Install the guest agent from a vendor-data script instead of editing the user's cloud-config

Merging the bootstrap into each Proxy's cloud-config was the wrong
mechanism twice over. Detection only matched a literal #cloud-config
first line, so a jinja template or a MIME archive still fell back to
vendor-data, where cloud-init's default mergers drop it — the exact
failure the merge existed to prevent. And the YAML round-trip re-typed
unquoted scalars: version: 1.10 reached the guest as 1.1, comments were
dropped and keys reordered.

Neither is worth patching, because vendor-data delivered as a shell
script bypasses the merger entirely: cloud-init hands vendor-data to its
own handler chain, writes scripts to a separate directory and runs them
from cc_scripts_vendor, after the user's packages and before the user's
runcmd. The merge could not have been rescued anyway — merge_how in
user-data governs only the first source, and merge_how in vendor-data is
discarded before the document is stored.

The Proxy's cloud-init now reaches the seed byte for byte in any format.
installGuestAgent (default true) turns the script off; a configured
vendorData travels beside it as a MIME multipart, declared text/plain so
cloud-init re-sniffs it and this code never classifies user content.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
2026-09-10 22:42:55 +00:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5
parent 10ca71331e
commit c23def0051
8 changed files with 323 additions and 261 deletions
+122 -138
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@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import (
"bytes"
"io"
"maps"
"reflect"
"mime"
"mime/multipart"
"strings"
"testing"
"github.com/kdomanski/iso9660"
"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
)
func readSeed(t *testing.T, iso []byte) (label string, files map[string]string) {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func readSeed(t *testing.T, iso []byte) (label string, files map[string]string)
func TestBuildSeedISO_contents(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
userData := "#cloud-config\npackages: [squid]\n"
iso, err := buildSeedISO("proxy-abc123def456ghij", userData, guestAgentVendorData)
iso, err := buildSeedISO("proxy-abc123def456ghij", userData, guestAgentScript)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("buildSeedISO() error = %v", err)
}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestBuildSeedISO_contents(t *testing.T) {
if files["user-data"] != userData {
t.Errorf("user-data = %q, want verbatim cloud-init", files["user-data"])
}
if files["vendor-data"] != guestAgentVendorData {
if files["vendor-data"] != guestAgentScript {
t.Errorf("vendor-data = %q", files["vendor-data"])
}
if got, want := files["meta-data"], "instance-id: proxy-abc123def456ghij\nlocal-hostname: proxy-abc123def456ghij\n"; got != want {
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestBuildSeedISO_deterministicContent(t *testing.T) {
func TestBuildSeedISO_emptyUserData(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
iso, err := buildSeedISO("proxy-x", "", guestAgentVendorData)
iso, err := buildSeedISO("proxy-x", "", guestAgentScript)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("buildSeedISO() error = %v", err)
}
@@ -101,149 +101,133 @@ func TestBuildSeedISO_emptyUserData(t *testing.T) {
}
}
// parseCloudConfig is what cloud-init sees: the document under the header.
func parseCloudConfig(t *testing.T, doc string) map[string]any {
t.Helper()
if first, _, _ := strings.Cut(doc, "\n"); first != cloudConfigHeader {
t.Fatalf("first line = %q, want %q", first, cloudConfigHeader)
}
var cfg map[string]any
if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(doc), &cfg); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("merged user-data is not YAML: %v\n%s", err, doc)
}
return cfg
}
func TestWithGuestAgent_mergesIntoCloudConfig(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
agentCmd := []any{"systemctl", "enable", "--now", "qemu-guest-agent"}
tests := []struct {
name string
userData string
wantPackages []any
wantRuncmd []any
}{
{
name: "empty document",
userData: "#cloud-config\n",
wantPackages: []any{"qemu-guest-agent"},
wantRuncmd: []any{agentCmd},
},
{
name: "no user-data at all",
userData: "",
wantPackages: []any{"qemu-guest-agent"},
wantRuncmd: []any{agentCmd},
},
{
// The case that motivated this: cloud-init's default merger keeps
// the user-data's lists and drops vendor-data's, so the agent must
// be appended to the user's own packages and runcmd.
name: "user packages and runcmd are kept and extended",
userData: "#cloud-config\npackages:\n - squid\nruncmd:\n - systemctl restart squid\n" +
"write_files:\n - path: /etc/squid/conf.d/x.conf\n content: |\n http_port 3128\n via off\n",
wantPackages: []any{"squid", "qemu-guest-agent"},
wantRuncmd: []any{"systemctl restart squid", agentCmd},
},
{
name: "agent already present is not duplicated",
userData: "#cloud-config\npackages: [qemu-guest-agent]\nruncmd:\n - [systemctl, enable, --now, qemu-guest-agent]\n",
wantPackages: []any{"qemu-guest-agent"},
wantRuncmd: []any{agentCmd},
},
{
name: "header with trailing whitespace",
userData: "#cloud-config \r\npackages: [curl]\n",
wantPackages: []any{"curl", "qemu-guest-agent"},
wantRuncmd: []any{agentCmd},
},
}
for _, tc := range tests {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
user, vendor, err := withGuestAgent(tc.userData, "")
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("withGuestAgent() error = %v", err)
}
if vendor != "" {
t.Errorf("vendor-data = %q, want none when the agent is merged into the user-data", vendor)
}
cfg := parseCloudConfig(t, user)
if !reflect.DeepEqual(cfg["packages"], tc.wantPackages) {
t.Errorf("packages = %#v, want %#v", cfg["packages"], tc.wantPackages)
}
if !reflect.DeepEqual(cfg["runcmd"], tc.wantRuncmd) {
t.Errorf("runcmd = %#v, want %#v", cfg["runcmd"], tc.wantRuncmd)
}
})
}
}
func TestWithGuestAgent_keepsOtherKeysAndVendorData(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
userData := "#cloud-config\nhostname: px\nwrite_files:\n - path: /etc/x\n content: |\n line one\n line two\n permissions: '0644'\nbootcmd: [echo hi]\n"
user, vendor, err := withGuestAgent(userData, "#cloud-config\nntp: {enabled: true}\n")
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("withGuestAgent() error = %v", err)
}
if vendor != "#cloud-config\nntp: {enabled: true}\n" {
t.Errorf("vendor-data = %q, want the configured one verbatim", vendor)
}
got := parseCloudConfig(t, user)
delete(got, "packages")
delete(got, "runcmd")
want := parseCloudConfig(t, userData)
if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, want) {
t.Errorf("merged user-data changed the user's keys:\n got %#v\nwant %#v", got, want)
}
}
func TestWithGuestAgent_nonCloudConfigFallsBackToVendorData(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
tests := []struct {
name string
userData string
vendorData string
wantVendor string
}{
{"shell script, no vendor-data", "#!/bin/sh\napt-get install -y squid\n", "", guestAgentVendorData},
{"include, no vendor-data", "#include\nhttps://example/x\n", "", guestAgentVendorData},
{"shell script, own vendor-data wins", "#!/bin/sh\n", "#cloud-config\nntp: {}\n", "#cloud-config\nntp: {}\n"},
}
for _, tc := range tests {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
user, vendor, err := withGuestAgent(tc.userData, tc.vendorData)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("withGuestAgent() error = %v", err)
}
if user != tc.userData {
t.Errorf("user-data = %q, want it untouched", user)
}
if vendor != tc.wantVendor {
t.Errorf("vendor-data = %q, want %q", vendor, tc.wantVendor)
}
})
}
}
func TestWithGuestAgent_rejectsBrokenCloudConfig(t *testing.T) {
// The whole point of shipping the agent as vendor-data: whatever the Proxy
// wrote reaches the guest untouched, in any of cloud-init's formats. The
// previous implementation parsed and re-rendered cloud-config user-data,
// which dropped comments, reordered keys and re-typed unquoted scalars
// (version: 1.10 arrived as 1.1).
func TestBuildSeedISO_userDataIsNeverRewritten(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
tests := []struct {
name string
userData string
}{
{"not yaml", "#cloud-config\npackages: [squid\n"},
{"not a mapping", "#cloud-config\n- squid\n"},
{"packages is not a list", "#cloud-config\npackages: squid\n"},
{"runcmd is not a list", "#cloud-config\nruncmd:\n a: b\n"},
{"cloud-config with its own packages", "#cloud-config\n# keep me\npackages:\n - squid\nversion: 1.10\nchpasswd: {list: 'u:0123456789'}\n"},
{"jinja template", "## template: jinja\n#cloud-config\nhostname: {{ v1.local_hostname }}\n"},
{"shell script", "#!/bin/sh\napt-get install -y squid\n"},
{"include", "#include\nhttps://example.invalid/x\n"},
{"mime multipart", "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\nContent-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=\"x\"\r\n\r\n--x\r\nContent-Type: text/cloud-config\r\n\r\n#cloud-config\npackages: [squid]\n\r\n--x--\r\n"},
{"gzip payload", "\x1f\x8b\x08\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x03binary\x00bytes"},
{"leading blank line", "\n\n#cloud-config\npackages: [squid]\n"},
}
for _, tc := range tests {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
if _, _, err := withGuestAgent(tc.userData, ""); err == nil {
t.Errorf("withGuestAgent() = nil error, want one for %q", tc.userData)
vendor, err := buildVendorData("", true)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("buildVendorData() error = %v", err)
}
iso, err := buildSeedISO("proxy-x", tc.userData, vendor)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("buildSeedISO() error = %v", err)
}
_, files := readSeed(t, iso)
if files["user-data"] != tc.userData {
t.Errorf("user-data was rewritten:\n got %q\nwant %q", files["user-data"], tc.userData)
}
if !strings.Contains(files["vendor-data"], "qemu-guest-agent") {
t.Errorf("vendor-data = %q, want the agent script", files["vendor-data"])
}
})
}
}
func TestBuildVendorData_agentScriptAlone(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got, err := buildVendorData("", true)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("buildVendorData() error = %v", err)
}
if got != guestAgentScript {
t.Errorf("vendor-data = %q, want the bare script", got)
}
if !strings.HasPrefix(got, "#!") {
t.Error("vendor-data must start with a shebang or cloud-init treats it as something other than a script")
}
}
func TestBuildVendorData_optOutKeepsConfiguredOnly(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
configured := "#cloud-config\nntp: {enabled: true}\n"
tests := []struct {
name string
configured string
want string
}{
{"nothing configured", "", ""},
{"configured document passes through", configured, configured},
}
for _, tc := range tests {
t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
got, err := buildVendorData(tc.configured, false)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("buildVendorData() error = %v", err)
}
if got != tc.want {
t.Errorf("vendor-data = %q, want %q", got, tc.want)
}
if strings.Contains(got, "qemu-guest-agent") {
t.Error("agent script present although installGuestAgent is off")
}
})
}
}
// Both documents have to survive in one file, and cloud-init only looks for
// the multipart marker in the first 4096 bytes.
func TestBuildVendorData_multipartCarriesBoth(t *testing.T) {
t.Parallel()
configured := "#cloud-config\nntp:\n enabled: true\n"
got, err := buildVendorData(configured, true)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("buildVendorData() error = %v", err)
}
head := got
if len(head) > 4096 {
head = head[:4096]
}
if !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(head), "mime-version:") {
t.Fatalf("no mime-version: in the first 4096 bytes; cloud-init would treat this as a single document:\n%s", head)
}
_, params, err := mime.ParseMediaType(strings.SplitN(got, "\r\n\r\n", 2)[0][strings.Index(got, "Content-Type:")+len("Content-Type: "):])
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("parsing the multipart content type: %v", err)
}
body := strings.SplitN(got, "\r\n\r\n", 2)[1]
r := multipart.NewReader(strings.NewReader(body), params["boundary"])
var bodies, types []string
for {
part, err := r.NextPart()
if err == io.EOF {
break
}
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("reading part: %v", err)
}
content, err := io.ReadAll(part)
if err != nil {
t.Fatalf("reading part body: %v", err)
}
bodies = append(bodies, string(content))
types = append(types, part.Header.Get("Content-Type"))
}
if len(bodies) != 2 || bodies[0] != configured || bodies[1] != guestAgentScript {
t.Fatalf("parts = %q, want the configured document then the script", bodies)
}
// text/plain makes cloud-init re-sniff the user's document from its own
// header line, so this code never has to classify it.
if types[0] != "text/plain" || types[1] != "text/x-shellscript" {
t.Errorf("part types = %v, want [text/plain text/x-shellscript]", types)
}
}