package command import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "io/ioutil" "net" "os" "os/exec" "os/user" "strings" "syscall" "github.com/hashicorp/errwrap" "github.com/hashicorp/vault/api" "github.com/hashicorp/vault/builtin/logical/ssh" "github.com/mitchellh/cli" "github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure" "github.com/pkg/errors" "github.com/posener/complete" ) var _ cli.Command = (*SSHCommand)(nil) var _ cli.CommandAutocomplete = (*SSHCommand)(nil) type SSHCommand struct { *BaseCommand // Common SSH options flagMode string flagRole string flagNoExec bool flagMountPoint string flagStrictHostKeyChecking string flagSSHExecutable string flagUserKnownHostsFile string // SSH CA Mode options flagPublicKeyPath string flagPrivateKeyPath string flagHostKeyMountPoint string flagHostKeyHostnames string flagValidPrincipals string } func (c *SSHCommand) Synopsis() string { return "Initiate an SSH session" } func (c *SSHCommand) Help() string { helpText := ` Usage: vault ssh [options] username@ip [ssh options] Establishes an SSH connection with the target machine. This command uses one of the SSH secrets engines to authenticate and automatically establish an SSH connection to a host. This operation requires that the SSH secrets engine is mounted and configured. SSH using the OTP mode (requires sshpass for full automation): $ vault ssh -mode=otp -role=my-role user@1.2.3.4 SSH using the CA mode: $ vault ssh -mode=ca -role=my-role user@1.2.3.4 SSH using CA mode with host key verification: $ vault ssh \ -mode=ca \ -role=my-role \ -host-key-mount-point=host-signer \ -host-key-hostnames=example.com \ user@example.com For the full list of options and arguments, please see the documentation. ` + c.Flags().Help() return strings.TrimSpace(helpText) } func (c *SSHCommand) Flags() *FlagSets { set := c.flagSet(FlagSetHTTP | FlagSetOutputField | FlagSetOutputFormat) f := set.NewFlagSet("SSH Options") // TODO: doc field? // General f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "mode", Target: &c.flagMode, Default: "", EnvVar: "", Completion: complete.PredictSet("ca", "dynamic", "otp"), Usage: "Name of the authentication mode (ca, dynamic, otp).", }) f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "role", Target: &c.flagRole, Default: "", EnvVar: "", Completion: complete.PredictAnything, Usage: "Name of the role to use to generate the key.", }) f.BoolVar(&BoolVar{ Name: "no-exec", Target: &c.flagNoExec, Default: false, EnvVar: "", Completion: complete.PredictNothing, Usage: "Print the generated credentials, but do not establish a " + "connection.", }) f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "mount-point", Target: &c.flagMountPoint, Default: "ssh/", EnvVar: "", Completion: complete.PredictAnything, Usage: "Mount point to the SSH secrets engine.", }) f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "strict-host-key-checking", Target: &c.flagStrictHostKeyChecking, Default: "ask", EnvVar: "VAULT_SSH_STRICT_HOST_KEY_CHECKING", Completion: complete.PredictSet("ask", "no", "yes"), Usage: "Value to use for the SSH configuration option " + "\"StrictHostKeyChecking\".", }) f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "user-known-hosts-file", Target: &c.flagUserKnownHostsFile, Default: "", EnvVar: "VAULT_SSH_USER_KNOWN_HOSTS_FILE", Completion: complete.PredictFiles("*"), Usage: "Value to use for the SSH configuration option " + "\"UserKnownHostsFile\".", }) // SSH CA f = set.NewFlagSet("CA Mode Options") f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "public-key-path", Target: &c.flagPublicKeyPath, Default: "~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub", EnvVar: "", Completion: complete.PredictFiles("*"), Usage: "Path to the SSH public key to send to Vault for signing.", }) f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "private-key-path", Target: &c.flagPrivateKeyPath, Default: "~/.ssh/id_rsa", EnvVar: "", Completion: complete.PredictFiles("*"), Usage: "Path to the SSH private key to use for authentication. This must " + "be the corresponding private key to -public-key-path.", }) f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "host-key-mount-point", Target: &c.flagHostKeyMountPoint, Default: "", EnvVar: "VAULT_SSH_HOST_KEY_MOUNT_POINT", Completion: complete.PredictAnything, Usage: "Mount point to the SSH secrets engine where host keys are signed. " + "When given a value, Vault will generate a custom \"known_hosts\" file " + "with delegation to the CA at the provided mount point to verify the " + "SSH connection's host keys against the provided CA. By default, host " + "keys are validated against the user's local \"known_hosts\" file. " + "This flag forces strict key host checking and ignores a custom user " + "known hosts file.", }) f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "host-key-hostnames", Target: &c.flagHostKeyHostnames, Default: "*", EnvVar: "VAULT_SSH_HOST_KEY_HOSTNAMES", Completion: complete.PredictAnything, Usage: "List of hostnames to delegate for the CA. The default value " + "allows all domains and IPs. This is specified as a comma-separated " + "list of values.", }) f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "valid-principals", Target: &c.flagValidPrincipals, Default: "", EnvVar: "", Completion: complete.PredictAnything, Usage: "List of valid principal names to include in the generated " + "user certificate. This is specified as a comma-separated list of values.", }) f.StringVar(&StringVar{ Name: "ssh-executable", Target: &c.flagSSHExecutable, Default: "ssh", EnvVar: "VAULT_SSH_EXECUTABLE", Completion: complete.PredictAnything, Usage: "Path to the SSH executable to use when connecting to the host", }) return set } func (c *SSHCommand) AutocompleteArgs() complete.Predictor { return nil } func (c *SSHCommand) AutocompleteFlags() complete.Flags { return c.Flags().Completions() } // Structure to hold the fields returned when asked for a credential from SSH // secrets engine. type SSHCredentialResp struct { KeyType string `mapstructure:"key_type"` Key string `mapstructure:"key"` Username string `mapstructure:"username"` IP string `mapstructure:"ip"` Port string `mapstructure:"port"` } func (c *SSHCommand) Run(args []string) int { f := c.Flags() if err := f.Parse(args); err != nil { c.UI.Error(err.Error()) return 1 } // Use homedir to expand any relative paths such as ~/.ssh c.flagUserKnownHostsFile = expandPath(c.flagUserKnownHostsFile) c.flagPublicKeyPath = expandPath(c.flagPublicKeyPath) c.flagPrivateKeyPath = expandPath(c.flagPrivateKeyPath) args = f.Args() if len(args) < 1 { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Not enough arguments, (expected 1-n, got %d)", len(args))) return 1 } // Extract the hostname, username and port from the ssh command hostname, username, port, err := c.parseSSHCommand(args) if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error parsing the ssh command: %q", err)) return 1 } // Use the current user if no user was specified in the ssh command if username == "" { u, err := user.Current() if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting the current user: %q", err)) return 1 } username = u.Username } ip, err := c.resolveHostname(hostname) if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error resolving the ssh hostname: %q", err)) return 1 } // Set the client in the command _, err = c.Client() if err != nil { c.UI.Error(err.Error()) return 1 } // Credentials are generated only against a registered role. If user // does not specify a role with the SSH command, then lookup API is used // to fetch all the roles with which this IP is associated. If there is // only one role associated with it, use it to establish the connection. // // TODO: remove in 0.9.0, convert to validation error if c.flagRole == "" { c.UI.Warn(wrapAtLength( "WARNING: No -role specified. Use -role to tell Vault which ssh role " + "to use for authentication. In the future, you will need to tell " + "Vault which role to use. For now, Vault will attempt to guess based " + "on the API response. This will be removed in the Vault 1.1.")) role, err := c.defaultRole(c.flagMountPoint, ip) if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error choosing role: %v", err)) return 1 } // Print the default role chosen so that user knows the role name // if something doesn't work. If the role chosen is not allowed to // be used by the user (ACL enforcement), then user should see an // error message accordingly. c.UI.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Vault SSH: Role: %q", role)) c.flagRole = role } // If no mode was given, perform the old-school lookup. Keep this now for // backwards-compatibility, but print a warning. // // TODO: remove in 0.9.0, convert to validation error if c.flagMode == "" { c.UI.Warn(wrapAtLength( "WARNING: No -mode specified. Use -mode to tell Vault which ssh " + "authentication mode to use. In the future, you will need to tell " + "Vault which mode to use. For now, Vault will attempt to guess based " + "on the API response. This guess involves creating a temporary " + "credential, reading its type, and then revoking it. To reduce the " + "number of API calls and surface area, specify -mode directly. This " + "will be removed in Vault 1.1.")) secret, cred, err := c.generateCredential(username, ip) if err != nil { // This is _very_ hacky, but is the only sane backwards-compatible way // to do this. If the error is "key type unknown", we just assume the // type is "ca". In the future, mode will be required as an option. if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "key type unknown") { c.flagMode = ssh.KeyTypeCA } else { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting credential: %s", err)) return 1 } } else { c.flagMode = cred.KeyType } // Revoke the secret, since the child functions will generate their own // credential. Users wishing to avoid this should specify -mode. if secret != nil { if err := c.client.Sys().Revoke(secret.LeaseID); err != nil { c.UI.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to revoke temporary key: %s", err)) } } } switch strings.ToLower(c.flagMode) { case ssh.KeyTypeCA: return c.handleTypeCA(username, ip, port, args) case ssh.KeyTypeOTP: return c.handleTypeOTP(username, ip, port, args) case ssh.KeyTypeDynamic: return c.handleTypeDynamic(username, ip, port, args) default: c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown SSH mode: %s", c.flagMode)) return 1 } } // handleTypeCA is used to handle SSH logins using the "CA" key type. func (c *SSHCommand) handleTypeCA(username, ip, port string, sshArgs []string) int { // Read the key from disk publicKey, err := ioutil.ReadFile(c.flagPublicKeyPath) if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to read public key %s: %s", c.flagPublicKeyPath, err)) return 1 } sshClient := c.client.SSHWithMountPoint(c.flagMountPoint) var principals = username if c.flagValidPrincipals != "" { principals = c.flagValidPrincipals } // Attempt to sign the public key secret, err := sshClient.SignKey(c.flagRole, map[string]interface{}{ // WARNING: publicKey is []byte, which is b64 encoded on JSON upload. We // have to convert it to a string. SV lost many hours to this... "public_key": string(publicKey), "valid_principals": principals, "cert_type": "user", // TODO: let the user configure these. In the interim, if users want to // customize these values, they can produce the key themselves. "extensions": map[string]string{ "permit-X11-forwarding": "", "permit-agent-forwarding": "", "permit-port-forwarding": "", "permit-pty": "", "permit-user-rc": "", }, }) if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to sign public key %s: %s", c.flagPublicKeyPath, err)) return 2 } if secret == nil || secret.Data == nil { c.UI.Error("missing signed key") return 2 } // Handle no-exec if c.flagNoExec { if c.flagField != "" { return PrintRawField(c.UI, secret, c.flagField) } return OutputSecret(c.UI, secret) } // Extract public key key, ok := secret.Data["signed_key"].(string) if !ok || key == "" { c.UI.Error("signed key is empty") return 2 } // Capture the current value - this could be overwritten later if the user // enabled host key signing verification. userKnownHostsFile := c.flagUserKnownHostsFile strictHostKeyChecking := c.flagStrictHostKeyChecking // Handle host key signing verification. If the user specified a mount point, // download the public key, trust it with the given domains, and use that // instead of the user's regular known_hosts file. if c.flagHostKeyMountPoint != "" { secret, err := c.client.Logical().Read(c.flagHostKeyMountPoint + "/config/ca") if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to get host signing key: %s", err)) return 2 } if secret == nil || secret.Data == nil { c.UI.Error("missing host signing key") return 2 } publicKey, ok := secret.Data["public_key"].(string) if !ok || publicKey == "" { c.UI.Error("host signing key is empty") return 2 } // Write the known_hosts file name := fmt.Sprintf("vault_ssh_ca_known_hosts_%s_%s", username, ip) data := fmt.Sprintf("@cert-authority %s %s", c.flagHostKeyHostnames, publicKey) knownHosts, err, closer := c.writeTemporaryFile(name, []byte(data), 0644) defer closer() if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to write host public key: %s", err)) return 1 } // Update the variables userKnownHostsFile = knownHosts strictHostKeyChecking = "yes" } // Write the signed public key to disk name := fmt.Sprintf("vault_ssh_ca_%s_%s", username, ip) signedPublicKeyPath, err, closer := c.writeTemporaryKey(name, []byte(key)) defer closer() if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to write signed public key: %s", err)) return 2 } args := []string{ "-i", c.flagPrivateKeyPath, "-i", signedPublicKeyPath, "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=" + strictHostKeyChecking, } if userKnownHostsFile != "" { args = append(args, "-o UserKnownHostsFile="+userKnownHostsFile, ) } // Add extra user defined ssh arguments args = append(args, sshArgs...) cmd := exec.Command(c.flagSSHExecutable, args...) cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr err = cmd.Run() if err != nil { exitCode := 2 if exitError, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok { if exitError.Success() { return 0 } if ws, ok := exitError.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus); ok { exitCode = ws.ExitStatus() } } c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to run ssh command: %s", err)) return exitCode } // There is no secret to revoke, since it's a certificate signing return 0 } // handleTypeOTP is used to handle SSH logins using the "otp" key type. func (c *SSHCommand) handleTypeOTP(username, ip, port string, sshArgs []string) int { secret, cred, err := c.generateCredential(username, ip) if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to generate credential: %s", err)) return 2 } // Handle no-exec if c.flagNoExec { if c.flagField != "" { return PrintRawField(c.UI, secret, c.flagField) } return OutputSecret(c.UI, secret) } var cmd *exec.Cmd // Check if the application 'sshpass' is installed in the client machine. If // it is then, use it to automate typing in OTP to the prompt. Unfortunately, // it was not possible to automate it without a third-party application, with // only the Go libraries. Feel free to try and remove this dependency. args := make([]string, 0) env := os.Environ() sshCmd := c.flagSSHExecutable sshpassPath, err := exec.LookPath("sshpass") if err != nil { // No sshpass available so using normal ssh client c.UI.Warn(wrapAtLength( "Vault could not locate \"sshpass\". The OTP code for the session is " + "displayed below. Enter this code in the SSH password prompt. If you " + "install sshpass, Vault can automatically perform this step for you.")) c.UI.Output("OTP for the session is: " + cred.Key) } else { // sshpass is available so lets use it instead sshCmd = sshpassPath args = append(args, "-e", // Read password for SSHPASS environment variable c.flagSSHExecutable, ) env = append(env, fmt.Sprintf("SSHPASS=%s", string(cred.Key))) } // Only harcode the knownhostsfile path if it has been set if c.flagUserKnownHostsFile != "" { args = append(args, "-o UserKnownHostsFile="+c.flagUserKnownHostsFile, ) } // If a port wasn't specified in the ssh arguments lets use the port we got back from vault if port == "" { args = append(args, "-p", cred.Port) } args = append(args, "-o StrictHostKeyChecking="+c.flagStrictHostKeyChecking, ) // Add the rest of the ssh args appended by the user args = append(args, sshArgs...) cmd = exec.Command(sshCmd, args...) cmd.Env = env cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr err = cmd.Run() if err != nil { exitCode := 2 if exitError, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok { if exitError.Success() { return 0 } if ws, ok := exitError.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus); ok { exitCode = ws.ExitStatus() } } c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to run ssh command: %s", err)) return exitCode } // Revoke the key if it's longer than expected if err := c.client.Sys().Revoke(secret.LeaseID); err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to revoke key: %s", err)) return 2 } return 0 } // handleTypeDynamic is used to handle SSH logins using the "dyanmic" key type. func (c *SSHCommand) handleTypeDynamic(username, ip, port string, sshArgs []string) int { // Generate the credential secret, cred, err := c.generateCredential(username, ip) if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to generate credential: %s", err)) return 2 } // Handle no-exec if c.flagNoExec { if c.flagField != "" { return PrintRawField(c.UI, secret, c.flagField) } return OutputSecret(c.UI, secret) } // Write the dynamic key to disk name := fmt.Sprintf("vault_ssh_dynamic_%s_%s", username, ip) keyPath, err, closer := c.writeTemporaryKey(name, []byte(cred.Key)) defer closer() if err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to write dynamic key: %s", err)) return 1 } args := make([]string, 0) // If a port wasn't specified in the ssh arguments lets use the port we got back from vault if port == "" { args = append(args, "-p", cred.Port) } args = append(args, "-i", keyPath, "-o UserKnownHostsFile="+c.flagUserKnownHostsFile, "-o StrictHostKeyChecking="+c.flagStrictHostKeyChecking, ) // Add extra user defined ssh arguments args = append(args, sshArgs...) cmd := exec.Command(c.flagSSHExecutable, args...) cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr err = cmd.Run() if err != nil { exitCode := 2 if exitError, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok { if exitError.Success() { return 0 } if ws, ok := exitError.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus); ok { exitCode = ws.ExitStatus() } } c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to run ssh command: %s", err)) return exitCode } // Revoke the key if it's longer than expected if err := c.client.Sys().Revoke(secret.LeaseID); err != nil { c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("failed to revoke key: %s", err)) return 2 } return 0 } // generateCredential generates a credential for the given role and returns the // decoded secret data. func (c *SSHCommand) generateCredential(username, ip string) (*api.Secret, *SSHCredentialResp, error) { sshClient := c.client.SSHWithMountPoint(c.flagMountPoint) // Attempt to generate the credential. secret, err := sshClient.Credential(c.flagRole, map[string]interface{}{ "username": username, "ip": ip, }) if err != nil { return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get credentials") } if secret == nil || secret.Data == nil { return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("vault returned empty credentials") } // Port comes back as a json.Number which mapstructure doesn't like, so // convert it if d, ok := secret.Data["port"].(json.Number); ok { secret.Data["port"] = d.String() } // Use mapstructure to decode the response var resp SSHCredentialResp if err := mapstructure.Decode(secret.Data, &resp); err != nil { return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to decode credential") } // Check for an empty key response if len(resp.Key) == 0 { return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("vault returned an invalid key") } return secret, &resp, nil } // writeTemporaryFile writes a file to a temp location with the given data and // file permissions. func (c *SSHCommand) writeTemporaryFile(name string, data []byte, perms os.FileMode) (string, error, func() error) { // default closer to prevent panic closer := func() error { return nil } f, err := ioutil.TempFile("", name) if err != nil { return "", errors.Wrap(err, "creating temporary file"), closer } closer = func() error { return os.Remove(f.Name()) } if err := ioutil.WriteFile(f.Name(), data, perms); err != nil { return "", errors.Wrap(err, "writing temporary key"), closer } if err := f.Close(); err != nil { return "", errors.Wrap(err, "closing temporary key"), closer } return f.Name(), nil, closer } // writeTemporaryKey writes the key to a temporary file and returns the path. // The caller should defer the closer to cleanup the key. func (c *SSHCommand) writeTemporaryKey(name string, data []byte) (string, error, func() error) { return c.writeTemporaryFile(name, data, 0600) } // If user did not provide the role with which SSH connection has // to be established and if there is only one role associated with // the IP, it is used by default. func (c *SSHCommand) defaultRole(mountPoint, ip string) (string, error) { data := map[string]interface{}{ "ip": ip, } secret, err := c.client.Logical().Write(mountPoint+"/lookup", data) if err != nil { return "", errwrap.Wrapf(fmt.Sprintf("error finding roles for IP %q: {{err}}", ip), err) } if secret == nil || secret.Data == nil { return "", errwrap.Wrapf(fmt.Sprintf("error finding roles for IP %q: {{err}}", ip), err) } if secret.Data["roles"] == nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("no matching roles found for IP %q", ip) } if len(secret.Data["roles"].([]interface{})) == 1 { return secret.Data["roles"].([]interface{})[0].(string), nil } else { var roleNames string for _, item := range secret.Data["roles"].([]interface{}) { roleNames += item.(string) + ", " } roleNames = strings.TrimRight(roleNames, ", ") return "", fmt.Errorf("Roles: %q. "+` Multiple roles are registered for this IP. Select a role using '-role' option. Note that all roles may not be permitted, based on ACLs.`, roleNames) } } func (c *SSHCommand) isSingleSSHArg(arg string) bool { // list of single SSH arguments is taken from // https://github.com/openssh/openssh-portable/blob/28013759f09ed3ebf7e8335e83a62936bd7a7f47/ssh.c#L204 singleArgs := []string{ "4", "6", "A", "a", "C", "f", "G", "g", "K", "k", "M", "N", "n", "q", "s", "T", "t", "V", "v", "X", "x", "Y", "y", } // We want to get the first character after the dash. This is so args like -vvv are picked up as just being -v flag := string(arg[1]) for _, a := range singleArgs { if flag == a { return true } } return false } // Finds the hostname, username (optional) and port (optional) from any valid ssh command // Supports usrname@hostname but also specifying valid ssh flags like -o User=username, // -o Port=2222 and -p 2222 anywhere in the command func (c *SSHCommand) parseSSHCommand(args []string) (hostname string, username string, port string, err error) { lastArg := "" for _, i := range args { arg := lastArg lastArg = "" // If -p has been specified then this is our ssh port if arg == "-p" { port = i continue } // this is an ssh option, lets see if User or Port have been set and use it if arg == "-o" { split := strings.Split(i, "=") key := split[0] // Incase the value contains = signs we want to get all of them value := strings.Join(split[1:], " ") if key == "User" { // Don't overwrite the user if it is already set by username@hostname // This matches the behaviour for how regular ssh reponds when both are specified if username == "" { username = value } } if key == "Port" { // Don't overwrite the port if it is already set by -p // This matches the behaviour for how regular ssh reponds when both are specified if port == "" { port = value } } continue } // This isn't an ssh argument that we care about. Lets keep on parsing the command if arg != "" { continue } // If this is an ssh argument with a value we want to look at it in the next loop if strings.HasPrefix(i, "-") { // If this isn't a single SSH arg we want to store the flag to we can look at the value next loop if !c.isSingleSSHArg(i) { lastArg = i } continue } // If we have gotten this far it means this is a bare argument // The first bare argument is the hostname // The second bare argument is the command to run on the remote host // If the hostname hasn't been set yet than it means we have found the first bare argument if hostname == "" { if strings.Contains(i, "@") { split := strings.Split(i, "@") username = split[0] hostname = split[1] } else { hostname = i } continue } else { // The second bare argument is the command to run on the remote host. // We need to break out and stop parsing arguments now break } } if hostname == "" { return "", "", "", errors.Wrap( err, fmt.Sprintf("failed to find a hostname in ssh command %q", strings.Join(args, " ")), ) } return hostname, username, port, nil } func (c *SSHCommand) resolveHostname(hostname string) (ip string, err error) { // Resolving domain names to IP address on the client side. // Vault only deals with IP addresses. ipAddr, err := net.ResolveIPAddr("ip", hostname) if err != nil { return "", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to resolve IP address") } ip = ipAddr.String() return ip, nil }