Enable ACLs on k8s consul with Vault-sourced bootstrap token
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Phase 1 of the consul VM->k8s migration: bring the k8s consul cluster to
ACL parity with the authoritative VM cluster before snapshot-restore. The
VM cluster runs ACLs enabled with default_policy deny and down_policy
extend-cache; the k8s cluster currently runs with ACLs disabled. Sourcing
the bootstrap/management token from Vault lets the k8s cluster bootstrap
with the SAME initial_management token as the VM cluster, so puppet
automation and the eventual snapshot-restore line up. No token material is
placed in git.

- Enable global.acls.manageSystemACLs so the chart manages system ACL
  tokens/policies for consul components.
- Point global.acls.bootstrapToken at a pre-existing Kubernetes secret
  consul-bootstrap-acl-token (key token); when populated the
  server-acl-init job skips bootstrapping and adopts that token as the
  management token.
- Add a VaultAuth (mount k8s/au/syd1, role default) and VaultStaticSecret
  in the consul namespace that sync kv/kubernetes/namespace/consul/default/
  bootstrap-acl-token into the consul-bootstrap-acl-token secret via VSO.
- Merge the acl block (enabled, default_policy deny, down_policy
  extend-cache, enable_token_persistence) into the server extraConfig to
  match the VM cluster posture.
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2026-07-25 17:05:29 +10:00
parent cc81e90a75
commit b7d976a82b
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@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ resources:
- namespace.yaml
- gateway.yaml
- httproute.yaml
- vaultauth.yaml
- vaultstaticsecret.yaml
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@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
---
apiVersion: secrets.hashicorp.com/v1beta1
kind: VaultAuth
metadata:
name: default
namespace: consul
spec:
allowedNamespaces:
- consul
kubernetes:
audiences:
- vault
role: default
serviceAccount: default
tokenExpirationSeconds: 600
method: kubernetes
mount: k8s/au/syd1
vaultConnectionRef: vso-system/default
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@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
---
apiVersion: secrets.hashicorp.com/v1beta1
kind: VaultStaticSecret
metadata:
name: bootstrap-acl-token
namespace: consul
spec:
destination:
create: true
name: consul-bootstrap-acl-token
overwrite: true
hmacSecretData: true
mount: kv
path: kubernetes/namespace/consul/default/bootstrap-acl-token
refreshAfter: 5m
type: kv-v2
vaultAuthRef: default
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@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ global:
datacenter: au-syd1
domain: consul
acls:
# Enable chart-managed ACL tokens/policies for Consul system components.
manageSystemACLs: true
# Source the bootstrap/management token from a pre-existing Kubernetes secret
# instead of letting the chart generate one. The secret is synced from Vault
# via VSO (see ../../../base/consul/vaultauth.yaml and vaultstaticsecret.yaml).
# When this secret is populated the server-acl-init job SKIPS bootstrapping and
# uses the supplied token as the management token, so the k8s cluster bootstraps
# with the SAME initial_management token as the authoritative VM cluster.
bootstrapToken:
secretName: consul-bootstrap-acl-token
secretKey: token
server:
image: hashicorp/consul:1.22.7
replicas: 5
@@ -17,6 +30,12 @@ server:
extraConfig: |
{
"acl": {
"enabled": true,
"default_policy": "deny",
"down_policy": "extend-cache",
"enable_token_persistence": true
},
"disable_remote_exec": true,
"disable_update_check": true,
"performance": {