[pve-devel] [PATCH installer v5 24/36] auto-installer: fetch: add http plugin to fetch answer

Aaron Lauterer a.lauterer at proxmox.com
Tue Apr 16 17:33:13 CEST 2024


This plugin will send a HTTP POST request with identifying sysinfo to
fetch an answer file. The provided sysinfo can be used to identify the
system and generate a matching answer file on demand.

The URL to send the request to, can be defined in two ways. Via a custom
DHCP option or a TXT record on a predefined subdomain, relative to the
search domain received via DHCP.

Additionally it is possible to specify a SHA256 SSL fingerprint. This
can be useful if a self-signed certificate is used or the URL is using
an IP address instead of an FQDN. Even with a trusted cert, it can be
used to pin this specific certificate.

The certificate fingerprint can either be placed on the `proxmoxinst`
partition and needs to be called `cert_fingerprint.txt`, or it can be
provided in a second custom DHCP option or a TXT record.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Lauterer <a.lauterer at proxmox.com>
---
 .../src/bin/proxmox-fetch-answer.rs           |  11 +-
 .../src/fetch_plugins/http.rs                 | 190 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../src/fetch_plugins/mod.rs                  |   1 +
 unconfigured.sh                               |   9 +
 4 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 proxmox-auto-installer/src/fetch_plugins/http.rs

diff --git a/proxmox-auto-installer/src/bin/proxmox-fetch-answer.rs b/proxmox-auto-installer/src/bin/proxmox-fetch-answer.rs
index a3681a2..6d42df2 100644
--- a/proxmox-auto-installer/src/bin/proxmox-fetch-answer.rs
+++ b/proxmox-auto-installer/src/bin/proxmox-fetch-answer.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Error, Result};
 use log::{error, info, LevelFilter};
-use proxmox_auto_installer::{fetch_plugins::partition::FetchFromPartition, log::AutoInstLogger};
+use proxmox_auto_installer::{
+    fetch_plugins::{http::FetchFromHTTP, partition::FetchFromPartition},
+    log::AutoInstLogger,
+};
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::process::{Command, ExitCode, Stdio};
 
@@ -18,8 +21,10 @@ fn fetch_answer() -> Result<String> {
         Ok(answer) => return Ok(answer),
         Err(err) => info!("Fetching answer file from partition failed: {err}"),
     }
-    // TODO: add more options to get an answer file, e.g. download from url where url could be
-    // fetched via txt records on predefined subdomain, kernel param, dhcp option, ...
+    match FetchFromHTTP::get_answer() {
+        Ok(answer) => return Ok(answer),
+        Err(err) => info!("Fetching answer file via HTTP failed: {err}"),
+    }
 
     Err(Error::msg("Could not find any answer file!"))
 }
diff --git a/proxmox-auto-installer/src/fetch_plugins/http.rs b/proxmox-auto-installer/src/fetch_plugins/http.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ac9afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-auto-installer/src/fetch_plugins/http.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+use anyhow::{bail, Error, Result};
+use log::info;
+use std::{
+    fs::{self, read_to_string},
+    path::Path,
+    process::Command,
+};
+
+use crate::fetch_plugins::utils::{post, sysinfo};
+
+use super::utils;
+
+static CERT_FINGERPRINT_FILE: &str = "cert_fingerprint.txt";
+static ANSWER_SUBDOMAIN: &str = "proxmoxinst";
+static ANSWER_SUBDOMAIN_FP: &str = "proxmoxinst-fp";
+
+// It is possible to set custom DHPC options. Option numbers 224 to 254 [0].
+// To use them with dhclient, we need to configure it to request them and what they should be
+// called.
+//
+// e.g. /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf:
+// ```
+// option proxmoxinst-url code 250 = text;
+// option proxmoxinst-fp code 251 = text;
+// also request proxmoxinst-url, proxmoxinst-fp;
+// ```
+//
+// The results will end up in the /var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases file from where we can fetch them
+//
+// [0] https://www.iana.org/assignments/bootp-dhcp-parameters/bootp-dhcp-parameters.xhtml
+static DHCP_URL_OPTION: &str = "proxmoxinst-url";
+static DHCP_FP_OPTION: &str = "proxmoxinst-fp";
+static DHCP_LEASE_FILE: &str = "/var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases";
+
+pub struct FetchFromHTTP;
+
+impl FetchFromHTTP {
+    /// Will try to fetch the answer.toml by sending a HTTP POST request. The URL can be configured
+    /// either via DHCP or DNS.
+    /// DHCP options are checked first. The SSL certificate need to be either trusted by the root
+    /// certs or a SHA256 fingerprint needs to be provided. The SHA256 SSL fingerprint can either
+    /// be placed in a `cert_fingerprint.txt` file in the `proxmoxinst` partition, as DHCP option,
+    /// or as DNS TXT record. If provided, the `cert_fingerprint.txt` file has preference.
+    pub fn get_answer() -> Result<String> {
+        info!("Checking for certificate fingerprint in file.");
+        let mut fingerprint: Option<String> = match Self::get_cert_fingerprint_from_file() {
+            Ok(fp) => Some(fp),
+            Err(err) => {
+                info!("{err}");
+                None
+            }
+        };
+
+        let answer_url: String;
+
+        (answer_url, fingerprint) = match Self::fetch_dhcp(fingerprint.clone()) {
+            Ok((url, fp)) => (url, fp),
+            Err(err) => {
+                info!("{err}");
+                Self::fetch_dns(fingerprint.clone())?
+            }
+        };
+
+        if fingerprint.is_some() {
+            let fp = fingerprint.clone();
+            fs::write("/tmp/cert_fingerprint", fp.unwrap()).ok();
+        }
+
+        info!("Gathering system information.");
+        let payload = sysinfo::get_sysinfo(false)?;
+        info!("Sending POST request to '{answer_url}'.");
+        let answer = post::call(answer_url, fingerprint.as_deref(), payload)?;
+        Ok(answer)
+    }
+
+    /// Reads certificate fingerprint from file
+    pub fn get_cert_fingerprint_from_file() -> Result<String> {
+        let mount_path = utils::mount_proxmoxinst_part()?;
+        let cert_path = Path::new(mount_path.as_str()).join(CERT_FINGERPRINT_FILE);
+        match cert_path.try_exists() {
+            Ok(true) => {
+                info!("Found certifacte fingerprint file.");
+                Ok(fs::read_to_string(cert_path)?.trim().into())
+            }
+            _ => Err(Error::msg(format!(
+                "could not find cert fingerprint file expected at: {}",
+                cert_path.display()
+            ))),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Fetches search domain from resolv.conf file
+    fn get_search_domain() -> Result<String> {
+        info!("Retrieving default search domain.");
+        for line in read_to_string("/etc/resolv.conf")?.lines() {
+            if let Some((key, value)) = line.split_once(' ') {
+                if key == "search" {
+                    return Ok(value.trim().into());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Err(Error::msg("Could not find search domain in resolv.conf."))
+    }
+
+    /// Runs a TXT DNS query on the domain provided
+    fn query_txt_record(query: String) -> Result<String> {
+        info!("Querying TXT record for '{query}'");
+        let url: String;
+        match Command::new("dig")
+            .args(["txt", "+short"])
+            .arg(&query)
+            .output()
+        {
+            Ok(output) => {
+                if output.status.success() {
+                    url = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)?
+                        .replace('"', "")
+                        .trim()
+                        .into();
+                    if url.is_empty() {
+                        bail!("Got empty response.");
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    bail!(
+                        "Error querying DNS record '{query}' : {}",
+                        String::from_utf8(output.stderr)?
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => bail!("Error querying DNS record '{query}': {err}"),
+        }
+        info!("Found: '{url}'");
+        Ok(url)
+    }
+
+    /// Tries to fetch answer URL and SSL fingerprint info from DNS
+    fn fetch_dns(mut fingerprint: Option<String>) -> Result<(String, Option<String>)> {
+        let search_domain = Self::get_search_domain()?;
+
+        let answer_url = match Self::query_txt_record(format!("{ANSWER_SUBDOMAIN}.{search_domain}"))
+        {
+            Ok(url) => url,
+            Err(err) => bail!("{err}"),
+        };
+
+        if fingerprint.is_none() {
+            fingerprint =
+                match Self::query_txt_record(format!("{ANSWER_SUBDOMAIN_FP}.{search_domain}")) {
+                    Ok(fp) => Some(fp),
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        info!("{err}");
+                        None
+                    }
+                };
+        }
+        Ok((answer_url, fingerprint))
+    }
+
+    /// Tries to fetch answer URL and SSL fingerprint info from DHCP options
+    fn fetch_dhcp(mut fingerprint: Option<String>) -> Result<(String, Option<String>)> {
+        let leases = fs::read_to_string(DHCP_LEASE_FILE)?;
+
+        let mut answer_url: Option<String> = None;
+
+        let url_match = format!("option {DHCP_URL_OPTION}");
+        let fp_match = format!("option {DHCP_FP_OPTION}");
+
+        for line in leases.lines() {
+            if answer_url.is_none() && line.trim().starts_with(url_match.as_str()) {
+                answer_url = Self::strip_dhcp_option(line.split(' ').nth_back(0));
+            }
+            if fingerprint.is_none() && line.trim().starts_with(fp_match.as_str()) {
+                fingerprint = Self::strip_dhcp_option(line.split(' ').nth_back(0));
+            }
+        }
+
+        let answer_url = match answer_url {
+            None => bail!("No DHCP option found for fetch URL."),
+            Some(url) => url,
+        };
+
+        Ok((answer_url, fingerprint))
+    }
+
+    /// Clean DHCP option string
+    fn strip_dhcp_option(value: Option<&str>) -> Option<String> {
+        // value is expected to be in format: "value";
+        value.map(|value| String::from(&value[1..value.len() - 2]))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proxmox-auto-installer/src/fetch_plugins/mod.rs b/proxmox-auto-installer/src/fetch_plugins/mod.rs
index 6f1e8a2..354fa7e 100644
--- a/proxmox-auto-installer/src/fetch_plugins/mod.rs
+++ b/proxmox-auto-installer/src/fetch_plugins/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+pub mod http;
 pub mod partition;
 pub mod utils;
diff --git a/unconfigured.sh b/unconfigured.sh
index f02336a..dbdb027 100755
--- a/unconfigured.sh
+++ b/unconfigured.sh
@@ -212,6 +212,15 @@ if [ $proxdebug -ne 0 ]; then
     debugsh || true
 fi
 
+# add custom DHCP options for auto installer
+if [ $proxauto -ne 0 ]; then
+    cat >> /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf <<EOF
+option proxmoxinst-url code 250 = text;
+option proxmoxinst-fp code 251 = text;
+also request proxmoxinst-url, proxmoxinst-fp;
+EOF
+fi
+
 # try to get ip config with dhcp
 echo -n "Attempting to get DHCP leases... "
 dhclient -v
-- 
2.39.2





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