feat(openbao): optional static-key auto-unseal and apiserver egress label - #4168
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 8 included reviews per hour; 7 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughOpenBAO adds Shamir and static seal configuration. Static mode uses Secret-backed key files, supports n-1 key rotation, validates required fields, and guards seal-type migration. ChangesOpenBAO seal configuration
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to Static auto-unseal, rotation, and seal-migration safeguards now reject incomplete or unsupported configurations while preserving Shamir as the default. No current merge-blocking risk remains. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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HelmValues->>OpenBAOTemplate: Provide static seal settings
OpenBAOTemplate->>KubernetesSecrets: Mount current and optional previous secrets
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txmazing (@txmazing) this is correct and I want it in. The three inline points are what I need before it merges, none of them is a redesign.
I have a longer branch for #2787 (central openbao with transit seal, operator side provisioning, auto-init) and your PR showed two real bugs in it: I never set policy.cozystack.io/allow-to-apiserver, and my seal default would have flipped existing instances to another seal with no migration. Both fixed on my side now, and i took your seal.type shape with a co-author trailer.
What stacks on top of yours: central instance plus the reconciler, then transit as third value of your enum, with a migration pinning existing instances to shamir. static stays first class there, it needs no platform side openbao and transit does, so it is the only option for installs that don't run a central instance.
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seal.previousSecretName is only read under $static, so setting it with type: shamir is silently ignored instead of refused. Needs one more fail next to these three:
{{- if and $seal.previousSecretName (not $static) }}
{{- fail "seal.previousSecretName only applies to seal.type \"static\"" }}
{{- end }}
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Your README says switching an initialized instance needs bao operator unseal -migrate and that the chart does not do it. Documenting it is not enough for me here, because what a wrong value produces is a barrier nobody can decrypt, and the operator finds that out after the data is already unreadable. The live seal is readable from the config ConfigMap the previous release left behind:
{{- $cm := lookup "v1" "ConfigMap" .Release.Namespace (printf "%s-config" .Release.Name) }}
{{- if $cm }}
{{- $existing := index $cm.data "extraconfig-from-values.hcl" | default "" }}
{{- /* seal "static" / seal "transit" / neither, then fail if it differs */}}
{{- end }}
lookup returns nil on first install and on dry-run, so it is a no-op there. This is the one of the three that is real work, and i can push it as a patch onto your branch if you prefer.
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This checks standalone.config only, so a seal stanza that lands in the raft path alone would pass. Needs the mirror assert on ha.raft.config with replicas: 3. I hit exactly this case when mutation testing my own copy of these tests.
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Thanks, all three addressed in 6987101:
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api/apps/v1alpha1/openbao/types.go (1)
61-63: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winConsider rejecting
previousKeyIdwithoutpreviousSecretName.The doc states that
previousKeyIdis required whenpreviousSecretNameis set. The template validates only that direction. If an operator setspreviousKeyIdalone, the chart renders noprevious_key_idand noprevious_key, so the rotation is silently incomplete. Add the mirror check next to the existing pairing check inpackages/apps/openbao/templates/openbao.yaml.♻️ Proposed mirror validation for the template
{{- if and $seal.previousSecretName (not $seal.previousKeyId) }} {{- fail "seal.previousKeyId is required when seal.previousSecretName is set" }} {{- end }} +{{- if and $seal.previousKeyId (not $seal.previousSecretName) }} +{{- fail "seal.previousSecretName is required when seal.previousKeyId is set" }} +{{- end }}🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@packages/apps/openbao/README.md`:
- Line 65: Update the seal.secretName description in
packages/apps/openbao/values.yaml to escape both command-pipe characters so the
generated Markdown table remains valid, then regenerate the OpenBao artifacts
with make generate from packages/apps/openbao.
In `@packages/apps/openbao/templates/openbao.yaml`:
- Line 27: Update the seal-rendering logic around $liveSeal, $seal.type, and
$seal.allowMigration so static-to-Shamir migration retains the legacy seal
"static" stanza with disabled = "true" and mounts its key Secret; otherwise
reject this migration direction rather than rendering an incomplete
configuration.
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In `@api/apps/v1alpha1/openbao/types.go`:
- Around line 61-63: Update the existing pairing validation in the OpenBao
template to also reject configurations where PreviousKeyId is set without
PreviousSecretName, preventing incomplete rotation configuration. Keep the
current validation for PreviousSecretName without PreviousKeyId unchanged and
place the mirror check alongside it.
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…abel Two problems with the built-in OpenBAO app: - cozystack#2787: the app has no auto-unseal. Every pod restart (node drain, image bump, OOM) leaves the instance sealed until an operator types the Shamir key shares into each replica. - cozystack#2793: in HA mode the pods hang on startup because service_registration "kubernetes" cannot reach kube-apiserver. Cozystack's CiliumNetworkPolicy allow-to-apiserver only admits egress from pods labelled policy.cozystack.io/allow-to-apiserver=true, and the wrapper never set that label, so every tenant had to hand-craft a network policy. Related: cozystack#2059, cozystack#2483. Design: - A new `seal` value with `type: shamir` (default) or `type: static`. With `static` the chart appends OpenBAO's `seal "static"` stanza to the server config and mounts the operator-owned Secret named in `seal.secretName` through the upstream chart's `server.extraVolumes` (mounted at /openbao/userconfig/<secret>/). The chart never generates, stores or rotates the key; the operator creates the Secret (32 random bytes, base64 text under key `key`) and names it. `previousSecretName` / `previousKeyId` allow the n-1 rotation the static seal supports. The stanza is rendered in both the Raft (HA) and the standalone configuration, since the static seal works with either storage. - The template fails fast when `static` is chosen without `secretName` or `keyId`, or when `previousSecretName` is set without `previousKeyId`, so a misconfiguration surfaces at reconcile time rather than as a sealed pod. - `server.extraLabels` now always carries policy.cozystack.io/allow-to-apiserver: "true". The upstream chart renders it onto the StatefulSet pods, which is exactly what the platform policy keys on. The default stays `shamir`, so existing instances render the same HCL as before apart from the new pod label. README, values.schema.json, api/apps/v1alpha1/openbao/types.go and the openbao-rd ApplicationDefinition are regenerated with `make generate`; a helm-unittest suite covers the label, both seal renderings, rotation and the three failure cases. Upstream docs: https://cozystack.io/docs/v1.6/applications/openbao/ (parameter reference only; says nothing about unsealing or the apiserver egress label) Upstream docs: https://openbao.org/docs/configuration/seal/static/ (current_key_id/current_key/previous_key_id/previous_key, 32-byte key, file:// prefix, n-1 rotation) Upstream docs: https://openbao.org/docs/concepts/seal/#seal-migration (switching an existing instance between Shamir and static needs `unseal -migrate` and downtime; the chart does not do this) Upstream docs: https://github.com/openbao/openbao-helm (charts/openbao values server.extraVolumes and server.extraLabels; mount path /openbao/userconfig/<name> in templates/_helpers.tpl) Signed-off-by: txmazing <txmazing@gmail.com> Assisted-by: LLM
… seal assertions Review follow-up for the static seal: - fail when seal.previousSecretName is set with seal.type shamir instead of silently ignoring it. - read the seal in use from the config ConfigMap the previous release rendered (<release>-config, extraconfig-from-values.hcl) and refuse a seal.type that differs. A plain config change on an initialized instance leaves a barrier nobody can decrypt; the operator has to run bao operator unseal -migrate. seal.allowMigration acknowledges that for the one upgrade in which the migration is performed. lookup is empty on first install and dry-run, so the check is a no-op there. - assert the absence of a seal stanza in ha.raft.config with replicas 3, not only in standalone.config. Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: txmazing <txmazing@gmail.com>
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…pair check, keep the README table valid - migrating away from static needs the old stanza with disabled = "true" and its key still mounted, which this chart does not render; refuse the direction regardless of seal.allowMigration instead of emitting a config the migration cannot run against. - fail when seal.previousKeyId is set without seal.previousSecretName, the mirror of the existing check. - drop the shell pipes from the seal.secretName description so the generated parameter table keeps four columns. Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: txmazing <txmazing@gmail.com>
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Rotation procedure needs an explicit pod replacement step.
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Please document pod replacement for standalone and HA, and how to confirm rotation completed before removing the old key. Updating an existing Secret refreshes mounted files without restarting pods. Here secretName changes, so the new mount goes into the StatefulSet template, and OnDelete leaves existing pods on the old template. OpenBao has no reloader annotations and autoReloadAll is false. Startup also copies HCL from the ConfigMap to /tmp/storageconfig.hcl, so updating the ConfigMap doesn't update the config used by the running process.
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Done in 79d805e. The rotation is now five steps: new Secret, values change (with the note that this only moves the StatefulSet template because of OnDelete and the /tmp/storageconfig.hcl copy), pod replacement for standalone and HA (standbys one at a time, active last, with the reason: after a new-config node has taken over, an old-template standby cannot unseal on restart), the re-wrap check, and only then dropping previous* plus a second replacement round.
For the check I went to the source rather than guess: core.postUnseal calls autoSeal.UpgradeKeys on the node that becomes active, and upgradeStoredKeys / upgradeRecoveryKey log upgrading stored keys / upgrading recovery key when the stored blob's key id differs from current_key_id. The static wrapper's Decrypt dispatches on the blob's key id and fails with unknown key id for data for anything it does not know, which is the concrete reason the previous key must stay until those lines appear. The previousSecretName description carries a short pointer to it as well.
…e-wrap check The upstream chart updates the StatefulSet with OnDelete and the server copies its HCL to /tmp/storageconfig.hcl at startup, so changing seal.secretName never reaches a running pod. Document the replacement order for standalone and HA (standbys first, active last), the log line the new active node writes when it re-wraps the stored keys, and why the previous key has to stay configured until then. Signed-off-by: txmazing <txmazing@gmail.com>
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txmazing (@txmazing) NOT LGTM, but only for text: the README step for creating the key, one commit message and one sentence in the description. The chart change itself holds up. The egress label fixes the HA startup hang, the static seal is opt-in, and Shamir instances render as before apart from the label.
The README tells the reader to create the key Secret with kubectl -n tenant-<name> create secret generic openbao-unseal, and no tenant role can do that. The cozy:tenant:* roles in packages/system/cozystack-basics/templates/clusterroles.yaml grant nothing on secrets, only get/list/watch on tenantsecrets, and nothing aggregated into them adds it. So a tenant who picks static in the form names a Secret they cannot create, and the pods wait on a volume whose Secret never appears. That is the right property for the key (tenant users cannot read it either), but the docs should say so. Please state in the README and in the seal.secretName description that a cluster administrator creates the Secret in the tenant namespace, and keep the command as the admin's step.
Commit 6987101 opens its body with "Review follow-up for the static seal:". This repo merges with merge commits, so that line lands in main, and docs/agents/contributing.md (Review Blockers) rules out review-iteration wording. Rewording it to say why the migration guard exists is enough. Squashing the three follow-up commits into the first one also works.
The description says the suite covers "the three fail guards". It now has five input guards plus the migration guard, tested in five cases, and the body becomes the merge commit message, so please update that sentence.
Things I checked: helm unittest . passes at 79d805e (18 tests), and the branch merges cleanly into current main (f6a615f), which has not touched openbao since your base. Two mutations of the migration guard (ignoring allowMigration, and a regex that never matches the live seal) both turn the suite red. CI has not run on this head yet, because the fork workflows are still waiting for approval.
Every openbao PR lands on area/uncategorized, because the labeler has no scope entry for it and there would be no label to apply if it did. #4168 and #4177 are both sitting on the fallback right now. labels.yml sets the bar for a new area at three open issues on the topic, and openbao is at three: #2787, #2483 and #2793. It also follows the shape already used for a single shipped component, next to area/kamaji, area/keycloak and area/cilium. Maps the plain `openbao` scope and `openbao-central` alongside it, since the platform instance lives in its own package and gets its own scope. Assisted-By: LLM Signed-off-by: Myasnikov Daniil <myasnikovdaniil2001@gmail.com>
…4182) ## What this PR does Every openbao PR lands on `area/uncategorized`. The labeler has no scope entry for it, and there would be no label to apply if it did, so both #4168 and #4177 are sitting on the fallback right now. `labels.yml` puts the bar for a new area at three open issues on the topic, and openbao is at three: #2787, #2483 and #2793. The shape follows what is already there for a single shipped component, next to `area/kamaji`, `area/keycloak` and `area/cilium`. The mapping takes the plain `openbao` scope and `openbao-central` alongside it, because the platform instance lives in its own package and carries its own scope. Checked that every `area/*` and `kind/*` the labeler references is declared in `labels.yml`: 27 referenced, none missing, before and after this change. zizmor and the pre-commit hooks pass, and the embedded script still parses under github-script semantics. ### Screenshots No UI change. ### Downstream repositories Walked the trigger map against the diff. Nothing matches: the change is two entries under `.github/`, and no trigger in the map is keyed on the label set or the labeler. No package added, renamed or removed, no platform component or variant, no `values.schema.json`, no `ApplicationDefinition`, no `hack/` layout change, no namespace rename. - [x] No downstream repository is affected by this change - [ ] [cozystack/website](https://github.com/cozystack/website) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/terraform-provider-cozystack](https://github.com/cozystack/terraform-provider-cozystack) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/ansible-cozystack](https://github.com/cozystack/ansible-cozystack) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/ccp](https://github.com/cozystack/ccp) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/talm](https://github.com/cozystack/talm) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/cozyhr](https://github.com/cozystack/cozyhr) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/cozy-proxy](https://github.com/cozystack/cozy-proxy) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/cozystack-telemetry-server](https://github.com/cozystack/cozystack-telemetry-server) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/external-apps-example](https://github.com/cozystack/external-apps-example) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/examples](https://github.com/cozystack/examples) - follow-up: - [ ] [cozystack/community](https://github.com/cozystack/community) - follow-up: ### Release note ```release-note NONE ``` <!-- This is an auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai --> ## Summary by CodeRabbit - **New Features** - Added an `area/openbao` label for tracking issues and pull requests related to OpenBAO. - Updated automatic pull request labeling to apply this label to changes scoped to OpenBAO and OpenBAO Central. <!-- end of auto-generated comment: release notes by coderabbit.ai -->
What this PR does
Two changes to the managed OpenBAO app (
packages/apps/openbao), both opt-in-safe for existing instances:sealblock (Make managed OpenBAO production-mature: auto-unseal, TLS, init/bootstrap, guardrails #2787, OpenBAO: can't init/unseal without kubectl exec #2483).seal.typeisshamir(default, unchanged behaviour) orstatic. Withstatic, the chart mounts an operator-owned Secret (seal.secretName, keykey, 32 random bytes) through the upstream chart'sserver.extraVolumesand appends OpenBao'sseal "static"stanza (current_key_id/current_key, optionalprevious_*for n-1 rotation) to both the Raft and the standalone config. Pods then unseal themselves after every restart. The chart never generates the key: a Helmlookupmiss would rotate it and make the data unreadable, so the Secret stays with the operator. Switching an already initialised instance between Shamir and static still needs OpenBao's seal migration (unseal -migrate), which the README now says explicitly.policy.cozystack.io/allow-to-apiserver: "true"on the server pods (OpenBAO HA (raft) pods hang at startup due to hardcoded service_registration "kubernetes" #2793).service_registration "kubernetes"needs egress to kube-apiserver; without the label Cozystack'sallow-to-apiserverCiliumNetworkPolicy does not match and the core blocks at start (listener open, no answer). This keeps the registration and opens the egress instead of making the registration switchable.Rendering for the default values is byte-identical except for the six-line
extraLabelsblock.make generatewas run (schema, README,types.go,openbao-rdcozyrd). A helm-unittest suite (tests/seal_test.yaml) covers the label, the Shamir default, static HA, static standalone, rotation and the threefailguards.Verified on a Cozystack v1.6.3 cluster (Talos, three nodes): an instance rendered from this chart with
replicas=1,seal.type=staticstarted with the label set, reportedSeal Type static, and afterkubectl delete podcame backSealed falsewithcore: unsealed with stored keyin the log, no operator action. The same configuration runs in production there as a three-replica Raft cluster (via an external-app wrapper of the upstream chart), so the values path is exercised beyond the unit tests.Not covered: TLS between pods and an init/bootstrap job. Both are on the #2787 list and are independent of this change.
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No UI change. The dashboard form gains the
sealgroup from the regeneratedopenAPISchema/keysOrder.Downstream repositories
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