Revert "feat(config): swap viper and cobra for config (#684)"

This reverts commit ff8cb884a0.

cmd/root.go

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -22,9 +21,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	client   container.Client
+	client         container.Client
-	notifier *notifications.Notifier
+	scheduleSpec   string
-	c        flags.WatchConfig
+	cleanup        bool
+	noRestart      bool
+	monitorOnly    bool
+	enableLabel    bool
+	notifier       *notifications.Notifier
+	timeout        time.Duration
+	lifecycleHooks bool
+	rollingRestart bool
+	scope          string
 )
 
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -39,11 +46,10 @@ More information available at https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/.
 }
 
 func init() {
+	flags.SetDefaults()
 	flags.RegisterDockerFlags(rootCmd)
 	flags.RegisterSystemFlags(rootCmd)
 	flags.RegisterNotificationFlags(rootCmd)
-	flags.SetEnvBindings()
-	flags.BindViperFlags(rootCmd)
 }
 
 // Execute the root func and exit in case of errors
@@ -54,10 +60,10 @@ func Execute() {
 }
 
 // PreRun is a lifecycle hook that runs before the command is executed.
-func PreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+func PreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	f := cmd.PersistentFlags()
 
-	// First apply all the settings that affect the output
+	if enabled, _ := f.GetBool("no-color"); enabled {
-	if viper.GetBool("no-color") {
 		log.SetFormatter(&log.TextFormatter{
 			DisableColors: true,
 		})
@@ -68,55 +74,75 @@ func PreRun(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 		})
 	}
 
-	if viper.GetBool("debug") {
+	if enabled, _ := f.GetBool("debug"); enabled {
 		log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 	}
-	if viper.GetBool("trace") {
+	if enabled, _ := f.GetBool("trace"); enabled {
 		log.SetLevel(log.TraceLevel)
 	}
 
-	interval := viper.GetInt("interval")
+	pollingSet := f.Changed("interval")
+	schedule, _ := f.GetString("schedule")
+	cronLen := len(schedule)
 
-	// If empty, set schedule using interval helper value
+	if pollingSet && cronLen > 0 {
-	if viper.GetString("schedule") == "" {
+		log.Fatal("Only schedule or interval can be defined, not both.")
-		viper.Set("schedule", fmt.Sprintf("@every %ds", interval))
+	} else if cronLen > 0 {
-	} else if interval != flags.DefaultInterval {
+		scheduleSpec, _ = f.GetString("schedule")
-		log.Fatal("only schedule or interval can be defined, not both")
+	} else {
+		interval, _ := f.GetInt("interval")
+		scheduleSpec = "@every " + strconv.Itoa(interval) + "s"
 	}
 
-	// Then load the rest of the settings
+	flags.GetSecretsFromFiles(cmd)
-	err := viper.Unmarshal(&c)
+	cleanup, noRestart, monitorOnly, timeout = flags.ReadFlags(cmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("unable to decode into struct, %v", err)
-	}
 
-	flags.GetSecretsFromFiles()
+	if timeout < 0 {
-
-	if c.Timeout <= 0 {
 		log.Fatal("Please specify a positive value for timeout value.")
 	}
 
-	log.Debugf("Using scope %v", c.Scope)
+	enableLabel, _ = f.GetBool("label-enable")
+	lifecycleHooks, _ = f.GetBool("enable-lifecycle-hooks")
+	rollingRestart, _ = f.GetBool("rolling-restart")
+	scope, _ = f.GetString("scope")
 
-	if err = flags.EnvConfig(); err != nil {
+	log.Debug(scope)
-		log.Fatalf("failed to setup environment variables: %v", err)
+
+	// configure environment vars for client
+	err := flags.EnvConfig(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if c.MonitorOnly && c.NoPull {
+	noPull, _ := f.GetBool("no-pull")
+	includeStopped, _ := f.GetBool("include-stopped")
+	includeRestarting, _ := f.GetBool("include-restarting")
+	reviveStopped, _ := f.GetBool("revive-stopped")
+	removeVolumes, _ := f.GetBool("remove-volumes")
+
+	if monitorOnly && noPull {
 		log.Warn("Using `WATCHTOWER_NO_PULL` and `WATCHTOWER_MONITOR_ONLY` simultaneously might lead to no action being taken at all. If this is intentional, you may safely ignore this message.")
 	}
 
-	client = container.NewClient(&c)
+	client = container.NewClient(
+		!noPull,
+		includeStopped,
+		reviveStopped,
+		removeVolumes,
+		includeRestarting,
+	)
 
 	notifier = notifications.NewNotifier(cmd)
 }
 
 // Run is the main execution flow of the command
-func Run(_ *cobra.Command, names []string) {
+func Run(c *cobra.Command, names []string) {
-	filter := filters.BuildFilter(names, c.EnableLabel, c.Scope)
+	filter := filters.BuildFilter(names, enableLabel, scope)
+	runOnce, _ := c.PersistentFlags().GetBool("run-once")
+	httpAPI, _ := c.PersistentFlags().GetBool("http-api")
 
-	if c.RunOnce {
+	if runOnce {
-		if !c.NoStartupMessage {
+		if noStartupMessage, _ := c.PersistentFlags().GetBool("no-startup-message"); !noStartupMessage {
 			log.Info("Running a one time update.")
 		}
 		runUpdatesWithNotifications(filter)
@@ -125,12 +151,14 @@ func Run(_ *cobra.Command, names []string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err := actions.CheckForMultipleWatchtowerInstances(client, c.Cleanup, c.Scope); err != nil {
+	if err := actions.CheckForMultipleWatchtowerInstances(client, cleanup, scope); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if c.HTTPAPI {
+	if httpAPI {
-		if err := api.SetupHTTPUpdates(c.HTTPAPIToken, func() { runUpdatesWithNotifications(filter) }); err != nil {
+		apiToken, _ := c.PersistentFlags().GetString("http-api-token")
+
+		if err := api.SetupHTTPUpdates(apiToken, func() { runUpdatesWithNotifications(filter) }); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
@@ -138,20 +166,20 @@ func Run(_ *cobra.Command, names []string) {
 		api.WaitForHTTPUpdates()
 	}
 
-	if err := runUpgradesOnSchedule(filter); err != nil {
+	if err := runUpgradesOnSchedule(c, filter); err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
 
 	os.Exit(1)
 }
 
-func runUpgradesOnSchedule(filter t.Filter) error {
+func runUpgradesOnSchedule(c *cobra.Command, filter t.Filter) error {
 	tryLockSem := make(chan bool, 1)
 	tryLockSem <- true
 
-	runner := cron.New()
+	cron := cron.New()
-	err := runner.AddFunc(
+	err := cron.AddFunc(
-		viper.GetString("schedule"),
+		scheduleSpec,
 		func() {
 			select {
 			case v := <-tryLockSem:
@@ -161,7 +189,7 @@ func runUpgradesOnSchedule(filter t.Filter) error {
 				log.Debug("Skipped another update already running.")
 			}
 
-			nextRuns := runner.Entries()
+			nextRuns := cron.Entries()
 			if len(nextRuns) > 0 {
 				log.Debug("Scheduled next run: " + nextRuns[0].Next.String())
 			}
@@ -171,11 +199,11 @@ func runUpgradesOnSchedule(filter t.Filter) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if !viper.GetBool("no-startup-message") {
+	if noStartupMessage, _ := c.PersistentFlags().GetBool("no-startup-message"); !noStartupMessage {
-		log.Info("Starting Watchtower and scheduling first run: " + runner.Entries()[0].Schedule.Next(time.Now()).String())
+		log.Info("Starting Watchtower and scheduling first run: " + cron.Entries()[0].Schedule.Next(time.Now()).String())
 	}
 
-	runner.Start()
+	cron.Start()
 
 	// Graceful shut-down on SIGINT/SIGTERM
 	interrupt := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
@@ -183,7 +211,7 @@ func runUpgradesOnSchedule(filter t.Filter) error {
 	signal.Notify(interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 
 	<-interrupt
-	runner.Stop()
+	cron.Stop()
 	log.Info("Waiting for running update to be finished...")
 	<-tryLockSem
 	return nil
@@ -193,12 +221,12 @@ func runUpdatesWithNotifications(filter t.Filter) {
 	notifier.StartNotification()
 	updateParams := t.UpdateParams{
 		Filter:         filter,
-		Cleanup:        c.Cleanup,
+		Cleanup:        cleanup,
-		NoRestart:      c.NoRestart,
+		NoRestart:      noRestart,
-		Timeout:        c.Timeout,
+		Timeout:        timeout,
-		MonitorOnly:    c.MonitorOnly,
+		MonitorOnly:    monitorOnly,
-		LifecycleHooks: c.LifecycleHooks,
+		LifecycleHooks: lifecycleHooks,
-		RollingRestart: c.RollingRestart,
+		RollingRestart: rollingRestart,
 	}
 	err := actions.Update(client, updateParams)
 	if err != nil {

internal/flags/config.go

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package flags
-
-import (
-	"time"
-)
-
-// WatchConfig is the global watchtower configuration created from flags and environment variables
-type WatchConfig struct {
-	Interval          int
-	Schedule          string
-	NoPull            bool `mapstructure:"no-pull"`
-	NoRestart         bool `mapstructure:"no-restart"`
-	NoStartupMessage  bool `mapstructure:"no-startup-message"`
-	Cleanup           bool
-	RemoveVolumes     bool `mapstructure:"remove-volumes"`
-	EnableLabel       bool `mapstructure:"label-enable"`
-	Debug             bool
-	Trace             bool
-	MonitorOnly       bool          `mapstructure:"monitor-only"`
-	RunOnce           bool          `mapstructure:"run-once"`
-	IncludeStopped    bool          `mapstructure:"include-stopped"`
-	IncludeRestarting bool          `mapstructure:"include-restarting"`
-	ReviveStopped     bool          `mapstructure:"revive-stopped"`
-	LifecycleHooks    bool          `mapstructure:"enable-lifecycle-hooks"`
-	RollingRestart    bool          `mapstructure:"rolling-restart"`
-	HTTPAPI           bool          `mapstructure:"http-api"`
-	HTTPAPIToken      string        `mapstructure:"http-api-token"`
-	Timeout           time.Duration `mapstructure:"stop-timeout"`
-	Scope             string
-	NoColor           bool `mapstructure:"no-color"`
-}

internal/flags/flags.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
@@ -15,15 +16,12 @@ import (
 // use watchtower
 const DockerAPIMinVersion string = "1.25"
 
-// DefaultInterval is the default time between the start of update checks
-const DefaultInterval = int(time.Hour * 24 / time.Second)
-
 // RegisterDockerFlags that are used directly by the docker api client
 func RegisterDockerFlags(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flags := rootCmd.PersistentFlags()
-	flags.StringP("host", "H", "unix:///var/run/docker.sock", "daemon socket to connect to")
+	flags.StringP("host", "H", viper.GetString("DOCKER_HOST"), "daemon socket to connect to")
-	flags.BoolP("tlsverify", "v", false, "use TLS and verify the remote")
+	flags.BoolP("tlsverify", "v", viper.GetBool("DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY"), "use TLS and verify the remote")
-	flags.StringP("api-version", "a", DockerAPIMinVersion, "api version to use by docker client")
+	flags.StringP("api-version", "a", viper.GetString("DOCKER_API_VERSION"), "api version to use by docker client")
 }
 
 // RegisterSystemFlags that are used by watchtower to modify the program flow
@@ -32,126 +30,126 @@ func RegisterSystemFlags(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flags.IntP(
 		"interval",
 		"i",
-		DefaultInterval,
+		viper.GetInt("WATCHTOWER_POLL_INTERVAL"),
 		"poll interval (in seconds)")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"schedule",
 		"s",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_SCHEDULE"),
 		"the cron expression which defines when to update")
 
 	flags.DurationP(
 		"stop-timeout",
 		"t",
-		time.Second*10,
+		viper.GetDuration("WATCHTOWER_TIMEOUT"),
 		"timeout before a container is forcefully stopped")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"no-pull",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_NO_PULL"),
 		"do not pull any new images")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"no-restart",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_NO_RESTART"),
 		"do not restart any containers")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"no-startup-message",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_NO_STARTUP_MESSAGE"),
 		"Prevents watchtower from sending a startup message")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"cleanup",
 		"c",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_CLEANUP"),
 		"remove previously used images after updating")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"remove-volumes",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_REMOVE_VOLUMES"),
 		"remove attached volumes before updating")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"label-enable",
 		"e",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_LABEL_ENABLE"),
 		"watch containers where the com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable label is true")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"debug",
 		"d",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_DEBUG"),
 		"enable debug mode with verbose logging")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"trace",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_TRACE"),
 		"enable trace mode with very verbose logging - caution, exposes credentials")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"monitor-only",
 		"m",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_MONITOR_ONLY"),
 		"Will only monitor for new images, not update the containers")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"run-once",
 		"R",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_RUN_ONCE"),
 		"Run once now and exit")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"include-stopped",
 		"S",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_INCLUDE_STOPPED"),
 		"Will also include created and exited containers")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"revive-stopped",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_REVIVE_STOPPED"),
 		"Will also start stopped containers that were updated, if include-stopped is active")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"enable-lifecycle-hooks",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_LIFECYCLE_HOOKS"),
 		"Enable the execution of commands triggered by pre- and post-update lifecycle hooks")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"rolling-restart",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_ROLLING_RESTART"),
 		"Restart containers one at a time")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"http-api",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_HTTP_API"),
 		"Runs Watchtower in HTTP API mode, so that image updates must to be triggered by a request")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"http-api-token",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_HTTP_API_TOKEN"),
 		"Sets an authentication token to HTTP API requests.")
 	// https://no-color.org/
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"no-color",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.IsSet("NO_COLOR"),
 		"Disable ANSI color escape codes in log output")
 	flags.StringP(
 		"scope",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_SCOPE"),
 		"Defines a monitoring scope for the Watchtower instance.")
 }
 
@@ -162,177 +160,178 @@ func RegisterNotificationFlags(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flags.StringSliceP(
 		"notifications",
 		"n",
-		[]string{},
+		viper.GetStringSlice("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS"),
 		" notification types to send (valid: email, slack, msteams, gotify, shoutrrr)")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notifications-level",
 		"",
-		"info",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS_LEVEL"),
 		"The log level used for sending notifications. Possible values: panic, fatal, error, warn, info or debug")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-email-from",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_FROM"),
 		"Address to send notification emails from")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-email-to",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_TO"),
 		"Address to send notification emails to")
 
 	flags.IntP(
 		"notification-email-delay",
 		"",
-		0,
+		viper.GetInt("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_DELAY"),
 		"Delay before sending notifications, expressed in seconds")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-email-server",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER"),
 		"SMTP server to send notification emails through")
 
 	flags.IntP(
 		"notification-email-server-port",
 		"",
-		25,
+		viper.GetInt("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PORT"),
 		"SMTP server port to send notification emails through")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"notification-email-server-tls-skip-verify",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY"),
 		`Controls whether watchtower verifies the SMTP server's certificate chain and host name.
 Should only be used for testing.`)
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-email-server-user",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_USER"),
 		"SMTP server user for sending notifications")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-email-server-password",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PASSWORD"),
 		"SMTP server password for sending notifications")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-email-subjecttag",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SUBJECTTAG"),
 		"Subject prefix tag for notifications via mail")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-slack-hook-url",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_HOOK_URL"),
 		"The Slack Hook URL to send notifications to")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-slack-identifier",
 		"",
-		"watchtower",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_IDENTIFIER"),
 		"A string which will be used to identify the messages coming from this watchtower instance")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-slack-channel",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_CHANNEL"),
 		"A string which overrides the webhook's default channel. Example: #my-custom-channel")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-slack-icon-emoji",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_ICON_EMOJI"),
 		"An emoji code string to use in place of the default icon")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-slack-icon-url",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_ICON_URL"),
 		"An icon image URL string to use in place of the default icon")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-msteams-hook",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_MSTEAMS_HOOK_URL"),
 		"The MSTeams WebHook URL to send notifications to")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"notification-msteams-data",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_MSTEAMS_USE_LOG_DATA"),
 		"The MSTeams notifier will try to extract log entry fields as MSTeams message facts")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-gotify-url",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_GOTIFY_URL"),
 		"The Gotify URL to send notifications to")
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-gotify-token",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_GOTIFY_TOKEN"),
 		"The Gotify Application required to query the Gotify API")
 
 	flags.BoolP(
 		"notification-gotify-tls-skip-verify",
 		"",
-		false,
+		viper.GetBool("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_GOTIFY_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY"),
 		`Controls whether watchtower verifies the Gotify server's certificate chain and host name.
 Should only be used for testing.`)
 
 	flags.StringP(
 		"notification-template",
 		"",
-		"",
+		viper.GetString("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_TEMPLATE"),
 		"The shoutrrr text/template for the messages")
 
 	flags.StringArrayP(
 		"notification-url",
 		"",
-		[]string{},
+		viper.GetStringSlice("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_URL"),
 		"The shoutrrr URL to send notifications to")
 }
 
-// SetEnvBindings binds environment variables to their corresponding config keys
+// SetDefaults provides default values for environment variables
-func SetEnvBindings() {
+func SetDefaults() {
-	if err := viper.BindEnv("host", "DOCKER_HOST"); err != nil {
+	day := (time.Hour * 24).Seconds()
-		log.Fatalf("failed to bind env DOCKER_HOST: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := viper.BindEnv("tlsverify", "DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY"); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed to bind env DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY: %v", err)
-	}
-	if err := viper.BindEnv("api-version", "DOCKER_API_VERSION"); err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("failed to bind env DOCKER_API_VERSION: %v", err)
-	}
-	viper.SetEnvPrefix("WATCHTOWER")
-	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer("-", "_"))
 	viper.AutomaticEnv()
-}
+	viper.SetDefault("DOCKER_HOST", "unix:///var/run/docker.sock")
-
+	viper.SetDefault("DOCKER_API_VERSION", DockerAPIMinVersion)
-// BindViperFlags binds the cmd PFlags to the viper configuration
+	viper.SetDefault("WATCHTOWER_POLL_INTERVAL", day)
-func BindViperFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	viper.SetDefault("WATCHTOWER_TIMEOUT", time.Second*10)
-	if err := viper.BindPFlags(cmd.PersistentFlags()); err != nil {
+	viper.SetDefault("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS", []string{})
-		log.Fatalf("failed to bind flags: %v", err)
+	viper.SetDefault("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATIONS_LEVEL", "info")
-	}
+	viper.SetDefault("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SERVER_PORT", 25)
+	viper.SetDefault("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL_SUBJECTTAG", "")
+	viper.SetDefault("WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_SLACK_IDENTIFIER", "watchtower")
 }
 
 // EnvConfig translates the command-line options into environment variables
 // that will initialize the api client
-func EnvConfig() error {
+func EnvConfig(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	var err error
+	var host string
 	var tls bool
 	var version string
 
-	host := viper.GetString("host")
+	flags := cmd.PersistentFlags()
-	tls = viper.GetBool("tlsverify")
+
-	version = viper.GetString("api-version")
+	if host, err = flags.GetString("host"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if tls, err = flags.GetBool("tlsverify"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if version, err = flags.GetString("api-version"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	if err = setEnvOptStr("DOCKER_HOST", host); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -345,6 +344,32 @@ func EnvConfig() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// ReadFlags reads common flags used in the main program flow of watchtower
+func ReadFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) (bool, bool, bool, time.Duration) {
+	flags := cmd.PersistentFlags()
+
+	var err error
+	var cleanup bool
+	var noRestart bool
+	var monitorOnly bool
+	var timeout time.Duration
+
+	if cleanup, err = flags.GetBool("cleanup"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if noRestart, err = flags.GetBool("no-restart"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if monitorOnly, err = flags.GetBool("monitor-only"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if timeout, err = flags.GetDuration("stop-timeout"); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	return cleanup, noRestart, monitorOnly, timeout
+}
+
 func setEnvOptStr(env string, opt string) error {
 	if opt == "" || opt == os.Getenv(env) {
 		return nil
@@ -365,7 +390,9 @@ func setEnvOptBool(env string, opt bool) error {
 
 // GetSecretsFromFiles checks if passwords/tokens/webhooks have been passed as a file instead of plaintext.
 // If so, the value of the flag will be replaced with the contents of the file.
-func GetSecretsFromFiles() {
+func GetSecretsFromFiles(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
+	flags := rootCmd.PersistentFlags()
+
 	secrets := []string{
 		"notification-email-server-password",
 		"notification-slack-hook-url",
@@ -373,19 +400,25 @@ func GetSecretsFromFiles() {
 		"notification-gotify-token",
 	}
 	for _, secret := range secrets {
-		getSecretFromFile(secret)
+		getSecretFromFile(flags, secret)
 	}
 }
 
 // getSecretFromFile will check if the flag contains a reference to a file; if it does, replaces the value of the flag with the contents of the file.
-func getSecretFromFile(secret string) {
+func getSecretFromFile(flags *pflag.FlagSet, secret string) {
-	value := viper.GetString(secret)
+	value, err := flags.GetString(secret)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+	}
 	if value != "" && isFile(value) {
 		file, err := ioutil.ReadFile(value)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
-		viper.Set(secret, strings.TrimSpace(string(file)))
+		err = flags.Set(secret, strings.TrimSpace(string(file)))
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error(err)
+		}
 	}
 }
 

internal/flags/flags_test.go

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package flags
 
 import (
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
@@ -13,11 +12,10 @@ import (
 
 func TestEnvConfig_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := new(cobra.Command)
+	SetDefaults()
 	RegisterDockerFlags(cmd)
-	SetEnvBindings()
-	BindViperFlags(cmd)
 
-	err := EnvConfig()
+	err := EnvConfig(cmd)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "unix:///var/run/docker.sock", os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST"))
@@ -28,14 +26,13 @@ func TestEnvConfig_Defaults(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestEnvConfig_Custom(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := new(cobra.Command)
+	SetDefaults()
 	RegisterDockerFlags(cmd)
-	SetEnvBindings()
-	BindViperFlags(cmd)
 
 	err := cmd.ParseFlags([]string{"--host", "some-custom-docker-host", "--tlsverify", "--api-version", "1.99"})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	err = EnvConfig()
+	err = EnvConfig(cmd)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "some-custom-docker-host", os.Getenv("DOCKER_HOST"))
@@ -74,11 +71,11 @@ func TestGetSecretsFromFilesWithFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 func testGetSecretsFromFiles(t *testing.T, flagName string, expected string) {
 	cmd := new(cobra.Command)
+	SetDefaults()
 	RegisterNotificationFlags(cmd)
-	SetEnvBindings()
+	GetSecretsFromFiles(cmd)
-	BindViperFlags(cmd)
+	value, err := cmd.PersistentFlags().GetString(flagName)
-	GetSecretsFromFiles()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
-	value := viper.GetString(flagName)
 
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, value)
 }

pkg/container/client.go

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pkg/registry/digest"
 
-	"github.com/containrrr/watchtower/internal/flags"
 	t "github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ type Client interface {
 //  * DOCKER_HOST			the docker-engine host to send api requests to
 //  * DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY		whether to verify tls certificates
 //  * DOCKER_API_VERSION	the minimum docker api version to work with
-func NewClient(config *flags.WatchConfig) Client {
+func NewClient(pullImages bool, includeStopped bool, reviveStopped bool, removeVolumes bool, includeRestarting bool) Client {
 	cli, err := sdkClient.NewClientWithOpts(sdkClient.FromEnv)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -51,11 +50,11 @@ func NewClient(config *flags.WatchConfig) Client {
 
 	return dockerClient{
 		api:               cli,
-		pullImages:        !config.NoPull,
+		pullImages:        pullImages,
-		removeVolumes:     config.RemoveVolumes,
+		removeVolumes:     removeVolumes,
-		includeStopped:    config.IncludeStopped,
+		includeStopped:    includeStopped,
-		reviveStopped:     config.ReviveStopped,
+		reviveStopped:     reviveStopped,
-		includeRestarting: config.IncludeRestarting,
+		includeRestarting: includeRestarting,
 	}
 }
 

pkg/notifications/email.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"net/smtp"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
@@ -34,17 +33,18 @@ type emailTypeNotifier struct {
 	delay                              time.Duration
 }
 
-func newEmailNotifier(_ *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifier {
+func newEmailNotifier(c *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifier {
+	flags := c.PersistentFlags()
 
-	from := viper.GetString("notification-email-from")
+	from, _ := flags.GetString("notification-email-from")
-	to := viper.GetString("notification-email-to")
+	to, _ := flags.GetString("notification-email-to")
-	server := viper.GetString("notification-email-server")
+	server, _ := flags.GetString("notification-email-server")
-	user := viper.GetString("notification-email-server-user")
+	user, _ := flags.GetString("notification-email-server-user")
-	password := viper.GetString("notification-email-server-password")
+	password, _ := flags.GetString("notification-email-server-password")
-	port := viper.GetInt("notification-email-server-port")
+	port, _ := flags.GetInt("notification-email-server-port")
-	tlsSkipVerify := viper.GetBool("notification-email-server-tls-skip-verify")
+	tlsSkipVerify, _ := flags.GetBool("notification-email-server-tls-skip-verify")
-	delay := viper.GetInt("notification-email-delay")
+	delay, _ := flags.GetInt("notification-email-delay")
-	subjecttag := viper.GetString("notification-email-subjecttag")
+	subjecttag, _ := flags.GetString("notification-email-subjecttag")
 
 	n := &emailTypeNotifier{
 		From:          from,
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ func (e *emailTypeNotifier) buildMessage(entries []*log.Entry) []byte {
 		// We don't use fields in watchtower, so don't bother sending them.
 	}
 
-	now := time.Now()
+	t := time.Now()
 
 	header := make(map[string]string)
 	header["From"] = e.From
 	header["To"] = e.To
 	header["Subject"] = emailSubject
-	header["Date"] = now.Format(time.RFC1123Z)
+	header["Date"] = t.Format(time.RFC1123Z)
 	header["MIME-Version"] = "1.0"
 	header["Content-Type"] = "text/plain; charset=\"utf-8\""
 	header["Content-Transfer-Encoding"] = "base64"

pkg/notifications/gotify.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -25,10 +24,10 @@ type gotifyTypeNotifier struct {
 	logLevels                []log.Level
 }
 
-func newGotifyNotifier(_ *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifier {
+func newGotifyNotifier(c *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifier {
-	flags := viper.Sub(".")
+	flags := c.PersistentFlags()
 
-	gotifyURL := flags.GetString("notification-gotify-url")
+	gotifyURL, _ := flags.GetString("notification-gotify-url")
 	if len(gotifyURL) < 1 {
 		log.Fatal("Required argument --notification-gotify-url(cli) or WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_GOTIFY_URL(env) is empty.")
 	} else if !(strings.HasPrefix(gotifyURL, "http://") || strings.HasPrefix(gotifyURL, "https://")) {
@@ -37,12 +36,12 @@ func newGotifyNotifier(_ *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifi
 		log.Warn("Using an HTTP url for Gotify is insecure")
 	}
 
-	gotifyToken := flags.GetString("notification-gotify-token")
+	gotifyToken, _ := flags.GetString("notification-gotify-token")
 	if len(gotifyToken) < 1 {
 		log.Fatal("Required argument --notification-gotify-token(cli) or WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_GOTIFY_TOKEN(env) is empty.")
 	}
 
-	gotifyInsecureSkipVerify := flags.GetBool("notification-gotify-tls-skip-verify")
+	gotifyInsecureSkipVerify, _ := flags.GetBool("notification-gotify-tls-skip-verify")
 
 	n := &gotifyTypeNotifier{
 		gotifyURL:                gotifyURL,

pkg/notifications/msteams.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"net/http"
 
 	t "github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pkg/types"
@@ -23,14 +22,16 @@ type msTeamsTypeNotifier struct {
 	data       bool
 }
 
-func newMsTeamsNotifier(_ *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifier {
+func newMsTeamsNotifier(cmd *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifier {
 
-	webHookURL := viper.GetString("notification-msteams-hook")
+	flags := cmd.PersistentFlags()
+
+	webHookURL, _ := flags.GetString("notification-msteams-hook")
 	if len(webHookURL) <= 0 {
 		log.Fatal("Required argument --notification-msteams-hook(cli) or WATCHTOWER_NOTIFICATION_MSTEAMS_HOOK_URL(env) is empty.")
 	}
 
-	withData := viper.GetBool("notification-msteams-data")
+	withData, _ := flags.GetBool("notification-msteams-data")
 	n := &msTeamsTypeNotifier{
 		levels:     acceptedLogLevels,
 		webHookURL: webHookURL,
@@ -84,19 +85,19 @@ func (n *msTeamsTypeNotifier) Fire(entry *log.Entry) error {
 
 		jsonBody, err := json.Marshal(webHookBody)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("Failed to build JSON body for MSTeams notification: ", err)
+			fmt.Println("Failed to build JSON body for MSTeams notificattion: ", err)
 			return
 		}
 
-		resp, err := http.Post(n.webHookURL, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(jsonBody))
+		resp, err := http.Post(n.webHookURL, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(jsonBody)))
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Println("Failed to send MSTeams notification: ", err)
+			fmt.Println("Failed to send MSTeams notificattion: ", err)
 		}
 
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 		if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode > 299 {
-			fmt.Println("Failed to send MSTeams notification. HTTP RESPONSE STATUS: ", resp.StatusCode)
+			fmt.Println("Failed to send MSTeams notificattion. HTTP RESPONSE STATUS: ", resp.StatusCode)
 			if resp.Body != nil {
 				bodyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 				if err == nil {

pkg/notifications/notifier.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/johntdyer/slackrus"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 // Notifier can send log output as notification to admins, with optional batching.
@@ -17,7 +16,9 @@ type Notifier struct {
 func NewNotifier(c *cobra.Command) *Notifier {
 	n := &Notifier{}
 
-	level := viper.GetString("notifications-level")
+	f := c.PersistentFlags()
+
+	level, _ := f.GetString("notifications-level")
 	logLevel, err := log.ParseLevel(level)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Notifications invalid log level: %s", err.Error())
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func NewNotifier(c *cobra.Command) *Notifier {
 	acceptedLogLevels := slackrus.LevelThreshold(logLevel)
 
 	// Parse types and create notifiers.
-	types := viper.GetStringSlice("notifications")
+	types, err := f.GetStringSlice("notifications")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithField("could not read notifications argument", log.Fields{"Error": err}).Fatal()
 	}

pkg/notifications/shoutrrr.go

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/containrrr/shoutrrr/pkg/types"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
@@ -35,8 +34,9 @@ type shoutrrrTypeNotifier struct {
 }
 
 func newShoutrrrNotifier(c *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifier {
+	flags := c.PersistentFlags()
 
-	urls := viper.GetStringSlice("notification-url")
+	urls, _ := flags.GetStringArray("notification-url")
 	r, err := shoutrrr.CreateSender(urls...)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to initialize Shoutrrr notifications: %s\n", err.Error())
@@ -126,11 +126,12 @@ func (e *shoutrrrTypeNotifier) Fire(entry *log.Entry) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func getShoutrrrTemplate(_ *cobra.Command) *template.Template {
+func getShoutrrrTemplate(c *cobra.Command) *template.Template {
 	var tpl *template.Template
-	var err error
 
-	tplString := viper.GetString("notification-template")
+	flags := c.PersistentFlags()
+
+	tplString, err := flags.GetString("notification-template")
 
 	funcs := template.FuncMap{
 		"ToUpper": strings.ToUpper,
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ func getShoutrrrTemplate(_ *cobra.Command) *template.Template {
 
 	// If we succeed in getting a non-empty template configuration
 	// try to parse the template string.
-	if tplString != "" {
+	if tplString != "" && err == nil {
 		tpl, err = template.New("").Funcs(funcs).Parse(tplString)
 	}
 

pkg/notifications/shoutrrr_test.go

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ func TestShoutrrrDefaultTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 func TestShoutrrrTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := new(cobra.Command)
 	flags.RegisterNotificationFlags(cmd)
-	flags.BindViperFlags(cmd)
 	err := cmd.ParseFlags([]string{"--notification-template={{range .}}{{.Level}}: {{.Message}}{{println}}{{end}}"})
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ func TestShoutrrrTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 func TestShoutrrrStringFunctions(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := new(cobra.Command)
 	flags.RegisterNotificationFlags(cmd)
-	flags.BindViperFlags(cmd)
 	err := cmd.ParseFlags([]string{"--notification-template={{range .}}{{.Level | printf \"%v\" | ToUpper }}: {{.Message | ToLower }} {{.Message | Title }}{{println}}{{end}}"})
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -79,8 +77,8 @@ func TestShoutrrrStringFunctions(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestShoutrrrInvalidTemplateUsesTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := new(cobra.Command)
+
 	flags.RegisterNotificationFlags(cmd)
-	flags.BindViperFlags(cmd)
 	err := cmd.ParseFlags([]string{"--notification-template={{"})
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ type blockingRouter struct {
 	sent   chan bool
 }
 
-func (b blockingRouter) Send(_ string, _ *types.Params) []error {
+func (b blockingRouter) Send(message string, params *types.Params) []error {
 	_ = <-b.unlock
 	b.sent <- true
 	return nil

pkg/notifications/slack.go

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/johntdyer/slackrus"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -16,13 +15,14 @@ type slackTypeNotifier struct {
 	slackrus.SlackrusHook
 }
 
-func newSlackNotifier(_ *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifier {
+func newSlackNotifier(c *cobra.Command, acceptedLogLevels []log.Level) t.Notifier {
+	flags := c.PersistentFlags()
 
-	hookURL := viper.GetString("notification-slack-hook-url")
+	hookURL, _ := flags.GetString("notification-slack-hook-url")
-	userName := viper.GetString("notification-slack-identifier")
+	userName, _ := flags.GetString("notification-slack-identifier")
-	channel := viper.GetString("notification-slack-channel")
+	channel, _ := flags.GetString("notification-slack-channel")
-	emoji := viper.GetString("notification-slack-icon-emoji")
+	emoji, _ := flags.GetString("notification-slack-icon-emoji")
-	iconURL := viper.GetString("notification-slack-icon-url")
+	iconURL, _ := flags.GetString("notification-slack-icon-url")
 
 	n := &slackTypeNotifier{
 		SlackrusHook: slackrus.SlackrusHook{