What is go-template-utils?

A library for processing Go templates in policy templates or other Open Cluster Management objects.

Go to the Contributing guide to learn how to get involved.

• The go-template-utils repository is part of the open-cluster-management community. For more information, visit: open-cluster-management.io.

How do templates work?

To get started, use the templates.NewResolver function along with a templates.Config instance.

See the ResolveTemplate example for an example of how to use this library.

Under the hood, go-template-utils wraps the text/template package. This means that as long as the input to templates.ResolveTemplate can be marshaled to YAML, any of the text/template package features can be used.

Additionally, the following custom functions are supported:

• atoi parses an input string and returns an integer like the Atoi function. For example, {{ "6" | atoi }}.
• autoindent will automatically indent the input string based on the leading spaces. For example, {{ "Templating\nrocks!" | autoindent }}.
• base64enc decodes the input Base64 string to its decoded form. For example, {{ "VGVtcGxhdGVzIHJvY2shCg==" | base64dec }}.
• base64enc encodes an input string in the Base64 format. For example, {{ "Templating rocks!" | base64enc }}.
• indent will indent the input string by specified amount. For example, {{ "Templating\nrocks!" | indent 4 }}.
• fromClusterClaim returns the value of a specific ClusterClaim. For example, {{ fromClusterClaim "name" }}.
• fromConfigMap returns the value of a key inside a ConfigMap. For example, {{ fromConfigMap "namespace" "config-map-name" "key" }}.
• fromSecret returns the value of a key inside a Secret. For example, {{ fromSecret "namespace" "secret-name" "key" }}. If the EncryptionMode is set to EncryptionEnabled, this will return an encrypted value.
• lookup is a generic lookup function for any Kubernetes object. For example, {{ (lookup "v1" "Secret" "namespace" "name").Data.key }}.
• protect is a function that encrypts any string using AES-CBC.
• toBool - parses an input boolean string converts it to a boolean but also removes any quotes around the map value. For example, key: "{{ "true" | toBool }}" => key: true.
• toInt parses an input string and returns an integer but also removes any quotes around the map value. For example, key: "{{ "6" | toInt }}" => key: 6.
• toLiteral removes any quotes around the template string after it is processed. For example, key: "{{ "[10.10.10.10, 1.1.1.1]" | toLiteral }} => key: [10.10.10.10, 1.1.1.1]. A good use-case for this is when a ConfigMap field contains a JSON string that you want to literally replace the template with and have it treated as the underlying JSON type.

CLI (Experimental)

The client CLI tool is used to help during policy development involving templates. Note that the generated output is only partially validated for syntax.

Managed Cluster Templates Example

kubectl -n default create configmap cool-car --from-literal=model=Shelby\ Mustang
kubectl -n default create configmap not-cool-car --from-literal=model=Pinto

cat <<EOF > policy-example.yaml
apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: Policy
metadata:
  name: label-configmaps
spec:
  disabled: false
  policy-templates:
    - objectDefinition:
        apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
        kind: ConfigurationPolicy
        metadata:
          name: label-configmaps
        spec:
          remediationAction: enforce
          severity: low
          object-templates-raw: |
            {{- range (lookup "v1" "ConfigMap" "default" "").items }}
            {{- if and .data.model (contains "Mustang" .data.model) }}
            - complianceType: musthave
              objectDefinition:
                kind: ConfigMap
                apiVersion: v1
                metadata:
                  name: {{ .metadata.name }}
                  namespace: {{ .metadata.namespace }}
                  labels:
                    ford.com/model: Mustang
            {{- end }}
            {{- end }}
EOF

go run experimental/client.go policy-example.yaml

The output should be:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: Policy
metadata:
  name: label-configmaps
spec:
  disabled: false
  policy-templates:
    - objectDefinition:
        apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
        kind: ConfigurationPolicy
        metadata:
          name: label-configmaps
        spec:
          object-templates:
            - complianceType: musthave
              objectDefinition:
                apiVersion: v1
                kind: ConfigMap
                metadata:
                  labels:
                    ford.com/model: Mustang
                  name: cool-car
                  namespace: default
          remediationAction: enforce
          severity: low

Hub and Managed Cluster Templates Example

kubectl -n default create configmap cool-car --from-literal=model=Shelby\ Mustang
kubectl -n default create configmap not-cool-car --from-literal=model=Pinto

cat <<EOF > policy-example.yaml
apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: Policy
metadata:
  name: label-configmaps
  namespace: policies
spec:
  disabled: false
  policy-templates:
    - objectDefinition:
        apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
        kind: ConfigurationPolicy
        metadata:
          name: label-configmaps
        spec:
          remediationAction: enforce
          severity: low
          object-templates-raw: |
            {{- range (lookup "v1" "ConfigMap" "default" "").items }}
            {{- if and .data.model (contains "Mustang" .data.model) }}
            - complianceType: musthave
              objectDefinition:
                kind: ConfigMap
                apiVersion: v1
                metadata:
                  name: {{ .metadata.name }}
                  namespace: {{ .metadata.namespace }}
                  labels:
                    cluster-name: {{hub .ManagedClusterName hub}}
                    ford.com/model: Mustang
            {{- end }}
            {{- end }}
EOF

go run experimental/client.go -hub-kubeconfig ~/.kube/config -cluster-name local-cluster policy-example.yaml

The output should be:

apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
kind: Policy
metadata:
  name: label-configmaps
  namespace: policies
spec:
  disabled: false
  policy-templates:
    - objectDefinition:
        apiVersion: policy.open-cluster-management.io/v1
        kind: ConfigurationPolicy
        metadata:
          name: label-configmaps
        spec:
          object-templates:
            - complianceType: musthave
              objectDefinition:
                apiVersion: v1
                kind: ConfigMap
                metadata:
                  labels:
                    cluster-name: local-cluster
                    ford.com/model: Mustang
                  name: cool-car
                  namespace: default
          remediationAction: enforce
          severity: low