start date works on events

Signed-off-by: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>

change.go

@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import (
 
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/anypb"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/wrapperspb"
 
 	pb "go.wit.com/lib/protobuf/virtbuf"
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@ func NewChangeEvent(d *pb.Droplet, fname string, origval any, newval any) *pb.Ev
 	e.NewVal = convertToString(newval)
 	e.FieldName = fname
 
+	now := time.Now()
+	e.Start = timestamppb.New(now)
+
 	// this also works, but it's a bit overkill
 	// e.NewAny = convertToAnypb(newval)
 

config.go

@@ -29,23 +29,24 @@ var ErrorParseXML error = errors.New("invalid xml")
 
 // something is wrong somewhere and sometimes the
 // protobuf json files get written out with garbage
-func cfgfile() {
+func cfgfile() error {
 	err := readConfigFile("virtigo.json")
 	if err == nil {
-		return
+		return err
-	}
-	if err == ErrorParseJSON {
-		os.Exit(-1)
 	}
+	// test last config also parses
 	err = readConfigFile("virtigo.json.last")
 	if err == nil {
-		log.Info("read json failed", err)
+		return err
-		os.Exit(-1)
 	}
-	if err == ErrorNoFile {
+
-		log.Info("no config file created yet", err)
+	// try parsing event log
-		os.Exit(-1)
+	e, err := pb.ReadEventsConfig()
+	if err == nil {
+		return err
 	}
+	me.events = e
+	return nil
 }
 
 func readConfigFile(filename string) error {

main.go

@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ func main() {
 	me.events.Uuid = u.String()
 	me.events.Version = "dirty v1"
 
-	cfgfile()
+	err := cfgfile()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warn("reading config file failed", err)
+		os.Exit(-1)
+	}
 
 	// sanity check the droplets
 	checkDroplets(false)