package logical import "log" // Backend interface must be implemented to be "mountable" at // a given path. Requests flow through a router which has various mount // points that flow to a logical backend. The logic of each backend is flexible, // and this is what allows materialized keys to function. There can be specialized // logical backends for various upstreams (Consul, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc) that can // interact with remote APIs to generate keys dynamically. This interface also // allows for a "procfs" like interaction, as internal state can be exposed by // acting like a logical backend and being mounted. type Backend interface { // HandleRequest is used to handle a request and generate a response. // The backends must check the operation type and handle appropriately. HandleRequest(*Request) (*Response, error) // SpecialPaths is a list of paths that are special in some way. // See PathType for the types of special paths. The key is the type // of the special path, and the value is a list of paths for this type. // This is not a regular expression but is an exact match. If the path // ends in '*' then it is a prefix-based match. The '*' can only appear // at the end. SpecialPaths() *Paths } // BackendConfig is provided to the factory to initialize the backend type BackendConfig struct { // View should not be stored, and should only be used for initialization View Storage // The backend should use this logger. The log should not contain any secrets. Logger *log.Logger // Config is the opaque user configuration provided when mounting Config map[string]string } // Factory is the factory function to create a logical backend. type Factory func(*BackendConfig) (Backend, error) // Paths is the structure of special paths that is used for SpecialPaths. type Paths struct { // Root are the paths that require a root token to access Root []string // Unauthenticated are the paths that can be accessed without any auth. Unauthenticated []string }