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mesh-controller/cmd/mesh-control/main.go
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jschoubben 522d8be925 Read a context's store connection from a file, not only from the environment
A store connection string carries a password, and the control plane took it
from MESH_STORE_<CONTEXT> — an environment variable, which is readable in
`docker inspect`, in the process's own /proc entry, and in whatever composed
it. Every other module in the catalogue is given secret material as a file the
mesh sealed to the machine and the host wrote.

That difference is what stopped the control plane from being an ordinary module
(novox/hq ADR 0067). A manifest can put a sealed value into a file's `content`
with ${secret:…}; it has no substitution into a container's `env` at all. So a
control-plane manifest could be written with the password in it, or without the
setting — neither honest. The fix is not to change the manifest format but to
let the control plane read what everything else reads: a file.

MESH_STORE_<CONTEXT>_FILE names one. Exactly one of the two may be set; both is
refused rather than settled by precedence, because whichever won, the other
would still read as the setting in force and the process would be writing to a
store nobody expects. Trailing whitespace is trimmed — a file written by a
person or by a filled-in placeholder ends in a newline, and a newline inside a
URL is rejected several layers from anything that could explain it. Leading
whitespace is left, being a mangled value rather than a habit.

The no-leak property is kept and extended: a file that cannot be read names its
path, never its contents, and the parse failure now names whichever source was
used because a variable name and a path are not the secret.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LrgweAeERJYBg88c5cKDzF
2026-09-10 23:40:37 +02:00

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// Command mesh-control is the control plane: everything that needs to know about more than one
// node (novox/hq ADR 0006).
//
// It runs as one process holding several contexts, each owning its own store. Today it holds one,
// `inventory`, and does one thing with it — brings its schema up to date, which is step 3 of the
// bootstrap in novox/hq 07-the-substrate and the step the first node cannot get past without.
package main
import (
"context"
"flag"
"fmt"
"os"
"os/signal"
"syscall"
"github.com/novox/mesh-control/internal/identity"
"github.com/novox/mesh-control/internal/inventory"
"github.com/novox/mesh-control/internal/licences"
"github.com/novox/mesh-control/internal/link"
"github.com/novox/mesh-control/internal/store"
)
// version is stamped at link time. Unset in a development build, and it says so rather than
// claiming a number.
var version = "development build"
// held is a context this process was granted, and the schema it carries.
//
// novox/hq ADR 0006 names seven. One is built. The list is short because the others do not exist
// yet, not because they are optional.
var held = []struct {
name string
migrations func() ([]store.Migration, error)
}{
{inventory.Name, inventory.Migrations},
{identity.Name, identity.Migrations},
{licences.Name, licences.Migrations},
}
func main() {
if err := run(); err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "mesh-control: %v\n", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
}
func run() error {
args := os.Args[1:]
if len(args) == 0 {
usage()
return fmt.Errorf("no command given")
}
ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
defer stop()
switch args[0] {
case "build":
return buildCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "builder":
return builderCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "board":
return boardCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "api":
return apiCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "licence":
return licenceCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "rotate":
return rotateCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "builds":
return buildsCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "pin":
return pinCommand(ctx, args[1:], true)
case "unpin":
return pinCommand(ctx, args[1:], false)
case "migrate":
return migrate(ctx)
case "node":
return nodeCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "token":
return tokenCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "identity":
return identityCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "broker":
return brokerCommand(args[1:])
case "serve":
return serve(ctx)
case "declare":
return declare(ctx, args[1:])
case "overlay":
return overlayCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "module":
return moduleCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "assign", "unassign":
return assignCommand(ctx, args[0], args[1:])
case "settings":
return settingsCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "secret":
return secretCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "plan":
return planCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "push":
return pushCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "status":
return statusCommand(ctx, args[1:])
case "version":
fmt.Println(version)
return nil
case "help", "-h", "--help":
usage()
return nil
default:
usage()
return fmt.Errorf("%q is not a command", args[0])
}
}
func usage() {
fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, `mesh-control — the control plane
migrate bring each context's schema up to date
node add <name> create a node record
node list the nodes this mesh knows about
node show <name> what one machine reported it can do, and why
node public-domain <name> the domain it composes its routed names under
node public-domain <name> <d> ...set it to d
node public-domain <name> --clear ...it faces the outside no longer
token issue --node <name> a one-time right to join, for an existing record
token issue --new <name> create the record and issue for it
identity show this control plane's signing key
broker show where the broker is, and what to expect there
serve consume what nodes say, and answer
declare <node> <file> send a node a signed declaration
overlay place <node> [flags] say where a node is and how it is reached
overlay show the private network, as the mesh computes it
module add <file> register a module from its manifest
module list what modules this mesh knows about
module moved <name> <commit> the source has a newer commit than the mesh built
module forget <name> remove one, unless a node runs it or the mesh holds things for it
module forget <name> --and-what-it-holds ...and discard its settings, secrets and ports too
module issue <name> --node <m> a broker account for a module, scoped to its emits and consumes
status [--json] what is wrong, what is quiet, and what is out of date
board [--listen ADDR] the same three questions, as a page that holds nothing
api --issuer URL [--listen A] assign and unassign over http, for a surface that is not here
assign <node> <module> put a module on a node
unassign <node> <module> take it off
settings set <module> <file> what a module's config should say, for the whole mesh
settings set <module> <file> --node <n> ...or for one machine
settings clear <module> [--node <n>] take a layer away
secret accept <node> <module> <name> carry a value the mesh did not make and cannot invent
secret accept ... --from <file> ...read it from a file rather than being asked
build <repository> [--ref R] have a build machine build it, and record what came out
build --behind build every module the mesh holds older than its source
builds [<module>] what has been built lately, and what came of it
builder issue <name> a broker account for a build machine, scoped to build work
licence add|list|use|key model access, under the name a person calls it
licence manager <name> <node> the node that holds a refreshable licence's refresh token
licence refresh <name> mint a new access token and seal it to every holder
rotate <provision> [--consumer <n>] a new credential for every holder, both ends at once
pin <node> <provision> <from> which node this one gets a provision from
unpin <node> <provision> put that question back
plan <node> [--files|--json] what that node would run, and why
push [<node>] [--behind] send a node everything it should be, or only those that need it
version what this binary is
Each context reaches its own store through its own credential (novox/hq ADR 0008), named
`+store.Variable("<context>")+` — or `+store.FileVariable("<context>")+`, naming a file that holds
the same thing and keeps the password out of the environment. This process holds:
`)
for _, c := range held {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " %-12s database %-12s from %s\n",
c.name, store.Database(c.name), store.Variable(c.name))
}
fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr)
}
// parseAround reads flags that may sit before, after or between positional arguments.
//
// The standard library stops at the first non-flag argument, so `module add thing.json --source x`
// parses no flags at all and silently ignores every one of them. The host learned this the same
// way and says so in its own parser: a flag that is quietly dropped is the fault this project
// keeps naming, and it looks exactly like success.
func parseAround(set *flag.FlagSet, args []string) ([]string, error) {
var positionals []string
rest := args
for {
if err := set.Parse(rest); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
rest = set.Args()
if len(rest) == 0 {
return positionals, nil
}
positionals = append(positionals, rest[0])
rest = rest[1:]
}
}
func (b builds) Built(ctx context.Context, result link.BuildResult) error {
return b.inv.RecordBuild(ctx, buildFrom(result))
}