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---
layout: docs
page_title: sidecar_task Stanza - Job Specification
description: |-
The "sidecar_task" stanza allows specifying options for configuring
the task of the sidecar proxies used in Consul Connect integration
---
# `sidecar_task` Stanza
<Placement groups={['job', 'group', 'service', 'connect', 'sidecar_task']} />
The `sidecar_task` stanza allows configuring various options for the proxy
sidecar or Connect gateway managed by Nomad for the [Consul
Connect](/docs/integrations/consul-connect) integration such as
resource requirements, kill timeouts and more as defined below. It is valid
only within the context of a [`connect`][connect] stanza.
```hcl
job "countdash" {
datacenters = ["dc1"]
group "api" {
network {
mode = "bridge"
}
service {
name = "count-api"
port = "9001"
connect {
sidecar_service = {}
sidecar_task {
resources {
cpu = 500
memory = 1024
}
}
}
}
task "web" {
driver = "docker"
config {
image = "hashicorpnomad/counter-api:v3"
}
}
}
}
```
## Default Envoy configuration
Nomad automatically launches and manages an Envoy task for use as a proxy sidecar
or connect gateway, when [`sidecar_service`][sidecar_service] or [`gateway`][gateway]
are configured.
The default Envoy task is equivalent to:
```hcl
sidecar_task {
name = "connect-proxy-<service>"
# "connect-gateway-<service>" when used as a gateway
lifecycle { # absent when used as a gateway
hook = "prestart"
sidecar = true
}
driver = "docker"
config {
image = "${meta.connect.sidecar_image}"
# "${meta.connect.gateway_image}" when used as a gateway
args = [
"-c",
"${NOMAD_SECRETS_DIR}/envoy_bootstrap.json",
"-l",
"${meta.connect.log_level}",
"--concurrency",
"${meta.connect.proxy_concurrency}",
"--disable-hot-restart"
]
}
logs {
max_files = 2
max_file_size = 2 # MB
}
resources {
cpu = 250 # MHz
memory = 128 # MB
}
shutdown_delay = "5s"
}
```
The `meta.connect.sidecar_image`, `meta.connect.gateway_image`, `meta.connect.log_level`,
and `meta.connect.proxy_concurrency` variables are [client configurable][nodemeta]
variables with the following defaults:
- `sidecar_image` - `(string: "envoyproxy/envoy:v${NOMAD_envoy_version}")` - The official
upstream Envoy Docker image, where `${NOMAD_envoy_version}` is resolved automatically
by a query to Consul.
- `gateway_image` - `(string: "envoyproxy/envoy:v${NOMAD_envoy_version}")` - The official
upstream Envoy Docker image, where `${NOMAD_envoy_version}` is resolved automatically
by a query to Consul.
- `log_level` - `(string: "info")` - Envoy sidecar log level. "`debug`" is useful for
debugging Connect related issues.
- `proxy_concurrency` - `(string: "1")` - The number of [worker threads][worker_threads] the Envoy
sidecar will run.
Custom images can make use of Consul's preferred Envoy version by making use of
Nomad's version interpolation, e.g.
```hcl
meta.connect.sidecar_image = custom/envoy-${NOMAD_envoy_version}:latest
```
## `sidecar_task` Parameters
- `name` `(string: "connect-[proxy|gateway]-<service>")` - Name of the task. Defaults to
including the name of the service the proxy or gateway is providing.
- `driver` `(string: "docker")` - Driver used for the sidecar task.
- `user` `(string: nil)` - Determines which user is used to run the task, defaults
to the same user the Nomad client is being run as.
- `config` `(map: nil)` - Configuration provided to the driver for initialization.
- `env` `(map: nil)` - Map of environment variables used by the driver.
- `resources` <code>([Resources][resources])</code> - Resources needed by the sidecar task.
- `meta` `(map: nil)` - Arbitrary metadata associated with this task that's opaque to Nomad.
- `logs` <code>([Logs][]: nil)</code> - Specifies logging configuration for the
`stdout` and `stderr` of the task.
- `kill_timeout` `(string: "5s")` - Time between signalling a task that will be
killed and killing it.
- `shutdown_delay` `(string: "5s")` - Delay between deregistering the task from
Consul and sending it a signal to shutdown.
- `kill_signal` `(string:SIGINT)` - Kill signal to use for the task, defaults to SIGINT.
## `sidecar_task` Examples
The following example configures resources for the sidecar task and other configuration.
```hcl
sidecar_task {
resources {
cpu = 500
memory = 1024
}
env {
FOO = "abc"
}
shutdown_delay = "5s"
}
```
[connect]: /docs/job-specification/connect 'Nomad connect Job Specification'
[gateway]: /docs/job-specification/gateway
[group]: /docs/job-specification/group 'Nomad group Job Specification'
[interpolation]: /docs/runtime/interpolation 'Nomad interpolation'
[job]: /docs/job-specification/job 'Nomad job Job Specification'
[logs]: /docs/job-specification/logs 'Nomad logs Job Specification'
[resources]: /docs/job-specification/resources 'Nomad resources Job Specification'
[sidecar_service]: /docs/job-specification/sidecar_service 'Nomad sidecar service Specification'
[task]: /docs/job-specification/task 'Nomad task Job Specification'
[nodemeta]: /docs/configuration/client#meta
[worker_threads]: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/cli#cmdoption-concurrency