watchtower/docs/index.md
kalvinparker e1f67fc3d0 feat(registry): add support for custom CA certificates and TLS validation
- Introduced `--registry-ca` and `--registry-ca-validate` flags for configuring TLS verification with private registries.
- Implemented in-memory token caching with expiration handling.
- Updated documentation to reflect new CLI options and usage examples.
- Added tests for token cache concurrency and expiry behavior.
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Watchtower
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A container-based solution for automating Docker container base image updates.
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## Quick Start
With watchtower you can update the running version of your containerized app simply by pushing a new image to the Docker
Hub or your own image registry. Watchtower will pull down your new image, gracefully shut down your existing container
and restart it with the same options that were used when it was deployed initially. Run the watchtower container with
the following command:
=== "docker run"
```bash
$ docker run -d \
--name watchtower \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
containrrr/watchtower
```
=== "docker-compose.yml"
```yaml
version: "3"
services:
watchtower:
image: containrrr/watchtower
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
```
Quick note: if your registry uses a custom TLS certificate, mount the CA bundle and enable startup validation so Watchtower fails fast on misconfiguration:
```bash
docker run --detach \
--name watchtower \
--volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
--volume /etc/ssl/private-certs:/certs \
containrrr/watchtower \
--registry-ca /certs/my-registry-ca.pem \
--registry-ca-validate=true
```
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Prefer this over `--insecure-registry` for production.