// Copyright 2026 certctl LLC. All rights reserved. // SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1 // Package postfix implements the Postfix + Dovecot mail-server // target connector. As of the deploy-hardening I master bundle // Phase 7, both modes follow the canonical NGINX template: // atomic-write via internal/deploy.Apply, validate-with-the-target // PreCommit, reload PostCommit, post-deploy TLS verify, rollback // on failure. package postfix import ( "context" "crypto/sha256" "encoding/base64" "encoding/hex" "encoding/json" "errors" "fmt" "log/slog" "os" "os/exec" "os/user" "path/filepath" "strings" "time" "github.com/certctl-io/certctl/internal/connector/target" "github.com/certctl-io/certctl/internal/deploy" "github.com/certctl-io/certctl/internal/tlsprobe" "github.com/certctl-io/certctl/internal/validation" ) type Config struct { Mode string `json:"mode"` CertPath string `json:"cert_path"` KeyPath string `json:"key_path"` ChainPath string `json:"chain_path"` ReloadCommand string `json:"reload_command"` ValidateCommand string `json:"validate_command"` // Phase 7: file ownership + mode + verify + retention. CertFileMode os.FileMode `json:"cert_file_mode,omitempty"` KeyFileMode os.FileMode `json:"key_file_mode,omitempty"` ChainFileMode os.FileMode `json:"chain_file_mode,omitempty"` CertFileOwner string `json:"cert_file_owner,omitempty"` CertFileGroup string `json:"cert_file_group,omitempty"` KeyFileOwner string `json:"key_file_owner,omitempty"` KeyFileGroup string `json:"key_file_group,omitempty"` PostDeployVerify *PostDeployVerifyConfig `json:"post_deploy_verify,omitempty"` PostDeployVerifyAttempts int `json:"post_deploy_verify_attempts,omitempty"` PostDeployVerifyBackoff time.Duration `json:"post_deploy_verify_backoff,omitempty"` PostDeployVerifyMaxBackoff time.Duration `json:"post_deploy_verify_max_backoff,omitempty"` BackupRetention int `json:"backup_retention,omitempty"` } type PostDeployVerifyConfig struct { Enabled bool `json:"enabled"` Endpoint string `json:"endpoint,omitempty"` Timeout time.Duration `json:"timeout,omitempty"` } type Connector struct { config *Config logger *slog.Logger runValidate func(ctx context.Context, command string) ([]byte, error) runReload func(ctx context.Context, command string) ([]byte, error) probe func(ctx context.Context, address string, timeout time.Duration) tlsprobe.ProbeResult } func New(config *Config, logger *slog.Logger) *Connector { c := &Connector{config: config, logger: logger} c.runValidate = defaultRunCommand c.runReload = defaultRunCommand c.probe = tlsprobe.ProbeTLS return c } // Phase 7 SEC-H2 closure (2026-05-14): argv-form exec instead of // `sh -c`. See nginx connector's defaultRunCommand for the // rationale + threat model. // // Postfix-specific note: the canonical reload command is `postfix // reload` (or `systemctl reload postfix`), which is simple argv — // no shell features needed. Operators historically using // pipeline-style commands (e.g. "postfix reload && systemctl is-active // postfix") were rejected at config-time by ValidateShellCommand // even before Phase 7 (the `&` metachar was on the deny list); the // argv form just makes that rejection consistent between config // validation and exec. func defaultRunCommand(ctx context.Context, command string) ([]byte, error) { argv, err := validation.SplitShellCommand(command) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid reload/validate command: %w", err) } return exec.CommandContext(ctx, argv[0], argv[1:]...).CombinedOutput() } func (c *Connector) SetTestRunValidate(fn func(ctx context.Context, command string) ([]byte, error)) { c.runValidate = fn } func (c *Connector) SetTestRunReload(fn func(ctx context.Context, command string) ([]byte, error)) { c.runReload = fn } func (c *Connector) SetTestProbe(fn func(ctx context.Context, address string, timeout time.Duration) tlsprobe.ProbeResult) { c.probe = fn } func applyDefaults(cfg *Config) { if cfg.Mode == "" { cfg.Mode = "postfix" } switch cfg.Mode { case "dovecot": if cfg.CertPath == "" { cfg.CertPath = "/etc/dovecot/certs/cert.pem" } if cfg.KeyPath == "" { cfg.KeyPath = "/etc/dovecot/certs/key.pem" } if cfg.ReloadCommand == "" { cfg.ReloadCommand = "doveadm reload" } if cfg.ValidateCommand == "" { cfg.ValidateCommand = "doveconf -n" } default: if cfg.CertPath == "" { cfg.CertPath = "/etc/postfix/certs/cert.pem" } if cfg.KeyPath == "" { cfg.KeyPath = "/etc/postfix/certs/key.pem" } if cfg.ReloadCommand == "" { cfg.ReloadCommand = "postfix reload" } if cfg.ValidateCommand == "" { cfg.ValidateCommand = "postfix check" } } } func (c *Connector) ValidateConfig(ctx context.Context, rawConfig json.RawMessage) error { var cfg Config if err := json.Unmarshal(rawConfig, &cfg); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("invalid mail server config: %w", err) } if cfg.Mode != "" && cfg.Mode != "postfix" && cfg.Mode != "dovecot" { return fmt.Errorf("invalid mode %q: must be \"postfix\" or \"dovecot\"", cfg.Mode) } applyDefaults(&cfg) if err := validation.ValidateShellCommand(cfg.ReloadCommand); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("invalid reload_command: %w", err) } if cfg.ValidateCommand != "" { if err := validation.ValidateShellCommand(cfg.ValidateCommand); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("invalid validate_command: %w", err) } } c.logger.Info("validating mail server configuration", "mode", cfg.Mode, "cert_path", cfg.CertPath, "key_path", cfg.KeyPath, "chain_path", cfg.ChainPath) certDir := filepath.Dir(cfg.CertPath) if _, err := os.Stat(certDir); os.IsNotExist(err) { return fmt.Errorf("%s cert directory does not exist: %s", cfg.Mode, certDir) } c.config = &cfg c.logger.Info("mail server configuration validated", "mode", cfg.Mode) return nil } // DeployCertificate atomic + verify + rollback. Mail-specific // quirk preserved: if ChainPath is empty, the chain is appended to // the cert (Postfix/Dovecot's "no separate chain" mode). func (c *Connector) DeployCertificate(ctx context.Context, request target.DeploymentRequest) (*target.DeploymentResult, error) { c.logger.Info("deploying certificate to mail server", "mode", c.config.Mode, "cert_path", c.config.CertPath) startTime := time.Now() plan := c.buildPlan(request) if c.config.ValidateCommand != "" { plan.PreCommit = func(pcCtx context.Context, _ map[string]string) error { out, err := c.runValidate(pcCtx, c.config.ValidateCommand) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("%s validate failed: %w (output: %s)", c.config.Mode, err, string(out)) } return nil } } plan.PostCommit = func(pcCtx context.Context) error { out, err := c.runReload(pcCtx, c.config.ReloadCommand) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("%s reload failed: %w (output: %s)", c.config.Mode, err, string(out)) } return nil } res, err := deploy.Apply(ctx, plan) if err != nil { return c.failureResult(c.config.CertPath, "deploy.Apply", err, startTime), err } if !res.SkippedAsIdempotent { if vErr := c.runPostDeployVerify(ctx, request.CertPEM); vErr != nil { c.logger.Error("post-deploy TLS verify failed; rolling back", "error", vErr) rbErr := c.rollbackToBackups(ctx, res.BackupPaths) if rbErr != nil { return c.failureResult(c.config.CertPath, "verify+rollback both failed", fmt.Errorf("verify: %w; rollback: %v", vErr, rbErr), startTime), rbErr } return c.failureResult(c.config.CertPath, "post-deploy verify failed; rolled back", vErr, startTime), vErr } } dur := time.Since(startTime) idemNote := "" if res.SkippedAsIdempotent { idemNote = " (idempotent skip — bytes unchanged)" } c.logger.Info("certificate deployed to mail server successfully", "duration", dur.String(), "mode", c.config.Mode, "idempotent", res.SkippedAsIdempotent) return &target.DeploymentResult{ Success: true, TargetAddress: c.config.CertPath, DeploymentID: fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", c.config.Mode, time.Now().Unix()), Message: fmt.Sprintf("Certificate deployed and %s reloaded successfully%s", c.config.Mode, idemNote), DeployedAt: time.Now(), Metadata: map[string]string{ "mode": c.config.Mode, "cert_path": c.config.CertPath, "duration_ms": fmt.Sprintf("%d", dur.Milliseconds()), "idempotent": fmt.Sprintf("%t", res.SkippedAsIdempotent), }, }, nil } func (c *Connector) ValidateOnly(ctx context.Context, request target.DeploymentRequest) error { if c.config == nil || c.config.ValidateCommand == "" { return target.ErrValidateOnlyNotSupported } out, err := c.runValidate(ctx, c.config.ValidateCommand) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("%s validate (ValidateOnly): %w (output: %s)", c.config.Mode, err, string(out)) } return nil } func (c *Connector) buildPlan(request target.DeploymentRequest) deploy.Plan { // Postfix/Dovecot quirk: if ChainPath is empty, append chain // to cert for serving as a single-file bundle. certBytes := []byte(request.CertPEM) if c.config.ChainPath == "" && request.ChainPEM != "" { certBytes = append(certBytes, []byte("\n"+request.ChainPEM)...) } files := []deploy.File{{ Path: c.config.CertPath, Bytes: certBytes, Mode: c.config.CertFileMode, Owner: c.config.CertFileOwner, Group: c.config.CertFileGroup, }} if c.config.ChainPath != "" && request.ChainPEM != "" { files = append(files, deploy.File{ Path: c.config.ChainPath, Bytes: []byte(request.ChainPEM), Mode: c.config.ChainFileMode, }) } if c.config.KeyPath != "" && request.KeyPEM != "" { mode := c.config.KeyFileMode if mode == 0 { mode = 0600 // back-compat: Postfix keys 0600 } files = append(files, deploy.File{ Path: c.config.KeyPath, Bytes: []byte(request.KeyPEM), Mode: mode, Owner: c.config.KeyFileOwner, Group: c.config.KeyFileGroup, }) } defaultUser := pickFirstExistingUser("postfix", "dovecot", "_postfix") defaultGroup := pickFirstExistingGroup("postfix", "dovecot", "_postfix") return deploy.Plan{ Files: files, Defaults: deploy.FileDefaults{Mode: 0644, Owner: defaultUser, Group: defaultGroup}, BackupRetention: c.config.BackupRetention, } } func (c *Connector) runPostDeployVerify(ctx context.Context, deployedCertPEM string) error { verify := c.config.PostDeployVerify if verify != nil && !verify.Enabled { return nil } endpoint := "" timeout := 10 * time.Second if verify != nil { endpoint = verify.Endpoint if verify.Timeout > 0 { timeout = verify.Timeout } } if endpoint == "" { c.logger.Warn("post-deploy verify enabled but no endpoint configured; skipping") return nil } want, err := certPEMToFingerprint(deployedCertPEM) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("compute deployed cert fingerprint: %w", err) } retryCfg := tlsprobe.RetryConfig{ Attempts: c.config.PostDeployVerifyAttempts, InitialBackoff: c.config.PostDeployVerifyBackoff, MaxBackoff: c.config.PostDeployVerifyMaxBackoff, } probe := func(probectx context.Context) error { res := c.probe(probectx, endpoint, timeout) if !res.Success { return fmt.Errorf("TLS probe failed: %s", res.Error) } got := strings.ToLower(res.Fingerprint) wantLower := strings.ToLower(want) if got != wantLower { return fmt.Errorf("post-deploy TLS verify SHA-256 mismatch: got %s, want %s", got, wantLower) } return nil } return tlsprobe.VerifyWithExponentialBackoff(ctx, retryCfg, probe) } func (c *Connector) rollbackToBackups(ctx context.Context, backupPaths map[string]string) error { for finalPath, backupPath := range backupPaths { if backupPath == "" { if err := os.Remove(finalPath); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) { return fmt.Errorf("rollback remove %s: %w", finalPath, err) } continue } bytes, err := os.ReadFile(backupPath) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("rollback read backup %s: %w", backupPath, err) } if _, err := deploy.AtomicWriteFile(ctx, finalPath, bytes, deploy.WriteOptions{ SkipIdempotent: true, BackupRetention: -1, }); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("rollback write %s: %w", finalPath, err) } } out, err := c.runReload(ctx, c.config.ReloadCommand) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("rollback reload failed: %w (output: %s)", err, string(out)) } return nil } func (c *Connector) failureResult(addr, stage string, err error, startTime time.Time) *target.DeploymentResult { return &target.DeploymentResult{ Success: false, TargetAddress: addr, Message: fmt.Sprintf("%s: %v", stage, err), DeployedAt: time.Now(), Metadata: map[string]string{ "stage": stage, "duration_ms": fmt.Sprintf("%d", time.Since(startTime).Milliseconds()), }, } } func certPEMToFingerprint(pemBytes string) (string, error) { begin := "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----" end := "-----END CERTIFICATE-----" beginIdx := strings.Index(pemBytes, begin) if beginIdx < 0 { return "", fmt.Errorf("no CERTIFICATE PEM block") } rest := pemBytes[beginIdx+len(begin):] endIdx := strings.Index(rest, end) if endIdx < 0 { return "", fmt.Errorf("PEM block not terminated") } body := strings.TrimSpace(rest[:endIdx]) body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "\n", "") body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, "\r", "") body = strings.ReplaceAll(body, " ", "") der, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(body) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("base64 decode: %w", err) } h := sha256.Sum256(der) return hex.EncodeToString(h[:]), nil } func pickFirstExistingUser(candidates ...string) string { for _, name := range candidates { if _, err := user.Lookup(name); err == nil { return name } } return "" } func pickFirstExistingGroup(candidates ...string) string { for _, name := range candidates { if _, err := user.LookupGroup(name); err == nil { return name } } return "" } func (c *Connector) ValidateDeployment(ctx context.Context, request target.ValidationRequest) (*target.ValidationResult, error) { c.logger.Info("validating mail server deployment", "mode", c.config.Mode, "certificate_id", request.CertificateID, "serial", request.Serial) startTime := time.Now() if c.config.ValidateCommand != "" { if _, err := c.runValidate(ctx, c.config.ValidateCommand); err != nil { errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("%s config validation failed: %v", c.config.Mode, err) return &target.ValidationResult{ Valid: false, Serial: request.Serial, TargetAddress: c.config.CertPath, Message: errMsg, ValidatedAt: time.Now(), }, fmt.Errorf("%s", errMsg) } } if _, err := os.Stat(c.config.CertPath); os.IsNotExist(err) { errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("certificate file not found: %s", c.config.CertPath) return &target.ValidationResult{ Valid: false, Serial: request.Serial, TargetAddress: c.config.CertPath, Message: errMsg, ValidatedAt: time.Now(), }, fmt.Errorf("%s", errMsg) } dur := time.Since(startTime) return &target.ValidationResult{ Valid: true, Serial: request.Serial, TargetAddress: c.config.CertPath, Message: fmt.Sprintf("%s configuration valid", c.config.Mode), ValidatedAt: time.Now(), Metadata: map[string]string{ "mode": c.config.Mode, "validate_command": c.config.ValidateCommand, "duration_ms": fmt.Sprintf("%d", dur.Milliseconds()), }, }, nil }