Add a periodic test of the autoseal to detect loss of connectivity.

changelog/13078.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+core: Periodically test the health of connectivity to auto-seal backends
+```

vault/core.go

@@ -2143,6 +2143,10 @@ func (c *Core) postUnseal(ctx context.Context, ctxCancelFunc context.CancelFunc,
 		if err := seal.UpgradeKeys(c.activeContext); err != nil {
 			c.logger.Warn("post-unseal upgrade seal keys failed", "error", err)
 		}
+
+		// Start a periodic but infrequent heartbeat to detect auto-seal backend outages at runtime rather than being
+		// surprised by this at the next need to unseal.
+		seal.StartHealthCheck()
 	}
 
 	c.metricsCh = make(chan struct{})
@@ -2224,6 +2228,10 @@ func (c *Core) preSeal() error {
 		c.autoRotateCancel = nil
 	}
 
+	if seal, ok := c.seal.(*autoSeal); ok {
+		seal.StopHealthCheck()
+	}
+
 	preSealPhysical(c)
 
 	c.logger.Info("pre-seal teardown complete")

vault/seal_autoseal.go

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 package vault
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/subtle"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	mathrand "math/rand"
+	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
 
 	proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	log "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
@@ -16,7 +20,14 @@ import (
 
 // barrierTypeUpgradeCheck checks for backwards compat on barrier type, not
 // applicable in the OSS side
-var barrierTypeUpgradeCheck = func(_ string, _ *SealConfig) {}
+var (
+	barrierTypeUpgradeCheck     = func(_ string, _ *SealConfig) {}
+	autoSealUnavailableDuration = []string{"seal", "unreachable", "time"}
+	// vars for unit testings
+	sealHealthTestIntervalNominal   = 10 * time.Minute
+	sealHealthTestIntervalUnhealthy = 1 * time.Minute
+	sealHealthTestTimeout           = 1 * time.Minute
+)
 
 // autoSeal is a Seal implementation that contains logic for encrypting and
 // decrypting stored keys via an underlying AutoSealAccess implementation, as
@@ -28,6 +39,9 @@ type autoSeal struct {
 	recoveryConfig atomic.Value
 	core           *Core
 	logger         log.Logger
+
+	hcLock          sync.Mutex
+	healthCheckStop chan struct{}
 }
 
 // Ensure we are implementing the Seal interface
@@ -499,3 +513,82 @@ func (d *autoSeal) migrateRecoveryConfig(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+// StartHealthCheck starts a goroutine that tests the health of the auto-unseal backend once every 10 minutes.
+// If unhealthy, logs a warning on the condition and begins testing every one minute until healthy again.
+func (d *autoSeal) StartHealthCheck() {
+	d.StopHealthCheck()
+	d.hcLock.Lock()
+	defer d.hcLock.Unlock()
+
+	healthCheck := time.NewTicker(sealHealthTestIntervalNominal)
+	d.healthCheckStop = make(chan struct{})
+	healthCheckStop := d.healthCheckStop
+
+	go func() {
+		ctx := d.core.activeContext
+		lastTestOk := true
+		lastSeenOk := time.Now()
+
+		fail := func(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
+			d.logger.Warn(msg, args...)
+			if lastTestOk {
+				healthCheck.Reset(sealHealthTestIntervalUnhealthy)
+			}
+			lastTestOk = false
+			d.core.MetricSink().SetGauge(autoSealUnavailableDuration, float32(time.Since(lastSeenOk).Milliseconds()))
+		}
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-healthCheckStop:
+				if healthCheck != nil {
+					healthCheck.Stop()
+				}
+				healthCheckStop = nil
+				return
+			case t := <-healthCheck.C:
+				func() {
+					ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, sealHealthTestTimeout)
+					defer cancel()
+
+					testVal := fmt.Sprintf("Heartbeat %d", mathrand.Intn(1000))
+					ciphertext, err := d.Access.Encrypt(ctx, []byte(testVal), nil)
+
+					if err != nil {
+						fail("failed to encrypt seal health test value, seal backend may be unreachable", "error", err)
+					} else {
+						func() {
+							ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, sealHealthTestTimeout)
+							defer cancel()
+							plaintext, err := d.Access.Decrypt(ctx, ciphertext, nil)
+							if err != nil {
+								fail("failed to decrypt seal health test value, seal backend may be unreachable", "error", err)
+							}
+							if !bytes.Equal([]byte(testVal), plaintext) {
+								fail("seal health test value failed to decrypt to expected value")
+							} else {
+								d.logger.Debug("seal health test passed")
+								if !lastTestOk {
+									d.logger.Info("seal backend is now healthy again", "downtime", t.Sub(lastSeenOk).String())
+									healthCheck.Reset(sealHealthTestIntervalNominal)
+								}
+								lastTestOk = true
+								lastSeenOk = t
+								d.core.MetricSink().SetGauge(autoSealUnavailableDuration, 0)
+							}
+						}()
+					}
+				}()
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+}
+
+func (d *autoSeal) StopHealthCheck() {
+	d.hcLock.Lock()
+	defer d.hcLock.Unlock()
+	if d.healthCheckStop != nil {
+		close(d.healthCheckStop)
+		d.healthCheckStop = nil
+	}
+}

vault/seal_autoseal_test.go

@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ package vault
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"github.com/armon/go-metrics"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/vault/helper/metricsutil"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	wrapping "github.com/hashicorp/go-kms-wrapping"
@@ -157,3 +162,68 @@ func TestAutoSeal_UpgradeKeys(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	check()
 }
+
+func TestAutoSeal_HealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	inmemSink := metrics.NewInmemSink(
+		1000000*time.Hour,
+		2000000*time.Hour)
+
+	metricsConf := metrics.DefaultConfig("")
+	metricsConf.EnableHostname = false
+	metricsConf.EnableHostnameLabel = false
+	metricsConf.EnableServiceLabel = false
+	metricsConf.EnableTypePrefix = false
+
+	metrics.NewGlobal(metricsConf, inmemSink)
+
+	core, _, _ := TestCoreUnsealed(t)
+	testSeal, testErr := seal.NewToggleableTestSeal(nil)
+
+	var encKeys []string
+	changeKey := func(key string) {
+		encKeys = append(encKeys, key)
+		testSeal.Wrapper.(*seal.ToggleableWrapper).Wrapper.(*wrapping.TestWrapper).SetKeyID(key)
+	}
+
+	// Set initial encryption key.
+	changeKey("kaz")
+
+	autoSeal := NewAutoSeal(testSeal)
+	autoSeal.SetCore(core)
+	pBackend := newTestBackend(t)
+	core.physical = pBackend
+	core.metricSink = metricsutil.NewClusterMetricSink("", inmemSink)
+
+	sealHealthTestIntervalNominal = 10 * time.Millisecond
+	sealHealthTestIntervalUnhealthy = 10 * time.Millisecond
+	autoSeal.StartHealthCheck()
+	*testErr = errors.New("disconnected")
+
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	asu := strings.Join(autoSealUnavailableDuration, ".") + ";cluster="
+	intervals := inmemSink.Data()
+	if len(intervals) == 1 {
+		interval := inmemSink.Data()[0]
+
+		if _, ok := interval.Gauges[asu]; !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected metrics to include a value for gauge %s", asu)
+		}
+		if interval.Gauges[asu].Value == 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected value metric %s to be non-zero", asu)
+		}
+	}
+	*testErr = nil
+	time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
+	intervals = inmemSink.Data()
+	if len(intervals) == 1 {
+		interval := inmemSink.Data()[0]
+
+		if _, ok := interval.Gauges[asu]; !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected metrics to include a value for gauge %s", asu)
+		}
+		if interval.Gauges[asu].Value != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("Expected value metric %s to be non-zero", asu)
+		}
+	}
+}