nebula-cert: support reading CA passphrase from env (#1421)

* nebula-cert: support reading CA passphrase from env

This patch extends the `nebula-cert` command to support reading
the CA passphrase from the environment variable `CA_PASSPHRASE`.

Currently `nebula-cert` depends in an interactive session to obtain
the CA passphrase. This presents a challenge for automation tools like
ansible. With this change, ansible can store the CA passphrase in a
vault and supply it to `nebula-cert` via the `CA_PASSPHRASE`
environment variable for non-interactive signing.

Signed-off-by: Hal Martin <1230969+halmartin@users.noreply.github.com>

* name the variable NEBULA_CA_PASSPHRASE

---------

Signed-off-by: Hal Martin <1230969+halmartin@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: JackDoan <me@jackdoan.com>

cmd/nebula-cert/ca.go

@@ -173,23 +173,26 @@ func ca(args []string, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer, pr PasswordReader) error
 
 	var passphrase []byte
 	if !isP11 && *cf.encryption {
-		for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		passphrase = []byte(os.Getenv("NEBULA_CA_PASSPHRASE"))
-			out.Write([]byte("Enter passphrase: "))
-			passphrase, err = pr.ReadPassword()
-
-			if err == ErrNoTerminal {
-				return fmt.Errorf("out-key must be encrypted interactively")
-			} else if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("error reading passphrase: %s", err)
-			}
-
-			if len(passphrase) > 0 {
-				break
-			}
-		}
-
 		if len(passphrase) == 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("no passphrase specified, remove -encrypt flag to write out-key in plaintext")
+			for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+				out.Write([]byte("Enter passphrase: "))
+				passphrase, err = pr.ReadPassword()
+
+				if err == ErrNoTerminal {
+					return fmt.Errorf("out-key must be encrypted interactively")
+				} else if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("error reading passphrase: %s", err)
+				}
+
+				if len(passphrase) > 0 {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+
+			if len(passphrase) == 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("no passphrase specified, remove -encrypt flag to write out-key in plaintext")
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

cmd/nebula-cert/ca_test.go

@@ -171,6 +171,17 @@ func Test_ca(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, pwPromptOb, ob.String())
 	assert.Empty(t, eb.String())
 
+	// test encrypted key with passphrase environment variable
+	os.Remove(keyF.Name())
+	os.Remove(crtF.Name())
+	ob.Reset()
+	eb.Reset()
+	args = []string{"-version", "1", "-encrypt", "-name", "test", "-duration", "100m", "-groups", "1,2,3,4,5", "-out-crt", crtF.Name(), "-out-key", keyF.Name()}
+	os.Setenv("NEBULA_CA_PASSPHRASE", string(passphrase))
+	require.NoError(t, ca(args, ob, eb, testpw))
+	assert.Empty(t, eb.String())
+	os.Setenv("NEBULA_CA_PASSPHRASE", "")
+
 	// read encrypted key file and verify default params
 	rb, _ = os.ReadFile(keyF.Name())
 	k, _ := pem.Decode(rb)

cmd/nebula-cert/sign.go

@@ -116,26 +116,28 @@ func signCert(args []string, out io.Writer, errOut io.Writer, pr PasswordReader)
 		// naively attempt to decode the private key as though it is not encrypted
 		caKey, _, curve, err = cert.UnmarshalSigningPrivateKeyFromPEM(rawCAKey)
 		if errors.Is(err, cert.ErrPrivateKeyEncrypted) {
-			// ask for a passphrase until we get one
 			var passphrase []byte
-			for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+			passphrase = []byte(os.Getenv("NEBULA_CA_PASSPHRASE"))
-				out.Write([]byte("Enter passphrase: "))
-				passphrase, err = pr.ReadPassword()
-
-				if errors.Is(err, ErrNoTerminal) {
-					return fmt.Errorf("ca-key is encrypted and must be decrypted interactively")
-				} else if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("error reading password: %s", err)
-				}
-
-				if len(passphrase) > 0 {
-					break
-				}
-			}
 			if len(passphrase) == 0 {
-				return fmt.Errorf("cannot open encrypted ca-key without passphrase")
+				// ask for a passphrase until we get one
-			}
+				for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+					out.Write([]byte("Enter passphrase: "))
+					passphrase, err = pr.ReadPassword()
 
+					if errors.Is(err, ErrNoTerminal) {
+						return fmt.Errorf("ca-key is encrypted and must be decrypted interactively")
+					} else if err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("error reading password: %s", err)
+					}
+
+					if len(passphrase) > 0 {
+						break
+					}
+				}
+				if len(passphrase) == 0 {
+					return fmt.Errorf("cannot open encrypted ca-key without passphrase")
+				}
+			}
 			curve, caKey, _, err = cert.DecryptAndUnmarshalSigningPrivateKey(passphrase, rawCAKey)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("error while parsing encrypted ca-key: %s", err)

cmd/nebula-cert/sign_test.go

@@ -379,6 +379,15 @@ func Test_signCert(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "Enter passphrase: ", ob.String())
 	assert.Empty(t, eb.String())
 
+	// test with the proper password in the environment
+	os.Remove(crtF.Name())
+	os.Remove(keyF.Name())
+	args = []string{"-version", "1", "-ca-crt", caCrtF.Name(), "-ca-key", caKeyF.Name(), "-name", "test", "-ip", "1.1.1.1/24", "-out-crt", crtF.Name(), "-out-key", keyF.Name(), "-duration", "100m", "-subnets", "10.1.1.1/32, ,   10.2.2.2/32   ,   ,  ,, 10.5.5.5/32", "-groups", "1,,   2    ,        ,,,3,4,5"}
+	os.Setenv("NEBULA_CA_PASSPHRASE", string(passphrase))
+	require.NoError(t, signCert(args, ob, eb, testpw))
+	assert.Empty(t, eb.String())
+	os.Setenv("NEBULA_CA_PASSPHRASE", "")
+
 	// test with the wrong password
 	ob.Reset()
 	eb.Reset()
@@ -389,6 +398,17 @@ func Test_signCert(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "Enter passphrase: ", ob.String())
 	assert.Empty(t, eb.String())
 
+	// test with the wrong password in environment
+	ob.Reset()
+	eb.Reset()
+
+	os.Setenv("NEBULA_CA_PASSPHRASE", "invalid password")
+	args = []string{"-version", "1", "-ca-crt", caCrtF.Name(), "-ca-key", caKeyF.Name(), "-name", "test", "-ip", "1.1.1.1/24", "-out-crt", crtF.Name(), "-out-key", keyF.Name(), "-duration", "100m", "-subnets", "10.1.1.1/32, ,   10.2.2.2/32   ,   ,  ,, 10.5.5.5/32", "-groups", "1,,   2    ,        ,,,3,4,5"}
+	require.EqualError(t, signCert(args, ob, eb, nopw), "error while parsing encrypted ca-key: invalid passphrase or corrupt private key")
+	assert.Empty(t, ob.String())
+	assert.Empty(t, eb.String())
+	os.Setenv("NEBULA_CA_PASSPHRASE", "")
+
 	// test with the user not entering a password
 	ob.Reset()
 	eb.Reset()