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Make plugin-specific env take precedence over sys env #25128

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Unless SkipHostEnv is set, go-plugin layers os.Environ() over the top of any environment provided in the ClientConfig's command: https://github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin/blob/586d14f3dcef1eb42bfb7da4c7af102ec6638668/client.go#L657

While it's too big of a breaking change to switch that behaviour in go-plugin, for Vault it seems pretty obvious that users would expect the env they specify for plugins to take precedence over the system env. For example, if most of Vault should use one proxy via HTTP_PROXY, but one plugin needs to use a different proxy, it should be possible to override the base setting when registering the plugin.

I've added a flag to opt out of the behaviour change though, and also implemented log warnings to help any users concerned about unexpected changes in behaviour.

@tomhjp tomhjp added this to the 1.16.0-rc1 milestone Jan 30, 2024
@tomhjp tomhjp force-pushed the vault-23513/plugin-specific-env-override-sys branch from 02c7ee3 to f480a7a Compare January 30, 2024 14:27
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Change seems reasonable to me 👍

// go-plugin so always set SkipHostEnv and replicate the legacy behavior
// ourselves if user opts in.
if legacy, _ := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv(PluginUseLegacyEnvLayering)); legacy {
// Env vars are layered as follows, with later entries overriding
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vault/plugincatalog/plugin_catalog.go Outdated Show resolved Hide resolved
@@ -69,6 +70,115 @@ func testPluginCatalog(t *testing.T) *PluginCatalog {
return pluginCatalog
}

type warningCountLogger struct {
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Neat pattern to test on the logs!

tomhjp and others added 3 commits January 30, 2024 17:30
Co-authored-by: Austin Gebauer <34121980+austingebauer@users.noreply.github.com>
@tomhjp tomhjp merged commit d8f3285 into main Feb 2, 2024
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tomhjp commented Feb 2, 2024

Thanks!

Monkeychip pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 5, 2024
* Make plugin-specific env take precedence over sys env
* Expand the existing plugin env integration test

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Co-authored-by: Austin Gebauer <34121980+austingebauer@users.noreply.github.com>
Monkeychip pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 7, 2024
* Make plugin-specific env take precedence over sys env
* Expand the existing plugin env integration test

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Co-authored-by: Austin Gebauer <34121980+austingebauer@users.noreply.github.com>
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