feat: provide Kong admin token via file

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ Adding a new version? You'll need three changes:
 - Only Kong Gateway in version >= 3.4.1 is supported. The controller will refuse to start
   if the version is lower, also won't discover such Kong Gateways.
   [#4766](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/4766)
+- Added `--kong-admin-token-file` flag to provide the Kong admin token via file
+  [Providing Kong admin token via file](https://github.com/Kong/deck/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#v1120).
+  [#4808](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/4808)
+
 
 ### Fixed
 

docs/cli-arguments.md

@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 | `--kong-admin-tls-server-name` | `string` | SNI name to use to verify the certificate presented by Kong in TLS. |  |
 | `--kong-admin-tls-skip-verify` | `bool` | Disable verification of TLS certificate of Kong's Admin endpoint. | `false` |
 | `--kong-admin-token` | `string` | The Kong Enterprise RBAC token used by the controller. |  |
+| `--kong-admin-token-file` | `string` | Path to the Kong Enterprise RBAC token file used by the controller. |  |
 | `--kong-admin-url` | `stringSlice` | Kong Admin URL(s) to connect to in the format "protocol://address:port". More than 1 URL can be provided, in such case the flag should be used multiple times or a corresponding env variable should use comma delimited addresses. | `[http://localhost:8001]` |
 | `--kong-workspace` | `string` | Kong Enterprise workspace to configure. Leave this empty if not using Kong workspaces. |  |
 | `--konnect-address` | `string` | Base address of Konnect API. | `https://us.kic.api.konghq.com` |

internal/manager/config.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package manager
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/samber/mo"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	KongAdminInitializationRetries    uint
 	KongAdminInitializationRetryDelay time.Duration
 	KongAdminToken                    string
+	KongAdminTokenPath                string
 	KongWorkspace                     string
 	AnonymousReports                  bool
 	EnableReverseSync                 bool
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@ func (c *Config) FlagSet() *pflag.FlagSet {
 	flagSet.UintVar(&c.KongAdminInitializationRetries, "kong-admin-init-retries", 60, "Number of attempts that will be made initially on controller startup to connect to the Kong Admin API")
 	flagSet.DurationVar(&c.KongAdminInitializationRetryDelay, "kong-admin-init-retry-delay", time.Second*1, "The time delay between every attempt (on controller startup) to connect to the Kong Admin API")
 	flagSet.StringVar(&c.KongAdminToken, "kong-admin-token", "", `The Kong Enterprise RBAC token used by the controller.`)
+	flagSet.StringVar(&c.KongAdminTokenPath, "kong-admin-token-file", "", `Path to the Kong Enterprise RBAC token file used by the controller.`)
 	flagSet.StringVar(&c.KongWorkspace, "kong-workspace", "", "Kong Enterprise workspace to configure. Leave this empty if not using Kong workspaces.")
 	flagSet.BoolVar(&c.AnonymousReports, "anonymous-reports", true, `Send anonymized usage data to help improve Kong`)
 	flagSet.BoolVar(&c.EnableReverseSync, "enable-reverse-sync", false, `Send configuration to Kong even if the configuration checksum has not changed since previous update.`)
@@ -284,6 +287,19 @@ func (c *Config) FlagSet() *pflag.FlagSet {
 	return flagSet
 }
 
+func (c *Config) Resolve() error {
+	if c.KongAdminToken == "" {
+		if c.KongAdminTokenPath != "" {
+			token, err := os.ReadFile(c.KongAdminTokenPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to read --kong-admin-token-file from path '%s': %w", c.KongAdminTokenPath, err)
+			}
+			c.KongAdminToken = string(token)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *Config) GetKubeconfig() (*rest.Config, error) {
 	config, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags(c.APIServerHost, c.KubeconfigPath)
 	if err != nil {

internal/manager/config_validation.go

@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("can't set both --kong-admin-svc and --kong-admin-url")
 		}
 	}
+	if c.KongAdminToken != "" && c.KongAdminTokenPath != "" {
+		return errors.New("both admin token and admin token file specified, only one allowed")
+	}
 
 	if err := c.validateKonnect(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid konnect configuration: %w", err)

internal/manager/config_validation_test.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package manager_test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/samber/mo"
@@ -335,6 +336,46 @@ func TestConfigValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, c.Validate())
 		})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("Admin Token", func(t *testing.T) {
+		validWithToken := func() manager.Config {
+			return manager.Config{
+				KongAdminToken: "non-empty-token",
+			}
+		}
+
+		t.Run("admin token accepted", func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := validWithToken()
+			require.NoError(t, c.Validate())
+			require.NoError(t, c.Resolve())
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Admin Token Path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		validWithTokenPath := func() manager.Config {
+			tempDir := t.TempDir()
+			tokenFile, err := os.CreateTemp(tempDir, "kong.token")
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			_, err = tokenFile.Write([]byte("non-empty-token"))
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			return manager.Config{
+				KongAdminTokenPath: tokenFile.Name(),
+			}
+		}
+
+		t.Run("admin token path accepted", func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := validWithTokenPath()
+			require.NoError(t, c.Validate())
+			require.NoError(t, c.Resolve())
+			require.Equal(t, c.KongAdminToken, "non-empty-token")
+		})
+
+		t.Run("admin token and token path rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+			c := validWithTokenPath()
+			c.KongAdminToken = "non-empty-token"
+			require.ErrorContains(t, c.Validate(), "both admin token and admin token file specified, only one allowed")
+		})
+	})
 }
 
 func TestConfigValidateGatewayDiscovery(t *testing.T) {

internal/manager/run.go

@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, c *Config, diagnostic util.ConfigDumpDiagnostic, d
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create admin apis discoverer: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	err = c.Resolve()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve configuration: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	adminAPIClientsFactory := adminapi.NewClientFactoryForWorkspace(c.KongWorkspace, c.KongAdminAPIConfig, c.KongAdminToken)
 
 	setupLog.Info("getting the kong admin api client configuration")