ironcore-dev / ironcore-dev/boot-operator
Secure fetching IPXE and Ignition
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area/metal-automation
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 6
- Forks
- 9
- Avg merge
- 19h 5m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 10
Description
What would you like to be added:
We should consider how ipxe script and ignition content fetch can be secured.
Example: username/password (with ability to rotate) httpauth when calling /ipxe and /ignition endpoints.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the handlers for the /ipxe and /ignition endpoints and reviewing how their content is currently fetched. Define the authentication and credential-rotation requirements before implementation; done means both endpoints have a documented, secure fetch mechanism that supports the requested rotation behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- api, security
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100