsRunning() {
-				data = append(data, "   ✔")
-			} else {
-				data = append(data, "")
+		} else {
+			titlemsg := "CATEGORY\tNAME\tIMAGE"
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\n", titlemsg)
+			for _, c := range conts {
+				data := []interface{}{c.Category, c.Name, c.Image}
+				fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\n", data...)
 			}
-			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", data...)
 		}
 	},
 }

cmd/root.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 	"gitea.elkins.co/Networking/ccl/internal/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/bindings"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
@@ -48,23 +49,24 @@ execute the necessary podman commands.`,
 			contMask = []string{"disabled"}
 		}
 
-		requireConn := []string{"create", "ls", "pull", "recreate", "restart", "rm", "show", "start", "stop", "update"}
+		requireConn := []string{"create", "pull", "recreate", "restart", "rm", "show", "start", "stop", "update"}
 		if slices.Contains(requireConn, cmd.Name()) {
 			// connect to podman
-			conn, err := bindings.NewConnection(context.Background(), socket)
-			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Could not connect:", err)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
-			err = config.Init(conn)
-			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Warning: Could not initialize configuration:", err)
+			ConnectMust()
+		} else {
+			if err := Connect(); err != nil {
+				log.WithField("error", err).Warnln("Connection failed")
 			}
 		}
+		err := config.Init(conn)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Warning: Could not initialize configuration:", err)
+		}
 	},
 }
 
 var (
+	conn        context.Context
 	output      io.Writer
 	verbose     bool
 	fake        bool
@@ -82,6 +84,19 @@ func Execute() {
 	}
 }
 
+func Connect() error {
+	var err error
+	conn, err = bindings.NewConnection(context.WithValue(context.Background(), "output", output), socket)
+	return err
+}
+
+func ConnectMust() {
+	if err := Connect(); err != nil {
+		log.WithField("error", err).Errorf("Could not connect")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
 func init() {
 	cobra.OnInitialize(func() {
 		if verbose {

internal/pkg/container/container.go

@@ -86,10 +86,13 @@ func (c *Container) Init(conn context.Context, nets []network.Network) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	c.conn = conn
 	if !c.Umask.Valid {
 		c.Umask.SetValid(0o022)
 	}
+	if conn == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("conn is nil: %s", c.Name)
+	}
+	c.conn = conn
 	return c.populateCData()
 }