Allow pod environment variables to also be sourced from a secret (#946)

* Extend operator configuration to allow for a pod_environment_secret just like pod_environment_configmap

* Add all keys from PodEnvironmentSecrets as ENV vars (using SecretKeyRef to protect the value)

* Apply envVars from pod_environment_configmap and pod_environment_secrets before doing the global settings from the operator config. This allows them to be overriden by the user (via configmap / secret)

* Add ability use a Secret for custom pod envVars (via pod_environment_secret) to admin documentation

* Add pod_environment_secret to Helm chart values.yaml

* Add unit tests for PodEnvironmentConfigMap and PodEnvironmentSecret - highly inspired by @kupson and his very similar PR #481

* Added new parameter pod_environment_secret to operatorconfig CRD and configmap examples

* Add pod_environment_secret to the operationconfiguration CRD

Co-authored-by: Christian Rohmann <[email protected]>

Author: frittentheke

charts/postgres-operator/crds/operatorconfigurations.yaml

@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ spec:
                   type: string
                 pod_environment_configmap:
                   type: string
+                pod_environment_secret:
+                  type: string
                 pod_management_policy:
                   type: string
                   enum:

charts/postgres-operator/values-crd.yaml

@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ configKubernetes:
   pod_antiaffinity_topology_key: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
   # namespaced name of the ConfigMap with environment variables to populate on every pod
   # pod_environment_configmap: "default/my-custom-config"
+  # name of the Secret (in cluster namespace) with environment variables to populate on every pod
+  # pod_environment_secret: "my-custom-secret"
 
   # specify the pod management policy of stateful sets of Postgres clusters
   pod_management_policy: "ordered_ready"

charts/postgres-operator/values.yaml

@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ configKubernetes:
   pod_antiaffinity_topology_key: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
   # namespaced name of the ConfigMap with environment variables to populate on every pod
   # pod_environment_configmap: "default/my-custom-config"
+  # name of the Secret (in cluster namespace) with environment variables to populate on every pod
+  # pod_environment_secret: "my-custom-secret"
 
   # specify the pod management policy of stateful sets of Postgres clusters
   pod_management_policy: "ordered_ready"

docs/administrator.md

@@ -319,11 +319,18 @@ spec:
 
 
 ## Custom Pod Environment Variables
-
-It is possible to configure a ConfigMap which is used by the Postgres pods as
+It is possible to configure a ConfigMap as well as a Secret which are used by the Postgres pods as
 an additional provider for environment variables. One use case is to customize
-the Spilo image and configure it with environment variables. The ConfigMap with
-the additional settings is referenced in the operator's main configuration.
+the Spilo image and configure it with environment variables. Another case could be to provide custom
+cloud provider or backup settings.
+
+In general the Operator will give preference to the globally configured variables, to not have the custom
+ones interfere with core functionality. Variables with the 'WAL_' and 'LOG_' prefix can be overwritten though, to allow
+backup and logshipping to be specified differently.
+
+
+### Via ConfigMap
+The ConfigMap with the additional settings is referenced in the operator's main configuration.
 A namespace can be specified along with the name. If left out, the configured
 default namespace of your K8s client will be used and if the ConfigMap is not
 found there, the Postgres cluster's namespace is taken when different:
@@ -365,7 +372,54 @@ data:
   MY_CUSTOM_VAR: value
 ```
 
-This ConfigMap is then added as a source of environment variables to the
+The key-value pairs of the ConfigMap are then added as environment variables to the
+Postgres StatefulSet/pods.
+
+
+### Via Secret
+The Secret with the additional variables is referenced in the operator's main configuration.
+To protect the values of the secret from being exposed in the pod spec they are each referenced
+as SecretKeyRef.
+This does not allow for the secret to be in a different namespace as the pods though
+
+**postgres-operator ConfigMap**
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: postgres-operator
+data:
+  # referencing secret with custom environment variables
+  pod_environment_secret: postgres-pod-secrets
+```
+
+**OperatorConfiguration**
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: "acid.zalan.do/v1"
+kind: OperatorConfiguration
+metadata:
+  name: postgresql-operator-configuration
+configuration:
+  kubernetes:
+    # referencing secret with custom environment variables
+    pod_environment_secret: postgres-pod-secrets
+```
+
+**referenced Secret `postgres-pod-secrets`**
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: postgres-pod-secrets
+  namespace: default
+data:
+  MY_CUSTOM_VAR: dmFsdWU=
+```
+
+The key-value pairs of the Secret are all accessible as environment variables to the
 Postgres StatefulSet/pods.
 
 ## Limiting the number of min and max instances in clusters

manifests/configmap.yaml

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ data:
   # pod_antiaffinity_topology_key: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
   pod_deletion_wait_timeout: 10m
   # pod_environment_configmap: "default/my-custom-config"
+  # pod_environment_secret: "my-custom-secret"
   pod_label_wait_timeout: 10m
   pod_management_policy: "ordered_ready"
   pod_role_label: spilo-role

manifests/operatorconfiguration.crd.yaml

@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ spec:
                   type: string
                 pod_environment_configmap:
                   type: string
+                pod_environment_secret:
+                  type: string
                 pod_management_policy:
                   type: string
                   enum:

manifests/postgresql-operator-default-configuration.yaml

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ configuration:
     pdb_name_format: "postgres-{cluster}-pdb"
     pod_antiaffinity_topology_key: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
     # pod_environment_configmap: "default/my-custom-config"
+    # pod_environment_secret: "my-custom-secret"
     pod_management_policy: "ordered_ready"
     # pod_priority_class_name: ""
     pod_role_label: spilo-role

pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/crds.go

@@ -942,6 +942,9 @@ var OperatorConfigCRDResourceValidation = apiextv1beta1.CustomResourceValidation
 							"pod_environment_configmap": {
 								Type: "string",
 							},
+							"pod_environment_secret": {
+								Type: "string",
+							},
 							"pod_management_policy": {
 								Type: "string",
 								Enum: []apiextv1beta1.JSON{

pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/operator_configuration_type.go

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ type KubernetesMetaConfiguration struct {
 	// TODO: use a proper toleration structure?
 	PodToleration              map[string]string   `json:"toleration,omitempty"`
 	PodEnvironmentConfigMap    spec.NamespacedName `json:"pod_environment_configmap,omitempty"`
+	PodEnvironmentSecret       string              `json:"pod_environment_secret,omitempty"`
 	PodPriorityClassName       string              `json:"pod_priority_class_name,omitempty"`
 	MasterPodMoveTimeout       Duration            `json:"master_pod_move_timeout,omitempty"`
 	EnablePodAntiAffinity      bool                `json:"enable_pod_antiaffinity,omitempty"`

pkg/cluster/k8sres.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 
 	acidv1 "github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1"
 	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/spec"
-	pkgspec "github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/spec"
 	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util/config"
 	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util/constants"
@@ -715,28 +715,6 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateSpiloPodEnvVars(uid types.UID, spiloConfiguration stri
 		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "SPILO_CONFIGURATION", Value: spiloConfiguration})
 	}
 
-	if c.OpConfig.WALES3Bucket != "" {
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_S3_BUCKET", Value: c.OpConfig.WALES3Bucket})
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_BUCKET_SCOPE_SUFFIX", Value: getBucketScopeSuffix(string(uid))})
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_BUCKET_SCOPE_PREFIX", Value: ""})
-	}
-
-	if c.OpConfig.WALGSBucket != "" {
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_GS_BUCKET", Value: c.OpConfig.WALGSBucket})
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_BUCKET_SCOPE_SUFFIX", Value: getBucketScopeSuffix(string(uid))})
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_BUCKET_SCOPE_PREFIX", Value: ""})
-	}
-
-	if c.OpConfig.GCPCredentials != "" {
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", Value: c.OpConfig.GCPCredentials})
-	}
-
-	if c.OpConfig.LogS3Bucket != "" {
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "LOG_S3_BUCKET", Value: c.OpConfig.LogS3Bucket})
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "LOG_BUCKET_SCOPE_SUFFIX", Value: getBucketScopeSuffix(string(uid))})
-		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "LOG_BUCKET_SCOPE_PREFIX", Value: ""})
-	}
-
 	if c.patroniUsesKubernetes() {
 		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "DCS_ENABLE_KUBERNETES_API", Value: "true"})
 	} else {
@@ -755,10 +733,34 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateSpiloPodEnvVars(uid types.UID, spiloConfiguration stri
 		envVars = append(envVars, c.generateStandbyEnvironment(standbyDescription)...)
 	}
 
+	// add vars taken from pod_environment_configmap and pod_environment_secret first
+	// (to allow them to override the globals set in the operator config)
 	if len(customPodEnvVarsList) > 0 {
 		envVars = append(envVars, customPodEnvVarsList...)
 	}
 
+	if c.OpConfig.WALES3Bucket != "" {
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_S3_BUCKET", Value: c.OpConfig.WALES3Bucket})
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_BUCKET_SCOPE_SUFFIX", Value: getBucketScopeSuffix(string(uid))})
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_BUCKET_SCOPE_PREFIX", Value: ""})
+	}
+
+	if c.OpConfig.WALGSBucket != "" {
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_GS_BUCKET", Value: c.OpConfig.WALGSBucket})
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_BUCKET_SCOPE_SUFFIX", Value: getBucketScopeSuffix(string(uid))})
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "WAL_BUCKET_SCOPE_PREFIX", Value: ""})
+	}
+
+	if c.OpConfig.GCPCredentials != "" {
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS", Value: c.OpConfig.GCPCredentials})
+	}
+
+	if c.OpConfig.LogS3Bucket != "" {
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "LOG_S3_BUCKET", Value: c.OpConfig.LogS3Bucket})
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "LOG_BUCKET_SCOPE_SUFFIX", Value: getBucketScopeSuffix(string(uid))})
+		envVars = append(envVars, v1.EnvVar{Name: "LOG_BUCKET_SCOPE_PREFIX", Value: ""})
+	}
+
 	return envVars
 }
 
@@ -777,13 +779,81 @@ func deduplicateEnvVars(input []v1.EnvVar, containerName string, logger *logrus.
 			result = append(result, input[i])
 		} else if names[va.Name] == 1 {
 			names[va.Name]++
-			logger.Warningf("variable %q is defined in %q more than once, the subsequent definitions are ignored",
-				va.Name, containerName)
+
+			// Some variables (those to configure the WAL_ and LOG_ shipping) may be overriden, only log as info
+			if strings.HasPrefix(va.Name, "WAL_") || strings.HasPrefix(va.Name, "LOG_") {
+				logger.Infof("global variable %q has been overwritten by configmap/secret for container %q",
+					va.Name, containerName)
+			} else {
+				logger.Warningf("variable %q is defined in %q more than once, the subsequent definitions are ignored",
+					va.Name, containerName)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return result
 }
 
+// Return list of variables the pod recieved from the configured ConfigMap
+func (c *Cluster) getPodEnvironmentConfigMapVariables() ([]v1.EnvVar, error) {
+	configMapPodEnvVarsList := make([]v1.EnvVar, 0)
+
+	if c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap.Name == "" {
+		return configMapPodEnvVarsList, nil
+	}
+
+	cm, err := c.KubeClient.ConfigMaps(c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap.Namespace).Get(
+		context.TODO(),
+		c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap.Name,
+		metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		// if not found, try again using the cluster's namespace if it's different (old behavior)
+		if k8sutil.ResourceNotFound(err) && c.Namespace != c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap.Namespace {
+			cm, err = c.KubeClient.ConfigMaps(c.Namespace).Get(
+				context.TODO(),
+				c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap.Name,
+				metav1.GetOptions{})
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read PodEnvironmentConfigMap: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	for k, v := range cm.Data {
+		configMapPodEnvVarsList = append(configMapPodEnvVarsList, v1.EnvVar{Name: k, Value: v})
+	}
+	return configMapPodEnvVarsList, nil
+}
+
+// Return list of variables the pod recieved from the configured Secret
+func (c *Cluster) getPodEnvironmentSecretVariables() ([]v1.EnvVar, error) {
+	secretPodEnvVarsList := make([]v1.EnvVar, 0)
+
+	if c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentSecret == "" {
+		return secretPodEnvVarsList, nil
+	}
+
+	secret, err := c.KubeClient.Secrets(c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentSecret).Get(
+		context.TODO(),
+		c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentSecret,
+		metav1.GetOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read Secret PodEnvironmentSecretName: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for k := range secret.Data {
+		secretPodEnvVarsList = append(secretPodEnvVarsList,
+			v1.EnvVar{Name: k, ValueFrom: &v1.EnvVarSource{
+				SecretKeyRef: &v1.SecretKeySelector{
+					LocalObjectReference: v1.LocalObjectReference{
+						Name: c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentSecret,
+					},
+					Key: k,
+				},
+			}})
+	}
+
+	return secretPodEnvVarsList, nil
+}
+
 func getSidecarContainer(sidecar acidv1.Sidecar, index int, resources *v1.ResourceRequirements) *v1.Container {
 	name := sidecar.Name
 	if name == "" {
@@ -943,32 +1013,23 @@ func (c *Cluster) generateStatefulSet(spec *acidv1.PostgresSpec) (*appsv1.Statef
 		initContainers = spec.InitContainers
 	}
 
-	customPodEnvVarsList := make([]v1.EnvVar, 0)
+	// fetch env vars from custom ConfigMap
+	configMapEnvVarsList, err := c.getPodEnvironmentConfigMapVariables()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
-	if c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap != (pkgspec.NamespacedName{}) {
-		var cm *v1.ConfigMap
-		cm, err = c.KubeClient.ConfigMaps(c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap.Namespace).Get(
-			context.TODO(),
-			c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap.Name,
-			metav1.GetOptions{})
-		if err != nil {
-			// if not found, try again using the cluster's namespace if it's different (old behavior)
-			if k8sutil.ResourceNotFound(err) && c.Namespace != c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap.Namespace {
-				cm, err = c.KubeClient.ConfigMaps(c.Namespace).Get(
-					context.TODO(),
-					c.OpConfig.PodEnvironmentConfigMap.Name,
-					metav1.GetOptions{})
-			}
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not read PodEnvironmentConfigMap: %v", err)
-			}
-		}
-		for k, v := range cm.Data {
-			customPodEnvVarsList = append(customPodEnvVarsList, v1.EnvVar{Name: k, Value: v})
-		}
-		sort.Slice(customPodEnvVarsList,
-			func(i, j int) bool { return customPodEnvVarsList[i].Name < customPodEnvVarsList[j].Name })
+	// fetch env vars from custom ConfigMap
+	secretEnvVarsList, err := c.getPodEnvironmentSecretVariables()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+
+	// concat all custom pod env vars and sort them
+	customPodEnvVarsList := append(configMapEnvVarsList, secretEnvVarsList...)
+	sort.Slice(customPodEnvVarsList,
+		func(i, j int) bool { return customPodEnvVarsList[i].Name < customPodEnvVarsList[j].Name })
+
 	if spec.StandbyCluster != nil && spec.StandbyCluster.S3WalPath == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("s3_wal_path is empty for standby cluster")
 	}