bpfman / bpfman/bpfman-operator
bpfman-operator/agent and Egress Proxy Support
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 38
- Forks
- 27
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Description
In clusters using an egress proxy, it is crucial to ensure that bpfman-operator and bpfman-agent respect the http_proxy and no_proxy environment variables. This will determine whether these components can successfully communicate through the proxy.
At https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manual.html there's description of environment variables related to using HTTP proxy which libcurl/curl understands:
> ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
>
> Curl reads and understands the following environment variables:
http_proxy, HTTPS_PROXY, FTP_PROXY
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> They should be set for protocol-specific proxies. General proxy should be set with
ALL_PROXY
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> A comma-separated list of host names that shouldn't go through any proxy is set in (only an asterisk, '*' matches all hosts)
NO_PROXY
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> If the host name matches one of these strings, or the host is within the domain of one of these strings, transactions with that node will not be proxied.
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> Please notice that http_proxy is spelled lowercase as the only one among these variables. Some libraries/programs look for lowercase names of these variables whereas others look for upppercase names. To be safe one should define both lowercase and uppercase versions of each variable.
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Research direction
Start by locating the bpfman-operator and bpfman-agent entry points and how their cluster communication is configured. Check the curl documentation linked in the issue for proxy environment-variable behavior. Done means both components respect http_proxy and no_proxy when communicating through an egress proxy.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, kubernetes
- Domain
- devops, networking
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100