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 shankar0123
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8191b1ee64 |
scheduler+db: close Phase 6 — scale hardening across pool, jitter, ETag, asyncpoll
Phase 6 of the certctl architecture diligence remediation. Five
findings across the same scheduler-and-DB-pool surface.
SCALE-M1 (Med) — DB pool default bumped 25 → 50
internal/config/config.go line 1972:
MaxConnections: getEnvInt("CERTCTL_DATABASE_MAX_CONNS", 50)
Postgres default max_connections is 100; 50 leaves headroom for
pg_dump + ad-hoc psql + a server replica without exhausting the
DB-side cap. Operator override env var unchanged. Operator-tune
ladder for larger fleets (5K / 50K certs) lives in
docs/operator/scale.md as starter values pending Phase 8 load
tests — explicitly marked TBD.
SCALE-M3 (Med) — async-CA poll budget operator-configurable
Live state was partially-already-shipped: all 4 async-CA
connectors (digicert, entrust, globalsign, sectigo) already have
per-connector CERTCTL_<NAME>_POLL_MAX_WAIT_SECONDS (Audit fix #5
closed pre-Phase-6). What was missing: a global package-default
override. Shipped:
- internal/connector/issuer/asyncpoll/asyncpoll.go gains
SetDefaultMaxWait(d) + effectiveDefaultMaxWait var + the
currentDefaultMaxWait() priority resolver.
- cmd/server/main.go reads CERTCTL_ASYNC_POLL_MAX_WAIT_SECONDS
at boot and calls SetDefaultMaxWait.
- deploy/ENVIRONMENTS.md documents the new env var (G-3 guard
green).
Naming deviation from the prompt's CERTCTL_ASYNC_POLL_MAX_ATTEMPTS:
the live code tracks wall-clock time (MaxWait), not attempt count.
Matched the existing per-connector nomenclature (_POLL_MAX_WAIT_SECONDS)
so the priority chain reads naturally.
SCALE-M5 (Med) — JitteredTicker wrapper for all 15 scheduler loops
internal/scheduler/jitter.go ships NewJitteredTicker(interval,
jitterPct) + DefaultSchedulerJitter (±10%). All 15 sites in
internal/scheduler/scheduler.go migrated from bare time.NewTicker
to NewJitteredTicker(interval, DefaultSchedulerJitter). Base
intervals unchanged; only the per-tick envelope adds ±10%
randomized delay so multiple loops with the same nominal cadence
don't co-fire and spike CPU + DB at wall-clock boundaries.
internal/scheduler/jitter_test.go pins:
- Bounded envelope (each tick within ±jitterPct of interval)
- Mean drift < 30% of nominal (sign-bug detector)
- Stop() releases the goroutine + closes C
- Stop() idempotent (no panic on repeat)
- Zero-jitter behaves like time.NewTicker
- Negative and >=1 jitterPct values clamped defensively
CI guard scripts/ci-guards/no-bare-newticker-in-scheduler.sh blocks
any future bare time.NewTicker in scheduler.go.
SCALE-L1 (Low) — renewal-sweep semaphore behavior documented
docs/operator/scale.md "Scheduler tick budgets" section explains
the per-tick concurrency semaphore (CERTCTL_RENEWAL_CONCURRENCY=25
default), the ctx-cancellation drain on tick-budget overrun, and
operator tuning advice (raise concurrency + DB pool together).
No code change — the behavior is defensible as-is per the audit.
SCALE-L2 (Low) — ETag middleware for top-5 read endpoints
internal/api/middleware/etag.go computes SHA-256 ETag over the
buffered response body, respects If-None-Match, short-circuits
to 304 Not Modified on match. GET/HEAD only; non-2xx responses
pass through unchanged. 64 KiB buffer cap degrades gracefully on
oversized responses (no caching, body still flushes intact).
Wired around the top-5 read endpoints via etagged() helper in
internal/api/router/router.go:
GET /api/v1/certificates
GET /api/v1/agents
GET /api/v1/jobs
GET /api/v1/audit
GET /api/v1/discovered-certificates
internal/api/middleware/etag_test.go pins 11 behaviors including
304-on-repeat, 200-after-mutation-with-new-ETag, POST bypass,
4xx/5xx pass-through, oversized-response degradation, wildcard
match, HEAD-treated-like-GET, byte-equal pass-through.
Cross-cutting fixes:
- internal/config/config_test.go::TestLoad_DefaultValues updated
to assert the new 50 default (was 25).
- deploy/helm/certctl/values.yaml comment corrected — agent
pollInterval is hardcoded 30s, not env-configurable; the
Phase 4 comment mistakenly referenced CERTCTL_AGENT_POLL_INTERVAL
which G-3 caught as a phantom env var.
- asyncpoll.go reformatted by gofmt; functionally unchanged.
Verification (all pass):
grep -nE 'SetMaxOpenConns' internal/repository/postgres/db.go # finds 1 site
grep -nE 'CERTCTL_DATABASE_MAX_CONNS.*50' internal/config/config.go # config default is 50
grep -rnE 'CERTCTL_ASYNC_POLL_MAX_WAIT_SECONDS' internal/ deploy/ENVIRONMENTS.md # wired
grep -cE 'time\.NewTicker\(' internal/scheduler/scheduler.go # 0 (all migrated)
grep -cE 'JitteredTicker' internal/scheduler/scheduler.go # 15
ls internal/scheduler/jitter.go internal/api/middleware/etag.go # both exist
ls docs/operator/scale.md # exists
bash scripts/ci-guards/no-bare-newticker-in-scheduler.sh # clean
bash scripts/ci-guards/G-3-env-docs-drift.sh # clean
go test ./internal/scheduler/ ./internal/api/middleware/ \
./internal/connector/issuer/asyncpoll/ ./internal/config/ # 4/4 packages green
Closes: cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SCALE-M1
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SCALE-M3
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SCALE-M5
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SCALE-L1
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SCALE-L2
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shankar0123
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69a2b5c55a |
config: default hardening + operator docs (Phase 2 closure — SEC-H1, SEC-H3, SEC-M4, DEPL-H1, DEPL-M2 + doc-only carve-outs)
Eleven findings from the architecture diligence audit's Phase 2 bundle
closed in one PR. All touch the same backend config + Helm chart +
operator docs surface, so reviewing in one diff is the natural fit.
config.go: three new fail-closed Validate() branches behind sentinels
=====================================================================
Three new error sentinels exported from internal/config/config.go for
tests to pin via errors.Is + message-text:
- ErrAgentBootstrapTokenRequired (SEC-H1)
- ErrACMEInsecureWithoutAck (SEC-M4)
- ErrDemoModeAckExpired (SEC-H3)
SEC-H1 (staged): introduces CERTCTL_AGENT_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN_DENY_EMPTY
as an opt-in feature flag. When true AND the bootstrap token is empty,
Validate() returns ErrAgentBootstrapTokenRequired and the server
refuses to start. Default in THIS release: false (warn-mode
pass-through preserved). WORKSPACE-ROADMAP.md schedules the default
flip to true for v2.2.0 — operators get one upgrade window.
SEC-M4: upgrades the existing boot-time WARN log for
CERTCTL_ACME_INSECURE=true into a hard refuse-to-start gate behind
CERTCTL_ACME_INSECURE_ACK=true. The ACK env var must be paired with
the existing INSECURE flag; either alone fails closed. The boot-time
WARN log at cmd/server/main.go:611 continues to fire for the ACK'd
case so every restart logs the reminder.
SEC-H3: tightens the sticky DemoModeAck bit so it expires after 24h.
When DemoModeAck=true, Validate() now requires CERTCTL_DEMO_MODE_ACK_TS
to be set as a unix-epoch timestamp within the last 24h (24h-tolerance
on the past side, 1-minute clock-skew on the future side). Catches the
"forgotten demo deployment promoted to production" failure mode —
next container restart past 24h refuses unless re-ack'd.
Tests in internal/config/config_test.go cover every new branch:
positive (passes when properly set), negative (each fail-closed path
fires with the matching sentinel + message-text). 11 new tests added.
Helm chart + HA runbook (DEPL-H1)
=================================
Created docs/operator/runbooks/ha.md documenting the three values
flips required for production HA: server.replicas, podDisruptionBudget,
service.sessionAffinity. Cross-link comments added to
deploy/helm/certctl/values.yaml next to the server.replicas (line 19)
and podDisruptionBudget (line 566) defaults. DEFAULTS DO NOT CHANGE
— that's the point per the prompt's 'do not flip networkPolicy default'
guidance: a default-enabled PDB blocks fresh helm install on
single-node clusters.
CI guard (DEPL-M2)
==================
scripts/ci-guards/no-change-me-in-prod-compose.sh grep-fails any
'change-me-' literal in compose files OTHER than docker-compose.demo.yml.
Catches the placeholder-credential-leak regression one layer earlier
than the runtime Validate() fail-closed guards from Bundle 2 (2026-05-12).
Excludes comment lines so docs explaining the pattern don't trip the
guard. Verified to fire on a synthetic leak; clean on the current tree.
Consolidated 'Security carve-outs' doc section
==============================================
docs/operator/security.md grows by one new section documenting the
seven existing carve-outs in one canonical place:
- SEC-M3: 3 InsecureSkipVerify=true sites (Agent dev, verify probe, tlsprobe)
- SEC-M5: F5 connector InsecureSkipVerify per-config field
- SEC-M4: ACME insecure + new ACK gate
- SEC-L1: CSP 'unsafe-inline' on style-src (Tailwind carve-out)
- SEC-L2: break-glass Argon2id rest-defense reminder
- SEC-L3: 1 MB body-size cap + CERTCTL_MAX_BODY_SIZE override
- DEPL-M2: change-me-* placeholder credentials in demo overlay
- DEPL-M3: K8s NetworkPolicy operator-opt-in default
Each entry cites the file:line, the rationale for the carve-out, and
the operator action.
CHANGELOG + ENVIRONMENTS coverage
==================================
CHANGELOG.md grows by one new '### Breaking changes (scheduled for
v2.2.0)' section under Unreleased, documenting SEC-H1 / SEC-M4 / SEC-H3
with explicit upgrade-window guidance for each.
deploy/ENVIRONMENTS.md adds five rows: AGENT_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN +
AGENT_BOOTSTRAP_TOKEN_DENY_EMPTY + DEMO_MODE_ACK + DEMO_MODE_ACK_TS +
ACME_INSECURE_ACK. G-3 env-docs-drift CI guard stays clean.
WORKSPACE-ROADMAP.md (cowork-side) schedules the SEC-H1 default-flip
for v2.2.0.
Sandbox limitation
==================
The certctl repo's working tree is 6.1 GB which fills the sandbox
volume; the go1.25.10 toolchain download (go.mod requires it,
sandbox has 1.25.9) keeps failing on disk-full. Local 'go build' /
'go test' were NOT run in this commit's verification path.
make verify MUST be run on the operator's workstation before push
per CLAUDE.md operating rules.
CI guards (no-change-me, G-3 env-docs-drift, doc-rot-detector, +
all existing) verified clean by running each individually.
Closes: cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SEC-H1,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SEC-H3,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SEC-M4,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-H1,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-M2,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-DEPL-M3,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SEC-M3,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SEC-M5,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SEC-L1,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SEC-L2,
cowork/certctl-architecture-diligence-audit.html#fix-SEC-L3
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shankar0123
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0161bb201c |
docs: remove internal engineering docs; docs must be tool- or story-relevant
Operator policy: docs in the public repo must help (a) a user
deploying certctl or (b) the product story. Internal engineering
process documentation belongs in cowork/ scratchpads or in git
commit history, not docs/.
Removed (docs/contributor/, 8 files, 2,323 lines):
- release-sign-off.md — internal release-day checklist
- ci-pipeline.md — what runs in CI (internal)
- ci-guards.md — what the guards are (internal)
- testing-strategy.md — internal testing strategy
- qa-test-suite.md — internal QA reference (445 lines)
- qa-prerequisites.md — internal QA setup
- gui-qa-checklist.md — manual GUI QA checklist
- test-environment.md — 1,103-line redundant with
docs/getting-started/quickstart.md +
docs/getting-started/advanced-demo.md
Removed supporting script:
- scripts/qa-doc-seed-count.sh — CI guard for the deleted
qa-test-suite.md seed-data table
Cross-reference cleanup:
- README.md: dropped the Contributor audience row + footer
pointer to docs/contributor/.
- Makefile: dropped `verify-docs` target + qa-stats comment refs.
- .github/workflows/ci.yml: dropped the QA-doc seed-count drift
CI step + dead comment refs.
- docs/reference/cli.md: repointed qa-prerequisites.md → quickstart.md.
- docs/operator/performance-baselines.md: dropped ci-pipeline.md
cross-ref.
- scripts/ci-guards/README.md: dropped the 'Guards explicitly
NOT here' section that referenced the deleted QA-doc guards.
G-3 env-docs-drift guard improvements (a real consequence: deleting
the contributor docs surfaced that some env vars only had a home
there). Refit the guard to the new doc topology:
- Defined-scan widened from `config.go + cmd/*` to all of `cmd/ +
internal/` (production code), excluding `*_test.go` — catches
service-layer env vars like CERTCTL_STEPCA_ROOT_CERT and
CERTCTL_ZEROSSL_EAB_URL that were previously invisible to the
guard.
- Docs-scan widened to include deploy/ENVIRONMENTS.md (the
canonical env-var inventory table — should have been in scope
from day one). Kept narrow to README + docs/ + deploy/helm/ +
ENVIRONMENTS.md to avoid pulling in compose/test fixtures.
- ALLOWED filter now applies to both DOCS_ONLY and CONFIG_ONLY
directions, so dynamic per-profile dispatch surfaces
(CERTCTL_SCEP_PROFILE_<NAME>_*, CERTCTL_EST_PROFILE_<NAME>_*,
CERTCTL_QA_*) don't need static doc entries.
- Added CERTCTL_SCEP_PROFILE_[A-Z_]+ and CERTCTL_EST_PROFILE_[A-Z_]+
to ALLOWED for the same reason.
deploy/ENVIRONMENTS.md: added CERTCTL_ZEROSSL_EAB_URL row — real
operator override (overrides the ZeroSSL EAB-credentials endpoint;
read at internal/connector/issuer/acme/acme.go:372) that was
defined in Go source but never documented. G-3 caught it after the
defined-scan widened.
scripts/ci-guards/S-1-hardcoded-source-counts.sh: removed dead
WORKSPACE-CHANGELOG.md allowlist entry (the file was deleted in
the prior workspace cleanup).
Verified:
All 35 scripts/ci-guards/*.sh green (FAIL=0).
No remaining references to docs/contributor/ or qa-doc-seed-count
in tracked files.
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shankar0123
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a849c8b8cf |
fix(security): close BUNDLE 2 — safe first run, demo mode, agent bootstrap
Bundle 2 closure (2026-05-12 acquisition diligence audit). Closes the
"docker compose up == accidental production" hazard: pre-Bundle-2 the
base deploy/docker-compose.yml WAS the demo path (AUTH_TYPE=none +
DEMO_MODE_ACK=true + KEYGEN_MODE=server + DEMO_SEED=true + literal
change-me-... placeholder creds), the README claimed "drop the demo
overlay for a clean install", and ENVIRONMENTS.md table documented
auth-type default as api-key — three contradictory stories layered on
the same compose file.
Source findings closed:
R2 R3 C1 D9 finding-2 S9 (repo audit)
SEC-H2 SEC-M1 SEC-M3 OPS-M3 LOW-5 HIGH-6 (cowork audit)
Compose split (deploy/docker-compose.yml + deploy/docker-compose.demo.yml):
The base now ships production-shaped — no AUTH_TYPE override, no
KEYGEN_MODE override, no DEMO_MODE_ACK, no DEMO_SEED, no literal
placeholder fallbacks. POSTGRES_PASSWORD / CERTCTL_AUTH_SECRET /
CERTCTL_CONFIG_ENCRYPTION_KEY / CERTCTL_API_KEY / CERTCTL_AGENT_ID
must come from deploy/.env (sample template in deploy/.env.example +
root .env.example). The demo overlay carries the full demo posture
(every env var + every placeholder credential) so the
`-f docker-compose.demo.yml` one-flag flip remains a zero-config
populated-dashboard path.
Fail-closed startup guards (internal/config/config.go::Validate):
Three new gates layered on the existing HIGH-12 demo-mode listen-bind
guard. All three exempt CERTCTL_DEMO_MODE_ACK=true so the demo overlay
keeps working:
• HIGH-6: AUTH_SECRET = "change-me-in-production" → refuse
• HIGH-6: CONFIG_ENCRYPTION_KEY = "change-me-32-char..." → refuse
• LOW-5: CORS_ORIGINS contains "*" (CWE-942 + CWE-352) → refuse
Visible DEMO MODE banner (cmd/server/main.go): every boot under
DEMO_MODE_ACK=true now emits a prominent WARN line with a 6-step
production-promotion checklist. The 2026-04-19 incident (a screenshot
run that kept running for three days) drove this; the per-startup
banner makes the posture unmissable in any log scraper.
Agent enrollment doc alignment:
• docs/reference/configuration.md L83: corrected the non-existent
URL `POST /api/v1/agents/register` to the real route
`POST /api/v1/agents`; added the bootstrap-token note and the
install-agent.sh handoff sequence.
• docs/reference/architecture.md L154: replaced "agents register
themselves at first heartbeat" (false — cmd/agent/main.go fail-
fasts when CERTCTL_AGENT_ID is unset) with the actual two-step
operator-driven flow (REST or GUI registration first, returned ID
fed to install-agent.sh second).
Tests + CI guard:
• 9 new TestValidate_Bundle2_* cases in internal/config/config_test.go
covering: placeholder-secret refused + demo-ack exempt; placeholder
encryption-key refused + demo-ack exempt; real key not mistaken for
placeholder; wildcard CORS refused + demo-ack exempt; wildcard mixed
into a concrete allowlist still refused; concrete allowlist accepted.
• scripts/ci-guards/B2-compose-base-no-demo-env.sh: greps the base
compose for any of the demo-mode env vars + placeholder credentials.
Comments stripped before checking so the narrative header in the
base file can still reference the overlay's posture in prose.
Cold-DB CI smoke (.github/workflows/ci.yml::cold-db-compose-smoke):
Switched to layering -f docker-compose.demo.yml on top of the base —
the new production base requires real env vars the smoke doesn't have,
and the smoke's purpose (catch migration-on-cold-DB regressions + the
bootstrap-token mint path) is orthogonal to which auth posture the
boot lands in.
Receipts:
• Current first-run truth table
compose flag → posture
-f docker-compose.yml (production)
→ requires .env;
fail-fasts on
missing AUTH_SECRET
/ CONFIG_ENCRYPTION
_KEY / POSTGRES
_PASSWORD; agent
fail-fasts on
missing AGENT_ID
-f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.demo.yml (demo)
→ zero-config;
AUTH_TYPE=none +
DEMO_MODE_ACK=true
+ KEYGEN=server +
DEMO_SEED=true;
boot banner WARN
-f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.dev.yml (dev)
→ base + PgAdmin
+ debug logging
-f docker-compose.test.yml (test, standalone)
→ production-shape
posture, real CA
backends
• Verification (PATH=/tmp/go/bin export GO* paths to /tmp):
gofmt -l # clean (no diffs)
go vet ./internal/config ./cmd/server # clean
go test -short -count=1 ./internal/config/... # PASS (cumulative +
all 9 new Bundle 2
cases green)
go test -short -count=1 # PASS (no regression
./internal/connector/target/configcheck in the Bundle 1 -
closure tests)
go build ./cmd/server ./cmd/agent # clean
./cmd/cli ./cmd/mcp-server
bash scripts/ci-guards/B2-compose-base-no-demo-env.sh # clean
bash scripts/ci-guards/H-1-encryption-key-min-length.sh # clean
bash scripts/ci-guards/G-3-env-docs-drift.sh # clean
Remaining operator warnings (not blocking; tracked in CLAUDE.md
"Open decisions"):
• The first `docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d` against a
pre-Bundle-2 .env (placeholder values still in place) will now
fail-fast. This is the intended posture but operators upgrading
from v2.0.x via .env-from-old-master need to rotate before
upgrading. The CHANGELOG note for the v2.1.0 release should
call this out alongside Auth Bundle 2's other breaking changes.
Audit-Closes: BUNDLE-2 R2 R3 C1 D9 S9 SEC-H2 SEC-M1 SEC-M3 OPS-M3 LOW-5 HIGH-6
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shankar0123
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1720e11109 |
docs: fix broken single-file demo invocation in README + qa-prerequisites + ENVIRONMENTS
The README's Quick Start, the qa-prerequisites contributor doc, and the
landing page (separate repo, separate commit) all shipped a copy-paste
command that produces:
service "certctl-server" has neither an image nor a build context
specified: invalid compose project
The bug landed silently with commit
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shankar0123
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0729ee46e0 |
chore: sweep github.com/shankar0123/certctl URL refs to certctl-io/certctl
Post-transfer cosmetic + release-critical URL refresh after moving the
repo from github.com/shankar0123/certctl to github.com/certctl-io/certctl
(2026-05-03). GitHub HTTP redirects continue to forward old URLs forever,
so existing operators are not broken — but aligns the canonical
references with the new owner so:
- procurement engineers / contributors browsing the docs see the right
URL on first read
- operators copying the agent install one-liner hit the new path
directly without going through a redirect
- the Helm chart's default image repository points at the canonical org
registry path
- the OnboardingWizard rendered to first-run UI users shows the new
URL in the install snippets and doc anchor links
- the GitHub Actions release workflow pushes container images to
ghcr.io/certctl-io/certctl-{server,agent} (was: shankar0123)
- the release-notes Markdown body in release.yml — which gets stamped
into every future release page — references the post-transfer
cert-identity (cosign keyless signing now uses the certctl-io
workflow URL) and the post-transfer SLSA provenance source-uri.
Without this, every cosign verify / slsa-verifier command on a
v2.1.0+ release would fail because the cert-identity-regexp would
not match the signing identity GitHub Actions OIDC issues post-
transfer. Old releases (v2.0.67 and earlier) keep their immutable
release-notes pointing at the shankar0123 path and remain
verifiable via their own published instructions.
Customer impact:
- Operators on ghcr.io/shankar0123/certctl-{server,agent}:latest
silently freeze on whatever tag was current at transfer time. They
get no errors; they just stop receiving updates. The next release
notes need a one-line callout (Phase 3.1 of cowork/transfer-
certctl-to-org.md) telling them to update their image path to
ghcr.io/certctl-io/certctl-{server,agent}.
- All other URLs (git clone, install one-liner, raw.githubusercontent
URLs, browser links, GitHub API) continue to resolve via permanent
HTTP redirects. The sweep is cosmetic for those.
Files swept (30 total):
.github/workflows/release.yml — IMAGE_NAMESPACE, source-uri,
cosign cert-identity-regexp, IMAGE= snippet (5 refs total).
CHANGELOG.md, README.md — anchor links, badges, install one-liner,
cosign verify snippets in operator-facing sections.
api/openapi.yaml — info / externalDocs URLs.
install-agent.sh — GITHUB_REPO const + systemd unit Documentation=
field.
deploy/ENVIRONMENTS.md, deploy/helm/{CHART_SUMMARY,INDEX,
INSTALLATION,README}.md, deploy/helm/certctl/{Chart.yaml,
README.md,values.yaml}, deploy/helm/examples/values-*.yaml —
chart docs + image repository defaults across dev / prod-ha
overrides.
docs/{certctl-for-cert-manager-users,connector-iis,connectors,
migrate-from-acmesh,migrate-from-certbot,quickstart,test-env,
why-certctl}.md — operator-facing doc URLs.
examples/{acme-nginx,acme-wildcard-dns01,multi-issuer,
private-ca-traefik,step-ca-haproxy}/docker-compose.yml +
examples/step-ca-haproxy/step-ca-haproxy.md — example image:
paths and accompanying narrative.
web/src/pages/OnboardingWizard.tsx — first-run-UI URL refs (curl
install one-liners, agent docker image path, doc anchor links).
Files intentionally NOT swept (Choice A from cowork/transfer-certctl-
to-org.md):
go.mod, go.sum — module declaration stays github.com/shankar0123/
certctl. Existing imports compile because Go uses the path
declared in go.mod, not the URL it was fetched from. Internal-
only project; no external Go consumers; rename will land as a
mechanical sed when one materializes.
~250 *.go files — every import remains github.com/shankar0123/
certctl/internal/...
deploy/test/f5-mock-icontrol/go.mod — separate test sub-module;
same Choice A logic; module path stays.
Files intentionally NOT swept (other reasons):
README.md lines 244-245 — Scarf-pixel docker-pull commands.
shankar0123.docker.scarf.sh/... is a Scarf-account hostname
(per-user, not per-repo) and the pixel keeps tracking pulls
against the operator's personal Scarf account. Migrating to a
certctl-io Scarf account is a separate decision (create org
Scarf account → re-create package → update README).
deploy/test/f5-mock-icontrol/f5-mock-icontrol — checked-in
compiled binary with shankar0123/certctl baked into Go build
info via the sub-module path. Out of scope for a URL sweep;
will refresh on the next `make test-integration` rebuild.
Verification:
gofmt: clean (no .go files touched).
go vet ./...: clean (verified at this SHA in 1.3 of the transfer
checklist; no .go changes since).
go build ./...: clean (same).
go test -short on representative packages: green (same).
Diff shape: 30 files, 74 insertions / 74 deletions, net-zero size,
pure URL substitution.
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shankar0123
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a91197014f |
fix(db): emit volume-state guidance on postgres auth failure (U-1, #10)
The shipped quickstart instructs operators to copy deploy/.env.example to
deploy/.env, edit POSTGRES_PASSWORD, and run docker compose up. On the
*first* boot of a fresh checkout this works. On the *second* boot — i.e.,
when an operator first booted with the default POSTGRES_PASSWORD=certctl,
then edited .env and re-ran up — the certctl-server container picks up the
new password (env interpolated at every container start) but postgres does
not. The postgres docker-entrypoint runs initdb only when the data dir is
empty; on subsequent boots the persistent named volume postgres_data is
non-empty so pg_authid retains the password baked in on first boot. The
server connects with the new credentials, postgres rejects them, and the
operator sees an opaque `pq: password authentication failed for user
"certctl"` in the server log with no pointer to the actual cause. New-
operator onboarding gets blocked on the documented production path.
Why a doc fix alone is not sufficient. Operators don't reread the docs
after a successful first boot — the trap fires on the *second* up, when
they think they've already learned the system. The opaque pq error is
indistinguishable in the log from a typo'd password or a misconfigured
secret store. The diagnostic has to fire at the moment the failure is
observed.
Why we don't try to fix the bootstrap. The env-vs-pg_authid divergence is
intrinsic to how the official postgres image bootstraps (see
docker-entrypoint.sh: initdb runs only if PGDATA is empty). Switching to a
bind mount or ephemeral volume breaks the production path; switching to
POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE + ALTER ROLE adds operator surface without
eliminating the divergence. The ergonomic fix is to surface the failure
mode loudly, with both remediation paths, at the exact log line where it
becomes visible.
Two remediation paths, surfaced together. Destructive: `docker compose
-f deploy/docker-compose.yml down -v && up -d --build` — wipes the
postgres volume so initdb re-runs with the new env value. Use this on
demos / first-time setup where data loss is acceptable. Non-destructive:
`docker compose exec postgres psql -U certctl -c "ALTER ROLE certctl
PASSWORD '<new>';"` followed by a server restart with the matching
POSTGRES_PASSWORD. Use this on any environment that holds data you want
to keep. Surfacing both means the operator can pick based on their
environment without us assuming.
Files changed:
- internal/repository/postgres/db.go — extract wrapPingError(err) helper.
errors.As against *pq.Error; on SQLSTATE 28P01 (invalid_password) emit
the multi-line guidance preserving the %w wrap chain. Non-28P01 errors
retain the original `failed to ping database: %w` shape so transient
connection-refused / timeout paths don't get noisy. Add
pgErrInvalidPassword = "28P01" constant. Convert blank
`_ "github.com/lib/pq"` import to direct import (driver registration
still works via init()) so we can name the *pq.Error type at compile
time. NewDB now calls wrapPingError(err) instead of inlining the wrap.
- internal/repository/postgres/db_test.go (new) — 4 internal-package
unit tests covering wrapPingError. AuthFailureGuidance pins the
contract substrings ("SQLSTATE 28P01", "POSTGRES_PASSWORD",
"first boot", "down -v", "ALTER ROLE"). NonAuthErrorPreservesOriginalWrap
pins the no-leak contract for SQLSTATE 08006 (connection_failure).
NonPqErrorPreservesOriginalWrap pins the network-level path.
NilReturnsNil pins defensive contract. All run in -short without
testcontainers — package postgres (internal) so the unexported helper
is callable directly.
- docs/quickstart.md — `> **Warning:**` callout immediately after the
`cp deploy/.env.example deploy/.env` block at lines 56-61. Names the
trap, names the SQLSTATE, gives both remediation paths. Uses the
in-file `> **Note:**` blockquote convention.
- deploy/ENVIRONMENTS.md — `**Stateful volume — first-boot password
binding (U-1)**` paragraph appended to the Postgres expert-note block.
Explains the env-vs-pg_authid divergence, points at wrapPingError as
the runtime diagnostic, lists both remediation paths. Uses the in-file
`**Expert note:**` convention.
Out of scope (separate follow-ups):
- deploy/helm/certctl/templates/postgres-statefulset.yaml has the same
root cause via PVC retention. The wrapPingError diagnostic covers the
Helm path because the same NewDB code runs at server startup; the
Helm-specific doc warning lands separately.
- /.env.example at repo root (line 16 hardcodes the password literally
inside CERTCTL_DATABASE_URL rather than interpolating) — adjacent
trap, separate fix.
- examples/{acme-nginx,private-ca-traefik,step-ca-haproxy,multi-issuer,
acme-wildcard-dns01}/docker-compose.yml all carry the pattern. The
diagnostic covers them; targeted doc warnings are scoped to the
canonical quickstart + ENVIRONMENTS docs.
Out of consideration:
- Switch to bind mount / ephemeral volume — breaks the production path.
- POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE + Docker secret + ALTER ROLE rotation — adds
operator surface without fixing the env-vs-pg_authid divergence.
Verification (all passing):
- go build ./...
- go vet ./...
- go test -short -race ./internal/repository/postgres/ — 4/4 new tests
pass plus existing tests
- go test -short ./... — every package green
- govulncheck ./... — no vulnerabilities in our code
- wrapPingError coverage 100%; postgres pkg total unchanged in shape
(NewDB/RunMigrations were 0% pre-fix, still 0% post-fix; new helper
adds 100%-covered statements)
Refs: coverage-gap-audit-2026-04-24-v5/unified-audit.md
§2 P1 cluster, cat-u-quickstart_postgres_password_volume_trap
GitHub Issue #10 (mikeakasully)
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v2.0.47: HTTPS Everywhere — TLS-only control plane, agents/CLI/MCP
Breaking change release. Plaintext HTTP listener removed. The certctl control plane now terminates TLS 1.3 on :8443 via http.Server.ListenAndServeTLS. No CERTCTL_TLS_ENABLED=false escape hatch. No dual-listener mode. One-step cutover per docs/upgrade-to-tls.md. Server - cmd/server/tls.go: certHolder with SIGHUP hot-reload + atomic cert swap, buildServerTLSConfig (TLS 1.3 min, GetCertificate callback), preflightServerTLS validation - cmd/server/main.go: ListenAndServeTLS in place of ListenAndServe, watchSIGHUP wiring, cert/key path config threading - tls_test.go: 418-line regression coverage of reload, preflight, callback behavior, SAN validation Config - CERTCTL_TLS_CERT_PATH / CERTCTL_TLS_KEY_PATH (required) - Plaintext rejection: agents/CLI/MCP pre-flight-fail on http:// URLs with a pointer to docs/upgrade-to-tls.md Agents, CLI, MCP - All three pre-flight-reject http:// URLs with fail-loud diagnostic - CERTCTL_SERVER_CA_BUNDLE_PATH for private-CA trust - CERTCTL_SERVER_TLS_INSECURE_SKIP_VERIFY for dev-only bypass (loud warning on startup) - install-agent.sh emits both vars as commented template lines docker-compose - certctl-tls-init sidecar generates SAN-valid self-signed cert into deploy/test/certs/ on first boot - All demo-stack curls pin against ca.crt with --cacert Helm chart - Three TLS provisioning modes, exactly one required: - server.tls.existingSecret (operator-supplied) - server.tls.certManager.enabled (cert-manager integration) - server.tls.selfSigned.enabled (eval only — not for production) - server-certificate.yaml template for cert-manager mode - helm install without a TLS source fails at template render with a pointer to docs/tls.md CI - .github/workflows/ci.yml Helm Chart Validation step renders the chart in both existingSecret and cert-manager modes, plus an inverse guard-regression test that asserts helm template MUST refuse to render when no TLS source is configured. Previously the single `helm template` invocation hit the certctl.tls.required fail-loud guard and exit-1'd CI. Four invocations now: lint (existingSecret), template (existingSecret), template (cert-manager), template (no args — must fail). Integration tests - deploy/test/integration_test.go stands up the Compose stack over HTTPS, extracts the CA bundle, and exercises every certctl API over https://localhost:8443 - All 34 integration subtests green (per Phase 8 local CI-parity) Documentation - New: docs/tls.md (provisioning patterns, rotation, SIGHUP reload) - New: docs/upgrade-to-tls.md (one-step cutover, no-downgrade warnings, fleet-roll sequencing) - CHANGELOG.md: v2.2.0 "HTTPS Everywhere — The Irony" entry (file heading unchanged; release tag is v2.0.47) - All curls in docs/, examples/, deploy/helm/ guides use https://localhost:8443 --cacert Verification - grep -rn "ListenAndServe[^T]" cmd/ internal/ → 0 hits - grep -rn "\"http://" cmd/ internal/ → 2 benign hits (Caddy admin API default, SSRF doc comment) — zero certctl endpoints - Tasks #197–#206 (Phases 0–8) all closed in the tracker Files: 65 changed, 3489 insertions, 372 deletions (pre-CI-fix). |
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docs: add Docker Compose environments guide and fix compose files
- New deploy/ENVIRONMENTS.md: comprehensive walkthrough of all 4 compose files with service-by-service explanations, beginner-friendly Docker concepts, and expert-level networking/config details - Fix docker-compose.dev.yml: agent LOG_LEVEL → CERTCTL_LOG_LEVEL (was silently ignored without the CERTCTL_ prefix) - Add CERTCTL_CONFIG_ENCRYPTION_KEY to base and test compose (enables M34/M35 dynamic issuer/target config encryption) - Add CERTCTL_DISCOVERY_DIRS to base compose agent (enables filesystem certificate discovery in default deployment) - Cross-link ENVIRONMENTS.md from README doc table and quickstart.md Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com> |