From ada05c4acafc9ad89bb68ab5c3485b90431e4c60 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Engelbrecht <andrew@engelbrecht.io>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 22:12:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] check for open local port before starting backup

this prints a more helpful info than the default restic error
---
 kaya | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kaya b/kaya
index 3eaebd8..c2d4b7d 100755
--- a/kaya
+++ b/kaya
@@ -201,6 +201,12 @@ main() {
 
     update-htpasswd-file
 
+    if ! lsof -Pi ":${local_port}" -sTCP:LISTEN -t > /dev/null ; then
+        echo "kaya: error: rest-server is not listening on port ${local_port}" >&2
+        echo "kaya: error: start rest-server or update ${global_conf}" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
     if [[ $action == backup ]]; then
         start-backup
     fi
-- 
2.25.1