vault-sidekick/vault.go

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package main

import (
	"crypto/tls"
	"crypto/x509"
	"fmt"
	"io/ioutil"
	"net"
	"net/http"
	"time"

	"github.com/golang/glog"
	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/api"
	"strings"
)

const (
	// VaultAuth the method to use when authenticating to vault
	VaultAuth = "method"
)

// AuthInterface is the authentication interface
type AuthInterface interface {
	// Create and handle renewals of the token
	Create(map[string]string) (string, error)
}

// VaultService is the main interface into the vault API - placing into a structure
// allows one to easily mock it and two to simplify the interface for us
type VaultService struct {
	vaultURL string
	// the vault client
	client *api.Client
	// the vault config
	config *api.Config
	// the token to authenticate with
	token string
	// the listener channel - technically we only have the one listener but there a long term reasons for adding this
	listeners []chan VaultEvent
	// a channel to inform of a new resource to processor
	resourceChannel chan *watchedResource
}

// VaultEvent is the definition which captures a change
type VaultEvent struct {
	// the resource this relates to
	Resource *VaultResource
	// the secret associated
	Secret map[string]interface{}
}

// NewVaultService creates a new implementation to speak to vault and retrieve the resources
//	url			: the url of the vault service
func NewVaultService(url string) (*VaultService, error) {
	var err error

	// step: create the config for client
	service := new(VaultService)
	service.vaultURL = url
	service.listeners = make([]chan VaultEvent, 0)

	// step: create the service processor channels
	service.resourceChannel = make(chan *watchedResource, 20)

	// step: retrieve a vault client
	service.client, err = newVaultClient(&options)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// step: start the service processor off
	service.vaultServiceProcessor()

	return service, nil
}

// AddListener ... add a listener to the events listeners
func (r *VaultService) AddListener(ch chan VaultEvent) {
	glog.V(10).Infof("adding the listener: %v", ch)
	r.listeners = append(r.listeners, ch)
}

// Watch adds a watch on a resource and inform, renew which required and inform us when
// the resource is ready
func (r VaultService) Watch(rn *VaultResource) {
	r.resourceChannel <- &watchedResource{resource: rn}
}

// vaultServiceProcessor is the background routine responsible for retrieving the resources, renewing when required and
// informing those who are watching the resource that something has changed
func (r *VaultService) vaultServiceProcessor() {
	go func() {
		// a list of resource being watched
		var items []*watchedResource

		// the channel to receive renewal notifications on
		renewChannel := make(chan *watchedResource, 10)
		retrieveChannel := make(chan *watchedResource, 10)
		revokeChannel := make(chan *watchedResource, 10)
		statsChannel := time.NewTicker(options.statsInterval)

		for {
			select {
			// A new resource is being added to the service processor;
			//  - schedule the resource for retrieval
			case x := <-r.resourceChannel:
				glog.V(4).Infof("adding a resource into the service processor, resource: %s", x.resource)
				// step: add to the list of resources
				items = append(items, x)
				// step: push into the retrieval channel
				r.scheduleNow(x, retrieveChannel)

			// Retrieve a resource from vault
			//  - we retrieve the resource from vault
			//  - if we error attempting to retrieve the secret, we background and reschedule an attempt to add it
			//  - if ok, we grab the lease it and lease time, we setup a notification on renewal
			case x := <-retrieveChannel:
				// step: save the current lease if we have one
				leaseID := ""
				if x.secret != nil && x.secret.LeaseID != "" {
					leaseID = x.secret.LeaseID
					glog.V(10).Infof("resource: %s has a previous lease: %s", x.resource, leaseID)
				}

				// step: retrieve the resource from vault
				err := r.get(x)
				if err != nil {
					glog.Errorf("failed to retrieve the resource: %s from vault, error: %s", x.resource, err)
					// reschedule the attempt for later
					r.scheduleIn(x, retrieveChannel, getDurationWithin(3, 10))
					break
				}

				glog.V(4).Infof("successfully retrieved resournce: %s, leaseID: %s", x.resource, x.secret.LeaseID)

				// step: if we had a previous lease and the option is to revoke, lets throw into the revoke channel
				if leaseID != "" && x.resource.revoked {
					// step: make a rough copy
					copy := &watchedResource{
						secret: &api.Secret{
							LeaseID: x.secret.LeaseID,
						},
					}

					r.scheduleIn(copy, revokeChannel, x.resource.revokeDelay)
				}

				// step: setup a timer for renewal
				x.notifyOnRenewal(renewChannel)

				// step: update the upstream consumers
				r.upstream(x)

			// A watched resource is coming up for renewal
			// 	- we attempt to renew the resource from vault
			//	- if we encounter an error, we reschedule the attempt for the future
			//	- if we're ok, we update the watchedResource and we send a notification of the change upstream
			case x := <-renewChannel:

				glog.V(4).Infof("resource: %s, lease: %s up for renewal, renewable: %t, revoked: %t", x.resource,
					x.secret.LeaseID, x.resource.renewable, x.resource.revoked)

				// step: we need to check if the lease has expired?
				if time.Now().Before(x.leaseExpireTime) {
					glog.V(3).Infof("the lease on resource: %s has expired, we need to get a new lease", x.resource)
					// push into the retrieval channel and break
					r.scheduleNow(x, retrieveChannel)
					break
				}

				// step: are we renewing the resource?
				if x.resource.renewable {
					// step: is the underlining resource even renewable? - otherwise we can just grab a new lease
					if !x.secret.Renewable {
						glog.V(10).Infof("the resource: %s is not renewable, retrieving a new lease instead", x.resource)
						r.scheduleNow(x, retrieveChannel)
						break
					}

					// step: lets renew the resource
					err := r.renew(x)
					if err != nil {
						glog.Errorf("failed to renew the resounce: %s for renewal, error: %s", x.resource, err)
						// reschedule the attempt for later
						r.scheduleIn(x, renewChannel, getDurationWithin(3, 10))
						break
					}
				}

				// step: the option for this resource is not to renew the secret but regenerate a new secret
				if !x.resource.renewable {
					glog.V(4).Infof("resource: %s flagged as not renewable, shifting to regenerating the resource", x.resource)
					r.scheduleNow(x, retrieveChannel)
					break
				}

				// step: setup a timer for renewal
				x.notifyOnRenewal(renewChannel)

				// step: update any listener upstream
				r.upstream(x)

			// We receive a lease ID along on the channel, just revoke the lease when you can
			case x := <-revokeChannel:
				err := r.revoke(x.secret.LeaseID)
				if err != nil {
					glog.Errorf("failed to revoke the lease: %s, error: %s", x.secret.LeaseID, err)
				}

			// The statistics timer has gone off; we iterate the watched items and
			case <-statsChannel.C:
				glog.V(3).Infof("stats: %d resources being watched", len(items))
				for _, item := range items {
					glog.V(3).Infof("resourse: %s, lease id: %s, renewal in: %s seconds, expiration: %s",
						item.resource, item.secret.LeaseID, item.renewalTime, item.leaseExpireTime)
				}
			}
		}
	}()
}

// scheduleNow ... a helper method to perform an immediate reschedule into a channel
//	rn			: a pointer to the watched resource you wish to reschedule
//	ch			: the channel the resource should be placed into
func (r VaultService) scheduleNow(rn *watchedResource, ch chan *watchedResource) {
	r.scheduleIn(rn, ch, time.Duration(0))
}

// scheduleIn ... schedules an event back into a channel after n seconds
//	rn			: a referrence some reason you wish to pass
//	ch			: the channel the resource should be placed into
//	min			: the minimum amount of time i'm willing to wait
//	max			: the maximum amount of time i'm willing to wait
func (r VaultService) scheduleIn(rn *watchedResource, ch chan *watchedResource, duration time.Duration) {
	go func(x *watchedResource) {
		glog.V(3).Infof("rescheduling the resource: %s, channel: %v", rn.resource, ch)
		// step: are we doing a random wait?
		if duration > 0 {
			<-time.After(duration)
		}
		ch <- x
	}(rn)
}

// upstream ... the resource has changed thus we notify the upstream listener
//	item		: the item which has changed
func (r VaultService) upstream(item *watchedResource) {
	// step: chunk this into a go-routine not to block us
	for _, listener := range r.listeners {
		go func(ch chan VaultEvent) {
			ch <- VaultEvent{
				Resource: item.resource,
				Secret:   item.secret.Data,
			}
		}(listener)
	}
}

// renew attempts to renew the lease on a resource
// 	rn			: the resource we wish to renew the lease on
func (r VaultService) renew(rn *watchedResource) error {
	glog.V(4).Infof("attempting to renew the lease: %s on resource: %s", rn.secret.LeaseID, rn.resource)
	// step: check the resource is renewable
	if !rn.secret.Renewable {
		return fmt.Errorf("the resource: %s is not renewable", rn.resource)
	}

	secret, err := r.client.Sys().Renew(rn.secret.LeaseID, 0)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// step: update the resource
	rn.lastUpdated = time.Now()
	rn.leaseExpireTime = rn.lastUpdated.Add(time.Duration(secret.LeaseDuration))

	glog.V(3).Infof("renewed resource: %s, leaseId: %s, lease_time: %s, expiration: %s",
		rn.resource, rn.secret.LeaseID, rn.secret.LeaseID, rn.leaseExpireTime)

	return nil
}

// revoke attempts to revoke the lease of a resource
//	lease		: the lease lease which was given when you got it
func (r VaultService) revoke(lease string) error {
	glog.V(3).Infof("attemping to revoking the lease: %s", lease)

	err := r.client.Sys().Revoke(lease)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	glog.V(3).Infof("successfully revoked the leaseId: %s", lease)

	return nil
}

// get retrieves a secret from the vault
//	rn			: the watched resource
func (r VaultService) get(rn *watchedResource) (err error) {
	var secret *api.Secret
	// step: not sure who to cast map[string]string to map[string]interface{} doesn't like it anyway i try and do it
	params := make(map[string]interface{}, 0)
	for k, v := range rn.resource.options {
		params[k] = interface{}(v)
	}
	glog.V(10).Infof("get path: %s, params: %v", rn.resource.path, params)

	glog.V(5).Infof("attempting to retrieve the resource: %s from vault", rn.resource)
	// step: perform a request to vault
	switch rn.resource.resource {
	case "pki":
		secret, err = r.client.Logical().Write(fmt.Sprintf(rn.resource.path), params)
	case "transit":
		secret, err = r.client.Logical().Write(fmt.Sprintf(rn.resource.path), params)
	case "aws":
		fallthrough
	case "cubbyhole":
		fallthrough
	case "mysql":
		fallthrough
	case "postgres":
		fallthrough
	case "secret":
		secret, err = r.client.Logical().Read(rn.resource.path)
	}
	// step: check the error if any
	if err != nil {
		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "missing client token") {
			// decision: until the rewrite, lets just exit for now
			glog.Fatalf("the vault token is no longer valid, exitting, error: %s", err)
		}
		return err
	}
	if secret == nil && err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("the resource does not exist")
	}

	if secret == nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to retrieve the secret")
	}

	// step: update the watched resource
	rn.lastUpdated = time.Now()
	rn.secret = secret
	rn.leaseExpireTime = rn.lastUpdated.Add(time.Duration(secret.LeaseDuration))

	glog.V(3).Infof("retrieved resource: %s, leaseId: %s, lease_time: %s",
		rn.resource, rn.secret.LeaseID, time.Duration(rn.secret.LeaseDuration)*time.Second)

	return err
}

// newVaultClient creates and authenticates a vault client
func newVaultClient(opts *config) (*api.Client, error) {
	var err error
	var token string

	config := api.DefaultConfig()
	config.Address = opts.vaultURL

	config.HttpClient.Transport, err = buildHTTPTransport(opts)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// step: create the actual client
	client, err := api.NewClient(config)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	plugin, _ := opts.vaultAuthOptions[VaultAuth]
	switch plugin {
	case "userpass":
		token, err = NewUserPassPlugin(client).Create(opts.vaultAuthOptions)
	case "token":
		opts.vaultAuthOptions["filename"] = options.vaultAuthFile
		token, err = NewUserTokenPlugin(client).Create(opts.vaultAuthOptions)
	default:
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported authentication plugin: %s", plugin)
	}
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	// step: set the token for the client
	client.SetToken(token)

	return client, nil
}

// buildHTTPTransport constructs a http transport for the http client
func buildHTTPTransport(opts *config) (*http.Transport, error) {
	// step: create the vault sidekick
	transport := &http.Transport{
		Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
		Dial: (&net.Dialer{
			Timeout:   10 * time.Second,
			KeepAlive: 10 * time.Second,
		}).Dial,
		TLSHandshakeTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
	}
	// step: are we skip the tls verify?
	if options.tlsVerify {
		transport.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{
			InsecureSkipVerify: true,
		}
	}
	// step: are we loading a CA file
	if opts.vaultCaFile != "" {
		// step: load the ca file
		caCert, err := ioutil.ReadFile(opts.vaultCaFile)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read in the ca: %s, reason: %s", opts.vaultCaFile, err)
		}
		caCertPool := x509.NewCertPool()
		caCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(caCert)
		// step: add the ca to the root
		transport.TLSClientConfig.RootCAs = caCertPool
	}

	return transport, nil
}