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Make ciphertool-encrypted secrets work with ICP's config layout - #950
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The bundled cipher tool only encrypts a top-level [secrets] table, but the
shipped deployment.toml told users to put secrets under
[icp_server.secrets] and [icp_server.storage.secrets], which the tool
leaves in plain text. A top-level [secrets] table did not work either:
the template always carried an empty [icp_server.secrets] header, so
Ballerina bound the root module's secrets from it and rejected the
top-level table as an unused configuration value.
The template now documents a single, commented top-level [secrets] table
for every $secret{} alias and no longer declares [icp_server.secrets] or
[icp_server.storage.secrets]. Ballerina binds that table to the root
module, and the storage module now also reads it from the config file so
the database user and password can use the same table. Its own
[icp_server.storage.secrets] still works and takes precedence.
Also fixes the cipher tool usage text, which documented a -Dvalue option
the tool does not have, the LDAP secrets docs, and ciphertool.sh under
Git Bash (MINGW), which passed a ':'-separated classpath to java.
Fixes wso2/product-integrator#2615
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The full test suite was not run, according to the supplied PR context. WalkthroughThe change updates cipher-tool instructions and configuration examples to use a top-level Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant createDbClient
participant resolveSecretsTable
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createDbClient->>resolveSecretsTable: Select a secrets map for credential aliases
resolveSecretsTable->>readTopLevelSecrets: Read top-level secrets when an alias is present
readTopLevelSecrets->>parseTopLevelSecrets: Parse TOML content
parseTopLevelSecrets-->>readTopLevelSecrets: Return string entries
readTopLevelSecrets-->>resolveSecretsTable: Return top-level secrets
resolveSecretsTable-->>createDbClient: Return the selected and merged map
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Review comments at @icp_server/modules/storage/init.bal:
- Line 38: Update utils:readTopLevelSecrets to include top-level secrets
supplied through BAL_CONFIG_DATA, applying Ballerina’s configuration precedence
while preserving the storage-module override.
Review comments at @icp_server/modules/utils/cipher.bal:
- Around line 147-148: Replace the manual quote handling around
valuePart.indexOf and substring with TOML parsing that returns the decoded
string value, preserving triple-quoted strings and basic-string escapes for
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readTopLevelSecrets only read the files in BAL_CONFIG_FILES, so a config supplied inline through BAL_CONFIG_DATA left the database aliases unresolved. It now uses the same source as the Ballerina runtime: the BAL_CONFIG_FILES files if set, otherwise BAL_CONFIG_DATA, otherwise ./Config.toml. The hand-written line parser also mis-read valid TOML strings, such as multi-line """...""" values and basic-string escapes. Values are now parsed with ballerina/toml, so every string form decodes correctly.
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Purpose
Resolves wso2/product-integrator#2615
Encrypting secrets with the bundled cipher tool did not work with ICP's config layout:
deployment.tomltold users to put encrypted values under[icp_server.secrets]and[icp_server.storage.secrets]. The cipher tool (org.wso2.ciphertool-1.2.9) only processes a top-level[secrets]table, and the table name is hard-coded in the jar.ciphertool -Dconfigurereported success but left the values in plain text.[secrets]table made ICP fail to start withunused configuration value 'secrets.<alias>'. The template always carried an empty[icp_server.secrets]header, so Ballerina bound the root module'ssecretsconfigurable from that table and rejected the top-level one.-Dconfigureat all.-Dvalueoption that the tool does not have, anddocs/ldap-user-store.mdshowed a layout that crashed startup.Goals
One flow works for every secret, including the database password:
[plain-text]values to a top-level[secrets]table.ciphertool -Dconfigure.$secret{alias}resolves.Approach
icp_server/Config.toml(shipped asconf/deployment.toml)[icp_server.secrets]and[icp_server.storage.secrets]headers.[secrets]table at the end of the file, holding every alias (JWT, credentials DB, DB password, LDAP).[secrets]table to the root module'ssecretsconfigurable once[icp_server.secrets]is absent.[icp_server.secrets]still works for existing configs, as long as only one of the two tables is used.dbClientduring its own init, before the root module runs. SocreateDbClientnow reads the top-level[secrets]table from the config file itself, using the newutils:readTopLevelSecrets.dbUserordbPasswordis a$secret{}alias.BAL_CONFIG_FILESfiles if set (whichicp.sh/icp.batdo, including in the Docker image), otherwise the inlineBAL_CONFIG_DATA, otherwise./Config.toml.[icp_server.storage.secrets]still work and take precedence.utils/cipher.balparseTopLevelSecretsreturns the string entries of the top-level[secrets]table. It parses withballerina/toml(new dependency, 0.8.0), so every TOML string form decodes correctly.isSecretAliasis factored out ofresolveConfig.ciphertool.sh/ciphertool.batandcipher-text.properties: usage now lists-Dconfigure, the no-argument single-value prompt and-helpinstead of the non-existent-Dvalue.cipher-tool.properties: the example uses aliases and the$secret{}references, and notes that the nested tables are not processed.ciphertool.sh: under Git Bash (MINGW), the classpath was passed to Windows Java:-separated, so it failed withClassNotFoundException: org.wso2.ciphertool.CipherTool. MINGW now gets the samecygpath --windowsconversion as Cygwin.docs/ldap-user-store.md: the Secrets section describes the top-level[secrets]flow and the-Dconfigurestep.Release note
Secrets encrypted with the bundled cipher tool now work: put every encrypted value, including the database password, in a top-level
[secrets]table indeployment.tomland runciphertool -Dconfigure.Documentation
Updated in this PR:
docs/ldap-user-store.mdand the comments in the shippeddeployment.tomland cipher tool files.Automation tests
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Test environment
Windows 11, JDK 25 (Temurin 25.0.4.1), H2, Ballerina 2201.14.0-alpha3.