fix: preserve client IPs for proxied requests - #823
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| | `--content-export-path` | Extra file path that Pulp can use for content exports | | | ||
| | `--external-authentication={ipa,ipa_with_api}` | Enable configuration for external authentication via IPA for web UI (or webUI and API for `ipa_with_api`), expects the target machine to [be enrolled into FreeIPA/IDM](https://docs.theforeman.org/3.16/Configuring_User_Authentication/index-katello.html#enrolling-foreman-server-in-freeipa-domain) | `--foreman-ipa-authentication`<br/> `--foreman-ipa-authentication-api` | | ||
| | `--external-authentication-pam-service` | PAM service used for host-based access control in IPA | `--foreman-pam-service` | | ||
| | `--foreman-trusted-proxies` | IP address or CIDR that Foreman trusts for `X-Forwarded-For` (for example a Capsule or load balancer in front of Foreman). May be specified multiple times; values are stored in the installation parameters and merged with `append_unique`. Localhost ranges (`127.0.0.0/8` and `::1`) are always included in Foreman settings. Example: `--foreman-trusted-proxies 10.10.10.20` when a Capsule at that address forwards client requests to Foreman. | `--foreman-trusted-proxies` | |
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| | `--foreman-trusted-proxies` | IP address or CIDR that Foreman trusts for `X-Forwarded-For` (for example a Capsule or load balancer in front of Foreman). May be specified multiple times; values are stored in the installation parameters and merged with `append_unique`. Localhost ranges (`127.0.0.0/8` and `::1`) are always included in Foreman settings. Example: `--foreman-trusted-proxies 10.10.10.20` when a Capsule at that address forwards client requests to Foreman. | `--foreman-trusted-proxies` | | |
| | `--foreman-trusted-proxies` | IP address or CIDR that Foreman trusts for `X-Forwarded-For` (for example a Foreman Proxy or load balancer in front of Foreman). May be specified multiple times. Localhost ranges (`127.0.0.0/8` and `::1`) are always included in Foreman settings. Example: `--foreman-trusted-proxies 10.10.10.20` when a Foreman Proxy at that address forwards client requests to Foreman. | `--foreman-trusted-proxies` | |
- Capsule is a downstream term
- We should not expose details like "append_unique" to users, IMHO
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okay got it. have updated the doc
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| IP address or CIDR Foreman should trust for X-Forwarded-For (e.g. Capsule). |
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| IP address or CIDR Foreman should trust for X-Forwarded-For (e.g. Capsule). | |
| IP address or CIDR Foreman should trust for X-Forwarded-For (e.g. Foreman Proxy). |
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds Foreman trusted-proxy add, remove, and reset parameters. It validates IP and CIDR values, persists proxy settings, renders localhost and configured proxies, enables proxy headers for pulpcore-only HTTPD, and adds tests and documentation. ChangesTrusted proxy configuration
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant CLI as Parameter CLI
participant Metadata as Foreman metadata
participant Settings as settings.yaml.j2
participant Secret as foreman-settings-yaml
CLI->>Metadata: parse trusted proxy parameters
Metadata->>Settings: provide persisted proxy values
Settings->>Secret: render localhost and configured proxies
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In `@src/playbooks/_foreman/metadata.obsah.yaml`:
- Line 17: Validate each foreman_trusted_proxies value as an IP address or CIDR
before the settings template renders it, rejecting all other values including
quotes and other YAML-affecting characters. Preserve valid IPv4/IPv6 address and
CIDR inputs, and apply the validation in the parameter-parsing path rather than
relying on the quoted YAML output.
In `@tests/feature/foreman/trusted_proxies_test.py`:
- Around line 28-31: The test deployment input must provide a non-empty
foreman_trusted_proxies value so the assertion loop executes. Update the
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| configured = obsah_params.get('foreman_trusted_proxies') or [] | ||
| trusted = foreman_settings_yaml[TRUSTED_PROXIES_KEY] | ||
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Set a non-empty foreman_trusted_proxies value in the test deployment input.
obsah_params reads .var/lib/foremanctl/parameters.yaml, and foreman_trusted_proxies defaults to []. The CI deployment command does not pass --foreman-trusted-proxies. Therefore, the loop can perform no assertions. Add a known address or CIDR, then assert that it appears in foreman_settings_yaml[TRUSTED_PROXIES_KEY].
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In `@tests/feature/foreman/trusted_proxies_test.py` around lines 28 - 31, The test
deployment input must provide a non-empty foreman_trusted_proxies value so the
assertion loop executes. Update the deployment setup using
foreman_trusted_proxies to pass a known address or CIDR, then retain the check
in the test that this value appears in
foreman_settings_yaml[TRUSTED_PROXIES_KEY].
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It's a good practice to only have a single assert statement in a test. https://mfranc.com/unit-testing/good-unit-test-one-assert/ is a bit longer and has slightly more nuance.
| configured = obsah_params.get('foreman_trusted_proxies') or [] | |
| trusted = foreman_settings_yaml[TRUSTED_PROXIES_KEY] | |
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| assert entry in trusted | |
| configured = obsah_params.get('foreman_trusted_proxies') or [] | |
| trusted = foreman_settings_yaml[TRUSTED_PROXIES_KEY] | |
| assert all(entry in trusted for entry in configured) |
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src/playbooks/_foreman/metadata.obsah.yaml (1)
17-22: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winSerialize trusted-proxy values before rendering them.
obsah1.9.1 treats thisappend_uniqueoption as an untyped string, andsettings.yaml.j2inserts each value into a YAML double-quoted scalar. An input containing an unescaped"or invalid backslash escape can make the Foreman settings YAML invalid and prevent configuration loading. Render the value with{{ proxy | to_json }};obsah1.9.1 provides no IP/CIDR type that can be added to this metadata.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/playbooks/_foreman/metadata.obsah.yaml`:
- Around line 17-22: Update the rendering of values from the
foreman_trusted_proxies parameter in settings.yaml.j2 to serialize each proxy
with the to_json filter before inserting it into the YAML double-quoted scalar.
Keep the existing append_unique metadata and Foreman trusted-proxy behavior
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Tested this on a local setup with a proxy on 192.168.122.118 and a client on 192.168.122.221. Ignore the 404 -- there is no host in build mode right now. The important part is that it sees the request coming in from After applying the change, for the same curl we see: Now correctly identifying as The same applies for after the patch has been applied. |
| parameter: --foreman-trusted-proxies | ||
| action: append_unique |
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There is currently no way to remove a trusted proxy once added.
Have a look how --add-feature and --remove-feature work :)
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Currently I have added --foreman-trusted-proxies flag since we are about to support removal of trusted proxies can we have something like --add-foreman-trusted-proxies and --remove-foreman-trusted-proxies or should we maintain the same flag for addition
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or --(add|remove)-foreman-trusted-proxy (singular)?
honestly not too tied to a specific param name here.
maybe @jafiala has an opinion with his docs hat on what's better readable?
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I'm wondering about --foreman-trusted-proxy-(add|remove) so they're stored alphabetically together. Perhaps even consider a third: --foreman-trusted-proxy-set to set the value (even if we don't do that immediately).
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I think set is too much choice for the user. Also it'd need to be able to parse things into an array.
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How about reset and then add multiple times? So could this work: --foreman-trusted-proxy-reset --foreman-trusted-proxy-add $ip1 --foreman-trusted-proxy-add $ip2
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We have reset, so that could already work?
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Then that would be great to see in our user documentation.
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okay then , I ll update toforeman-trusted-proxy-add and foreman-trusted-proxy-remove
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Overall ACK on the architecture
- request changes for the removal of trusted proxies
- the "do more validaton on user input" is a nice to have, but not a must
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Apologies for looking too much at the code. I was looking for a related documentation PR. They're very minor comments so not blocking.
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| "podman secret inspect foreman-settings-yaml " | |
| "--format '{{.SecretData}}' --showsecret" | |
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| configured = obsah_params.get('foreman_trusted_proxies') or [] | ||
| trusted = foreman_settings_yaml[TRUSTED_PROXIES_KEY] | ||
| for entry in configured: | ||
| assert entry in trusted |
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It's a good practice to only have a single assert statement in a test. https://mfranc.com/unit-testing/good-unit-test-one-assert/ is a bit longer and has slightly more nuance.
| configured = obsah_params.get('foreman_trusted_proxies') or [] | |
| trusted = foreman_settings_yaml[TRUSTED_PROXIES_KEY] | |
| for entry in configured: | |
| assert entry in trusted | |
| configured = obsah_params.get('foreman_trusted_proxies') or [] | |
| trusted = foreman_settings_yaml[TRUSTED_PROXIES_KEY] | |
| assert all(entry in trusted for entry in configured) |
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In `@tests/feature/foreman/trusted_proxies_test.py`:
- Around line 1-8: Reorder the imports in the test module so the local `obsah`
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Why are you introducing these changes? (Problem description, related links)
When requests reach Foreman through a Capsule or reverse proxy, Foreman needs to trust the proxy and receive the original client IP from
X-Forwarded-For. Without this, Foreman may see the Capsule IP instead of the real client IP.foremanctl currently does not provide a supported way to configure Foreman’s
:trusted_proxies, and the content Capsule Apache configuration does not enableProxyAddHeadersfor proxied requests.What are the changes introduced in this pull request?
--foreman-trusted-proxiesas a repeatable server deployment parameter.:trusted_proxieswith the default localhost ranges and user-provided proxy addresses.ProxyAddHeaders Onin the content Capsule Apache SSL vhost soX-Forwarded-Foris forwarded to Foreman.How to test this pull request
Deploy the Foreman server with a trusted Capsule IP:
Verify the Foreman settings:
podman secret inspect foreman-settings-yaml --showsecret | grep -A8 trusted_proxiesVerify the Capsule configuration:
Run the tests:
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