Update cmd

Dockerfile

@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ WORKDIR /
 # Copy the executables into the container
 COPY --from=builder /build/bin/avalanche .
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN /avalanche config update disable
 ENTRYPOINT [ "./avalanche" ]

Dockerfile.release

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 FROM debian:11-slim
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 COPY avalanche /
+RUN /avalanche config update disable
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/avalanche" ]

cmd/configcmd/config.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ func NewCmd(injectedApp *application.Avalanche) *cobra.Command {
 	app = injectedApp
 	// set user metrics collection preferences cmd
 	cmd.AddCommand(newMetricsCmd())
+	cmd.AddCommand(newUpdateCmd())
 	cmd.AddCommand(newMigrateCmd())
 	cmd.AddCommand(newAuthorizeCloudAccessCmd())
 	cmd.AddCommand(newSnapshotsAutoSaveCmd())

cmd/configcmd/update.go

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022, Ava Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// See the file LICENSE for licensing terms.
+package configcmd
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/cobrautils"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/constants"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-cli/pkg/ux"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// avalanche config metrics command
+func newUpdateCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "update [enable | disable]",
+		Short: "opt in or out of update check",
+		Long:  "set user preference between update check or not",
+		RunE:  handleUpdateSettings,
+		Args:  cobrautils.ExactArgs(1),
+	}
+
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func handleUpdateSettings(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	switch args[0] {
+	case constants.Enable:
+		ux.Logger.PrintToUser("Thank you for opting in Avalanche CLI automated update check")
+		err := saveUpdateDisabledPreferences(false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	case constants.Disable:
+		ux.Logger.PrintToUser("Avalanche CLI automated update check will no longer be performed")
+		err := saveUpdateDisabledPreferences(true)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	default:
+		return errors.New("Invalid update argument '" + args[0] + "'")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func saveUpdateDisabledPreferences(disableUpdate bool) error {
+	return app.Conf.SetConfigValue(constants.ConfigUpdatesDisabledKey, disableUpdate)
+}

cmd/root.go

@@ -168,13 +168,25 @@ func createApp(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func UpdateCheckDisabled(app *application.Avalanche) bool {
+	// returns true obly if explicitly disabled in the config
+	if app.Conf.ConfigFileExists() {
+		return app.Conf.GetConfigBoolValue(constants.ConfigUpdatesDisabledKey)
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // checkForUpdates evaluates first if the user is maybe wanting to skip the update check
 // if there's no skip, it runs the update check
 func checkForUpdates(cmd *cobra.Command, app *application.Avalanche) error {
 	var (
 		lastActs *application.LastActions
 		err      error
 	)
+	// check if update check is skipped
+	if UpdateCheckDisabled(app) {
+		return nil
+	}
 	// we store a timestamp of the last skip check in a file
 	lastActs, err = app.ReadLastActionsFile()
 	if err != nil {

pkg/constants/constants.go

@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ const (
 	ConfigAPMAdminAPIEndpointKey  = "admin-api-endpoint"
 	ConfigNodeConfigKey           = "node-config"
 	ConfigMetricsEnabledKey       = "MetricsEnabled"
+	ConfigUpdatesDisabledKey      = "UpdatesDisabled"
 	ConfigAuthorizeCloudAccessKey = "AuthorizeCloudAccess"
 	ConfigSnapshotsAutoSaveKey    = "SnapshotsAutoSaveEnabled"
 	OldConfigFileName             = ".avalanche-cli.json"