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Add extra configuration options to gRPC #7672

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@ErikDeSmedt ErikDeSmedt commented Sep 16, 2024

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I've added a few configuration options to the gRPC-plugin.

  • grpc-ip-address: I've changed the default ip-address to which the gRPC interface will bind from 0.0.0.0 to 127.0.0.1. This new default should be more secure. Users who need to access the gRPC-interface externally can set grpc-ip-address to the port they like. Users can also configure an IPv6 address.
  • grpc-scheme: Previously, the gRPC connection only allowed https over mTLS. Configurting mTLS is somewhat cumbersome. Users that only need the gRPC interface locally can now set grpc-scheme=http. This will only work if grpc-ip-address is set to a loopback address (127.0.0.1 or equivalent for IPv6).

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  • [ x ] Feature: More config options for gRPC interface

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@ErikDeSmedt ErikDeSmedt force-pushed the configure-grpc branch 4 times, most recently from 05e01e0 to 025bfc4 Compare September 17, 2024 18:42
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ErikDeSmedt commented Sep 20, 2024

The test_grpc_connect_notification failed in the clang compilation target.

I tried to reproduce the failure locally.
To do this I compiled Core Lightning using clang.

CC=clang ./configure

Subsequently, I ran the test a 100 times.

for i={1..100}; do PYTEST_OPTS='-k test_cln_grpc_connect_notification' make pytest; done

I haven't observed a single failure. I'm not convinced the test is actually broken and don't have a way to reproduce

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This needs a rebase, now that the grpc-host config option has been included.

@ShahanaFarooqui ?

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This needs a rebase, since the grpc-host option is now merged (separately).

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This needs a rebase, since the grpc-host option is now merged (separately).

I did rebase it on grpc-host option but need to rebase again after 7807 merge. I also need to clean up some commits. Working on them right now.

A small refactor that allows to specify a more flexible configuration
in the grpc-plugin. By default the grpc-plugin will bind to 127.0.0.1
instead of 0.0.0.0.
Also support using the cln-grpc plugin over http.
This is useful for testing. As a safe-guard we only
allow this configuration if the services binds to the loopback address.

Changelog-Added: `grpc-scheme` option for grpc plugin
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Some of the functionality overlaps #7479. I was not aware at the time of writing.

Both this PR and #7479 introduce a default on the host and port.
This PR also introduced the option to run the grpc-interface on http if the loopback address is used

I believe it is sensible to close this PR and tackle the http-interface in a new PR.

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I believe it is sensible to close this PR and tackle the http-interface in a new PR.

@ErikDeSmedt I have rebased this PR onto master, which now includes the merged PR #7479 (default grpc-port and grpc-host). I adjusted your commits to add support for grpc-scheme and restrict HTTP access to the loopback address only. However, since I am still getting familiar with Rust, I would really appreciate it if you could review these changes.

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ACK fdf3cf3

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Rebase looks great

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