From d6f679173f52b695cec6a0f5868c648a1b4bf25a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Shook <jshook@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:40:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] auto symlink heartbeat file

---
 .../nosqlbench/nb/api/components/status/ComponentPulse.java  | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/components/status/ComponentPulse.java b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/components/status/ComponentPulse.java
index 32d0e6403..c61c4dec1 100644
--- a/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/components/status/ComponentPulse.java
+++ b/nb-api/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/nb/api/components/status/ComponentPulse.java
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ public class ComponentPulse extends UnstartedPeriodicTaskComponent {
         Heartbeat heartbeat = pulseOf.heartbeat().withHeartbeatDetails(intervalmillis,System.currentTimeMillis());
         try {
             Files.writeString(hbpath, heartbeat.toYaml(), StandardOpenOption.WRITE, StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING);
+            Files.deleteIfExists(linkpath);
+            Files.createSymbolicLink(
+                linkpath,
+                hbpath.getFileName()
+            );
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logger.error("Unable to write heartbeat data to " + hbpath.toString() + ": " + e);
         }