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feat: Add auto-start for stopped containers in watchdog

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- Added AUTO_START option (default: true) to automatically start
  stopped containers, not just restart unhealthy ones
- Added handle_stopped_container() function
- Updated documentation with new configuration option

Set AUTO_START=false to disable automatic starting of stopped containers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Container Watchdog
The Container Watchdog is a systemd service that monitors Docker containers and automatically restarts unhealthy ones. This is useful for ensuring reliability, especially on resource-constrained systems.
The Container Watchdog is a systemd service that monitors Docker containers and automatically restarts unhealthy or stopped ones. This is useful for ensuring reliability, especially on resource-constrained systems.
## Features
- **Health monitoring** - Checks container status every 30 seconds
- **Automatic restart** - Restarts containers that become unhealthy
- **Auto-start stopped containers** - Starts containers that have stopped (configurable)
- **Diagnostic logging** - Captures container logs before restart for troubleshooting
- **HTTP status endpoint** - Query container status via HTTP API
- **Restart history** - Tracks all automatic restarts with timestamps
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| `CHECK_INTERVAL` | `30` | Seconds between health checks |
| `LOG_FILE` | `/var/log/mc-webui-watchdog.log` | Path to log file |
| `HTTP_PORT` | `5051` | HTTP status port (0 to disable) |
| `AUTO_START` | `true` | Start stopped containers (set to `false` to disable) |
To modify defaults, create an override file:
```bash
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```ini
[Service]
Environment=CHECK_INTERVAL=60
Environment=AUTO_START=false
```
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