From 73101c897757c9f7ae7ed653f42dd91f0112a20b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "M. Essam" <github@messam.xyz>
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:39:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [client] Restart netbird-ui post-install in linux deb&rpm
 (#2992)

---
 .goreleaser_ui.yaml              |  4 ++++
 release_files/ui-post-install.sh | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 release_files/ui-post-install.sh

diff --git a/.goreleaser_ui.yaml b/.goreleaser_ui.yaml
index 983aa0e78..1dd649d1b 100644
--- a/.goreleaser_ui.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser_ui.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ nfpms:
       - netbird-ui
     formats:
       - deb
+    scripts:
+      postinstall: "release_files/ui-post-install.sh"
     contents:
       - src: client/ui/netbird.desktop
         dst: /usr/share/applications/netbird.desktop
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ nfpms:
       - netbird-ui
     formats:
       - rpm
+    scripts:
+      postinstall: "release_files/ui-post-install.sh"
     contents:
       - src: client/ui/netbird.desktop
         dst: /usr/share/applications/netbird.desktop
diff --git a/release_files/ui-post-install.sh b/release_files/ui-post-install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6e8ddf92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release_files/ui-post-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Check if netbird-ui is running
+if pgrep -x -f /usr/bin/netbird-ui >/dev/null 2>&1;
+then
+  runner=$(ps --no-headers -o '%U' -p $(pgrep -x -f /usr/bin/netbird-ui) | sed 's/^[ \t]*//;s/[ \t]*$//')
+  # Only re-run if it was already running
+  pkill -x -f /usr/bin/netbird-ui >/dev/null 2>&1
+  su -l - "$runner" -c 'nohup /usr/bin/netbird-ui > /dev/null 2>&1 &'
+fi