added peer check restart script

peer-count-auto-restart.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Usage: ./peer-count-auto-restart.sh [acceptable_number_of_peers]
+
+# Check if acceptable peer count is provided
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  ACCEPTABLE_PEERS=10
+  log "acceptable number of peers is set to: '$ACCEPTABLE_PEERS'"
+  echo "No acceptable peer count provided. Using default: $ACCEPTABLE_PEERS"
+else
+  ACCEPTABLE_PEERS=$1
+fi
+
+QORTAL_DIR="$HOME/qortal" # Default path to Qortal directory
+LOG_FILE="$QORTAL_DIR/peer_count_restart_log.txt"
+
+# Check if screen exists
+if command -v screen &> /dev/null; then
+  USE_SCREEN=true
+else
+  USE_SCREEN=false
+fi
+
+# Log function
+log() {
+  if [ -n "$LOG_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
+  else
+    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S') - $1"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Function to get number of connections
+get_number_of_connections() {
+  local response=$(curl -s localhost:12391/admin/status)
+
+  if command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "$response" | jq '.numberOfConnections'
+  else
+    echo "$response" | sed -n 's/.*"numberOfConnections":\([0-9]*\).*/\1/p'
+  fi
+}
+
+# Function to restart Qortal
+restart_qortal() {
+  log "Restarting Qortal..."
+  cd "$QORTAL_DIR" || {
+    log "Failed to change directory to $QORTAL_DIR"
+    exit 1
+  }
+  ./stop.sh
+  sleep 25
+  ./start.sh
+  log "Qortal restarted."
+}
+
+# Main loop function
+main_loop() {
+  log "Sleeping 3 minutes until first peer check..."
+  log "Number of acceptable peers set: $ACCEPTABLE_PEERS"
+  sleep 180  # Wait for 3 minutes before starting checks
+  while true; do
+    number_of_connections=$(get_number_of_connections)
+
+    if [ -z "$number_of_connections" ]; then
+      log "Failed to retrieve number of connections."
+    elif [[ "$NUMBER_OF_CONNECTIONS" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] && [ "$NUMBER_OF_CONNECTIONS" -lt "$ACCEPTABLE_PEERS" ]; then
+      log "Number of connections ($number_of_connections) is below acceptable threshold ($ACCEPTABLE_PEERS). Restarting Qortal..."
+      restart_qortal
+    else
+      log "Number of connections: ($number_of_connections) - is acceptable. No restarting needed..."
+      log "Set peer count: $ACCEPTABLE_PEERS"
+    fi
+
+    sleep 300  # Wait for 5 minutes before next check
+  done
+}
+
+# Run the script in a screen session if available
+if [ "$USE_SCREEN" = true ]; then
+  if screen -list | grep -q "peer_count_monitor"; then
+    log "Screen session 'peer_count_monitor' already exists. Attaching to existing session."
+    log "Acceptable peer count set: $ACCEPTABLE_PEERS"
+    screen -xr peer_count_monitor
+  else
+    screen -dmS peer_count_monitor bash -c "$(declare -f log get_number_of_connections restart_qortal main_loop); ACCEPTABLE_PEERS=$ACCEPTABLE_PEERS; main_loop"
+    log "Started in a new screen session."
+    log "Acceptable peer count set: $ACCEPTABLE_PEERS"
+  fi
+else
+  log "Screen not found. Running in the current session."
+  log "Acceptable peer count set: $ACCEPTABLE_PEERS"
+  main_loop
+fi
+