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bootstrap-containers

Settings related to bootstrap containers (settings.bootstrap-containers.*)

Setting list for settings.bootstrap-containers

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settings.bootstrap-containers.<name>.essential

If essential is set to true the bootstrap container will halt the boot process when it exits with a non-zero exit code.

Default: false

Accepted values:
  • true
  • false
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settings.bootstrap-containers.<name>.mode

Specifies how (or if) a container starts at boot. If you set the value to:

  • "always", the container will start on every boot,
  • "off", the container will not start at boot,
  • "once", the container will start on the first boot but after exit, the mode changes to off.

Accepted values:
  • "always"
  • "off"
  • "once"
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settings.bootstrap-containers.<name>.source

Defines the URI for a container to run as a bootstrap container.

# Creates a bootstrap container called `mybootstrap`
# It runs only one time and if exits with a non-zero code, will halt the boot process
[settings.bootstrap-containers.mybootstrap]
source = "uri.to.container.in.oci-compatible-registry.example.com/foo:1.0.0"
mode = "once"
essential = true

# Creates a bootstrap container called `mybootstrap`
# It runs only one time and if exits with a non-zero code, will halt the boot process
apiclient set \
    bootstrap-containers.mybootstrap.source="uri.to.container.in.oci-compatible-registry.example.com/foo:1.0.0" \
    bootstrap-containers.mybootstrap.mode="once" \
    bootstrap-containers.mybootstrap.mode=true

settings.bootstrap-containers.<name>.user-data

An optional field that allows you to pass arbitrary base64-encoded data to the bootstrap container. The data is avaliable to the bootstrap container at /.bottlerocket/bootstrap-containers/<container>/user-data or /.bottlerocket/bootstrap-containers/current/user-data.