Disable local watcher

[deurk]

Hello,

If using an instance as just a agents central node, is it possible to completely disable the default local watcher?

Thanks.

[s-b-e-n-s-o-n]

Hey @deurk 👋

Not currently possible, but good ask — the controller silently spins up a default local watcher when no DD_WATCHER_* vars are set, which isn't ideal for a pure-aggregator setup.

I've added a new env var for the next RC:

environment:
  - DD_LOCAL_WATCHER=false
  - DD_AGENT_REMOTE1_HOST=192.168.1.50
  - DD_AGENT_REMOTE1_SECRET=mysecretkey

Set DD_LOCAL_WATCHER=false and the controller will skip the default local Docker watcher entirely — no socket mount needed.

This will ship in v1.5.0-rc.2.

[deurk]

Lovely, thanks.

[s-b-e-n-s-o-n]

This shipped in rc.2+ — DD_LOCAL_WATCHER=false skips the default local watcher. Closing this out. If anything is off with the behavior, open an issue.