Add CLEARNL_CONFIG_VERBOSE to allow external control over verbosity of the configuration loading process

clearml/backend_api/config/__init__.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def load(*additional_module_paths):
     configurations should be loaded as well
     :return: Config object
     """
-    config = Config(verbose=False)
+    config = Config()
     this_module_path = Path(__file__).parent
     config.load_relative_to(this_module_path, *additional_module_paths)
     return config

clearml/backend_config/config.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from .defs import (
     LOCAL_CONFIG_FILES,
     LOCAL_CONFIG_FILE_OVERRIDE_VAR,
     ENV_CONFIG_PATH_OVERRIDE_VAR,
+    CONFIG_VERBOSE,
 )
 from .defs import is_config_file
 from .entry import Entry, NotSet
@@ -64,12 +65,6 @@ class ConfigEntry(Entry):
 
 
 class Config(object):
-    """
-    Represents a server configuration.
-    If watch=True, will watch configuration folders for changes and reload itself.
-    NOTE: will not watch folders that were created after initialization.
-    """
-
     # used in place of None in Config.get as default value because None is a valid value
     _MISSING = object()
 
@@ -77,14 +72,14 @@ class Config(object):
         self,
         config_folder=None,
         env=None,
-        verbose=True,
+        verbose=None,
         relative_to=None,
         app=None,
         is_server=False,
         **_
     ):
         self._app = app
-        self._verbose = verbose
+        self._verbose = verbose if verbose is not None else CONFIG_VERBOSE.get()
         self._folder_name = config_folder or DEFAULT_CONFIG_FOLDER
         self._roots = []
         self._config = ConfigTree()

clearml/backend_config/defs.py

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ ENV_CONFIG_PATH_OVERRIDE_VAR = EnvEntry("CLEARML_CONFIG_PATH", "TRAINS_CONFIG_PA
 Environment-related config path override environment variable. If this is set, no other env config path will be used.
 """
 
+CONFIG_VERBOSE = EnvEntry("CLEARML_CONFIG_VERBOSE", type=bool)
+
 
 class Environment(object):
     """ Supported environment names """