Is it possible to have monitor only by default but then opt in full auto update with labels?

[dutts]

I like using watchtower to notify me when one of my containers needs updating, but I prefer to handle the update myself manually to make sure I can cover off any config changes or whatever that are required.

However, I have started hosting a Minecraft bedrock container on my home machine which seems to have quite regular updates (and won't let you-lay unless it is updated), for this reason I'd like to have watchtower update this container automatically for me.

I see that you can enforce some watchtower behaviour through container labels but can't see how I could achieve what I'm after, is this possible?

Rich

[dutts]

Is this not possible then?

[piksel]

Actually, this feature landed in v1.6.0 in the form of https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/arguments/#with_label_taking_precedence_over_arguments

Where you can set watchtower to monitor-only mode and then put a label on the Minecraft server to opt back in to updates.

[dutts]

Ah that’s brilliant, I’ll try that this evening, thanks.