cmd/k8s-operator,ipn/store/kubestore,kube/kubetypes: share ACME account key per tailnet

Introduce a per-tailnet shared ACME account key so that all ingress
ProxyGroup replicas on a tailnet present the same account identity to
Let's Encrypt. This lets renewals claim the ARI "replaces" exemption
from the 50-certs-per-week rate limit, surviving Pod restarts,
ProxyGroup recreation, and cluster migrations.

The operator provisions a "tailscale-acme-accounts" Secret in its
namespace, guarded by a finalizer and a deletion warning event, and
watched so it is recreated promptly if removed. Proxies migrate any
pre-existing per-pod key into the shared Secret on first boot, adopt
the shared key on subsequent boots, and restore it on cert writes if
the Secret was recreated empty. Certs are stamped with the fingerprint
of the issuing account so renewals skip the "replaces" claim when the
account doesn't match.

Opt-in per-ProxyGroup via the tailscale.com/share-acme-account
annotation, or operator-wide via OPERATOR_SHARED_ACME_ACCOUNT_KEY.

Updates #18251
Updates #20288

Signed-off-by: chaosinthecrd <tom@tmlabs.co.uk>
This commit is contained in:
chaosinthecrd
2026-07-27 12:06:41 +01:00
committed by Tom Meadows
parent 2900f3494a
commit 97a75c837d
13 changed files with 975 additions and 34 deletions
+108 -11
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@@ -1136,14 +1136,15 @@ func TestProxyGroupTypes(t *testing.T) {
zl, _ := zap.NewDevelopment()
reconciler := &ProxyGroupReconciler{
tsNamespace: tsNamespace,
tsProxyImage: testProxyImage,
Client: fc,
log: zl.Sugar(),
clients: tsclient.NewProvider(&fakeTSClient{}),
clock: tstest.NewClock(tstest.ClockOpts{}),
authKeyRateLimits: make(map[string]*rate.Limiter),
authKeyReissuing: make(map[string]bool),
tsNamespace: tsNamespace,
tsProxyImage: testProxyImage,
Client: fc,
log: zl.Sugar(),
clients: tsclient.NewProvider(&fakeTSClient{}),
clock: tstest.NewClock(tstest.ClockOpts{}),
authKeyRateLimits: make(map[string]*rate.Limiter),
authKeyReissuing: make(map[string]bool),
sharedACMEAccountKey: true,
}
t.Run("egress_type", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -1263,6 +1264,9 @@ func TestProxyGroupTypes(t *testing.T) {
ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
Name: "test-ingress",
UID: "test-ingress-uid",
Annotations: map[string]string{
AnnotationShareACMEAccount: "true",
},
},
Spec: tsapi.ProxyGroupSpec{
Type: tsapi.ProxyGroupTypeIngress,
@@ -1283,6 +1287,44 @@ func TestProxyGroupTypes(t *testing.T) {
verifyEnvVar(t, sts, "TS_INTERNAL_APP", kubetypes.AppProxyGroupIngress)
verifyEnvVar(t, sts, "TS_SERVE_CONFIG", "/etc/proxies/serve-config.json")
verifyEnvVar(t, sts, "TS_EXPERIMENTAL_CERT_SHARE", "true")
verifyEnvVar(t, sts, "TS_ACME_ACCOUNT_SECRET_NAME", kubetypes.ACMEAccountsSecretName)
// pg.Spec.Tailnet is empty here so the default tailnet field is used.
verifyEnvVar(t, sts, "TS_ACME_ACCOUNT_FIELD", kubetypes.ACMEAccountDefaultKey+kubetypes.ACMEAccountKeySuffix)
// TS_DEBUG_ACME_FORCE_RENEWAL must NOT be set when the PG is
// opted in to the shared ACME account.
for _, e := range sts.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env {
if e.Name == "TS_DEBUG_ACME_FORCE_RENEWAL" {
t.Errorf("TS_DEBUG_ACME_FORCE_RENEWAL must not be set on ingress ProxyGroup pods that share an ACME account")
}
}
// Verify the shared ACME accounts Secret exists and has the
// deletion finalizer (see tailscale/tailscale#18251).
acmeSecret := &corev1.Secret{}
if err := fc.Get(t.Context(), client.ObjectKey{Namespace: tsNamespace, Name: kubetypes.ACMEAccountsSecretName}, acmeSecret); err != nil {
t.Errorf("failed to get shared ACME accounts Secret: %v", err)
}
if !slices.Contains(acmeSecret.Finalizers, kubetypes.ACMEAccountsFinalizer) {
t.Errorf("shared ACME accounts Secret missing finalizer %q (got %v)", kubetypes.ACMEAccountsFinalizer, acmeSecret.Finalizers)
}
// Verify the per-ProxyGroup Role grants access to the shared
// ACME accounts Secret (write replicas need it to read/write the
// per-tailnet account key).
role := &rbacv1.Role{}
if err := fc.Get(t.Context(), client.ObjectKey{Namespace: tsNamespace, Name: pg.Name}, role); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("failed to get ProxyGroup Role: %v", err)
}
var sawACMEAccess bool
for _, rule := range role.Rules {
if slices.Contains(rule.Verbs, "patch") && slices.Contains(rule.ResourceNames, kubetypes.ACMEAccountsSecretName) {
sawACMEAccess = true
break
}
}
if !sawACMEAccess {
t.Errorf("ProxyGroup Role does not grant patch access to %q", kubetypes.ACMEAccountsSecretName)
}
// Verify ConfigMap volume mount
cmName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-ingress-config", pg.Name)
@@ -1312,6 +1354,60 @@ func TestProxyGroupTypes(t *testing.T) {
}
})
t.Run("ingress_type_shared_acme_opt_out", func(t *testing.T) {
// The reconciler has sharedACMEAccountKey=true, so ingress PGs
// default to shared. Explicit tailscale.com/share-acme-account=false
// must opt this PG out: no shared-Secret env vars, no Role
// access to the shared Secret, and TS_DEBUG_ACME_FORCE_RENEWAL
// must still be set so ARI "replaces" doesn't silently fail.
pg := &tsapi.ProxyGroup{
ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
Name: "test-ingress-optout",
UID: "test-ingress-optout-uid",
Annotations: map[string]string{
AnnotationShareACMEAccount: "false",
},
},
Spec: tsapi.ProxyGroupSpec{
Type: tsapi.ProxyGroupTypeIngress,
Replicas: new(int32(0)),
},
}
if err := fc.Create(t.Context(), pg); err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}
expectReconciled(t, reconciler, "", pg.Name)
sts := &appsv1.StatefulSet{}
if err := fc.Get(t.Context(), client.ObjectKey{Namespace: tsNamespace, Name: pg.Name}, sts); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("failed to get StatefulSet: %v", err)
}
for _, e := range sts.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env {
switch e.Name {
case "TS_ACME_ACCOUNT_SECRET_NAME", "TS_ACME_ACCOUNT_FIELD":
t.Errorf("env %q unexpectedly present on opt-out PG", e.Name)
}
}
var sawForceRenewal bool
for _, e := range sts.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0].Env {
if e.Name == "TS_DEBUG_ACME_FORCE_RENEWAL" {
sawForceRenewal = true
}
}
if !sawForceRenewal {
t.Errorf("TS_DEBUG_ACME_FORCE_RENEWAL must be set on opt-out PG (avoids silent ARI \"replaces\" rejection)")
}
role := &rbacv1.Role{}
if err := fc.Get(t.Context(), client.ObjectKey{Namespace: tsNamespace, Name: pg.Name}, role); err != nil {
t.Fatalf("failed to get ProxyGroup Role: %v", err)
}
for _, rule := range role.Rules {
if slices.Contains(rule.ResourceNames, kubetypes.ACMEAccountsSecretName) {
t.Errorf("opt-out PG Role must not grant access to %q", kubetypes.ACMEAccountsSecretName)
}
}
})
t.Run("kubernetes_api_server_type", func(t *testing.T) {
pg := &tsapi.ProxyGroup{
ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -1331,7 +1427,7 @@ func TestProxyGroupTypes(t *testing.T) {
}
expectReconciled(t, reconciler, "", pg.Name)
verifyProxyGroupCounts(t, reconciler, 1, 2, 1)
verifyProxyGroupCounts(t, reconciler, 2, 2, 1)
sts := &appsv1.StatefulSet{}
if err := fc.Get(t.Context(), client.ObjectKey{Namespace: tsNamespace, Name: pg.Name}, sts); err != nil {
@@ -2036,10 +2132,11 @@ func verifyEnvVarNotPresent(t *testing.T, sts *appsv1.StatefulSet, name string)
func expectProxyGroupResources(t *testing.T, fc client.WithWatch, pg *tsapi.ProxyGroup, shouldExist bool, proxyClass *tsapi.ProxyClass) {
t.Helper()
role := pgRole(pg, tsNamespace)
shareACMEAccount := pg.Annotations[AnnotationShareACMEAccount] == "true"
role := pgRole(pg, tsNamespace, shareACMEAccount)
roleBinding := pgRoleBinding(pg, tsNamespace)
serviceAccount := pgServiceAccount(pg, tsNamespace)
statefulSet, err := pgStatefulSet(pg, tsNamespace, testProxyImage, "auto", nil, proxyClass)
statefulSet, err := pgStatefulSet(pg, tsNamespace, testProxyImage, "auto", nil, proxyClass, shareACMEAccount)
if err != nil {
t.Fatal(err)
}