added peer-monitor-restart-loop.sh - a script that checks the peer count every x minutes, and restarts every x consecutive results with low peer count. logs everything with 'peer_monitor.log'.

peer-monitor-restart-loop.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Path to the Qortal folder
+QORTAL_DIR=~/qortal
+LOG_FILE="$QORTAL_DIR/peer_monitor_log.txt"
+PEER_THRESHOLD=5
+CONSECUTIVE_CHECKS=2
+CHECK_INTERVAL=300 # 5 minutes in seconds
+
+# Logging function
+log() {
+  echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
+}
+
+# Check if running in screen
+if [ -z "$RUNNING_IN_SCREEN" ]; then
+  # Check if screen is installed
+  if command -v screen &> /dev/null; then
+    log "Screen is installed, running script in a screen session..."
+    export RUNNING_IN_SCREEN=1
+    screen -S qortal_peer_monitor -dm bash -c "RUNNING_IN_SCREEN=1 $(realpath "$0")"
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+      log "Script successfully started in screen session 'qortal_peer_monitor'."
+    else
+      log "Failed to start script in screen session."
+    fi
+    exit 0
+  else
+    log "Screen is not installed, running script normally..."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Function to get number of connections
+get_number_of_connections() {
+  local result=$(curl -s localhost:12391/admin/status)
+
+  if command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+    log "jq is installed, using jq to parse response."
+    local connections=$(echo "$result" | jq -r '.numberOfConnections')
+  else
+    log "jq not installed, executing sed backup method."
+    local connections=$(echo "$result" | sed -n 's/.*"numberOfConnections":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p')
+  fi
+
+  log "Number of connections: $connections"
+  echo "$connections"
+}
+
+
+# Main monitoring loop
+consecutive_fail_or_low_count=0
+
+while true; do
+  log "Checking number of connections..."
+  num_connections=$(get_number_of_connections)
+
+  if [ -z "$num_connections" ]; then
+    log "Failed to obtain number of connections."
+    ((consecutive_fail_or_low_count++))
+    log "Failed to obtain connections. Consecutive checks: $consecutive_fail_or_low_count"
+  else
+    log "Number of connections: $num_connections"
+    if [ "$num_connections" -lt "$PEER_THRESHOLD" ]; then
+      ((consecutive_fail_or_low_count++))
+      log "Peer count below threshold ($PEER_THRESHOLD). Consecutive checks: $consecutive_fail_or_low_count"
+    else
+      consecutive_fail_or_low_count=0
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  if [ "$consecutive_fail_or_low_count" -ge "$CONSECUTIVE_CHECKS" ]; then
+    log "Peer count below threshold for $CONSECUTIVE_CHECKS consecutive checks, initiating restart..."
+
+    # Navigate to Qortal directory
+    log "Navigating to Qortal directory..."
+    cd "$QORTAL_DIR" || { log "Failed to navigate to Qortal directory."; exit 1; }
+
+    # Stop Qortal core
+    log "Stopping Qortal core..."
+    ./stop.sh &> stop_output.log &
+    stop_pid=$!
+
+    # Wait for 30 seconds
+    sleep 30
+
+    # Check if stop script succeeded
+    if ! grep -q "Qortal ended gracefully" stop_output.log; then
+      log "Stop script did not complete successfully, force killing Java..."
+      killall -9 java
+
+      # Remove blockchain lock file
+      log "Removing blockchain lock file..."
+      rm -rf "$QORTAL_DIR/db/blockchain.lck"
+    else
+      log "Qortal stopped gracefully."
+    fi
+
+    # Ensure stop process completes
+    log "Waiting for stop process to complete..."
+    wait $stop_pid
+
+    # Start Qortal core
+    log "Starting Qortal core..."
+    ./start.sh
+
+    # Reset consecutive low count
+    consecutive_fail_or_low_count=0
+  fi
+
+  # Wait for the next check
+  log "Waiting for $CHECK_INTERVAL seconds before next check..."
+  sleep $CHECK_INTERVAL
+done
+