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Summary

This PR changes how local and loopback PostgreSQL connections are authenticated.

Changes

  • Updates local and loopback connection authentication.
  • Improves default handling for local PostgreSQL connections.
  • Aligns the add-node workflow with the updated authentication behavior.
  • Updates related configuration handling.

Testing

  • Manual verification on Swarm and systemd

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  • Tests added or updated (unit and/or e2e, as needed)

PLAT-735

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Patroni now generates stricter local and loopback authentication rules. Default socket permissions are 0700. Validation no longer rejects hba_file or ident_file, and pg_dumpall no longer forces localhost.

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PostgreSQL authentication hardening

Layer / File(s) Summary
Authentication defaults and generator
server/internal/postgres/gucs.go, server/internal/orchestrator/common/patroni_config_generator.go
Default socket permissions are 0700. Patroni emits local peer authentication with the local_superuser map, explicit local rejection rules, loopback certificate authentication, and a local_superuser identity mapping.
Authentication fixtures and enforcement
server/internal/orchestrator/common/golden_test/TestPatroniConfigGenerator/*, e2e/pg_hba_test.go
Golden configurations expect the updated authentication rules. End-to-end coverage checks denied socket access for nobody and pgedge access for postgres.

Validation and role dump adjustments

Layer / File(s) Summary
PostgreSQL configuration validation
server/internal/api/apiv1/validate.go, server/internal/api/apiv1/validate_test.go
Spec and node validation no longer rejects hba_file or ident_file entries. The related test case was removed.
Role dump connection arguments
server/internal/database/dump_roles.go
pg_dumpall no longer receives --host=localhost.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e299b

The PR strengthens local and loopback authentication, but host replication connections can still bypass the intended certificate-only policy when later authentication rules are appended. This material security gap should be closed before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: using peer and certificate authentication for local PostgreSQL connections.
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In `@server/internal/api/apiv1/validate.go`:
- Around line 145-146: Update the validation logic in
server/internal/api/apiv1/validate.go at lines 145-146 and 312 so database- and
node-level postgresql_conf overrides for hba_file and ident_file are rejected
when they reference non-default paths, unless the implementation also explicitly
validates and manages those referenced files. Ensure both validation sites apply
the same rule and prevent silently ignored pg_hba_conf or pg_ident_conf entries.

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🟠 Major · Reject non-SSL replication connections for the system roles. · patroni_config_generator.go:451-457

server/internal/orchestrator/common/patroni_config_generator.go:451-457
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Security Misconfiguration

CWE: CWE-284

Reject non-SSL replication connections for the system roles.

The host reject rules use Database: "all", which does not match replication connections. The later extraEntries and p.PgHbaConf entries can therefore permit non-SSL host replication connections for pgedge or patroni_replicator.

Add IPv4 and IPv6 replication reject rules before appending those entries.

Add replication reject rules
 		hba.Entry{
 			Type:       hba.EntryTypeHost,
 			Database:   "all",
 			User:       "pgedge,patroni_replicator",
 			Address:    "::/0",
 			AuthMethod: hba.AuthMethodReject,
 		}.String(),
+		hba.Entry{
+			Type:       hba.EntryTypeHost,
+			Database:   "replication",
+			User:       "pgedge,patroni_replicator",
+			Address:    "0.0.0.0/0",
+			AuthMethod: hba.AuthMethodReject,
+		}.String(),
+		hba.Entry{
+			Type:       hba.EntryTypeHost,
+			Database:   "replication",
+			User:       "pgedge,patroni_replicator",
+			Address:    "::/0",
+			AuthMethod: hba.AuthMethodReject,
+		}.String(),
 	)
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In `@server/internal/orchestrator/common/patroni_config_generator.go` around lines
451 - 457, In the HBA entry list generated by the Patroni configuration flow,
add IPv4 and IPv6 host reject entries for the replication database and users
pgedge,patroni_replicator before extraEntries and p.PgHbaConf are appended. Keep
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In `@server/internal/orchestrator/common/patroni_config_generator.go`:
- Around line 451-457: In the HBA entry list generated by the Patroni
configuration flow, add IPv4 and IPv6 host reject entries for the replication
database and users pgedge,patroni_replicator before extraEntries and p.PgHbaConf
are appended. Keep the existing all-database reject rules unchanged and use
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