feat: Add options to specify AWS credential source for RDS functions

docs/functions.md

@@ -938,6 +938,15 @@ Arguments:
   | ---------- | :------: | ------ | ----------- |
   | instanceID | Yes      | string | ID of RDS instance you want to create snapshot of |
   | dbEngine   | No       | string | Required in case of RDS Aurora instance. Supported DB Engines: `aurora` `aurora-mysql` and `aurora-postgresql` |
+  | credentialsSource | No | string | Source for aws credentials. Supported sources: `profile`, `secret`, `serviceaccount`. Default value is `profile` |
+  | credentialsSecret | No | string | Secret to get credentials from. Only used with `credentialsSource: secret`. Secret with this name should be referenced in the Actionset |
+  | region | No | string | AWS region to use. Derived from profile or serviceaccount if not set |
+
+::: tip NOTE
+
+`credentialsSource: serviceaccount` uses kanister operator service account. IAM role for service
+account should be set up to access the RDS database.
+:::
 
 Outputs:
 
@@ -994,6 +1003,10 @@ Arguments:
   | image                | No       | string     | kanister-tools image to be used for running export job |
   | podAnnotations       | No       | map[string]string       | custom annotations for the temporary pod that gets created |
   | podLabels            | No       | map[string]string       | custom labels for the temporary pod that gets created |
+  | credentialsSource | No | string | Source for aws credentials. Supported sources: `profile`, `secret`, `serviceaccount`. Default value is `profile` |
+  | credentialsSecret | No | string | Secret to get credentials from. Only used with `credentialsSource: secret`. Secret with this name should be [referenced in the Actionset](templates.html#secrets) |
+  | region | No | string | AWS region to use. Derived from profile or serviceaccount if not set |
+
 
 ::: tip NOTE
 
@@ -1006,6 +1019,19 @@ associated with instance with `instanceID` and will pass the same. - If
 set, `default` DB Subnet group will be used.
 :::
 
+::: tip NOTE
+
+If `credentialsSource` is configured to `profile` (default behaviour), the profile used has to be
+an S3 profile configured with the same region as the database snapshot.
+If it's required to export to another region, `credentialSource: secret` or `credentialSource: serviceaccount` can be used.
+:::
+
+::: tip NOTE
+
+`credentialsSource: serviceaccount` uses kanister operator service account. IAM role for service
+account should be set up to access the RDS database.
+:::
+
 Outputs:
 
   | Output          | Type       | Description |
@@ -1069,13 +1095,13 @@ stored in an object storage.
 
 ::: tip NOTE
 
-\- If [snapshotID] is set, the function will restore RDS
-instance from the RDS snapshot. Otherwise *backupID* needs
-to be set to restore the RDS instance from data dump. - While restoring
-the data from RDS snapshot if RDS instance (where we have to restore the
-data) doesn\'t exist, the RDS instance will be created. But if the data
+- If `snapshotID` is set, the function will restore RDS
+instance from the RDS snapshot. Otherwise `backupID` needs
+to be set to restore the RDS instance from data dump.
+- While restoring the data from RDS snapshot if RDS instance (where we have to restore the
+data) doesn't exist, the RDS instance will be created. But if the data
 is being restored from the Object Storage (data dump) and the RDS
-instance doesn\'t exist new RDS instance will not be created and will
+instance doesn't exist new RDS instance will not be created and will
 result in an error.
 :::
 
@@ -1096,15 +1122,25 @@ Arguments:
   | image                | No       | string     |  kanister-tools image to be used for running restore, only relevant when restoring from data dump (if `snapshotID` is empty) |
   | podAnnotations       | No       | map[string]string       | custom annotations for the temporary pod that gets created |
   | podLabels            | No       | map[string]string       | custom labels for the temporary pod that gets created |
+  | credentialsSource | No | string | Source for aws credentials. Supported sources: `profile`, `secret`, `serviceaccount`. Default value is `profile` |
+  | credentialsSecret | No | string | Secret to get credentials from. Only used with `credentialsSource: secret`. Secret with this name should be referenced in the Actionset |
+  | region | No | string | AWS region to use. Derived from profile or serviceaccount if not set |
+
 
 ::: tip NOTE
 
-\- If `snapshotID` is not set, restore will be done from data dump. In
-that case `backupID` [arg] is required. - If
-`securityGroupID` argument is not set, `RestoreRDSSnapshot` will find
+- If `snapshotID` is not set, restore will be done from data dump. In
+that case `backupID` arg is required.
+- If `securityGroupID` argument is not set, `RestoreRDSSnapshot` will find
 out Security Group IDs associated with instance with `instanceID` and
-will pass the same. - If `dbSubnetGroup` argument is not set, `default`
-DB Subnet group will be used.
+will pass the same.
+- If `dbSubnetGroup` argument is not set, `default` DB Subnet group will be used.
+:::
+
+::: tip NOTE
+
+`credentialsSource: serviceaccount` uses kanister operator service account. IAM role for service
+account should be set up to access the RDS database.
 :::
 
 Outputs:
@@ -1153,6 +1189,15 @@ Arguments:
   | Argument   | Required | Type   | Description |
   | ---------- | :------: | ------ | ----------- |
   | snapshotID | No       | string | ID of the RDS snapshot |
+  | credentialsSource | No | string | Source for aws credentials. Supported sources: `profile`, `secret`, `serviceaccount`. Default value is `profile` |
+  | credentialsSecret | No | string | Secret to get credentials from. Only used with `credentialsSource: secret`. Secret with this name should be referenced in the Actionset |
+  | region | No | string | AWS region to use. Derived from profile or serviceaccount if not set |
+
+::: tip NOTE
+
+`credentialsSource: serviceaccount` uses kanister operator service account. IAM role for service
+account should be set up to access the RDS database.
+:::
 
 Example:
 

examples/aws-rds/postgresql/README.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ aws rds wait db-instance-available --db-instance-identifier=test-postgresql-inst
 
 Create a configmap which contains information to connect to the RDS DB instance
 
-```
+```yaml
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
@@ -82,6 +82,32 @@ data operations such as backup should go. This is stored as a `profiles.cr.kanis
 requires a Profile reference to complete the action. This CR (`profiles.cr.kanister.io`)
 can be shared between Kanister-enabled application instances.
 
+### Configure a secret to access RDS
+
+By default the blueprints in this example are using credentials from the profile to access RDS
+resources.
+
+If you want to export your backups to a different region or a different object store (recommended),
+you need to provide alternative credential configuration.
+
+Here we use k8s secret with AWS credentials.
+You need to make sure credentials provided in this secret can be used to access RDS operations.
+
+```yaml
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: rds-secret
+  namespace: pgtestrds
+type: secrets.kanister.io/aws
+data:
+  aws_access_key_id: "<your access key id>"
+  aws_secret_access_key: "<you secret>"
+  role: ""
+```
+
+This secret needs to be referenced in the acitonset.
 
 ### Create Blueprint
 
@@ -97,6 +123,12 @@ So as you can see we will have to create a blueprint depending on how are we goi
 
 Use `rds-postgres-snap-blueprint.yaml` or `rds-postgres-blueprint.yaml` Blueprint if you want to take backup using RDS snapshots or you can use `rds-postgres-dump-blueprint.yaml` Blueprint if you want to extract postgres dump from snapshot and push to S3 storage
 
+**NOTE:**
+- The `rds-postgres-dump-blueprint.yaml` blueprint demonstrates how to use credentials from the secret.
+- The `rds-postgres-snap-blueprint.yaml` blueprint demonstrates how to use credentials from the profile.
+
+To change that you can modify the blueprints using those examples and documentation in https://docs.kanister.io/functions.html#createrdssnapshot
+
 
 ```bash
 $ kubectl create -f <blueprint> -n kasten-io
@@ -106,40 +138,57 @@ $ kubectl create -f <blueprint> -n kasten-io
 
 You can now take a snapshot of the PostgreSQL RDS instance data using an ActionSet defining backup for this application. Create an ActionSet in the same namespace as the controller.
 
-> If you have deployed your application which uses RDS instance in namespace other than `pgtestrds`, you need to modify the commands used below to use the correct namespace
+Get profile:
 
 ```bash
 $ kubectl get profile -n pgtestrds
 NAME               AGE
 s3-profile-sph7s   2h
+```
 
+Create actionset file:
+
+> Use correct blueprint name (one of `rds-postgres-dump-bp` or `rds-postgres-snapshot-bp`) you have created earlier
+> If you have deployed your application which uses RDS instance in namespace other than `pgtestrds`, you need to modify the commands used below to use the correct namespace
+> Please make sure `region` option corresponds to the AWS region where your RDS is deployed.
+
+```yaml
+apiVersion: cr.kanister.io/v1alpha1
+kind: ActionSet
+metadata:
+  name: rds-backup
+  namespace: kasten-io
+spec:
+  actions:
+  - name: backup
+    blueprint: <blueprint-name>
+    object:
+      apiVersion: v1
+      name: dbconfig
+      namespace: pgtestrds
+      resource: configmaps
+    profile:
+      name: <your profile>
+      namespace: pgtestrds
+    secrets:
+      aws:
+        name: rds-secret
+        namespace: pgtestrds
+    options:
+      region: <rds region>
+```
+
+Where:
+- dbconfig is a configmap holding RDS infromation
+  Please see pgtest/deploy/config.yaml for configmap format
+- rds-secret is an AWS secret with access to RDS resources
 
-# Use correct blueprint name (one of `rds-postgres-dump-bp` or `rds-postgres-snapshot-bp`) you have created earlier
-
-cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
-> apiVersion: cr.kanister.io/v1alpha1
-> kind: ActionSet
-> metadata:
->   name: rds-backup
->   namespace: kasten-io
-> spec:
->   actions:
->   - name: backup
->     blueprint: <blueprint-name>
->     object:
->       apiVersion: v1
->       name: dbconfig
->       namespace: pgtestrds
->       resource: configmaps
->     profile:
->       name: s3-profile-sph7s
->       namespace: pgtestrds
-> EOF
-actionset.cr.kanister.io/rds-backup created
 
-# Where,
-# dbconfig is a configmap holding RDS infromation
-# Please see pgtest/deploy/config.yaml for configmap format
+Apply actionset:
+
+```bash
+$ kubectl apply -f rds-backup-actionset.yaml
+actionset.cr.kanister.io/rds-backup created
 
 # View the status of the actionset
 $ kubectl --namespace kasten-io describe actionset rds-backup

examples/aws-rds/postgresql/rds-postgres-dump-blueprint.yaml

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ actions:
       name: createSnapshot
       args:
         instanceID: '{{ index .Object.data "postgres.instanceid" }}'
+        credentialsSource: secret
+        credentialsSecret: aws
+        region: '{{ .Options.region }}'
     - func: ExportRDSSnapshotToLocation
       name: exportSnapshot
       objects:
@@ -35,10 +38,16 @@ actions:
         snapshotID: "{{ .Phases.createSnapshot.Output.snapshotID }}"
         backupArtifactPrefix: test-postgresql-instance/postgres
         dbSubnetGroup: "{{ .Phases.createSnapshot.Output.dbSubnetGroup }}"
+        credentialsSource: secret
+        credentialsSecret: aws
+        region: '{{ .Options.region }}'
     - func: DeleteRDSSnapshot
       name: deleteSnapshot
       args:
         snapshotID: "{{ .Phases.createSnapshot.Output.snapshotID }}"
+        credentialsSource: secret
+        credentialsSecret: aws
+        region: '{{ .Options.region }}'
   restore:
     inputArtifactNames:
     - backupInfo
@@ -60,6 +69,9 @@ actions:
         password: '{{ index .Phases.restoreSnapshots.Secrets.dbsecret.Data "password" | toString }}'
         dbEngine: "PostgreSQL"
         dbSubnetGroup: "{{ .ArtifactsIn.backupInfo.KeyValue.dbSubnetGroup }}"
+        credentialsSource: secret
+        credentialsSecret: aws
+        region: '{{ .Options.region }}'
   delete:
     phases:
     - func: KubeTask

pkg/function/create_rds_snapshot.go

@@ -74,17 +74,12 @@ func (*createRDSSnapshotFunc) Name() string {
 	return CreateRDSSnapshotFuncName
 }
 
-func createRDSSnapshot(ctx context.Context, instanceID string, dbEngine RDSDBEngine, profile *param.Profile) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+func createRDSSnapshot(ctx context.Context, instanceID string, dbEngine RDSDBEngine, credentialsSource awsCredentialsSource, tp param.TemplateParams) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	var allocatedStorage int64
-	// Validate profile
-	if err := ValidateProfile(profile); err != nil {
-		return nil, errkit.Wrap(err, "Profile Validation failed")
-	}
 
-	// Get aws config from profile
-	awsConfig, region, err := getAWSConfigFromProfile(ctx, profile)
+	awsConfig, region, err := getAwsConfig(ctx, credentialsSource, tp)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errkit.Wrap(err, "Failed to get AWS creds from profile")
+		return nil, errkit.Wrap(err, "Failed to get AWS creds")
 	}
 
 	// Create rds client
@@ -185,7 +180,12 @@ func (crs *createRDSSnapshotFunc) Exec(ctx context.Context, tp param.TemplatePar
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return createRDSSnapshot(ctx, instanceID, dbEngine, tp.Profile)
+	credentialsSource, err := parseCredentialsSource(args)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return createRDSSnapshot(ctx, instanceID, dbEngine, *credentialsSource, tp)
 }
 
 func (*createRDSSnapshotFunc) RequiredArgs() []string {
@@ -198,6 +198,9 @@ func (crs *createRDSSnapshotFunc) Arguments() []string {
 	return []string{
 		CreateRDSSnapshotInstanceIDArg,
 		CreateRDSSnapshotDBEngine,
+		CredentialsSourceArg,
+		CredentialsSecretArg,
+		RegionArg,
 	}
 }
 

pkg/function/delete_rds_snapshot.go

@@ -55,16 +55,11 @@ func (*deleteRDSSnapshotFunc) Name() string {
 	return DeleteRDSSnapshotFuncName
 }
 
-func deleteRDSSnapshot(ctx context.Context, snapshotID string, profile *param.Profile, dbEngine RDSDBEngine) error {
-	// Validate profile
-	if err := ValidateProfile(profile); err != nil {
-		return errkit.Wrap(err, "Profile Validation failed")
-	}
-
+func deleteRDSSnapshot(ctx context.Context, snapshotID string, credentialsSource awsCredentialsSource, tp param.TemplateParams, dbEngine RDSDBEngine) error {
 	// Get aws config from profile
-	awsConfig, region, err := getAWSConfigFromProfile(ctx, profile)
+	awsConfig, region, err := getAwsConfig(ctx, credentialsSource, tp)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errkit.Wrap(err, "Failed to get AWS creds from profile")
+		return errkit.Wrap(err, "Failed to get AWS creds")
 	}
 
 	// Create rds client
@@ -130,7 +125,12 @@ func (d *deleteRDSSnapshotFunc) Exec(ctx context.Context, tp param.TemplateParam
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return nil, deleteRDSSnapshot(ctx, snapshotID, tp.Profile, dbEngine)
+	credentialsSource, err := parseCredentialsSource(args)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return nil, deleteRDSSnapshot(ctx, snapshotID, *credentialsSource, tp, dbEngine)
 }
 
 func (*deleteRDSSnapshotFunc) RequiredArgs() []string {
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ func (*deleteRDSSnapshotFunc) Arguments() []string {
 	return []string{
 		DeleteRDSSnapshotSnapshotIDArg,
 		CreateRDSSnapshotDBEngine,
+		CredentialsSourceArg,
+		CredentialsSecretArg,
+		RegionArg,
 	}
 }