New flags in a `podman update` can change the configuration of HealthCheck when the container is started, without having to restart or recreate the container.
This can help determine why a given container suddenly started failing HealthCheck without interfering with the services it provides. For example, reconfigure HealthCheck to keep logs longer than the usual last X results, store logs to other destinations, etc.
Fixes: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-60561
Signed-off-by: Jan Rodák <hony.com@seznam.cz>
These flags can affect the output of the HealtCheck log. Currently, when a container is configured with HealthCheck, the output from the HealthCheck command is only logged to the container status file, which is accessible via `podman inspect`.
It is also limited to the last five executions and the first 500 characters per execution.
This makes debugging past problems very difficult, since the only information available about the failure of the HealthCheck command is the generic `healthcheck service failed` record.
- The `--health-log-destination` flag sets the destination of the HealthCheck log.
- `none`: (default behavior) `HealthCheckResults` are stored in overlay containers. (For example: `$runroot/healthcheck.log`)
- `directory`: creates a log file named `<container-ID>-healthcheck.log` with JSON `HealthCheckResults` in the specified directory.
- `events_logger`: The log will be written with logging mechanism set by events_loggeri. It also saves the log to a default directory, for performance on a system with a large number of logs.
- The `--health-max-log-count` flag sets the maximum number of attempts in the HealthCheck log file.
- A value of `0` indicates an infinite number of attempts in the log file.
- The default value is `5` attempts in the log file.
- The `--health-max-log-size` flag sets the maximum length of the log stored.
- A value of `0` indicates an infinite log length.
- The default value is `500` log characters.
Add --health-max-log-count flag
Signed-off-by: Jan Rodák <hony.com@seznam.cz>
Add --health-max-log-size flag
Signed-off-by: Jan Rodák <hony.com@seznam.cz>
Add --health-log-destination flag
Signed-off-by: Jan Rodák <hony.com@seznam.cz>
Jan Rodák