NET-2619 - save ClusterIPs to manual vips table

.changelog/2124.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+``release-note:improvement
+control-plane: Transparent proxy enhancements for failover and virtual Services
+```

control-plane/connect-inject/controllers/endpoints/endpoints_controller.go

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-
 package endpoints
 
 import (
@@ -295,6 +294,14 @@ func (r *Controller) registerServicesAndHealthCheck(apiClient *api.Client, pod c
 			return err
 		}
 
+		// Add manual ip to the VIP table
+		r.Log.Info("adding manual ip to virtual ip table in Consul", "name", serviceRegistration.Service.Service,
+			"id", serviceRegistration.ID)
+		err = assignServiceVirtualIP(r.Context, apiClient, serviceRegistration.Service)
+		if err != nil {
+			r.Log.Error(err, "failed to add ip to virtual ip table", "name", serviceRegistration.Service.Service)
+		}
+
 		// Register the proxy service instance with Consul.
 		r.Log.Info("registering proxy service with Consul", "name", proxyServiceRegistration.Service.Service)
 		_, err = apiClient.Catalog().Register(proxyServiceRegistration, nil)
@@ -1258,6 +1265,26 @@ func (r *Controller) appendNodeMeta(registration *api.CatalogRegistration) {
 	}
 }
 
+// assignServiceVirtualIPs manually assigns the ClusterIP to the virtual IP table so that transparent proxy routing works.
+func assignServiceVirtualIP(ctx context.Context, apiClient *api.Client, svc *api.AgentService) error {
+	ip := svc.TaggedAddresses[clusterIPTaggedAddressName].Address
+	if ip == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	_, _, err := apiClient.Internal().AssignServiceVirtualIP(ctx, svc.Service, []string{ip}, &api.WriteOptions{Namespace: svc.Namespace, Partition: svc.Partition})
+	if err != nil {
+		// Maintain backwards compatibility with older versions of Consul that do not support the VIP improvements. Tproxy
+		// will not work 100% correctly but the mesh will still work
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "404") {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to add ip for service %s to virtual ip table. Please upgrade Consul to version 1.16 or higher", svc.Service)
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // hasBeenInjected checks the value of the status annotation and returns true if the Pod has been injected.
 func hasBeenInjected(pod corev1.Pod) bool {
 	if anno, ok := pod.Annotations[constants.KeyInjectStatus]; ok && anno == constants.Injected {

control-plane/connect-inject/controllers/endpoints/endpoints_controller_test.go

@@ -6414,3 +6414,54 @@ func createGatewayPod(name, ip string, annotations map[string]string) *corev1.Po
 	}
 	return pod
 }
+
+func TestReconcileAssignServiceVirtualIP(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	cases := []struct {
+		name      string
+		service   *api.AgentService
+		expectErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "valid service",
+			service: &api.AgentService{
+				ID:      "",
+				Service: "foo",
+				Port:    80,
+				Address: "1.2.3.4",
+				TaggedAddresses: map[string]api.ServiceAddress{
+					"virtual": {
+						Address: "1.2.3.4",
+						Port:    80,
+					},
+				},
+				Meta: map[string]string{constants.MetaKeyKubeNS: "default"},
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "service missing IP should not error",
+			service: &api.AgentService{
+				ID:      "",
+				Service: "bar",
+				Meta:    map[string]string{constants.MetaKeyKubeNS: "default"},
+			},
+			expectErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			// Create test consulServer server.
+			testClient := test.TestServerWithMockConnMgrWatcher(t, nil)
+			apiClient := testClient.APIClient
+			err := assignServiceVirtualIP(ctx, apiClient, c.service)
+			if err != nil {
+				require.True(t, c.expectErr)
+			} else {
+				require.False(t, c.expectErr)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

control-plane/controllers/configentry_controller.go

@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ func (r *ConfigEntryController) ReconcileEntry(ctx context.Context, crdCtrl Cont
 			return r.syncFailed(ctx, logger, crdCtrl, configEntry, ConsulAgentError,
 				fmt.Errorf("writing config entry to consul: %w", err))
 		}
+
 		logger.Info("config entry created", "request-time", writeMeta.RequestTime)
 		return r.syncSuccessful(ctx, crdCtrl, configEntry)
 	}
@@ -267,6 +268,15 @@ func (r *ConfigEntryController) ReconcileEntry(ctx context.Context, crdCtrl Cont
 		return r.syncSuccessful(ctx, crdCtrl, configEntry)
 	}
 
+	// For resolvers and splitters, we need to set the ClusterIP of the matching service to Consul so that transparent
+	// proxy works correctly. Do not fail the reconcile if assigning the virtual IP returns an error.
+	if needsVirtualIPAssignment(configEntry) {
+		err = assignServiceVirtualIP(ctx, logger, consulClient, crdCtrl, req.NamespacedName, configEntry, r.DatacenterName)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Error(err, "failed assigning service virtual ip")
+		}
+	}
+
 	return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 }
 
@@ -381,6 +391,57 @@ func (r *ConfigEntryController) nonMatchingMigrationError(kubeEntry common.Confi
 	return fmt.Errorf("migration failed: Kubernetes resource does not match existing Consul config entry: consul=%s, kube=%s", consulJSON, kubeJSON)
 }
 
+// needsVirtualIPAssignment checks to see if a configEntry type needs to be assigned a virtual IP.
+func needsVirtualIPAssignment(configEntry common.ConfigEntryResource) bool {
+	kubeKind := configEntry.KubeKind()
+	if kubeKind == common.ServiceResolver || kubeKind == common.ServiceRouter || kubeKind == common.ServiceSplitter {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// assignServiceVirtualIPs manually sends the ClusterIP for a matching service for ServiceRouter or ServiceSplitter
+// CRDs to Consul so that it can be added to the virtual IP table. The assignment is skipped if the matching service
+// does not exist or if an older version of Consul is being used. Endpoints Controller, on service registration, also
+// manually sends a ClusterIP when a service is created. This increases the chance of a real IP ending up in the
+// discovery chain.
+func assignServiceVirtualIP(ctx context.Context, logger logr.Logger, consulClient *capi.Client, crdCtrl Controller, namespacedName types.NamespacedName, configEntry common.ConfigEntryResource, datacenter string) error {
+	service := corev1.Service{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      configEntry.KubernetesName(),
+			Namespace: namespacedName.Namespace,
+		},
+	}
+	if err := crdCtrl.Get(ctx, namespacedName, &service); err != nil {
+		// It is non-fatal if the service does not exist. The ClusterIP will get added when the service is registered in
+		// the endpoints controller
+		if k8serr.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		// Something is really wrong with the service
+		return err
+	}
+
+	wo := &capi.WriteOptions{
+		Namespace: configEntry.ToConsul(datacenter).GetNamespace(),
+		Partition: configEntry.ToConsul(datacenter).GetPartition(),
+	}
+
+	logger.Info("adding manual ip to virtual ip table in Consul", "name", service.Name)
+	_, _, err := consulClient.Internal().AssignServiceVirtualIP(ctx, configEntry.KubernetesName(), []string{service.Spec.ClusterIP}, wo)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Maintain backwards compatibility with older versions of Consul that do not support the manual VIP improvements. With the older version, the mesh
+		// will still work.
+		if isNotFoundErr(err) {
+			logger.Error(err, "failed to add ip to virtual ip table. Please upgrade Consul to version 1.16 or higher", "name", service.Name)
+			return nil
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func isNotFoundErr(err error) bool {
 	return err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "404")
 }