feat(apic): add ApicAuth client and token re-authentication logic (#3522)

pkg/apiserver/apic.go

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/go-openapi/strfmt"
+	"github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"gopkg.in/tomb.v2"
 
@@ -213,8 +214,6 @@ func NewAPIC(ctx context.Context, config *csconfig.OnlineApiClientCfg, dbClient
 		shareSignals:              *config.Sharing,
 	}
 
-	password := strfmt.Password(config.Credentials.Password)
-
 	apiURL, err := url.Parse(config.Credentials.URL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("while parsing '%s': %w", config.Credentials.URL, err)
@@ -232,7 +231,7 @@ func NewAPIC(ctx context.Context, config *csconfig.OnlineApiClientCfg, dbClient
 
 	ret.apiClient, err = apiclient.NewClient(&apiclient.Config{
 		MachineID:      config.Credentials.Login,
-		Password:       password,
+		Password:       strfmt.Password(config.Credentials.Password),
 		URL:            apiURL,
 		PapiURL:        papiURL,
 		VersionPrefix:  "v3",
@@ -243,29 +242,103 @@ func NewAPIC(ctx context.Context, config *csconfig.OnlineApiClientCfg, dbClient
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("while creating api client: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	// The watcher will be authenticated by the RoundTripper the first time it will call CAPI
+	err = ret.Authenticate(ctx, config)
-	// Explicit authentication will provoke a useless supplementary call to CAPI
+	return ret, err
-	scenarios, err := ret.FetchScenariosListFromDB(ctx)
+}
+
+// loadAPICToken attempts to retrieve and validate a JWT token from the local database.
+// It returns the token string, its expiration time, and a boolean indicating whether the token is valid.
+//
+// A token is considered valid if:
+//   - it exists in the database,
+//   - it is a properly formatted JWT with an "exp" claim,
+//   - it is not expired or near expiry.
+func loadAPICToken(ctx context.Context, db *database.Client) (string, time.Time, bool) {
+	token, err := db.GetConfigItem(ctx, "apic_token")
 	if err != nil {
-		return ret, fmt.Errorf("get scenario in db: %w", err)
+		log.Debugf("error fetching token from DB: %s", err)
+		return "", time.Time{}, false
 	}
 
-	authResp, _, err := ret.apiClient.Auth.AuthenticateWatcher(ctx, models.WatcherAuthRequest{
+	if token == nil {
+		log.Debug("no token found in DB")
+		return "", time.Time{}, false
+	}
+
+	parser := new(jwt.Parser)
+	tok, _, err := parser.ParseUnverified(*token, jwt.MapClaims{})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("error parsing token: %s", err)
+		return "", time.Time{}, false
+	}
+
+	claims, ok := tok.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Debugf("error parsing token claims: %s", err)
+		return "", time.Time{}, false
+	}
+
+	expFloat, ok := claims["exp"].(float64)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Debug("token missing 'exp' claim")
+		return "", time.Time{}, false
+	}
+
+	exp := time.Unix(int64(expFloat), 0)
+	if time.Now().UTC().After(exp.Add(-1*time.Minute)) {
+		log.Debug("auth token expired")
+		return "", time.Time{}, false
+	}
+
+	return *token, exp, true
+}
+
+// saveAPICToken stores the given JWT token in the local database under the "apic_token" config item.
+func saveAPICToken(ctx context.Context, db *database.Client, token string) error {
+	if err := db.SetConfigItem(ctx, "apic_token", token); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("saving token to db: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Authenticate ensures the API client is authorized to communicate with the CAPI.
+// It attempts to reuse a previously saved JWT token from the database, falling back to
+// an authentication request if the token is missing, invalid, or expired.
+//
+// If a new token is obtained, it is saved back to the database for caching.
+func (a *apic) Authenticate(ctx context.Context, config *csconfig.OnlineApiClientCfg) error {
+	if token, exp, valid := loadAPICToken(ctx, a.dbClient); valid {
+		log.Debug("using valid token from DB")
+		a.apiClient.GetClient().Transport.(*apiclient.JWTTransport).Token = token
+		a.apiClient.GetClient().Transport.(*apiclient.JWTTransport).Expiration = exp
+	}
+
+	log.Debug("No token found, authenticating")
+
+	scenarios, err := a.FetchScenariosListFromDB(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("get scenario in db: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	password := strfmt.Password(config.Credentials.Password)
+
+	authResp, _, err := a.apiClient.Auth.AuthenticateWatcher(ctx, models.WatcherAuthRequest{
 		MachineID: &config.Credentials.Login,
 		Password:  &password,
 		Scenarios: scenarios,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return ret, fmt.Errorf("authenticate watcher (%s): %w", config.Credentials.Login, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("authenticate watcher (%s): %w", config.Credentials.Login, err)
 	}
 
-	if err = ret.apiClient.GetClient().Transport.(*apiclient.JWTTransport).Expiration.UnmarshalText([]byte(authResp.Expire)); err != nil {
+	if err = a.apiClient.GetClient().Transport.(*apiclient.JWTTransport).Expiration.UnmarshalText([]byte(authResp.Expire)); err != nil {
-		return ret, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse jwt expiration: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse jwt expiration: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	ret.apiClient.GetClient().Transport.(*apiclient.JWTTransport).Token = authResp.Token
+	a.apiClient.GetClient().Transport.(*apiclient.JWTTransport).Token = authResp.Token
 
-	return ret, err
+	return saveAPICToken(ctx, a.dbClient, authResp.Token)
 }
 
 // keep track of all alerts in cache and push it to CAPI every PushInterval.

pkg/database/ent/migrate/schema.go

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ var (
 		{Name: "created_at", Type: field.TypeTime},
 		{Name: "updated_at", Type: field.TypeTime},
 		{Name: "name", Type: field.TypeString, Unique: true},
-		{Name: "value", Type: field.TypeString},
+		{Name: "value", Type: field.TypeString, SchemaType: map[string]string{"mysql": "longtext", "postgres": "text"}},
 	}
 	// ConfigItemsTable holds the schema information for the "config_items" table.
 	ConfigItemsTable = &schema.Table{

pkg/database/ent/schema/config.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package schema
 
 import (
 	"entgo.io/ent"
+	"entgo.io/ent/dialect"
 	"entgo.io/ent/schema/field"
 
 	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/types"
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@ func (ConfigItem) Fields() []ent.Field {
 			Default(types.UtcNow).
 			UpdateDefault(types.UtcNow).StructTag(`json:"updated_at"`),
 		field.String("name").Unique().StructTag(`json:"name"`).Immutable(),
-		field.String("value").StructTag(`json:"value"`), // a json object
+		field.String("value").SchemaType(map[string]string{
+			dialect.MySQL:    "longtext",
+			dialect.Postgres: "text",
+		}).StructTag(`json:"value"`), // a json object
 	}
 }