Fetch config file remotely?

[eldondevat]

Is there a good way to fetch a vector config file from a remote location (http, url?). I am working with some container technologies where laying a file down on the filesystem isn't convenient.

[eldondevat]

I have also seen some scenarios where a whole config file gets slurped into an environment variable 🤷‍♂️

[jszwedko]

What sort of container orchestration are you using? For example, in k8s, config maps are typically used to manage configurations.

However, there is an undocumented / experimental mechanism for fetching configs via HTTP like:

provider:
  type: "http"
  url: "http://localhost/vector.yaml"

[eldondevat]

Yes, some (for example ECS), don't have the same config map semantics. You can see some discussion here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71699327/mount-a-single-config-file-onto-an-ecs-service , which provides some links to (imho somewhat hacky) solutions.

[eldondevat]

CW_CONFIG_CONTENT is a way amazon decided to handle this.