Allow remote-config to be generated from a standby - #843
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`kubectl dba remote-config` creates the replication user on the source before rendering the AppBinding and secrets, and that step needs a writable primary: CREATE ROLE / ALTER ROLE / GRANT are catalog writes a hot standby rejects. There are sources with no primary to exec into. A remote replica acting as the source of a chained replica is the clearest case: every member is a standby, and the replication role is already there anyway, carried over by physical WAL replication. Creating it is impossible and also unnecessary. Nothing in the generated config is primary-specific - the host comes from -d, the port from --port, the secret is synthesised and the client certificate's CN is the username - so only the side effect is coupled to the primary, not the artifact. Add --skip-user-creation, which leaves the source catalog alone and takes the given password at face value. It also drops the `status.phase == Ready` gate, since rendering manifests only reads the CR and a degraded source is exactly when a DR config is wanted. The role is still verified where possible: reading pg_roles (mysql.user for MySQL) works on a standby, so a missing role or one lacking the REPLICATION attribute fails with the SQL to run by hand, while an unreachable database only warns. Also fixes pod lookup, which returned nil - reported as success - when no pod matched, so the command wrote an auth secret for a user it never created and exited 0. It now fails with an actionable message, and skips pods that do not run the database container, such as the Postgres arbiter. Signed-off-by: souravbiswassanto <saurov@appscode.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesReplica configuration
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ReplicaCommand
participant CommonOptions
participant PodSelector
participant Database
ReplicaCommand->>CommonOptions: apply SkipReadinessCheck
ReplicaCommand->>PodSelector: select running database pod
PodSelector-->>ReplicaCommand: return pod or error
ReplicaCommand->>Database: verify existing replication user
Database-->>ReplicaCommand: return verification result
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In `@pkg/remote_replica/mysql.go`:
- Around line 268-270: Update the MySQL verification flow around the query
construction and exec_util.Command call to remove bash -c and shell
interpolation of opts.Pass and name. Invoke env and mysql using separate
arguments, and encode or parameterize name independently for the SQL statement
so user input cannot trigger shell evaluation while preserving the existing
privilege query.
In `@pkg/remote_replica/postgres.go`:
- Line 432: Update the query construction in verifyUser to safely encode name as
a PostgreSQL string literal before passing it to exec_util.Command, or use a
parameterized query if supported. Preserve the existing role lookup behavior
while ensuring user-controlled --user values cannot alter the SQL structure.
- Around line 432-447: Update skip-mode remote-replica verification to match
normal provisioning: in the PostgreSQL verification flow around the
rolreplication query, verify EXECUTE on pg_read_binary_file(text) in addition to
replication status; in the MySQL verification flow, match the exact name@'%'
account and validate REPLICATION SLAVE, CLONE_ADMIN, and BACKUP_ADMIN before
generating configuration. Preserve existing unsupported-version handling and
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| query := fmt.Sprintf("export MYSQL_PWD='%s' && mysql -uroot -N -B -e \"SELECT Repl_slave_priv FROM mysql.user WHERE user='%s'\"", opts.Pass, name) | ||
| out, err := exec_util.ExecIntoPod(opts.Config, pod, | ||
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Injection
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-78 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Remove the shell interpolation from MySQL verification.
name comes from --user and is inserted into a bash -c command. Shell expressions such as $(...) are evaluated even though the value appears between SQL single quotes. opts.Pass can also break the shell command.
Invoke env and mysql with separate arguments. Encode or parameterize name separately for SQL.
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In `@pkg/remote_replica/mysql.go` around lines 268 - 270, Update the MySQL
verification flow around the query construction and exec_util.Command call to
remove bash -c and shell interpolation of opts.Pass and name. Invoke env and
mysql using separate arguments, and encode or parameterize name independently
for the SQL statement so user input cannot trigger shell evaluation while
preserving the existing privilege query.
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| out, err := exec_util.ExecIntoPod(opts.Config, pod, | ||
| exec_util.Command("psql", "-qtAXc", fmt.Sprintf("SELECT rolreplication FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname='%s'", name)), |
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Injection
Reachability: External
Exploitability: Moderate
CWE: CWE-89 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Escape name before building the psql -c query.
--user reaches verifyUser without validation or normalization. A value such as x'; SELECT ...; -- changes the query to include additional semicolon-separated SQL. exec_util.Command prevents local shell injection, but it does not prevent SQL injection. The injected SQL runs with the database identity selected by psql in the PostgreSQL container; this code does not establish that the identity is an administrator. Use a parameterized query or a PostgreSQL-safe literal encoder.
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In `@pkg/remote_replica/postgres.go` at line 432, Update the query construction in
verifyUser to safely encode name as a PostgreSQL string literal before passing
it to exec_util.Command, or use a parameterized query if supported. Preserve the
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| exec_util.Command("psql", "-qtAXc", fmt.Sprintf("SELECT rolreplication FROM pg_roles WHERE rolname='%s'", name)), | ||
| exec_util.Container(PostgresContainerName), | ||
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| "CREATE USER %s WITH REPLICATION PASSWORD '<password>'; GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_read_binary_file(text) TO %s;", | ||
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| return fmt.Errorf("role %q exists on %s/%s but does not have the REPLICATION attribute; run on the writable primary:\n "+ | ||
| "ALTER ROLE %s WITH REPLICATION;", name, opts.DB.Namespace, opts.DB.Name, name) |
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KubeDB supports remote replication for both PostgreSQL and MySQL, allowing databases to be replicated across clusters for disaster recovery and read-intensive workloads [1][2]. The configuration typically involves creating a source reference (sourceRef) in the remote replica's specification, which KubeDB uses to connect to the primary database [1][3]. Regarding the specific user privileges mentioned: PostgreSQL pg_read_binary_file The function pg_read_binary_file is used to read binary files from the database server's local filesystem [4]. By default, this function is restricted to superusers [5][4]. However, it is possible to grant the EXECUTE permission on this function to non-superuser roles [5][4]. Note that even with EXECUTE permission, the database process must still have appropriate filesystem-level permissions to access the target file [4][6]. MySQL CLONE_ADMIN, BACKUP_ADMIN, and REPLICATION SLAVE These privileges are essential for administrative and replication tasks in MySQL: 1. CLONE_ADMIN: Required on the recipient instance for remote cloning operations [7]. It allows the user to replace recipient data and block DDL during the operation [7]. This privilege implicitly includes BACKUP_ADMIN and SHUTDOWN [7][8]. 2. BACKUP_ADMIN: Required on the donor instance for remote cloning to access and transfer data [7]. It is also used in Group Replication for distributed recovery [9][10]. 3. REPLICATION SLAVE: Required for a replica to connect to a source server to retrieve updates (binary logs) [11][8]. In the context of Group Replication, it is used to establish connections for distributed recovery [9]. When configuring KubeDB remote replicas, ensure the database user provided in the configuration has the necessary permissions for the specific operations (e.g., replication or cloning) required by your setup [2][7][9].
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Citations:
- 1: https://appscode.com/blog/post/deploy-postgresql-remote-replica-across-cluster/
- 2: https://blog.byte.builders/blog/post/kubedb-v2023.10.9/
- 3: https://appscode.com/blog/post/postgres-failover-and-disaster-recovery/
- 4: https://pgpedia.info/p/pg_read_binary_file.html
- 5: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57668204/how-to-grant-priveleges-to-non-superuser-to-execute-function-pg-read-binary-file
- 6: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77494882/permission-denied-for-function-pg-read-binary-file
- 7: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/clone-plugin-remote.html
- 8: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/26.7/en/privileges-provided.html
- 9: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/9.1/en/group-replication-user-credentials.html
- 10: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/group-replication-cloning.html
- 11: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/privileges-provided.html
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KubeDB supports Remote Replica for PostgreSQL and MySQL, allowing for cross-cluster replication to support read-intensive workloads, disaster recovery, and geo-replication [1][2][3]. Regarding the specific technical components mentioned: PostgreSQL Remote Replica and pg_read_binary_file KubeDB manages PostgreSQL Remote Replicas using asynchronous streaming replication [1]. While some Kubernetes-native PostgreSQL operators (such as CloudNativePG) have historically required manual granting of EXECUTE permissions on pg_read_binary_file to the replication user to enable pg_rewind functionality after failover [4][5], KubeDB automates the provisioning and configuration of these replicas [1][6]. If you encounter permission issues with pg_read_binary_file during replication or recovery, it is typically a requirement that the replication user possesses the necessary privileges to access system files required by tools like pg_rewind [7][5]. MySQL Remote Replica and Admin Roles For MySQL, KubeDB supports Remote Replica functionality [2]. When configuring remote replication or administrative tasks, KubeDB utilizes specific credentials. While CLONE_ADMIN and BACKUP_ADMIN are standard MySQL privileges used for cloning and backup operations (often associated with MySQL Shell or enterprise backup tools), KubeDB handles the necessary user creation and permission management automatically when you define the remote replica configuration [2]. CLI Configuration KubeDB provides a CLI tool to assist in generating the necessary configuration for remote replicas [2]. You can use the following command structure to generate the configuration: kubectl dba remote-config <db-kind> -n <namespace> <db-name> -d <source-dns> -u <user> -p <password> For example: kubectl dba remote-config postgres -n demo demo-pg -u remote -p pass -d 172.104.37.147 kubectl dba remote-config mysql -n demo demo-mysql -u remote -p pass -d 172.104.37.147 For detailed implementation, refer to the official KubeDB documentation for your specific version, as KubeDB automates the underlying RBAC and database-level permissions required for these operations [6][8].
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Citations:
- 1: https://appscode.com/blog/post/deploy-postgresql-remote-replica-across-cluster/
- 2: https://blog.byte.builders/blog/post/kubedb-v2023.10.9/
- 3: https://appscode.com/blog/post/postgres-failover-and-disaster-recovery/
- 4: GitHub issue 2435 in cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 5: GitHub discussion 9304 in cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 6: https://kubedb.com/docs/v2026.7.10/guides/postgres/
- 7: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/logical-replication-security.html
- 8: https://github.com/kubedb/docs/blob/master/docs/guides/postgres/custom-rbac/using-custom-rbac.md
Make skip-mode verification match normal remote-replica provisioning. PostgreSQL skip mode checks only rolreplication, but normal provisioning also grants EXECUTE on pg_read_binary_file(text). A recovery path that uses pg_rewind can fail when that grant is missing.
MySQL skip mode filters only by username and checks only Repl_slave_priv. Normal provisioning targets name@'%' and grants REPLICATION SLAVE, CLONE_ADMIN, and BACKUP_ADMIN. Verify the exact name@'%' account and these privileges on supported MySQL versions before generating the configuration.
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In `@pkg/remote_replica/postgres.go` around lines 432 - 447, Update skip-mode
remote-replica verification to match normal provisioning: in the PostgreSQL
verification flow around the rolreplication query, verify EXECUTE on
pg_read_binary_file(text) in addition to replication status; in the MySQL
verification flow, match the exact name@'%' account and validate REPLICATION
SLAVE, CLONE_ADMIN, and BACKUP_ADMIN before generating configuration. Preserve
existing unsupported-version handling and report missing privileges as
verification failures.
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Problem
kubectl dba remote-configcreates the replication user on the source before rendering the AppBinding and secrets. That step execs into a pod labelledkubedb.com/role=primaryand runsCREATE ROLE/ALTER ROLE/GRANT— catalog writes a hot standby rejects withcannot execute ... in a read-only transaction.Some sources have no primary to exec into. The clearest case is a remote replica acting as the source of a chained replica: every member is a standby, so there is no primary-labelled pod at all. And the replication role is already present there anyway — roles are cluster-wide catalog objects carried over by physical WAL replication — so creating it is both impossible and unnecessary.
Nothing in the generated config is primary-specific: the host comes from
-d, the port from--port, the auth secret is synthesised, and the client certificate's CN is the username. Only the side effect is coupled to the primary, not the artifact.Changes
--skip-user-creation(postgres and mysql) leaves the source catalog alone and takes the password given on the command line at face value. Thepassword will be alteredprompt is skipped, since nothing is altered.It also drops the
status.phase == Readygate incommon.NewPostgresOpts/NewMySQLOpts— rendering manifests only reads the CR, and a degraded source is exactly when a DR config is wanted. The gate is bypassed only for this flag; every other caller is unaffected (these constructors have no other callers today). Added as a variadiccommon.OptionFuncso existing call sites are unchanged.The role is still verified where possible. Reading
pg_roles(mysql.userfor MySQL) is a read, so it works on a standby. A missing role, or one lackingREPLICATION, fails with the exact SQL to run by hand on the primary. An unreachable database only warns — generating the config is still the useful outcome.Pod lookup bug fix. The old lookup was:
With no primary-labelled pod this returned
nil— success — without running any SQL, so the command wrote an auth secret for a user that was never created and exited 0. Replication then failed later with an auth error and nothing pointed back here. It now fails with an actionable message naming--skip-user-creation, and skips pods that do not run the database container (the Postgres arbiter carries the same offshoot labels but runspg-coordinatoralone).The DDL path itself is otherwise untouched — same query, same detection heuristic, same exec options.
Testing
Built a real chained-DR topology on a k3s cluster:
rrtest/rr-src(2 replicas) →rrdr/rr-dr, a genuine remote replica streaming from it, whose only pod is labelledkubedb.com/role=standby.newreplwithrolreplication=true— unchangedno pod is labelled kubedb.com/role=primary, so there is no writable primary to run DDL against; pass --skip-user-creation ...--skip-user-creationrole "remote" verified on rr-dr-0 (replication enabled); config generatedrolpasswordhash inpg_authidbyte-identical before/after a run passing a deliberately different-pCREATE USER ghostuser WITH REPLICATION PASSWORD '<password>'; GRANT EXECUTE ...--skip-user-creation+--ca-cert/--ca-keykubernetes.io/tlsclient cert secret and AppBinding without touching cert-managerpostgres rrdr/rr-dr is not ready; with flag: succeeds). Later re-runs could not reproduce the window — the operator reconciles the phase back toReadywithin ~1s and neither a status patch loop nor a slowed health checker could hold it.go build ./...,go vet,gofmtandgo test ./pkg/...all clean. Addedpods_test.gocovering the selection logic (primary preferred, standby fallback, arbiter skipped, DDL refused without a primary, empty/not-running reported) — written against a pure helper so no new vendored test dependency is needed.Follow-up, not in this PR
The
kubedb/docsremote-replica guide does not cover chained replicas; worth a note there once this lands.Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
--skip-user-creationfor remote replica setup to verify existing replication users without modifying them.Bug Fixes