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Installation Using Vault

This guide covers an installation of Testkube utilizing Vault's sidecar injector, but we also support enterprise customers utilizing the secrets operator or the CSI provider.

info

Throughout this guide:

  • The examples will assume that your Vault has a v2 key-value secrets engine mounted at kv/.
  • The specified Helm values will be from the root of the specified chart.
  • Configurations that will need to be replaced with actual values can be identified by the use of <>.
  • Secret values are masked with * characters.

Dex​

Dex is the identity provider for Testkube and its configuration could contain sensitive information.

Start by storing the Dex config at kv/dex/config:

{
  "config": "********"
}

The value of the config field would be a Dex config as shown below, but customized for your needs:

logger:
  level: debug
  format: json
storage:
    type: kubernetes
    config:
      inCluster: true
issuer: <idp url>
enablePasswordDB: true
staticPasswords:
  - email: "admin@testkube.com"
    # bcrypt hash of the string "password": $(echo password | htpasswd -BinC 10 admin | cut -d: -f2)
    hash: "$2a$10$2b2cU8CPhOTaGrs1HRQuAueS7JTT5ZHsHSzYiFPm1leZck7Mc8T4W"
    username: "admin"
    userID: "4761be60-0ae4-45e6-a21d-2196e911e010"

Create a Vault policy to allow reading of the Dex config:

path "kv/data/dex/config" {
  capabilities = ["read"]
}

Create a service account, vault-dex, then bind it to a Vault role, dex, which has the above policy attached to it.

In the testkube-enterprise chart configure the following values to properly inject and consume the secret Dex config:

dex:
  serviceAccount:
    create: false
    name: "vault-dex"
  podAnnotations:
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
    vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path: /etc/dex
    vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'dex'
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-config.yaml: kv/dex/config
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-config.yaml: |
      {{`{{- with secret "kv/dex/config" }}{{ .Data.data.config }}{{ end -}}`}}
  configSecret:
    create: false
    use: false
    createCustom: false
    name: ""

Minio​

Minio is the default object storage for Testkube used to store logs and artifacts.

Store the root username and password to kv/minio/credentials:

{
  "root_password": "********",
  "root_user": "********"
}

Create a Vault policy to allow reading of the Minio credentials:

path "kv/data/minio/credentials" {
  capabilities = ["read"]
}

Create a service account, vault-minio, then bind it to a Vault role, minio, which has the above policy attached to it.

In the testkube-enterprise chart configure the following values to properly inject and consume the secret Minio credentials:

minio:
  auth:
    useCredentialsFiles: true
    useSecret: false
  serviceAccount:
    create: false
    name: "vault-minio"
  automountServiceAccountToken: true
  podAnnotations:
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
    vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path: /opt/bitnami/minio/secrets
    vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'minio'
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-root-user: kv/minio/credentials
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-root-password: kv/minio/credentials
    # NOTE: These templates need to be double escaped as Minio runs this through tpl.
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-root-user: |
      {{"{{"}}"{{"{{"}}"}}- with secret "kv/minio/credentials" }}{{"{{"}}"{{"{{"}}"}} .Data.data.root_user }}{{"{{"}}"{{"{{"}}"}} end -}}
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-root-password: |
      {{"{{"}}"{{"{{"}}"}}- with secret "kv/minio/credentials" }}{{"{{"}}"{{"{{"}}"}} .Data.data.root_password }}{{"{{"}}"{{"{{"}}"}} end -}}

Control Plane​

The control plane, AKA enterprise API, exposes the central API for the agents and the dashboard. The worker service is a part of the control plane which performs long-running tasks such as processing artifacts.

Depending on your needs the control plane might need the following secrets to be injected from a Vault:

  • License key
  • License file (only for offline licenses)
  • Minio credentials
  • Private certificate authority (CA) certificate

To keep this guide simple we will have one service account for both components of the control plane (enterprise API and worker service) which will need to have access to the Vault secrets, but to enforce the principle of least privilege one could create individual service accounts and policies for each component.

Start by creating a service account, vault-control-plane, for the control plane. Bind the service account to a Vault role, control_plane.

Online License​

Create a secret kv/control-plane/license with the license key:

{
  "key": "********",
}

To the control_plane role, add a policy that allows reading the above secret:

path "kv/data/control-plane/license" {
  capabilities = ["read"]
}

In the testkube-enterprise chart configure the following values to properly inject and consume the secret license key:

testkube-cloud-api:
  enterpriseLicenseKeyPath: /etc/testkube/secrets/license.key
  serviceAccount:
    name: vault-control-plane
  podAnnotations:
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
    vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'control_plane'
    vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path-license.key: /etc/testkube/secrets
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-license.key: kv/control-plane/license
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-license.key: |
      {{`{{- with secret "kv/control-plane/license" }}{{ .Data.data.key }}{{ end -}}`}}

Offline License​

Create a secret kv/control-plane/license with the license key and license file:

{
  "key": "********",
  "license": "********"
}

To the control_plane role, add a policy that allows reading the above secret:

path "kv/data/control-plane/license" {
  capabilities = ["read"]
}

In the testkube-enterprise chart configure the following values to properly inject and consume the secret license key:

testkube-cloud-api:
  enterpriseLicenseKeyPath: /etc/testkube/secrets/license.key
  enterpriseLicenseFilePath: /etc/testkube/secrets/license.lic
  serviceAccount:
    name: vault-control-plane
  podAnnotations:
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
    vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'control_plane'
    vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path-license.key: /etc/testkube/secrets
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-license.key: kv/control-plane/license
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-license.key: |
      {{`{{- with secret "kv/control-plane/license" }}{{ .Data.data.key }}{{ end -}}`}}
    vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path-license.lic: /etc/testkube/secrets
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-license.lic: kv/control-plane/license
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-license.lic: |
      {{`{{- with secret "kv/control-plane/license" }}{{ .Data.data.license }}{{ end -}}`}}

Minio Credentials​

To the control_plane role, add a policy that allows reading the previously created secret containing the password and username for the root Minio user:

path "kv/data/minio/credentials" {
  capabilities = ["read"]
}

In the testkube-enterprise chart, configure the following values to properly inject and consume the Minio credentials:

testkube-cloud-api:
  serviceAccount:
    name: vault-control-plane
  podAnnotations:
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
    vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'control_plane'
    vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path-minio-config.json: /etc/testkube/secrets
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-minio-config.json: kv/minio/credentials
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-minio-config.json: kv/minio/credentials
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-minio-config.json: |
      {{`{{- with secret "kv/minio/credentials" }}{"aliases":{"s3":{"accessKey":"{{ .Data.data.root_user }}","secretKey":"{{ .Data.data.root_password }}","api":"S3v4"}},"version":"10"}{{ end -}}`}}
  api:
    minio:
      credsFilePath: /etc/testkube/secrets/minio-config.json
testkube-worker-service:
  serviceAccount:
    name: vault-control-plane
  podAnnotations:
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
    vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'control_plane'
    vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path-minio-config.json: /etc/testkube/secrets
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-minio-config.json: kv/minio/credentials
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-minio-config.json: kv/minio/credentials
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-minio-config.json: |
      {{`{{- with secret "kv/minio/credentials" }}{"aliases":{"s3":{"accessKey":"{{ .Data.data.root_user }}","secretKey":"{{ .Data.data.root_password }}","api":"S3v4"}},"version":"10"}{{ end -}}`}}
  api:
    minio:
      credsFilePath: /etc/testkube/secrets/minio-config.json

Private Certificate Authority (CA)​

Create a secret kv/certs/ca with the ca field holding the PEM-encoded certificate for the private certificate authority (CA) signing the certificates for the various Testkube components:

{
  "ca": "********"
}
warning

For simplicity, this guide uses the same key-value secrets engine to hold the CA certificate, but in all likelihood the CA certificate would come from a PKI secrets engine in Vault.

To the control_plane role, add a policy that allows reading the above created secret.

path "kv/data/certs/ca" {
  capabilities = ["read"]
}

In the testkube-enterprise chart, configure the following values to properly inject the private CA certificate:

testkube-cloud-api:
  customCaDirPath: /etc/testkube/certs
  serviceAccount:
    name: vault-control-plane
  podAnnotations:
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
    vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'control_plane'
    vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path-ca.pem: /etc/testkube/certs
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-ca.pem: kv/certs/ca
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-ca.pem: |
      {{`{{- with secret "kv/certs/ca" }}{{ .Data.data.ca }}{{ end -}}`}}

Agent​

Private Certificate Authority (CA)​

Assuming the agent has access to the same Vault as the control plane, to build on the above direction for injection of the private CA into the control plane, create a service account, vault-agent, bound to a Vault role, and agent with a policy that allows reading the CA secret.

In the testkube chart, configure the following values to properly inject the private CA certificate into the agent workload:

testkube-api:
  cloud:
    tls:
      customCaDirPath: /etc/testkube/certs
  serviceAccount:
    name: vault-agent
  podAnnotations:
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
    vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'agent'
    vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path-ca.pem: /etc/testkube/certs
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-ca.pem: kv/certs/ca
    vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-ca.pem: |
      {{`{{- with secret "kv/certs/ca" }}{{ .Data.data.ca }}{{ end -}}`}}

Test workflow executions will need to trust the private CA storage endpoint to send logs and artifacts to the object store. The global template can be configured to inject the CA certificate and have these processes trust it by setting the following values in the testkube chart:

global:
  testWorkflows:
    globalTemplate:
      enabled: true
      spec:
        pod:
          serviceAccountName: vault-agent
          annotations:
            vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
            vault.hashicorp.com/agent-init-first: "true"
            vault.hashicorp.com/agent-enable-quit: "true"
            vault.hashicorp.com/agent-cache-listener-port: "8200"
            vault.hashicorp.com/role: 'agent'
            vault.hashicorp.com/secret-volume-path-ca.pem: /etc/testkube/certs
            vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-ca.pem: kv/certs/ca
            # NOTE: These templates need to be double escaped as workflows will run this through a template engine.
            vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-template-ca.pem: '{{`{{"{{- with secret \"kv/certs/ca\" -}}{{ .Data.data.ca }}{{- end -}}"}}`}}'
        container:
          env:
          - name: SSL_CERT_DIR
            value: /etc/testkube/certs/
          # If your Git repositories are also served using certificates from the same private CA
          # then include the following environment variable also.
          - name: GIT_SSL_CAINFO
            value: /etc/testkube/certs/ca.pem
        after:
        - name: 'Send quit signal to Vault agent'
          condition: always
          shell: 'while ! wget --post-data "" -O - http://localhost:8200/agent/v1/quit; do sleep 1; done'
warning

Prebuilt and container executors are deprecated so we do not officially support their usage with Vault, please migrate to workflows.

Troubleshooting​

Istio Compatibility​

In setups utilizing a combination of Vault and Istio, we recommend explicitly excluding outgoing traffic to Vault's agent from being routed through Istio's proxy. Otherwise, the workload could be put in a dead-locked state where one init container is waiting on another which cannot start till the latter completes.

info

To read more about Istio's compatibility with Testkube please read the following guide.

This can be configured by adding the following annotation to any workloads that have Vault injection enabled:

traffic.sidecar.istio.io/excludeOutboundPorts: "8200"
warning

The default Vault agent cache listener port is 8200, make sure to modify the annotation above if you have configured the Vault agent to listen on a different port.