Changelog

1.2 (24-11-2020)

Added a feature to upload verified snapshots to a release section of a GitHub repository

1.1 (22-11-2020)

Added check for synchronization with the blockchain after restoring a snapshot.
Added changelog :)

What's new in version 1.0

Added check for synchronization with the blockchain before creating a snapshot.
Now snapshots are restored automatically, without the need to manually stop and start your node.
Improved stability during recovery. Previously, if the shift-lisk database was broken, the snapshot couldn't be restored. Now the old database is deleted and a new one is created, just like when ./shift_manager.bash rebuild is called. Now a snapshot is restored under any conditions.
Snapshots are now created with compression, which has significantly reduced their size, but slightly increased the time it takes to create a snapshot. However, the recovery time has not changed.
The compression level can be selected from 1 (default) to 9.
- Compression with level 1 is three times faster than with level 9.
- The size of the database per moment at compression:
  - 1: 785MB
  - 9: 718MB
Snapshots are fully compatible with ./shift_manager.bash
Executable file renamed from shift-snapshot.sh to snap.sh
Added visualization using color for: error messages, the need for user input, messages about successful completion.
Added a warning about closing the program during tasks execution.
Now you can create a verified snapshot. Script creates a compressed dump of the shift-lisk database, then moves it to a local folder of your node, and restores it using ./shift_manager.bash rebuild. After that, it's checked whether the node was able to synchronize with the blockchain.