Add support for json log format

docs/book/src/developer/tilt.md

@@ -155,6 +155,41 @@ kustomize_substitutions:
   IBMCLOUD_AUTH_URL: "https://iam.test.cloud.ibm.com"
 ```
 
+### 4.  Configuration to use observability tools
+
+- cluster-api provides support for deploying observability tools, More information about it is available in cluster-api [book](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/developer/logging#developing-and-testing-logs).
+
+```yaml
+default_registry: "gcr.io/you-project-name-here"
+deploy_observability:
+   - promtail
+   - loki
+   - grafana
+provider_repos:
+  - ../cluster-api-provider-ibmcloud
+enable_providers:
+  - ibmcloud
+  - kubeadm-bootstrap
+  - kubeadm-control-plane
+kustomize_substitutions:
+  IBMCLOUD_API_KEY: "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
+  PROVIDER_ID_FORMAT: "v2"
+  EXP_CLUSTER_RESOURCE_SET: "true"
+extra_args:
+   core:
+      - "--logging-format=json"
+      - "--v=5"
+   kubeadm-bootstrap:
+      - "--v=5"
+      - "--logging-format=json"
+   kubeadm-control-plane:
+      - "--v=5"
+      - "--logging-format=json"
+   ibmcloud:
+      - "--v=5"
+      - "--logging-format=json"
+```
+
 **NOTE**: For information about all the fields that can be used in the `tilt-settings.yaml` file, check them [here](https://cluster-api.sigs.k8s.io/developer/tilt.html#tilt-settings-fields).
 
 ## Run Tilt

go.mod

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.30.3
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.30.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.30.3
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.30.3
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20231127182322-b307cd553661
 	sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v1.8.3
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/analysis v0.21.5 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/errors v0.22.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.20.1 // indirect
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230905200255-921286631fa9 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
@@ -180,7 +183,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.30.3 // indirect
 	k8s.io/cluster-bootstrap v0.30.3 // indirect
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.30.3 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20240228011516-70dd3763d340 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.30.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect

main.go

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	cgrecord "k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
+	logsv1 "k8s.io/component-base/logs/api/v1"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api-provider-ibmcloud/pkg/record"
 
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
+	_ "k8s.io/component-base/logs/json/register"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ var (
 	healthAddr           string
 	syncPeriod           time.Duration
 	managerOptions       = flags.ManagerOptions{}
+	logOptions           = logs.NewOptions()
 	webhookPort          int
 	webhookCertDir       string
 
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ func initFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.StringVar(&webhookCertDir, "webhook-cert-dir", "/tmp/k8s-webhook-server/serving-certs/",
 		"The webhook certificate directory, where the server should find the TLS certificate and key.")
 
+	logsv1.AddFlags(logOptions, fs)
 	flags.AddManagerOptions(fs, &managerOptions)
 }
 
@@ -139,6 +144,12 @@ func validateFlags() error {
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid value for flag provider-id-fmt: %s, Supported values: %s, %s ", options.ProviderIDFormat, options.ProviderIDFormatV1, options.ProviderIDFormatV2)
 	}
+
+	if err := logsv1.ValidateAndApply(logOptions, nil); err != nil {
+		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to validate and apply log options")
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }