// Package proxy contains logic for agent interaction with proxies, // primarily "managed" proxies. Managed proxies are proxy processes for // Connect-compatible endpoints that Consul owns and controls the lifecycle // for. // // This package does not contain the built-in proxy for Connect. The source // for that is available in the "connect/proxy" package. package proxy import ( "github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/structs" ) // EnvProxyToken is the name of the environment variable that is passed // to managed proxies containing the proxy token. const EnvProxyToken = "CONNECT_PROXY_TOKEN" // Proxy is the interface implemented by all types of managed proxies. // // Calls to all the functions on this interface must be concurrency safe. // Please read the documentation carefully on top of each function for expected // behavior. // // Whenever a new proxy type is implemented, please also update proxyExecMode // and newProxyFromMode and newProxy to support the new proxy. type Proxy interface { // Start starts the proxy. If an error is returned then the managed // proxy registration is rejected. Therefore, this should only fail if // the configuration of the proxy itself is irrecoverable, and should // retry starting for other failures. // // Starting an already-started proxy should not return an error. Start() error // Stop stops the proxy and disallows it from ever being started again. // // If the proxy is not started yet, this should not return an error, but // it should disallow Start from working again. If the proxy is already // stopped, this should not return an error. Stop() error // Equal returns true if the argument is equal to the proxy being called. // This is called by the manager to determine if a change in configuration // results in a proxy that needs to be restarted or not. If Equal returns // false, then the manager will stop the old proxy and start the new one. // If Equal returns true, the old proxy will remain running and the new // one will be ignored. Equal(Proxy) bool // MarshalSnapshot returns the state that will be stored in a snapshot // so that Consul can recover the proxy process after a restart. The // result should only contain primitive values and containers (lists/maps). // // UnmarshalSnapshot is called to restore the receiving Proxy from its // marshalled state. If UnmarshalSnapshot returns an error, the snapshot // is ignored and the marshalled snapshot will be lost. The manager will // log. // // This should save/restore enough state to be able to regain management // of a proxy process as well as to perform the Equal method above. The // Equal method will be called when a local state sync happens to determine // if the recovered process should be restarted or not. MarshalSnapshot() map[string]interface{} UnmarshalSnapshot(map[string]interface{}) error } // proxyExecMode returns the ProxyExecMode for a Proxy instance. func proxyExecMode(p Proxy) structs.ProxyExecMode { switch p.(type) { case *Daemon: return structs.ProxyExecModeDaemon case *Noop: return structs.ProxyExecModeTest default: return structs.ProxyExecModeUnspecified } }