v1.0.4

Watchdog v1.0.4

This release improves installation, documentation, validation, and the overall developer experience. No breaking configuration changes are introduced.

Added

• Added -V and --version options.
• Added a comprehensive CHANGELOG.md.
• Added ready-to-adapt configurations for:
  • HTTP checks with Docker Compose
  • TCP checks with systemd
  • Command-based health checks
  • Multi-service monitoring
  • Failure and recovery hooks
• Added a detailed Troubleshooting section.
• Added cron setup examples for one-minute and five-minute intervals.
• Added CI, release, license, and Bash version badges.

Improved

• The installer now verifies Bash, curl, flock, timeout, systemctl, and Mike Farah yq v4.
• The installer creates required log, state, configuration, and lock directories.
• Existing configurations are preserved during installation.
• Installation output now includes a clear summary and recommended next steps.
• Quick Start now uses a stable tagged release archive.
• Added separate instructions for downloading the development branch.
• Replaced sudo editor with the more portable and secure sudoedit.
• Expanded .gitignore for IDE files, secrets, runtime data, caches, logs, and release artifacts.
• Improved ShellCheck compatibility throughout the Bash codebase.

CI and validation

• Added ShellCheck validation to GitHub Actions.
• All Bash scripts pass bash -n.
• All example YAML configurations pass yq validation.
• The smoke test covers healthy checks, failures, remediation execution, and state transitions.

Upgrade notes

No YAML schema changes are required. Existing configurations from v1.0.3 remain compatible with v1.0.4.