open-vault/physical/physical.go

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package physical
import "fmt"
// Backend is the interface required for a physical
// backend. A physical backend is used to durably store
// datd 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)
}
// 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,
"file": newFileBackend,
}