Introduce ENABLE_JSON_LOGGING env variable (#1158)

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