Introduce ENABLE_JSON_LOGGING env variable (#1158)

charts/postgres-operator/templates/deployment.yaml

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ spec:
         image: "{{ .Values.image.registry }}/{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
         env:
+      {{- if .Values.enableJsonLogging }}
+        - name: ENABLE_JSON_LOGGING
+          value: "true"
+      {{- end }}
       {{- if eq .Values.configTarget "ConfigMap" }}
         - name: CONFIG_MAP_NAME
           value: {{ template "postgres-operator.fullname" . }}

charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ podLabels: {}
 
 configTarget: "ConfigMap"
 
+# JSON logging format
+enableJsonLogging: false
+
 # general configuration parameters
 configGeneral:
   # choose if deployment creates/updates CRDs with OpenAPIV3Validation

cmd/main.go

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
-	"log"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"sync"
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&config.NoTeamsAPI, "noteamsapi", false, "Disable all access to the teams API")
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	config.EnableJsonLogging = os.Getenv("ENABLE_JSON_LOGGING") == "true"
+
 	configMapRawName := os.Getenv("CONFIG_MAP_NAME")
 	if configMapRawName != "" {
 
@@ -63,6 +65,9 @@ func init() {
 func main() {
 	var err error
 
+	if config.EnableJsonLogging {
+		log.SetFormatter(&log.JSONFormatter{})
+	}
 	log.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
 	log.Printf("Spilo operator %s\n", version)
 

docs/reference/command_line_and_environment.md

@@ -56,3 +56,7 @@ The following environment variables are accepted by the operator:
 * **CRD_READY_WAIT_INTERVAL**
   defines the  interval between consecutive attempts waiting for the
   `postgresql` CRD to be created. The default is 5s.
+  
+* **ENABLE_JSON_LOGGING**
+  Set to `true` for JSON formatted logging output.
+  The default is false.

pkg/controller/controller.go

@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ type Controller struct {
 // NewController creates a new controller
 func NewController(controllerConfig *spec.ControllerConfig, controllerId string) *Controller {
 	logger := logrus.New()
+	if controllerConfig.EnableJsonLogging {
+		logger.SetFormatter(&logrus.JSONFormatter{})
+	}
 
 	var myComponentName = "postgres-operator"
 	if controllerId != "" {

pkg/spec/types.go

@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ type ControllerConfig struct {
 	CRDReadyWaitTimeout  time.Duration
 	ConfigMapName        NamespacedName
 	Namespace            string
+
+	EnableJsonLogging bool
 }
 
 // cached value for the GetOperatorNamespace