* fix list indents in notifications
* fix missing lang tag
* fix list indent and extra newlines
* further indentation experimentation
* fix remark lint-recommend warnings
@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ By default, watchtower will watch all containers. However, sometimes only some c
There are two options:
- **Fully exclude**: You can choose to exclude containers entirely from being watched by watchtower.
- **Monitor only**: In this mode, watchtower checks for container updates, sends notifications and invokes the [pre-check/post-check hooks](https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/lifecycle-hooks/) on the containers but does **not** perform the update.
- **Fully exclude**: You can choose to exclude containers entirely from being watched by watchtower.
- **Monitor only**: In this mode, watchtower checks for container updates, sends notifications and invokes the [pre-check/post-check hooks](https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/lifecycle-hooks/) on the containers but does **not** perform the update.
## Full Exclude
@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ docker run -d --label=com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true someimage
If you wish to create a monitoring scope, you will need to [run multiple instances and set a scope for each of them](https://containrrr.github.io/watchtower/running-multiple-instances).
Watchtower filters running containers by testing them against each configured criteria. A container is monitored if all criteria are met. For example:
- If a container's name is on the monitoring name list (not empty `--name` argument) but it is not enabled (_centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=false_), it won't be monitored;
- If a container's name is not on the monitoring name list (not empty `--name` argument), even if it is enabled (_centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true_ and `--label-enable` flag is set), it won't be monitored;
- If a container's name is on the monitoring name list (not empty `--name` argument) but it is not enabled (_centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=false_), it won't be monitored;
- If a container's name is not on the monitoring name list (not empty `--name` argument), even if it is enabled (_centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true_ and `--label-enable` flag is set), it won't be monitored;
## Monitor Only
@ -54,5 +54,3 @@ docker run -d --label=com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.monitor-only=true someimage
```
When the label is specified on a container, watchtower treats that container exactly as if [`WATCHTOWER_MONITOR_ONLY`](https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/arguments/#without_updating_containers) was set, but the effect is limited to the individual container.
Watchtower provides an HTTP API mode that enables an HTTP endpoint that can be requested to trigger container updating. The current available endpoint list is:
- `/v1/update` - triggers an update for all of the containers monitored by this Watchtower instance.
- `/v1/update` - triggers an update for all of the containers monitored by this Watchtower instance.
@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ system, [logrus](http://github.com/sirupsen/logrus). The types of notifications
comma-separated list of values to the `--notifications` option
(or corresponding environment variable `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS`), which has the following valid values:
- `email` to send notifications via e-mail
- `slack` to send notifications through a Slack webhook
- `msteams` to send notifications via MSTeams webhook
- `gotify` to send notifications via Gotify
- `shoutrrr` to send notifications via [containrrr/shoutrrr](https://github.com/containrrr/shoutrrr)
- `email` to send notifications via e-mail
- `slack` to send notifications through a Slack webhook
- `msteams` to send notifications via MSTeams webhook
- `gotify` to send notifications via Gotify
- `shoutrrr` to send notifications via [containrrr/shoutrrr](https://github.com/containrrr/shoutrrr)
!!! note "Using multiple notifications with environment variables"
There is currently a bug in Viper (https://github.com/spf13/viper/issues/380), which prevents comma-separated slices to
@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ comma-separated list of values to the `--notifications` option
## Settings
- `--notifications-level` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS_LEVEL`): Controls the log level which is used for the notifications. If omitted, the default log level is `info`. Possible values are: `panic`, `fatal`, `error`, `warn`, `info`, `debug` or `trace`.
- `--notifications-hostname` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS_HOSTNAME`): Custom hostname specified in subject/title. Useful to override the operating system hostname.
- Watchtower will post a notification every time it is started. This behavior [can be changed](https://containrrr.github.io/watchtower/arguments/#without_sending_a_startup_message) with an argument.
- `--notifications-level` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS_LEVEL`): Controls the log level which is used for the notifications. If omitted, the default log level is `info`. Possible values are: `panic`, `fatal`, `error`, `warn`, `info`, `debug` or `trace`.
- `--notifications-hostname` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS_HOSTNAME`): Custom hostname specified in subject/title. Useful to override the operating system hostname.
- Watchtower will post a notification every time it is started. This behavior [can be changed](https://containrrr.github.io/watchtower/arguments/#without_sending_a_startup_message) with an argument.
## Available services
@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ comma-separated list of values to the `--notifications` option
To receive notifications by email, the following command-line options, or their corresponding environment variables, can be set:
- `--notification-email-from` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_FROM`): The e-mail address from which notifications will be sent.
- `--notification-email-to` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_TO`): The e-mail address to which notifications will be sent.
- `--notification-email-server` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER`): The SMTP server to send e-mails through.
- `--notification-email-server-tls-skip-verify` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY`): Do not verify the TLS certificate of the mail server. This should be used only for testing.
- `--notification-email-server-port` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PORT`): The port used to connect to the SMTP server to send e-mails through. Defaults to `25`.
- `--notification-email-server-user` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_USER`): The username to authenticate with the SMTP server with.
- `--notification-email-server-password` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PASSWORD`): The password to authenticate with the SMTP server with. Can also reference a file, in which case the contents of the file are used.
- `--notification-email-delay` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_DELAY`): Delay before sending notifications expressed in seconds.
- `--notification-email-subjecttag` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SUBJECTTAG`): Prefix to include in the subject tag. Useful when running multiple watchtowers.
- `--notification-email-from` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_FROM`): The e-mail address from which notifications will be sent.
- `--notification-email-to` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_TO`): The e-mail address to which notifications will be sent.
- `--notification-email-server` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER`): The SMTP server to send e-mails through.
- `--notification-email-server-tls-skip-verify` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY`): Do not verify the TLS certificate of the mail server. This should be used only for testing.
- `--notification-email-server-port` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PORT`): The port used to connect to the SMTP server to send e-mails through. Defaults to `25`.
- `--notification-email-server-user` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_USER`): The username to authenticate with the SMTP server with.
- `--notification-email-server-password` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PASSWORD`): The password to authenticate with the SMTP server with. Can also reference a file, in which case the contents of the file are used.
- `--notification-email-delay` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_DELAY`): Delay before sending notifications expressed in seconds.
- `--notification-email-subjecttag` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SUBJECTTAG`): Prefix to include in the subject tag. Useful when running multiple watchtowers.
Example:
@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ By default, watchtower will send messages under the name `watchtower`, you can c
Other, optional, variables include:
- `--notification-slack-channel` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_CHANNEL`): A string which overrides the webhook's default channel. Example: #my-custom-channel.
- `--notification-slack-channel` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_CHANNEL`): A string which overrides the webhook's default channel. Example: #my-custom-channel.
Example:
@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ If you want to disable TLS verification for the Gotify instance, you can use eit
To send notifications via shoutrrr, the following command-line options, or their corresponding environment variables, can be set:
- `--notification-url` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_URL`): The shoutrrr service URL to be used.
- `--notification-url` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_URL`): The shoutrrr service URL to be used.
Go to [containrrr.github.io/shoutrrr/services/overview](https://containrrr.github.io/shoutrrr/services/overview) to
learn more about the different service URLs you can use. You can define multiple services by space separating the
@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ URLs. (See example below)
You can customize the message posted by setting a template.
- `--notification-template` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE`): The template used for the message.
- `--notification-template` (env. `WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE`): The template used for the message.
The template is a Go [template](https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/) and that format a list
of [log entries](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/sirupsen/logrus?tab=doc#Entry).
@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ outputs timestamp and log level.
If you want to adjust the date/time format it must show how the
[reference time](https://golang.org/pkg/time/#pkg-constants) (_Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 MST 2006_) would be displayed in your
custom format.
i.e. The day of the year has to be 1, the month has to be 2 (february), the hour 3 (or 15 for 24h time) etc.
i.e., The day of the year has to be 1, the month has to be 2 (february), the hour 3 (or 15 for 24h time) etc.
By default, Watchtower will clean up other instances and won't allow multiple instances running on the same Docker host or swarm. It is possible to override this behavior by defining a [scope](https://containrrr.github.io/watchtower/arguments/#filter_by_scope) to each running instance.
Notice that:
- Multiple instances can't run with the same scope;
- An instance without a scope will clean up other running instances, even if they have a defined scope;
- Multiple instances can't run with the same scope;
- An instance without a scope will clean up other running instances, even if they have a defined scope;
To define an instance monitoring scope, use the `--scope` argument or the `WATCHTOWER_SCOPE` environment variable on startup and set the _com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.scope_ label with the same value for the containers you want to include in this instance's scope (including the instance itself).