Upgrade grafana-sidecar 1.28.0 → 2.6.0 + container.py port (#332)
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## Summary

- Upgrade grafana-sidecar from 1.28.0 to 2.6.0 (the 2.x memory regression #462 is resolved; ~35MB static overhead is acceptable)
- Port build from Dockerfile to native Dagger container.py
- Add liveness/readiness probes using the new /healthz endpoint on port 8080
- Update docs to reflect container.py migration and remove stale pin note

## Test plan

- [ ] Build container: `mise run container-build-and-release grafana-sidecar`
- [ ] Update kustomization tag with new image tag
- [ ] Deploy from branch: `argocd app set grafana --revision grafana-sidecar-2.6.0 && argocd app sync grafana`
- [ ] Verify sidecar health endpoint: `kubectl exec -n monitoring <pod> -c grafana-sc-dashboard -- wget -qO- http://localhost:8080/healthz`
- [ ] Verify dashboards load in Grafana UI
- [ ] `mise run services-check`

Reviewed-on: #332
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Erich Blume 2026-04-13 07:57:13 -07:00
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Upgrade grafana-sidecar from 1.28.0 to 2.6.0, adding health probes and porting build to native Dagger container.py.

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## Grafana Sidecar
**Dockerfile:** `containers/grafana-sidecar/Dockerfile`
**Build:** `containers/grafana-sidecar/container.py` (native Dagger)
**Image:** `registry.ops.eblu.me/blumeops/grafana-sidecar`
Clones the [kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar](https://github.com/kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar) source from the forge mirror, installs Python dependencies into a venv, and copies the application into a minimal Alpine runtime image.
Clones the [kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar](https://github.com/kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar) source from the forge mirror, installs the Python package into a venv, and copies it into a Python Alpine runtime image.
```fish
# Update version in Dockerfile
# ARG CONTAINER_APP_VERSION=1.28.0
# Update VERSION in container.py
mise run container-build-and-release grafana-sidecar
```
**Gotchas:**
- **Pinned to v1.28.0:** v2.x has a 135% memory regression ([#462](https://github.com/kiwigrid/k8s-sidecar/issues/462)) and `readOnlyRootFilesystem` crashloop ([#3936](https://github.com/grafana/helm-charts/issues/3936)). Upgrade separately after upstream fixes land.
- **UID 65534:** Matches upstream's `nobody` user convention for non-root execution.
- **Forge mirror name:** `mirrors/kiwigrid-grafana-sidecar` (not `k8s-sidecar`).
- **Health endpoint:** 2.x exposes `/healthz` on port 8080 (liveness + readiness probes configured in deployment).
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