fix: Switch default logging to JSON (issue: 20897)

cmd/argocd-application-controller/commands/argocd_application_controller.go

@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&commitServerAddress, "commit-server", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_COMMIT_SERVER", common.DefaultCommitServerAddr), "Commit server address.")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&statusProcessors, "status-processors", env.ParseNumFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_STATUS_PROCESSORS", 20, 0, math.MaxInt32), "Number of application status processors")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&operationProcessors, "operation-processors", env.ParseNumFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_OPERATION_PROCESSORS", 10, 0, math.MaxInt32), "Number of application operation processors")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_LOGFORMAT", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_LOGLEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&glogLevel, "gloglevel", 0, "Set the glog logging level")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&metricsPort, "metrics-port", common.DefaultPortArgoCDMetrics, "Start metrics server on given port")

cmd/argocd-applicationset-controller/commands/applicationset_controller.go

@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&policy, "policy", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_POLICY", ""), "Modify how application is synced between the generator and the cluster. Default is '' (empty), which means AppSets default to 'sync', but they may override that default. Setting an explicit value prevents AppSet-level overrides, unless --allow-policy-override is enabled. Explicit options are: 'sync' (create & update & delete), 'create-only', 'create-update' (no deletion), 'create-delete' (no update)")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&enablePolicyOverride, "enable-policy-override", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_ENABLE_POLICY_OVERRIDE", policy == ""), "For security reason if 'policy' is set, it is not possible to override it at applicationSet level. 'allow-policy-override' allows user to define their own policy")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&debugLog, "debug", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_DEBUG", false), "Print debug logs. Takes precedence over loglevel")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_LOGFORMAT", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_LOGLEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&allowedScmProviders, "allowed-scm-providers", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_ALLOWED_SCM_PROVIDERS", []string{}, ","), "The list of allowed custom SCM provider API URLs. This restriction does not apply to SCM or PR generators which do not accept a custom API URL. (Default: Empty = all)")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&enableScmProviders, "enable-scm-providers", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_ENABLE_SCM_PROVIDERS", true), "Enable retrieving information from SCM providers, used by the SCM and PR generators (Default: true)")

cmd/argocd-cmp-server/commands/argocd_cmp_server.go

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_CMP_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_CMP_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_CMP_SERVER_LOGLEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: trace|debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&configFilePath, "config-dir-path", common.DefaultPluginConfigFilePath, "Config management plugin configuration file location, Default is '/home/argocd/cmp-server/config/'")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&otlpAddress, "otlp-address", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_CMP_SERVER_OTLP_ADDRESS", ""), "OpenTelemetry collector address to send traces to")

cmd/argocd-commit-server/commands/argocd_commit_server.go

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_COMMIT_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_COMMIT_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_COMMIT_SERVER_LOGLEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&listenHost, "address", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_COMMIT_SERVER_LISTEN_ADDRESS", common.DefaultAddressCommitServer), "Listen on given address for incoming connections")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&listenPort, "port", common.DefaultPortCommitServer, "Listen on given port for incoming connections")

cmd/argocd-dex/commands/argocd_dex.go

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func NewRunDexCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToCmd(&command)
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_DEX_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_DEX_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_DEX_SERVER_LOGLEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&disableTLS, "disable-tls", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_DEX_SERVER_DISABLE_TLS", false), "Disable TLS on the HTTP endpoint")
 	return &command
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func NewGenDexConfigCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 
 	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToCmd(&command)
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_DEX_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_DEX_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_DEX_SERVER_LOGLEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().StringVarP(&out, "out", "o", "", "Output to the specified file instead of stdout")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&disableTLS, "disable-tls", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_DEX_SERVER_DISABLE_TLS", false), "Disable TLS on the HTTP endpoint")

cmd/argocd-notification/commands/controller.go

@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&appLabelSelector, "app-label-selector", "", "App label selector.")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&namespace, "namespace", "", "Namespace which controller handles. Current namespace if empty.")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&logLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_NOTIFICATIONS_CONTROLLER_LOGLEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&logFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_NOTIFICATIONS_CONTROLLER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&logFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_NOTIFICATIONS_CONTROLLER_LOGFORMAT", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&metricsPort, "metrics-port", defaultMetricsPort, "Metrics port")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&argocdRepoServer, "argocd-repo-server", common.DefaultRepoServerAddr, "Argo CD repo server address")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&argocdRepoServerPlaintext, "argocd-repo-server-plaintext", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_NOTIFICATION_CONTROLLER_REPO_SERVER_PLAINTEXT", false), "Use a plaintext client (non-TLS) to connect to repository server")

cmd/argocd-repo-server/commands/argocd_repo_server.go

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			return nil
 		},
 	}
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_LOGLEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().Int64Var(&parallelismLimit, "parallelismlimit", int64(env.ParseNumFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_PARALLELISM_LIMIT", 0, 0, math.MaxInt32)), "Limit on number of concurrent manifests generate requests. Any value less the 1 means no limit.")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&listenHost, "address", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_LISTEN_ADDRESS", common.DefaultAddressRepoServer), "Listen on given address for incoming connections")

cmd/argocd-server/commands/argocd_server.go

@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&staticAssetsDir, "staticassets", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_STATIC_ASSETS", "/shared/app"), "Directory path that contains additional static assets")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&baseHRef, "basehref", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_BASEHREF", "/"), "Value for base href in index.html. Used if Argo CD is running behind reverse proxy under subpath different from /")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&rootPath, "rootpath", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_ROOTPATH", ""), "Used if Argo CD is running behind reverse proxy under subpath different from /")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_LOGFORMAT", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_LOG_LEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&glogLevel, "gloglevel", 0, "Set the glog logging level")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&repoServerAddress, "repo-server", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_REPO_SERVER", common.DefaultRepoServerAddr), "Repo server address")

cmd/argocd/commands/admin/admin.go

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ $ argocd admin initial-password reset
 	command.AddCommand(NewInitialPasswordCommand())
 	command.AddCommand(NewRedisInitialPasswordCommand())
 
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", "text", "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", "json", "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", "info", "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	return command
 }

cmd/argocd/commands/root.go

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&clientOpts.AuthToken, "auth-token", config.GetFlag("auth-token", env.StringFromEnv(common.EnvAuthToken, "")), fmt.Sprintf("Authentication token; set this or the %s environment variable", common.EnvAuthToken))
 	command.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&clientOpts.GRPCWeb, "grpc-web", config.GetBoolFlag("grpc-web"), "Enables gRPC-web protocol. Useful if Argo CD server is behind proxy which does not support HTTP2.")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&clientOpts.GRPCWebRootPath, "grpc-web-root-path", config.GetFlag("grpc-web-root-path", ""), "Enables gRPC-web protocol. Useful if Argo CD server is behind proxy which does not support HTTP2. Set web root.")
-	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", config.GetFlag("logformat", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
+	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", config.GetFlag("logformat", "json"), "Set the logging format. One of: json|text")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", config.GetFlag("loglevel", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVarP(&clientOpts.Headers, "header", "H", config.GetStringSliceFlag("header", []string{}), "Sets additional header to all requests made by Argo CD CLI. (Can be repeated multiple times to add multiple headers, also supports comma separated headers)")
 	command.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&clientOpts.PortForward, "port-forward", config.GetBoolFlag("port-forward"), "Connect to a random argocd-server port using port forwarding")

docs/operator-manual/argocd-cmd-params-cm.yaml

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ data:
   controller.status.processors: "20"
   # Number of application operation processors (default 10)
   controller.operation.processors: "10"
-  # Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text")
-  controller.log.format: "text"
+  # Set the logging format. One of: json|text (default "json")
+  controller.log.format: "json"
   # Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info")
   controller.log.level: "info"
   # Prometheus metrics cache expiration (disabled  by default. e.g. 24h0m0s)
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ data:
   # Number of webhook requests processed concurrently (default 50)
   server.webhook.parallelism.limit: "50"
 
-  # Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text")
-  server.log.format: "text"
+  # Set the logging format. One of: json|text (default "json")
+  server.log.format: "json"
   # Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info")
   server.log.level: "info"
   # Repo server RPC call timeout seconds. (default 60)
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ data:
   reposerver.listen.address: "0.0.0.0"
   # Listen on given address for metrics (default "0.0.0.0")
   reposerver.metrics.listen.address: "0.0.0.0"
-  # Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text")
-  reposerver.log.format: "text"
+  # Set the logging format. One of: json|text (default "json")
+  reposerver.log.format: "json"
   # Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info")
   reposerver.log.level: "info"
   # Limit on number of concurrent manifests generate requests. Any value less the 1 means no limit.
@@ -218,15 +218,15 @@ data:
   ## Commit-server properties
   # Listen on given address for incoming connections (default "0.0.0.0")
   commitserver.listen.address: "0.0.0.0"
-  # Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text")
-  commitserver.log.format: "text"
+  # Set the logging format. One of: json|text (default "json")
+  commitserver.log.format: "json"
   # Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info")
   commitserver.log.level: "info"
   # Listen on given address for metrics (default "0.0.0.0")
   commitserver.metrics.listen.address: "0.0.0.0"
 
-  # Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text")
-  dexserver.log.format: "text"
+  # Set the logging format. One of: json|text (default "json")
+  dexserver.log.format: "json"
   # Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info")
   dexserver.log.level: "info"
   # Disable TLS on the HTTP endpoint
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ data:
   applicationsetcontroller.enable.new.git.file.globbing: "false"
   # Print debug logs. Takes precedence over loglevel
   applicationsetcontroller.debug: "false"
-  # Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text")
-  applicationsetcontroller.log.format: "text"
+  # Set the logging format. One of: json|text (default "json")
+  applicationsetcontroller.log.format: "json"
   # Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info")
   applicationsetcontroller.log.level: "info"
   # Enable dry run mode
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ data:
   ## Argo CD Notifications Controller Properties
   # Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error (default "info")
   notificationscontroller.log.level: "info"
-  # Set the logging format. One of: text|json (default "text")
-  notificationscontroller.log.format: "text"
+  # Set the logging format. One of: json|text (default "json")
+  notificationscontroller.log.format: "json"
   # Enable self-service notifications config. Used in conjunction with apps-in-any-namespace. (default "false")
   notificationscontroller.selfservice.enabled: "false"
   # Disable TLS on connections to repo server

docs/operator-manual/server-commands/additional-configuration-method.md

@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ To set `logformat` of `argocd-application-controller`, add below entry to the co
 
 ```
 data:
-    controller.log.format: "text"
+    controller.log.format: "json"
 ```