How do I instruct watchtower to only update specific containers while running HTTP API mode?

[yuvrajalpha]

Hello All,

I have tried to update container using Http api mode and it is succeeded for all containers but i tried to test update one container among 10 container then its work but again update all containers and we dont want this result.

Below docker compose file i have used for testing update container

version: '3'
services:
  ota:
    image: docker.io/containrrr/watchtower:latest
    container_name: watchtower
    environment:
       - WATCHTOWER_HTTP_API_TOKEN=mytoken
    volumes:
     - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
     - /user_location/.docker/config.json:/config.json
    
    command: --debug --http-api-update  
    labels:
      - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=false"
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    restart : unless-stopped

  app1:
   image: index.docker.io/abc/test_w1
   container_name: test1
   environment:
    - PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1    
   labels:
      - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=false"

  app2:
    image: index.docker.io/abc/test_w2
    container_name: test2
    environment:
     - PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1    
    labels:
      - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true"

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is above definition is correct to test update single container.

[simskij]

Almost! You also have to instruct watchtower to only concern itself with enabled containers. See docs at https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/arguments/#filter_by_enable_label