cleaner.go

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// Package cleaner implements an automated cleaner that does garbage collection
// on CSRs that meet specific criteria. With automated CSR requests and
// automated approvals, the volume of CSRs only increases over time, at a rapid
// rate if the certificate duration is short.
package cleaner

import (
	"crypto/x509"
	"encoding/pem"
	"fmt"
	"time"

	"github.com/golang/glog"

	capi "k8s.io/api/certificates/v1beta1"
	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
	certificatesinformers "k8s.io/client-go/informers/certificates/v1beta1"
	csrclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/certificates/v1beta1"
	certificateslisters "k8s.io/client-go/listers/certificates/v1beta1"
)

const (
	// The interval to list all CSRs and check each one against the criteria to
	// automatically clean it up.
	pollingInterval = 1 * time.Hour
	// The time periods after which these different CSR statuses should be
	// cleaned up.
	approvedExpiration = 1 * time.Hour
	deniedExpiration   = 1 * time.Hour
	pendingExpiration  = 24 * time.Hour
)

// CSRCleanerController is a controller that garbage collects old certificate
// signing requests (CSRs). Since there are mechanisms that automatically
// create CSRs, and mechanisms that automatically approve CSRs, in order to
// prevent a build up of CSRs over time, it is necessary to GC them. CSRs will
// be removed if they meet one of the following criteria: the CSR is Approved
// with a certificate and is old enough to be past the GC issued deadline, the
// CSR is denied and is old enough to be past the GC denied deadline, the CSR
// is Pending and is old enough to be past the GC pending deadline, the CSR is
// approved with a certificate and the certificate is expired.
type CSRCleanerController struct {
	csrClient csrclient.CertificateSigningRequestInterface
	csrLister certificateslisters.CertificateSigningRequestLister
}

// NewCSRCleanerController creates a new CSRCleanerController.
func NewCSRCleanerController(
	csrClient csrclient.CertificateSigningRequestInterface,
	csrInformer certificatesinformers.CertificateSigningRequestInformer,
) *CSRCleanerController {
	return &CSRCleanerController{
		csrClient: csrClient,
		csrLister: csrInformer.Lister(),
	}
}

// Run the main goroutine responsible for watching and syncing jobs.
func (ccc *CSRCleanerController) Run(workers int, stopCh <-chan struct{}) {
	defer utilruntime.HandleCrash()

	glog.Infof("Starting CSR cleaner controller")
	defer glog.Infof("Shutting down CSR cleaner controller")

	for i := 0; i < workers; i++ {
		go wait.Until(ccc.worker, pollingInterval, stopCh)
	}

	<-stopCh
}

// worker runs a thread that dequeues CSRs, handles them, and marks them done.
func (ccc *CSRCleanerController) worker() {
	csrs, err := ccc.csrLister.List(labels.Everything())
	if err != nil {
		glog.Errorf("Unable to list CSRs: %v", err)
		return
	}
	for _, csr := range csrs {
		if err := ccc.handle(csr); err != nil {
			glog.Errorf("Error while attempting to clean CSR %q: %v", csr.Name, err)
		}
	}
}

func (ccc *CSRCleanerController) handle(csr *capi.CertificateSigningRequest) error {
	isIssuedExpired, err := isIssuedExpired(csr)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	if isIssuedPastDeadline(csr) || isDeniedPastDeadline(csr) || isPendingPastDeadline(csr) || isIssuedExpired {
		if err := ccc.csrClient.Delete(csr.Name, nil); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("unable to delete CSR %q: %v", csr.Name, err)
		}
	}
	return nil
}

// isIssuedExpired checks if the CSR has been issued a certificate and if the
// expiration of the certificate (the NotAfter value) has passed.
func isIssuedExpired(csr *capi.CertificateSigningRequest) (bool, error) {
	for _, c := range csr.Status.Conditions {
		isExpired, err := isExpired(csr)
		if err != nil {
			return false, err
		}
		if c.Type == capi.CertificateApproved && isIssued(csr) && isExpired {
			glog.Infof("Cleaning CSR %q as the associated certificate is expired.", csr.Name, approvedExpiration)
			return true, nil
		}
	}
	return false, nil
}

// isPendingPastDeadline checks if the certificate has a Pending status and the
// creation time of the CSR is passed the deadline that pending requests are
// maintained for.
func isPendingPastDeadline(csr *capi.CertificateSigningRequest) bool {
	// If there are no Conditions on the status, the CSR will appear via
	// `kubectl` as `Pending`.
	if len(csr.Status.Conditions) == 0 && isOlderThan(csr.CreationTimestamp, pendingExpiration) {
		glog.Infof("Cleaning CSR %q as it is more than %v old and unhandled.", csr.Name, pendingExpiration)
		return true
	}
	return false
}

// isDeniedPastDeadline checks if the certificate has a Denied status and the
// creation time of the CSR is passed the deadline that denied requests are
// maintained for.
func isDeniedPastDeadline(csr *capi.CertificateSigningRequest) bool {
	for _, c := range csr.Status.Conditions {
		if c.Type == capi.CertificateDenied && isOlderThan(c.LastUpdateTime, deniedExpiration) {
			glog.Infof("Cleaning CSR %q as it is more than %v old and denied.", csr.Name, deniedExpiration)
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

// isIssuedPastDeadline checks if the certificate has an Issued status and the
// creation time of the CSR is passed the deadline that issued requests are
// maintained for.
func isIssuedPastDeadline(csr *capi.CertificateSigningRequest) bool {
	for _, c := range csr.Status.Conditions {
		if c.Type == capi.CertificateApproved && isIssued(csr) && isOlderThan(c.LastUpdateTime, approvedExpiration) {
			glog.Infof("Cleaning CSR %q as it is more than %v old and approved.", csr.Name, approvedExpiration)
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

// isOlderThan checks that t is a non-zero time after time.Now() + d.
func isOlderThan(t metav1.Time, d time.Duration) bool {
	return !t.IsZero() && t.Sub(time.Now()) < -1*d
}

// isIssued checks if the CSR has `Issued` status. There is no explicit
// 'Issued' status. Implicitly, if there is a certificate associated with the
// CSR, the CSR statuses that are visible via `kubectl` will include 'Issued'.
func isIssued(csr *capi.CertificateSigningRequest) bool {
	return csr.Status.Certificate != nil
}

// isExpired checks if the CSR has a certificate and the date in the `NotAfter`
// field has gone by.
func isExpired(csr *capi.CertificateSigningRequest) (bool, error) {
	if csr.Status.Certificate == nil {
		return false, nil
	}
	block, _ := pem.Decode(csr.Status.Certificate)
	if block == nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("expected the certificate associated with the CSR to be PEM encoded")
	}
	certs, err := x509.ParseCertificates(block.Bytes)
	if err != nil {
		return false, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse certificate data: %v", err)
	}
	return time.Now().After(certs[0].NotAfter), nil
}