From e49d9d9169c8cc7f154b15ab1a4727b6511ae30c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeromy <jeromyj@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 09:15:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] default settings for the connection manager

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Jeromy <jeromyj@gmail.com>
---
 core/core.go        |  5 ++++-
 repo/config/init.go | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/core.go b/core/core.go
index 760ed7bfb..21f11b0ce 100644
--- a/core/core.go
+++ b/core/core.go
@@ -271,7 +271,10 @@ func (n *IpfsNode) startOnlineServices(ctx context.Context, routingOption Routin
 
 func constructConnMgr(cfg config.ConnMgr) (ifconnmgr.ConnManager, error) {
 	switch cfg.Type {
-	case "", "none":
+	case "":
+		// 'default' value is the basic connection manager
+		return connmgr.NewConnManager(config.DefaultConnMgrLowWater, config.DefaultConnMgrHighWater, config.DefaultConnMgrGracePeriod), nil
+	case "none":
 		return nil, nil
 	case "basic":
 		grace, err := time.ParseDuration(cfg.GracePeriod)
diff --git a/repo/config/init.go b/repo/config/init.go
index 80923355e..0b3537d25 100644
--- a/repo/config/init.go
+++ b/repo/config/init.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"time"
 
 	peer "gx/ipfs/QmXYjuNuxVzXKJCfWasQk1RqkhVLDM9jtUKhqc2WPQmFSB/go-libp2p-peer"
 	ci "gx/ipfs/QmaPbCnUMBohSGo3KnxEa2bHqyJVVeEEcwtqJAYxerieBo/go-libp2p-crypto"
@@ -71,11 +72,31 @@ func Init(out io.Writer, nBitsForKeypair int) (*Config, error) {
 			Interval: "12h",
 			Strategy: "all",
 		},
+		Swarm: SwarmConfig{
+			ConnMgr: ConnMgr{
+				LowWater:    DefaultConnMgrLowWater,
+				HighWater:   DefaultConnMgrHighWater,
+				GracePeriod: DefaultConnMgrGracePeriod.String(),
+				Type:        "basic",
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	return conf, nil
 }
 
+// DefaultConnMgrHighWater is the default value for the connection managers
+// 'high water' mark
+const DefaultConnMgrHighWater = 900
+
+// DefaultConnMgrLowWater is the default value for the connection managers 'low
+// water' mark
+const DefaultConnMgrLowWater = 600
+
+// DefaultConnMgrGracePeriod is the default value for the connection managers
+// grace period
+const DefaultConnMgrGracePeriod = time.Second * 20
+
 // DefaultDatastoreConfig is an internal function exported to aid in testing.
 func DefaultDatastoreConfig() Datastore {
 	return Datastore{