change connection test to try binding to tcp/22 instead of ping (icmp)

we want to test if ssh is about to be able to work, so actually testing
if there's an ssh server on the port should help the run condition caused
by of ssh not being up the same instant as networking.

automate.sh

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "preparing..." # making sure things have the right owners
 adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" mc
-mkdir -p /srv/minecraft/{server,backups}
+mkdir -p /srv/minecraft/server
 cat <<- 'EOF' > /etc/systemd/system/mc-server.service
 	[Unit]
 	Description=Minecraft server
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ echo "PATH=/root/.local/bin/:$PATH" >> /root/.bashrc #FIXME: needs to me made im
 
 cat <<- 'EOF' > /root/.local/bin/mc-backup
 	#!/usr/bin/env bash
-	tar -caf /srv/minecraft/backups/server.tar.xz /srv/minecraft/server/
+	systemctl stop mc-server
+	tar -c -f - /srv/minecraft/server/ | zstd
 EOF
 
 chown root:root /root/.local/bin/mc-backup

deploy.sh

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ fi
 
 versionprompt
 echo -n "Waiting for machine to respond"
-# send pings every second, waiting for 1 second
-until ping -w 1 -c 1 $ipv4_address >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+# tests if ssh is up, waiting one second between attempts
+until nc $ipv4_address 22 <<<'' | grep -q 'SSH'; do
 	echo -n '.'
 	sleep 1
 done

functions.sh

@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ machine(){
 
 	case $command in
 		create)
-			# read isn't used in these pipelines because of job control shinanigans
 			echo 'Creating Droplet...'
 			curl -s -X POST \
 					-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
@@ -195,10 +194,7 @@ machine(){
 			        "image":"ubuntu-24-10-x64",
 			        "ssh_keys":["'$fingerprint'"],
 			        "tags":["auto-mc"]}' \
-			    "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets" |\
-					jq .droplet.id | read droplet
-
-			export droplet
+			    "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets" > /dev/null
 			echo 'Waiting for droplet to be active...'
 			while sleep 5; do
 					machine show status
@@ -220,23 +216,21 @@ machine(){
 					curl -s -X GET \
 						-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 						-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-						"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets/$droplet" |\
-						jq '.droplet.networks.v4[] | select(.type == "public")'
+						"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets?tag_name=auto-mc" |\
+						jq '.droplets[].networks.v4[] | select(.type == "public")'
 				;;
 				status)
 					curl -s -X GET \
 						-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 						-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-						"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets/$droplet" |\
-						jq -r .droplet.status | read status
+						"https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets?tag_name=auto-mc" |\
+						jq -r .droplets[].status | read status
 					export status
 				;;
 			esac
 	esac
 }
 
-
-
 versionprompt() {
 	if [ -z ${latest+x} ]; then
 		latest=`curl -s https://api.papermc.io/v2/projects/paper/ | jq -r .versions[-1]`