From b003393cc5e7bdaa83d019f35f820a9210c22201 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Ethier <nethier@hashicorp.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 21:18:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] connect: set task lifecycle config for injected sidecar task
 fixes #7593

---
 nomad/job_endpoint_hook_connect.go                    | 4 ++++
 website/pages/docs/job-specification/sidecar_task.mdx | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nomad/job_endpoint_hook_connect.go b/nomad/job_endpoint_hook_connect.go
index fca81ef1d..2f3269147 100644
--- a/nomad/job_endpoint_hook_connect.go
+++ b/nomad/job_endpoint_hook_connect.go
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ func newConnectTask(serviceName string) *structs.Task {
 			MaxFileSizeMB: 2,
 		},
 		Resources: connectSidecarResources(),
+		Lifecycle: &structs.TaskLifecycleConfig{
+			Hook: structs.TaskLifecycleHookPrestart,
+			Sidecar: true,
+		},
 		Constraints: structs.Constraints{
 			connectVersionConstraint(),
 		},
diff --git a/website/pages/docs/job-specification/sidecar_task.mdx b/website/pages/docs/job-specification/sidecar_task.mdx
index 6821cca52..aabda105a 100644
--- a/website/pages/docs/job-specification/sidecar_task.mdx
+++ b/website/pages/docs/job-specification/sidecar_task.mdx
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ The default sidecar task is equivalent to:
    sidecar_task {
      name   = "connect-proxy-<service>"
 
+     lifecycle {
+       hook = "prestart"
+       sidecar = true
+     }
+
      driver = "docker"
      config {
        image = "${meta.connect.sidecar_image}"