/** * A mesh, raised from nothing, joined by two machines, delivering a credential neither the mesh * nor the broker can read. * * Everything before this proves a part. This proves the parts meet — which is the thing the * project keeps saying cannot be checked any other way (novox/hq ADR 0001: every fault of * 2026-08-22 was found in production because nothing could be stood up locally). * * It needs a host binary and the substrate bundle: * * MESH_LAB_HOST_BINARY=.../mesh-host * MESH_LAB_BUNDLE=.../examples/substrate-first-node.lock * * The bundle's image references are rewritten to the ones this scenario's own registry serves. * A digest belongs to whatever registry serves it, so a committed bundle names a registry that is * not this one — rewriting is what makes it applicable rather than a placeholder to tidy away. */ import { test, before, after } from "node:test"; import assert from "node:assert/strict"; import { existsSync, readFileSync } from "node:fs"; import { loadScenario } from "../../src/declaration/parse.ts"; import { raise } from "../../src/lifecycle/raise.ts"; import { destroy, exec } from "../../src/lifecycle/operate.ts"; import { hostBinaryPath, HOST_PATH } from "../../src/lifecycle/place.ts"; import { labIsUsable, destroyAll } from "./harness.ts"; const capability = await labIsUsable(); const binary = hostBinaryPath(); const bundle = process.env["MESH_LAB_BUNDLE"] ?? ""; const skip = !capability.usable ? `lab not usable: ${capability.why}` : !binary || !existsSync(binary) ? "MESH_LAB_HOST_BINARY is not set to a built mesh-host" : !bundle || !existsSync(bundle) ? "MESH_LAB_BUNDLE is not set to a substrate bundle (mesh-host examples/)" : false; const SCENARIO = "two-nodes"; let instanceId = ""; function quote(s: string): string { return `'${s.replaceAll("'", `'\\''`)}'`; } async function on(machine: string, command: string): Promise<{ out: string; ok: boolean }> { const { stdout } = await exec(instanceId, machine, [ "sh", "-c", `${command} 2>&1; echo "__exit=$?"`, ]); const marker = stdout.lastIndexOf("__exit="); return { out: stdout.slice(0, marker), ok: Number(stdout.slice(marker + 7).trim()) === 0 }; } async function must(machine: string, command: string): Promise { const { out, ok } = await on(machine, command); if (!ok) throw new Error(`${machine}: ${command}\n${out}`); return out; } /** The control plane, which runs in a container on the first node. */ async function mesh(command: string): Promise { return must("anchor", `docker exec mesh-control /mesh-control ${command}`); } /** * The bundle, with every image reference pointed at this scenario's registry. * * Matched by repository rather than by the whole reference, because the address and the digest * both differ from whatever the committed bundle names — and a bundle that names the wrong * registry is not wrong, it is built for a different target. */ function bundleFor(images: string[]): string { let text = readFileSync(bundle, "utf8"); for (const pinned of images) { const repository = pinned.slice(pinned.indexOf("/") + 1, pinned.indexOf("@")); const escaped = repository.replaceAll("/", "\\/").replaceAll(".", "\\."); text = text.replaceAll( new RegExp(`[A-Za-z0-9_.:-]+\\/${escaped}@sha256:[0-9a-f]+`, "g"), pinned, ); } return text; } /** Take a token out of what `token issue` printed. It is the one base64url blob on its own line. */ function tokenFrom(said: string): string { const found = said.split("\n").map((l) => l.trim()).find((l) => l.length > 100 && !l.includes(" ")); assert.ok(found, `no token in:\n${said}`); return found; } before(async () => { if (skip) return; const raised = await raise(loadScenario(`scenarios/${SCENARIO}.yml`), {}); instanceId = raised.instanceId; // The first node raises everything from a file rather than from a bundle built into the binary, // because the digests are this registry's and are not known until it is up. await must("anchor", `cat > /tmp/substrate.lock <<'MESHBUNDLE'\n${bundleFor(raised.images)}\nMESHBUNDLE`); await must("anchor", `${HOST_PATH} apply /tmp/substrate.lock`); }, { timeout: 1_800_000 }); after(async () => { if (instanceId) await destroy(instanceId); await destroyAll(`${SCENARIO}-`); }, { timeout: 600_000 }); test("a bare machine becomes a mesh", { skip, timeout: 600_000 }, async () => { const running = await must("anchor", `docker ps --format '{{.Names}}'`); for (const container of ["mesh-store", "mesh-broker", "mesh-control"]) { assert.match(running, new RegExp(container), `${container} is not running`); } // Answering, not merely up. A container that is running is not a control plane that replies — // a distinction this project has already paid for once. assert.ok((await mesh("status")).length > 0); }); test("both machines join it, and the token is all they need", { skip, timeout: 900_000 }, async () => { for (const [machine, node] of [["anchor", "anchor"], ["laptop", "laptop"]] as const) { await mesh(`node add ${node}`); const token = tokenFrom(await mesh(`token issue --node ${node}`)); // No --name. The token says what the mesh calls the machine, which is the fault this walk // found the first time it was run. const said = await must(machine, `${HOST_PATH} enrol --token ${quote(token)}`); assert.match(said, new RegExp(`enrolled as ${node}`), said); assert.match(said, /sealing key/, "no sealing key was generated"); } const recorded = await must("anchor", `docker exec mesh-store psql -U postgres -d inventory -qAt ` + `-c "select name from node where sealing_key is not null order by name"`); assert.equal(recorded.trim().split("\n").map((l) => l.trim()).sort().join(","), "anchor,laptop", "the mesh did not record a sealing key for both machines"); }); test("a credential reaches both ends and the mesh holds neither", { skip, timeout: 900_000 }, async () => { // The whole argument, on real machines: the two ends must hold the SAME password, and it must // appear nowhere the mesh or the broker could read it. await must("anchor", `printf %s '{"module":"postgres","version":"1",` + `"provides":[{"name":"database","scope":"mesh"}],"serves":{"database":{"port":5432}},` + `"grants":{"database":"/var/lib/mesh-host/grants"},` + `"receives":{"database":"/var/lib/mesh-host/grants/mesh.json"},"resources":[]}' > /tmp/pg.json`); await must("anchor", `printf %s '{"module":"meshboard","version":"1",` + `"requires":["database"],"contributes":{"database":{"name":"meshboard"}},` + `"binds":{"database":"/etc/meshboard/database.json"},` + `"secrets":{"database":"/etc/meshboard/database.password"},"resources":[]}' > /tmp/app.json`); await must("anchor", `docker cp /tmp/pg.json mesh-control:/pg.json`); await must("anchor", `docker cp /tmp/app.json mesh-control:/app.json`); await mesh("module add /pg.json"); await mesh("module add /app.json"); await mesh("overlay place anchor --hub --endpoint 192.0.2.10:51820 --site lab"); await mesh("overlay place laptop --site lab"); for (const node of ["anchor", "laptop"]) await mesh(`assign ${node} networking`); await mesh("assign anchor postgres"); await mesh("assign laptop meshboard"); for (const machine of ["anchor", "laptop"]) { await must(machine, `nohup ${HOST_PATH} run > /var/log/mesh-host.log 2>&1 & sleep 3`); } await mesh("push"); await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 8000)); const onConsumer = (await must("laptop", `cat /etc/meshboard/database.password`)).trim(); const onProvider = (await must("anchor", `cat /var/lib/mesh-host/grants/laptop.secret`)).trim(); assert.ok(onConsumer.length >= 40, `the consumer's credential is ${onConsumer.length} characters`); assert.equal(onConsumer, onProvider, "the two ends hold different passwords, so nothing could ever authenticate"); // Only the machine it is for may read it. assert.match(await must("laptop", `stat -c %a /etc/meshboard/database.password`), /^600/); // And it is nowhere it could have been read on the way. The declaration crossed the broker; the // database is the control plane's; the state is what the node reported back. for (const [machine, where] of [ ["laptop", "/var/lib/mesh-host/declared.json"], ["laptop", "/var/lib/mesh-host/state.json"], ["anchor", "/var/lib/mesh-host/declared.json"], ] as const) { const { out } = await on(machine, `grep -c ${quote(onConsumer)} ${where}`); assert.equal(out.trim(), "0", `the password is in ${where} on ${machine}`); } const inTheMesh = await must("anchor", `docker exec mesh-store psql -U postgres -d inventory -qAt ` + `-c "select count(*) from secret where for_consumer like '%${onConsumer}%' ` + `or for_provider like '%${onConsumer}%'"`); assert.equal(inTheMesh.trim(), "0", "the control plane's database holds the password in the clear"); }); test("the consumer is also told where its database is", { skip, timeout: 300_000 }, async () => { // A password with no address is not a connection. This is the readable half, which stays // readable on purpose — it is the secret half that could not be composed, not this one. const told = JSON.parse(await must("laptop", `cat /etc/meshboard/database.json`)); assert.equal(told.from, "anchor"); assert.equal(told.at, "anchor.internal"); assert.equal(told.serves.port, 5432); // And the name it resolves to was written by the mesh as well, on this machine. assert.match(await must("laptop", `grep anchor.internal /etc/hosts`), /10\.42\.0\.\d+/); });