out_es: add cloud_apikey configuration

[soedar]

Adds Elastic Cloud API Key support to the out_es plugin. This patch adds a new config option, cloud_apikey, which would be added to the HTTP request through the Authorization: Apikey <cloud_apikey> header.

Addresses #6727. While we can re-use the cloud_auth config option, we would have to make additional assumptions on the API Key to identify it properly (i.e. does does not contain :, is base64 encoded, etc).

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[soedar]

Example configuration

[SERVICE]
    Flush     1
    Daemon    off
    Log_Level debug

[INPUT]
    Name      cpu

[OUTPUT]
    Name      stdout
    Match     *

[OUTPUT]
    Name                es
    Match               *
    tls                 On
    tls.verify          Off
    Cloud_Id            <redacted>
    Cloud_Apikey        <redacted>
    Suppress_Type_Name  On

Debug output and Valgrind

$ valgrind ./bin/fluent-bit -c es.conf
==70111== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==70111== Copyright (C) 2002-2017, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==70111== Using Valgrind-3.18.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==70111== Command: ./bin/fluent-bit -c es.conf
==70111==
Fluent Bit v2.1.10
* Copyright (C) 2015-2022 The Fluent Bit Authors
* Fluent Bit is a CNCF sub-project under the umbrella of Fluentd
* https://fluentbit.io

[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] Configuration:
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]  flush time     | 1.000000 seconds
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]  grace          | 5 seconds
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]  daemon         | 0
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] ___________
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]  inputs:
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]      cpu
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] ___________
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]  filters:
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] ___________
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]  outputs:
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]      stdout.0
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]      es.1
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] ___________
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info]  collectors:
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] [fluent bit] version=2.1.10, commit=b777d90050, pid=70111
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [debug] [engine] coroutine stack size: 24576 bytes (24.0K)
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] [storage] ver=1.4.0, type=memory, sync=normal, checksum=off, max_chunks_up=128
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] [cmetrics] version=0.6.3
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] [output:stdout:stdout.0] worker #0 started
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] [ctraces ] version=0.3.1
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] [input:cpu:cpu.0] initializing
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [ info] [input:cpu:cpu.0] storage_strategy='memory' (memory only)
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [debug] [cpu:cpu.0] created event channels: read=21 write=22
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [debug] [stdout:stdout.0] created event channels: read=23 write=24
[2023/09/18 02:55:15] [debug] [es:es.1] created event channels: read=30 write=31
[2023/09/18 02:55:16] [debug] [output:es:es.1] extracted cloud_host: '<redacted>'
[2023/09/18 02:55:16] [debug] [output:es:es.1] cloud_host: '<redacted>' does not contain a port: '<redacted>'
[2023/09/18 02:55:16] [ info] [output:es:es.1] worker #1 started
[2023/09/18 02:55:16] [ info] [output:es:es.1] worker #0 started
[2023/09/18 02:55:16] [debug] [output:es:es.1] checked whether extracted port was null and set it to default https port or not. Outcome: '443' and cloud_host: '<redacted>'.
[2023/09/18 02:55:16] [debug] [output:es:es.1] host=<redacted> port=443 uri=/_bulk index=fluent-bit type=_doc
[2023/09/18 02:55:16] [debug] [router] match rule cpu.0:stdout.0
[2023/09/18 02:55:16] [debug] [router] match rule cpu.0:es.1
[2023/09/18 02:55:16] [ info] [sp] stream processor started
[2023/09/18 02:55:17] [debug] [input chunk] update output instances with new chunk size diff=207, records=1, input=cpu.0
^C[2023/09/18 02:55:17] [engine] caught signal (SIGINT)
[2023/09/18 02:55:17] [debug] [task] created task=0x5322eb0 id=0 OK
[0] cpu.0: [[1695005716.948405812, {}], {"cpu_p"=>34.000000, "user_p"=>33.000000, "system_p"=>1.000000, "cpu0.p_cpu"=>7.000000, "cpu0.p_user"=>6.000000, "cpu0.p_system"=>1.000000, "cpu1.p_cpu"=>62.000000, "cpu1.p_user"=>61.000000, "cpu1.p_system"=>1.000000}]
[2023/09/18 02:55:17] [debug] [output:stdout:stdout.0] task_id=0 assigned to thread #0
[2023/09/18 02:55:17] [debug] [out flush] cb_destroy coro_id=0
[2023/09/18 02:55:17] [debug] [output:es:es.1] task_id=0 assigned to thread #0
[2023/09/18 02:55:17] [ warn] [engine] service will shutdown in max 5 seconds
[2023/09/18 02:55:17] [ info] [input] pausing cpu.0
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [ info] [task] cpu/cpu.0 has 1 pending task(s):
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [ info] [task]   task_id=0 still running on route(s): stdout/stdout.0 es/es.1
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [ info] [input] pausing cpu.0
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [debug] [upstream] KA connection #60 to <redacted>:443 is connected
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [debug] [http_client] not using http_proxy for header
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [debug] [output:es:es.1] using elastic cloud apikey
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [debug] [output:es:es.1] HTTP Status=200 URI=/_bulk
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [debug] [output:es:es.1] Elasticsearch response
{"took":31,"errors":false,"items":[{"create":{"_index":"fluent-bit","_id":"fko2pooBqbJxt1RguQ8l","_version":1,"result":"created","_shards":{"total":2,"successful":2,"failed":0},"_seq_no":31,"_primary_term":1,"status":201}}]}
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [debug] [upstream] KA connection #60 to <redacted>:443 is now available
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [debug] [task] destroy task=0x5322eb0 (task_id=0)
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [debug] [out flush] cb_destroy coro_id=0
[2023/09/18 02:55:18] [ info] [input] pausing cpu.0
[2023/09/18 02:55:19] [ info] [engine] service has stopped (0 pending tasks)
[2023/09/18 02:55:19] [ info] [input] pausing cpu.0
[2023/09/18 02:55:19] [ info] [output:stdout:stdout.0] thread worker #0 stopping...
[2023/09/18 02:55:19] [ info] [output:stdout:stdout.0] thread worker #0 stopped
[2023/09/18 02:55:20] [ info] [output:es:es.1] thread worker #0 stopping...
[2023/09/18 02:55:20] [ info] [output:es:es.1] thread worker #0 stopped
[2023/09/18 02:55:20] [ info] [output:es:es.1] thread worker #1 stopping...
[2023/09/18 02:55:20] [ info] [output:es:es.1] thread worker #1 stopped
==70111==
==70111== HEAP SUMMARY:
==70111==     in use at exit: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
==70111==   total heap usage: 18,885 allocs, 18,885 frees, 2,765,200 bytes allocated
==70111==
==70111== All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible
==70111==
==70111== For lists of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -s
==70111== ERROR SUMMARY: 0 errors from 0 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)

[soedar]

There seems to be some opportunities for refactoring http auths in the flb_http_client library, but should probably be tackled in another PR.

[soedar]

@patrick-stephens could you assist to re-run the integration tests? not quite sure why the integration runs have been failed the first time round. I've rebased master

[patrick-stephens]

@patrick-stephens could you assist to re-run the integration tests? not quite sure why the integration runs have been failed the first time round. I've rebased master

Do you mean unit tests? Integration tests are not run unless this is labelled.
macOS unit tests are flaky at the moment I believe so can be ignored as long as Linux passes.

[soedar]

Do you mean unit tests? Integration tests are not run unless this is labelled.
macOS unit tests are flaky at the moment I believe so can be ignored as long as Linux passes.

Ah, that's what I meant. I noticed the failing macOS test and wasn't sure if that was the blocker for the PR.

What would be the next steps to move this PR forward?

[patrick-stephens]

It's on the codeowners to review so will be in the queue.

[alexku7]

Can we extend this feature?

1. The header name should be dynamic. There are many cases when other headers are used, for example Bearer header instead of apiKey header.
2. The header value should be taken dynamically from a file instead of static value. The file can be dynamically updated when a value/token is updated/refreshed.

[soedar]

The header name should be dynamic. There are many cases when other headers are used, for example Bearer header instead of apiKey header.

Could you elaborate a use case where the Bearer header is used in the context of elasticsearch? This change in particular is to support integration with Elastic Cloud via API Keys (see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud/current/ec-api-authentication.html)

Regardless, I'm not quite sure that allowing users to specify arbitrary authorization headers is ideal, especially if the set of the allowable authorization type for the plugin could be well defined.

The header value should be taken dynamically from a file instead of static value. The file can be dynamically updated when a value/token is updated/refreshed.

Looking at other fluentbit output plugins, this does not appear to be a common pattern. (The only exception seems to be Google Cloud Credential json, which seem to contain quite a bit of auth information, which would probably not be the norm). I would be hesistant to make this change in this PR without maintainers' inputs, since this feels like a config design change that would also be applicable to other plugins.

[patrick-stephens]

I think personally I would be of the opinion to keep things simple in a PR, land one feature before adding more.

[alexku7]

Hi
On the other hand the ElasticSearch supports a JWT token as a bearer authorization header and probably other methods.
So why not to support universally any http header set by the user as a env variable or as a file containing this header (for security reasons)

We do a similar thing with Prometheus sending metrics to a remote store.
See the authorization section here

https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#remote_write

[yanbutan]

Hi any updates on merging this? This feature will be of great help ❤️

[ICUMD]

that's a shame, i won't be able to use fluent bit because it does not support sending logs using elastic api keys

[github-actions]

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[soedar]

rebased

@patrick-stephens @edsiper @PettitWesley could you remove the stale label?