package physical import "fmt" // Backend is the interface required for a physical // backend. A physical backend is used to durably store // data outside of Vault. As such, it is completely untrusted, // and is only accessed via a security barrier. The backends // must represent keys in a hierarchical manner. All methods // are expected to be thread safe. type Backend interface { // Put is used to insert or update an entry Put(entry *Entry) error // Get is used to fetch an entry Get(key string) (*Entry, error) // Delete is used to permanently delete an entry Delete(key string) error // List is used ot list all the keys under a given // prefix, up to the next prefix. List(prefix string) ([]string, error) } // HABackend is an extentions to the standard physical // backend to support high-availability. Vault only expects to // use mutual exclusion to allow multiple instances to act as a // hot standby for a leader that services all requests. type HABackend interface { // LockWith is used for mutual exclusion based on the given key. LockWith(key, value string) (Lock, error) } // AdvertiseDetect is an optional interface that an HABackend // can implement. If they do, an advertise address can be automatically // detected. type AdvertiseDetect interface { // DetectHostAddr is used to detect the host address DetectHostAddr() (string, error) } type Lock interface { // Lock is used to acquire the given lock // The stopCh is optional and if closed should interrupt the lock // acquisition attempt. The return struct should be closed when // leadership is lost. Lock(stopCh <-chan struct{}) (<-chan struct{}, error) // Unlock is used to release the lock Unlock() error // Returns the value of the lock and if it is held Value() (bool, string, error) } // Entry is used to represent data stored by the physical backend type Entry struct { Key string Value []byte } // Factory is the factory function to create a physical backend. type Factory func(map[string]string) (Backend, error) // NewBackend returns a new Bckend with the given type and configuration. // The backend is looked up in the BuiltinBackends variable. func NewBackend(t string, conf map[string]string) (Backend, error) { f, ok := BuiltinBackends[t] if !ok { return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown physical backend type: %s", t) } return f(conf) } // BuiltinBackends is the list of built-in physical backends that can // be used with NewBackend. var BuiltinBackends = map[string]Factory{ "inmem": func(map[string]string) (Backend, error) { return NewInmem(), nil }, "consul": newConsulBackend, "zookeeper": newZookeeperBackend, "file": newFileBackend, "s3": newS3Backend, "etcd": newEtcdBackend, }