win-sshproxy.exe fails to start after Windows update disables Event Logs

[Ravlyon]

Issue Description

After a recent Windows update, it appears that the Event Logs service was disabled automatically. This caused an issue where podman machine start could not successfully execute because win-sshproxy.exe failed to start. Manually re-enabling the Event Logs service resolved the issue. However, I believe Podman should not rely on the Event Logs, or at the very least, should provide clearer and more direct error messaging to help diagnose such issues.

Steps to reproduce the issue

Steps to reproduce the issue

1. With Windows Event Logs service disabled (which might happen due to a Windows update), run podman machine start.

Describe the results you received

The podman machine start command fails with an error indicating that win-sshproxy.exe failed to start, but it does not specify that this is due to the Windows Event Logs being disabled.

Describe the results you expected

Podman should either not rely on Windows Event Logs to start win-sshproxy.exe, or provide a clear error message indicating the dependency and how to resolve the issue if the Event Logs service is disabled.

podman info output

Client:       Podman Engine
Version:      4.8.3
API Version:  4.8.3
Go Version:   go1.20.12
Git Commit:   85dc30df56566a654700722a4dd190e1b9680ee7
Built:        Wed Jan  3 21:50:42 2024
OS/Arch:      windows/amd64

Server:       Podman Engine
Version:      4.8.3
API Version:  4.8.3
Go Version:   go1.21.5
Built:        Wed Jan  3 22:11:40 2024
OS/Arch:      linux/amd64

host:
  arch: amd64
  buildahVersion: 1.33.2
  cgroupControllers:
  - cpuset
  - cpu
  - cpuacct
  - blkio
  - memory
  - devices
  - freezer
  - net_cls
  - perf_event
  - net_prio
  - hugetlb
  - pids
  - rdma
  - misc
  cgroupManager: cgroupfs
  cgroupVersion: v1
  conmon:
    package: conmon-2.1.8-2.fc39.x86_64
    path: /usr/bin/conmon
    version: 'conmon version 2.1.8, commit: '
  cpuUtilization:
    idlePercent: 99.92
    systemPercent: 0.03
    userPercent: 0.05
  cpus: 12
  databaseBackend: sqlite
  distribution:
    distribution: fedora
    variant: container
    version: "39"
  eventLogger: journald
  freeLocks: 2047
  hostname: ryanlin-pc0
  idMappings:
    gidmap: null
    uidmap: null
  kernel: 5.15.133.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
  linkmode: dynamic
  logDriver: journald
  memFree: 12437889024
  memTotal: 16642101248
  networkBackend: netavark
  networkBackendInfo:
    backend: netavark
    dns:
      package: aardvark-dns-1.9.0-1.fc39.x86_64
      path: /usr/libexec/podman/aardvark-dns
      version: aardvark-dns 1.9.0
    package: netavark-1.9.0-1.fc39.x86_64
    path: /usr/libexec/podman/netavark
    version: netavark 1.9.0
  ociRuntime:
    name: crun
    package: crun-1.13-1.fc39.x86_64
    path: /usr/bin/crun
    version: |-
      crun version 1.13
      commit: c761349704905da07cfe67f38dda6850334a160f
      rundir: /run/crun
      spec: 1.0.0
      +SYSTEMD +SELINUX +APPARMOR +CAP +SECCOMP +EBPF +CRIU +LIBKRUN +WASM:wasmedge +YAJL
  os: linux
  pasta:
    executable: /usr/bin/pasta
    package: passt-0^20231230.gf091893-1.fc39.x86_64
    version: |
      pasta 0^20231230.gf091893-1.fc39.x86_64
      Copyright Red Hat
      GNU General Public License, version 2 or later
        <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
      This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
      There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
  remoteSocket:
    exists: true
    path: /run/podman/podman.sock
  security:
    apparmorEnabled: false
    capabilities: CAP_CHOWN,CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE,CAP_FOWNER,CAP_FSETID,CAP_KILL,CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE,CAP_SETFCAP,CAP_SETGID,CAP_SETPCAP,CAP_SETUID,CAP_SYS_CHROOT
    rootless: false
    seccompEnabled: true
    seccompProfilePath: /usr/share/containers/seccomp.json
    selinuxEnabled: false
  serviceIsRemote: true
  slirp4netns:
    executable: /usr/bin/slirp4netns
    package: slirp4netns-1.2.2-1.fc39.x86_64
    version: |-
      slirp4netns version 1.2.2
      commit: 0ee2d87523e906518d34a6b423271e4826f71faf
      libslirp: 4.7.0
      SLIRP_CONFIG_VERSION_MAX: 4
      libseccomp: 2.5.3
  swapFree: 4294967296
  swapTotal: 4294967296
  uptime: 23h 18m 43.00s (Approximately 0.96 days)
  variant: ""
plugins:
  authorization: null
  log:
  - k8s-file
  - none
  - passthrough
  - journald
  network:
  - bridge
  - macvlan
  - ipvlan
  volume:
  - local
registries:
  search:
  - docker.io
store:
  configFile: /usr/share/containers/storage.conf
  containerStore:
    number: 1
    paused: 0
    running: 1
    stopped: 0
  graphDriverName: overlay
  graphOptions:
    overlay.mountopt: nodev,metacopy=on
  graphRoot: /var/lib/containers/storage
  graphRootAllocated: 1081101176832
  graphRootUsed: 2789609472
  graphStatus:
    Backing Filesystem: extfs
    Native Overlay Diff: "false"
    Supports d_type: "true"
    Supports shifting: "false"
    Supports volatile: "true"
    Using metacopy: "true"
  imageCopyTmpDir: /var/tmp
  imageStore:
    number: 1
  runRoot: /run/containers/storage
  transientStore: false
  volumePath: /var/lib/containers/storage/volumes
version:
  APIVersion: 4.8.3
  Built: 1704291100
  BuiltTime: Wed Jan  3 22:11:40 2024
  GitCommit: ""
  GoVersion: go1.21.5
  Os: linux
  OsArch: linux/amd64
  Version: 4.8.3

Podman in a container

No

Privileged Or Rootless

None

Upstream Latest Release

Yes

Additional environment details

Additional environment details

Additional information

The issue was resolved after manually enabling the Event Logs service in Windows.

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