unibus/pkg/embeddednats/embeddednats.go

// Package embeddednats starts an in-process NATS server with JetStream enabled.
//
// This lets the whole unibus stack run with `go run` without installing or
// managing a separate NATS deployment. In production, point clients at an
// external NATS via the --nats-url flag instead of using this.
package embeddednats

import (
	"crypto/tls"
	"fmt"
	"net/url"
	"os"
	"time"

	server "github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2/server"
)

// ClusterConfig configures the route layer that links several embedded NATS
// servers into a single cluster (issue 0003a). It is the data-plane side of
// high availability: with a cluster, a client subject published on one node is
// forwarded to subscribers connected to any other node, and (with JetStream
// replicas > 1) streams/KV are RAFT-replicated across nodes so the loss of one
// node does not lose the bus.
//
// The route layer is a SEPARATE trust boundary from the client data plane: it
// carries server-to-server traffic, so it authenticates NODES, not bus users.
// Never reuse the nkey client authenticator here. Routes are secured with their
// own shared secret (Username/Password -> NATS Cluster.Authorization) and their
// own mutual TLS (TLS, built from the bus CA with busauth.RouteTLSConfig): a
// node without the cluster secret and a CA-signed node certificate cannot join
// the cluster nor inject messages into it.
type ClusterConfig struct {
	// Name is the cluster name; it MUST be identical on every node or the
	// servers refuse to gossip routes to each other.
	Name string
	// Host and Port are the route listener (server-to-server), distinct from the
	// client Host/Port. Use a free, non-client port (e.g. 6250).
	Host string
	Port int
	// Routes are the nats-route URLs of the OTHER nodes, e.g.
	// "nats://user:pass@10.0.0.2:6250". When the route layer is password
	// protected each URL must carry the same userinfo as the local Username /
	// Password so this node authenticates outbound to its peers.
	Routes []string
	// Username and Password gate the route listener (NATS Cluster.Authorization).
	// A peer (or impostor) that connects to this node's route port without these
	// credentials is rejected, so it never becomes a route. Empty disables route
	// auth (dev / trusted-network only).
	Username string
	Password string
	// TLS, when non-nil, secures the route connections with mutual TLS. Build it
	// with busauth.RouteTLSConfig(cert, key, ca): the server presents its node
	// certificate AND requires+verifies the connecting node's certificate against
	// the bus CA, so an unsigned impostor cannot establish a route even with the
	// right password. Nil keeps routes plaintext (dev / WireGuard-only).
	TLS *tls.Config
}

// ServerConfig is the full set of knobs for the embedded NATS server. The zero
// value (empty StoreDir aside) yields a dev-friendly server: JetStream on, bound
// to all interfaces, no client auth, no TLS, standalone (no cluster). Secured
// deployments set Auth and TLS; HA deployments set ServerName + Cluster; tests
// set Host to loopback and a free Port.
type ServerConfig struct {
	StoreDir string // JetStream store directory
	Host     string // bind interface; "" = nats-server default ("0.0.0.0")
	Port     int    // listen port
	// ServerName is this node's unique name within the cluster. JetStream's RAFT
	// layer requires a stable, unique name per node to form its meta-group; leave
	// it empty for a standalone server (nats-server then auto-generates one).
	ServerName string
	// Auth, when non-nil, is installed as CustomClientAuthentication so the data
	// plane only accepts approved clients (nkey signature + bus allowlist).
	Auth server.Authentication
	// TLS, when non-nil, makes the server present a certificate and require TLS
	// on the data plane. Clients must trust the issuing CA (see busauth).
	TLS *tls.Config
	// Cluster, when non-nil, joins this server to a route cluster for high
	// availability (issue 0003a). Nil keeps the server standalone (the legacy
	// single-node behavior).
	Cluster *ClusterConfig
}

// Start is a thin backward-compatible wrapper: embedded JetStream server on the
// default interface, no auth, no TLS.
func Start(storeDir string, port int) (*server.Server, error) {
	return StartServer(ServerConfig{StoreDir: storeDir, Port: port})
}

// StartHost is Start with explicit control over the bind interface. host selects
// which network interface the data plane listens on: pass "127.0.0.1" to keep
// NATS loopback-only (the safe default for a single-host dev stack) or "0.0.0.0"
// to expose it to the LAN so remote peers (phones, other PCs) can connect. An
// empty host falls back to the nats-server default ("0.0.0.0", all interfaces).
func StartHost(storeDir, host string, port int) (*server.Server, error) {
	return StartServer(ServerConfig{StoreDir: storeDir, Host: host, Port: port})
}

// StartHostAuth is StartHost with an optional custom client authenticator. When
// auth is non-nil only clients the authenticator approves may connect; when nil
// the server accepts any client (legacy, network-trusted behavior).
func StartHostAuth(storeDir, host string, port int, auth server.Authentication) (*server.Server, error) {
	return StartServer(ServerConfig{StoreDir: storeDir, Host: host, Port: port, Auth: auth})
}

// natsLogOpts maps the two independent environment toggles to the embedded
// nats-server logging and monitoring flags. It is a pure function (no I/O) so the
// decoupling between the two toggles can be unit-tested directly.
//
//   - UNIBUS_NATS_DEBUG="1" enables the nats-server logger (route/RAFT/JetStream
//     errors); "2" additionally enables protocol tracing. Off by default so the
//     server stays silent (NoLog) and production behavior is unchanged.
//   - UNIBUS_NATS_MONITOR="1" opens the monitoring HTTP endpoint (loopback only)
//     for a local metrics scraper to read /varz, /connz and /jsz.
//
// The two are DECOUPLED on purpose: enabling the monitoring endpoint must NOT turn
// on the verbose debug log, which would write room subjects and routing metadata
// to journald in clear and regress the hardened posture (issue 0007). The reverse
// coupling is kept for backward compatibility: debug mode still exposes the
// monitoring endpoint as well (debug implies monitor), so existing debugging
// workflows are unchanged.
func natsLogOpts(debugEnv, monitorEnv string) (noLog, debug, trace, monitor bool) {
	debug = debugEnv == "1" || debugEnv == "2"
	trace = debugEnv == "2"
	monitor = monitorEnv == "1" || debug
	noLog = !debug
	return noLog, debug, trace, monitor
}

// StartServer launches an embedded nats-server with JetStream from cfg. It
// blocks until the server is ready to accept connections (up to 5s) and returns
// the running server; the caller must Shutdown it.
func StartServer(cfg ServerConfig) (*server.Server, error) {
	// Map the two independent env toggles to the nats-server logging + monitoring
	// flags. See natsLogOpts for the decoupling rationale (issue 0007).
	noLog, debugNATS, traceNATS, monitorNATS := natsLogOpts(
		os.Getenv("UNIBUS_NATS_DEBUG"), os.Getenv("UNIBUS_NATS_MONITOR"))
	opts := &server.Options{
		JetStream:  true,
		StoreDir:   cfg.StoreDir,
		Host:       cfg.Host,
		Port:       cfg.Port,
		ServerName: cfg.ServerName,
		DontListen: false,
		// Keep the embedded server quiet by default; the host app logs the URLs.
		NoLog:   noLog,
		Debug:   debugNATS,
		Trace:   traceNATS,
		Logtime: true,
		NoSigs:  true,
	}
	if monitorNATS {
		// Expose the nats-server monitoring endpoint on LOOPBACK ONLY (never public):
		// the operator (or a local metrics scraper) inspects /varz, /connz, /jsz,
		// /routez. The 127.0.0.1 bind is mandatory because this endpoint has no auth;
		// it must stay unreachable from the network.
		opts.HTTPHost = "127.0.0.1"
		opts.HTTPPort = 8222
	}
	if cfg.Auth != nil {
		opts.CustomClientAuthentication = cfg.Auth
		// A CustomClientAuthentication alone does not make the server advertise a
		// nonce in its INFO line, and nats.go refuses to connect with an nkey to a
		// server that does not ("nkeys not supported by the server"). Forcing the
		// nonce makes nkey clients sign the challenge our authenticator verifies.
		opts.AlwaysEnableNonce = true
	}
	if cfg.TLS != nil {
		opts.TLSConfig = cfg.TLS
		opts.TLS = true
	}

	if cfg.Cluster != nil {
		if err := applyClusterOpts(opts, cfg.Cluster); err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}
	}

	ns, err := server.NewServer(opts)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("embeddednats: new server: %w", err)
	}

	if debugNATS {
		ns.ConfigureLogger()
	}

	go ns.Start()

	if !ns.ReadyForConnections(5 * time.Second) {
		ns.Shutdown()
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("embeddednats: server not ready for connections within 5s")
	}

	return ns, nil
}

// applyClusterOpts translates a ClusterConfig into the nats-server route options
// on opts: the cluster listener (name + host/port + shared-secret auth + mutual
// TLS) and the outbound routes to the other nodes. A malformed route URL is a
// configuration error and aborts startup rather than silently dropping a peer.
func applyClusterOpts(opts *server.Options, c *ClusterConfig) error {
	opts.Cluster = server.ClusterOpts{
		Name:     c.Name,
		Host:     c.Host,
		Port:     c.Port,
		Username: c.Username,
		Password: c.Password,
		// Disable route connection pooling (nats-server 2.10+ defaults to a pool of
		// 3 connections per peer). On a small cluster the pool churns with
		// "duplicate route"/"client closed" reconnects that interrupt the meta-group
		// RAFT heartbeats, causing perpetual leader re-elections so the JetStream
		// meta never becomes current and stream/KV creation hangs (issue 0006g).
		// PoolSize=-1 forces the classic single route per peer, which is stable for
		// the 3-node unibus cluster.
		PoolSize: -1,
		// NoAdvertise stops the server from gossiping its locally-discovered IPs to
		// peers. The cluster nodes are Docker hosts, so without this NATS advertises
		// the docker bridge addresses (172.x / 10.0.x) as reachable routes; peers
		// then try to dial those private, mutually-unreachable IPs, churning the
		// route layer and destabilizing the JetStream meta-group. With NoAdvertise
		// the nodes use ONLY the explicit public-IP routes we configure (issue 0006g).
		NoAdvertise: true,
	}
	if c.TLS != nil {
		opts.Cluster.TLSConfig = c.TLS
		// A generous handshake budget: route TLS does a mutual handshake and the
		// peer may still be booting. The default 2s can flap on a cold cluster.
		opts.Cluster.TLSTimeout = 5.0
	}
	for _, r := range c.Routes {
		u, err := url.Parse(r)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("embeddednats: parse route %q: %w", r, err)
		}
		opts.Routes = append(opts.Routes, u)
	}
	return nil
}

// ClientURL returns a NATS connection URL for the running embedded server.
func ClientURL(ns *server.Server) string {
	return ns.ClientURL()
}