unix socket support (#2974)

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Signed-off-by: `Boris Rybalkin <ribalkin@gmail.com>`

I need this for Syncloud project (https://github.com/syncloud/platform)
where I run multiple apps behind an nginx on the same RPi like device so
unix socket is very convenient to not have port conflicts between apps.
Also someone opened this Issue:
https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/issues/2924

---------

Co-authored-by: kegsay <kegan@matrix.org>
Co-authored-by: Till <2353100+S7evinK@users.noreply.github.com>

cmd/dendrite/main.go

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"io/fs"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
+	unixSocket = flag.String("unix-socket", "",
+		"EXPERIMENTAL(unstable): The HTTP listening unix socket for the server (disables http[s]-bind-address feature)",
+	)
+	unixSocketPermission = flag.Int("unix-socket-permission", 0755,
+		"EXPERIMENTAL(unstable): The HTTP listening unix socket permission for the server",
+	)
 	httpBindAddr  = flag.String("http-bind-address", ":8008", "The HTTP listening port for the server")
 	httpsBindAddr = flag.String("https-bind-address", ":8448", "The HTTPS listening port for the server")
 	certFile      = flag.String("tls-cert", "", "The PEM formatted X509 certificate to use for TLS")
@@ -38,8 +45,23 @@ var (
 
 func main() {
 	cfg := setup.ParseFlags(true)
-	httpAddr := config.HTTPAddress("http://" + *httpBindAddr)
-	httpsAddr := config.HTTPAddress("https://" + *httpsBindAddr)
+	httpAddr := config.ServerAddress{}
+	httpsAddr := config.ServerAddress{}
+	if *unixSocket == "" {
+		http, err := config.HTTPAddress("http://" + *httpBindAddr)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.WithError(err).Fatalf("Failed to parse http address")
+		}
+		httpAddr = http
+		https, err := config.HTTPAddress("https://" + *httpsBindAddr)
+		if err != nil {
+			logrus.WithError(err).Fatalf("Failed to parse https address")
+		}
+		httpsAddr = https
+	} else {
+		httpAddr = config.UnixSocketAddress(*unixSocket, fs.FileMode(*unixSocketPermission))
+	}
+
 	options := []basepkg.BaseDendriteOptions{}
 
 	base := basepkg.NewBaseDendrite(cfg, options...)
@@ -92,7 +114,7 @@ func main() {
 		base.SetupAndServeHTTP(httpAddr, nil, nil)
 	}()
 	// Handle HTTPS if certificate and key are provided
-	if *certFile != "" && *keyFile != "" {
+	if *unixSocket == "" && *certFile != "" && *keyFile != "" {
 		go func() {
 			base.SetupAndServeHTTP(httpsAddr, certFile, keyFile)
 		}()

setup/base/base.go

@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"embed"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
@@ -85,8 +87,6 @@ type BaseDendrite struct {
 	startupLock            sync.Mutex
 }
 
-const NoListener = ""
-
 const HTTPServerTimeout = time.Minute * 5
 
 type BaseDendriteOptions int
@@ -345,18 +345,17 @@ func (b *BaseDendrite) ConfigureAdminEndpoints() {
 // SetupAndServeHTTP sets up the HTTP server to serve client & federation APIs
 // and adds a prometheus handler under /_dendrite/metrics.
 func (b *BaseDendrite) SetupAndServeHTTP(
-	externalHTTPAddr config.HTTPAddress,
+	externalHTTPAddr config.ServerAddress,
 	certFile, keyFile *string,
 ) {
 	// Manually unlocked right before actually serving requests,
 	// as we don't return from this method (defer doesn't work).
 	b.startupLock.Lock()
-	externalAddr, _ := externalHTTPAddr.Address()
 
 	externalRouter := mux.NewRouter().SkipClean(true).UseEncodedPath()
 
 	externalServ := &http.Server{
-		Addr:         string(externalAddr),
+		Addr:         externalHTTPAddr.Address,
 		WriteTimeout: HTTPServerTimeout,
 		Handler:      externalRouter,
 		BaseContext: func(_ net.Listener) context.Context {
@@ -419,7 +418,7 @@ func (b *BaseDendrite) SetupAndServeHTTP(
 
 	b.startupLock.Unlock()
 
-	if externalAddr != NoListener {
+	if externalHTTPAddr.Enabled() {
 		go func() {
 			var externalShutdown atomic.Bool // RegisterOnShutdown can be called more than once
 			logrus.Infof("Starting external listener on %s", externalServ.Addr)
@@ -437,9 +436,30 @@ func (b *BaseDendrite) SetupAndServeHTTP(
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
-				if err := externalServ.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
-					if err != http.ErrServerClosed {
-						logrus.WithError(err).Fatal("failed to serve HTTP")
+				if externalHTTPAddr.IsUnixSocket() {
+					err := os.Remove(externalHTTPAddr.Address)
+					if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
+						logrus.WithError(err).Fatal("failed to remove existing unix socket")
+					}
+					listener, err := net.Listen(externalHTTPAddr.Network(), externalHTTPAddr.Address)
+					if err != nil {
+						logrus.WithError(err).Fatal("failed to serve unix socket")
+					}
+					err = os.Chmod(externalHTTPAddr.Address, externalHTTPAddr.UnixSocketPermission)
+					if err != nil {
+						logrus.WithError(err).Fatal("failed to set unix socket permissions")
+					}
+					if err := externalServ.Serve(listener); err != nil {
+						if err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+							logrus.WithError(err).Fatal("failed to serve unix socket")
+						}
+					}
+
+				} else {
+					if err := externalServ.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+						if err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+							logrus.WithError(err).Fatal("failed to serve HTTP")
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}

setup/base/base_test.go

@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ package base_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"embed"
 	"html/template"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"path"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 //go:embed static/*.gotmpl
 var staticContent embed.FS
 
-func TestLandingPage(t *testing.T) {
+func TestLandingPage_Tcp(t *testing.T) {
 	// generate the expected result
 	tmpl := template.Must(template.ParseFS(staticContent, "static/*.gotmpl"))
 	expectedRes := &bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -35,7 +38,9 @@ func TestLandingPage(t *testing.T) {
 	s.Close()
 
 	// start base with the listener and wait for it to be started
-	go b.SetupAndServeHTTP(config.HTTPAddress(s.URL), nil, nil)
+	address, err := config.HTTPAddress(s.URL)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	go b.SetupAndServeHTTP(address, nil, nil)
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 10)
 
 	// When hitting /, we should be redirected to /_matrix/static, which should contain the landing page
@@ -55,3 +60,43 @@ func TestLandingPage(t *testing.T) {
 	// Using .String() for user friendly output
 	assert.Equal(t, expectedRes.String(), buf.String(), "response mismatch")
 }
+
+func TestLandingPage_UnixSocket(t *testing.T) {
+	// generate the expected result
+	tmpl := template.Must(template.ParseFS(staticContent, "static/*.gotmpl"))
+	expectedRes := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	err := tmpl.ExecuteTemplate(expectedRes, "index.gotmpl", map[string]string{
+		"Version": internal.VersionString(),
+	})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	b, _, _ := testrig.Base(nil)
+	defer b.Close()
+
+	tempDir := t.TempDir()
+	socket := path.Join(tempDir, "socket")
+	// start base with the listener and wait for it to be started
+	address := config.UnixSocketAddress(socket, 0755)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	go b.SetupAndServeHTTP(address, nil, nil)
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
+
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			DialContext: func(_ context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
+				return net.Dial("unix", socket)
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	resp, err := client.Get("http://unix/")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+
+	// read the response
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+	_, err = buf.ReadFrom(resp.Body)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Using .String() for user friendly output
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedRes.String(), buf.String(), "response mismatch")
+}

setup/config/config.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/pem"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -131,20 +130,6 @@ func (d DataSource) IsPostgres() bool {
 // A Topic in kafka.
 type Topic string
 
-// An Address to listen on.
-type Address string
-
-// An HTTPAddress to listen on, starting with either http:// or https://.
-type HTTPAddress string
-
-func (h HTTPAddress) Address() (Address, error) {
-	url, err := url.Parse(string(h))
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return Address(url.Host), nil
-}
-
 // FileSizeBytes is a file size in bytes
 type FileSizeBytes int64
 

setup/config/config_address.go

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+const (
+	NetworkTCP  = "tcp"
+	NetworkUnix = "unix"
+)
+
+type ServerAddress struct {
+	Address              string
+	Scheme               string
+	UnixSocketPermission fs.FileMode
+}
+
+func (s ServerAddress) Enabled() bool {
+	return s.Address != ""
+}
+
+func (s ServerAddress) IsUnixSocket() bool {
+	return s.Scheme == NetworkUnix
+}
+
+func (s ServerAddress) Network() string {
+	if s.Scheme == NetworkUnix {
+		return NetworkUnix
+	} else {
+		return NetworkTCP
+	}
+}
+
+func UnixSocketAddress(path string, perm fs.FileMode) ServerAddress {
+	return ServerAddress{Address: path, Scheme: NetworkUnix, UnixSocketPermission: perm}
+}
+
+func HTTPAddress(urlAddress string) (ServerAddress, error) {
+	parsedUrl, err := url.Parse(urlAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ServerAddress{}, err
+	}
+	return ServerAddress{parsedUrl.Host, parsedUrl.Scheme, 0}, nil
+}

setup/config/config_address_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"io/fs"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestHttpAddress_ParseGood(t *testing.T) {
+	address, err := HTTPAddress("http://localhost:123")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "localhost:123", address.Address)
+	assert.Equal(t, "tcp", address.Network())
+}
+
+func TestHttpAddress_ParseBad(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := HTTPAddress(":")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestUnixSocketAddress_Network(t *testing.T) {
+	address := UnixSocketAddress("/tmp", fs.FileMode(0755))
+	assert.Equal(t, "unix", address.Network())
+}