zebra_state/config.rs
1//! Cached state configuration for Zebra.
2
3use std::{
4 fmt,
5 fs::{self, canonicalize, remove_dir_all, DirEntry, ReadDir},
6 io::ErrorKind,
7 path::{Path, PathBuf},
8 time::Duration,
9};
10
11use semver::Version;
12use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
13use tokio::task::{spawn_blocking, JoinHandle};
14use tracing::Span;
15
16use zebra_chain::{common::default_cache_dir, parameters::Network};
17
18use crate::{
19 constants::{DATABASE_FORMAT_VERSION_FILE_NAME, STATE_DATABASE_KIND},
20 service::finalized_state::restorable_db_versions,
21 state_database_format_version_in_code, BoxError,
22};
23
24/// A wrapper for [`String`] which hides its contents from `Debug` output, so that secrets
25/// are not written to logs by types that derive `Debug`.
26///
27/// Serialization is unaffected, so the value still round-trips through the config file. Use
28/// [`RedactedString::as_str()`] to reach the contents deliberately.
29#[derive(Clone, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
30#[serde(transparent)]
31pub struct RedactedString(String);
32
33impl fmt::Debug for RedactedString {
34 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
35 f.pad("[REDACTED]")
36 }
37}
38
39impl RedactedString {
40 /// Return the wrapped string, which exposes its sensitive contents.
41 pub fn as_str(&self) -> &str {
42 &self.0
43 }
44}
45
46impl<S> From<S> for RedactedString
47where
48 S: Into<String>,
49{
50 fn from(value: S) -> Self {
51 Self(value.into())
52 }
53}
54
55/// Configuration for the state service.
56#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
57#[serde(deny_unknown_fields, default)]
58pub struct Config {
59 /// The root directory for storing cached block data.
60 ///
61 /// If you change this directory, you might also want to change `network.cache_dir`.
62 ///
63 /// This cache stores permanent blockchain state that can be replicated from
64 /// the network, including the best chain, blocks, the UTXO set, and other indexes.
65 /// Any state that can be rolled back is only stored in memory.
66 ///
67 /// The `zebra-state` cache does *not* include any private data, such as wallet data.
68 ///
69 /// You can delete the entire cached state directory, but it will impact your node's
70 /// readiness and network usage. If you do, Zebra will re-sync from genesis the next
71 /// time it is launched.
72 ///
73 /// The default directory is platform dependent, based on
74 /// [`dirs::cache_dir()`](https://docs.rs/dirs/3.0.1/dirs/fn.cache_dir.html):
75 ///
76 /// |Platform | Value | Example |
77 /// | ------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
78 /// | Linux | `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/zebra` or `$HOME/.cache/zebra` | `/home/alice/.cache/zebra` |
79 /// | macOS | `$HOME/Library/Caches/zebra` | `/Users/Alice/Library/Caches/zebra` |
80 /// | Windows | `{FOLDERID_LocalAppData}\zebra` | `C:\Users\Alice\AppData\Local\zebra` |
81 /// | Other | `std::env::current_dir()/cache/zebra` | `/cache/zebra` |
82 ///
83 /// # Security
84 ///
85 /// If you are running Zebra with elevated permissions ("root"), create the
86 /// directory for this file before running Zebra, and make sure the Zebra user
87 /// account has exclusive access to that directory, and other users can't modify
88 /// its parent directories.
89 ///
90 /// # Implementation Details
91 ///
92 /// Each state format version and network has a separate state.
93 /// These states are stored in `state/vN/mainnet` and `state/vN/testnet` subdirectories,
94 /// underneath the `cache_dir` path, where `N` is the state format version.
95 ///
96 /// When Zebra's state format changes, it creates a new state subdirectory for that version,
97 /// and re-syncs from genesis.
98 ///
99 /// Old state versions are automatically deleted at startup. You can also manually delete old
100 /// state versions.
101 pub cache_dir: PathBuf,
102
103 /// Whether to use an ephemeral database.
104 ///
105 /// Ephemeral databases are stored in a temporary directory created using [`tempfile::tempdir()`].
106 /// They are deleted when Zebra exits successfully.
107 /// (If Zebra panics or crashes, the ephemeral database won't be deleted.)
108 ///
109 /// Set to `false` by default. If this is set to `true`, [`cache_dir`] is ignored.
110 ///
111 /// Ephemeral directories are created in the [`std::env::temp_dir()`].
112 /// Zebra names each directory after the state version and network, for example: `zebra-state-v21-mainnet-XnyGnE`.
113 ///
114 /// [`cache_dir`]: struct.Config.html#structfield.cache_dir
115 pub ephemeral: bool,
116
117 /// Whether to cache non-finalized blocks on disk to be restored when Zebra restarts.
118 ///
119 /// Set to `true` by default. If this is set to `false`, Zebra will irrecoverably drop
120 /// non-finalized blocks when the process exits and will have to re-download them from
121 /// the network when it restarts, if those blocks are still available in the network.
122 ///
123 /// Note: The non-finalized state will be written to a backup cache once per 5 seconds at most.
124 /// If blocks are added to the non-finalized state more frequently, the backup may not reflect
125 /// Zebra's last non-finalized state before it shut down.
126 pub should_backup_non_finalized_state: bool,
127
128 /// Whether to delete the old database directories when present.
129 ///
130 /// Set to `true` by default. If this is set to `false`,
131 /// no check for old database versions will be made and nothing will be
132 /// deleted.
133 pub delete_old_database: bool,
134
135 // Debug configs
136 //
137 /// Commit blocks to the finalized state up to this height, then exit Zebra.
138 ///
139 /// Set to `None` by default: Zebra continues syncing indefinitely.
140 pub debug_stop_at_height: Option<u32>,
141
142 /// While Zebra is running, check state validity this often.
143 ///
144 /// Set to `None` by default: Zebra only checks state format validity on startup and shutdown.
145 #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
146 pub debug_validity_check_interval: Option<Duration>,
147
148 /// If true, skip spawning the non-finalized state backup task and instead write
149 /// the non-finalized state to the backup directory synchronously before each update
150 /// to the latest chain tip or non-finalized state channels.
151 ///
152 /// Set to `false` by default. When `true`, the non-finalized state is still restored
153 /// from the backup directory on startup, but updates are written synchronously on every
154 /// block commit rather than asynchronously every 5 seconds.
155 ///
156 /// This is intended for testing scenarios where blocks are committed rapidly and the
157 /// async backup task may not flush all blocks before shutdown.
158 pub debug_skip_non_finalized_state_backup_task: bool,
159
160 // Elasticsearch configs
161 //
162 #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
163 /// The elasticsearch database url.
164 pub elasticsearch_url: String,
165
166 #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
167 /// The elasticsearch database username.
168 pub elasticsearch_username: String,
169
170 #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
171 /// The elasticsearch database password.
172 pub elasticsearch_password: RedactedString,
173}
174
175fn gen_temp_path(prefix: &str) -> PathBuf {
176 tempfile::Builder::new()
177 .prefix(prefix)
178 .tempdir()
179 .expect("temporary directory is created successfully")
180 .keep()
181}
182
183impl Config {
184 /// Returns the path for the database, based on the kind, major version and network.
185 /// Each incompatible database format or network gets its own unique path.
186 pub fn db_path(
187 &self,
188 db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
189 major_version: u64,
190 network: &Network,
191 ) -> PathBuf {
192 let db_kind = db_kind.as_ref();
193 let major_version = format!("v{major_version}");
194 let net_dir = network.lowercase_name();
195
196 if self.ephemeral {
197 gen_temp_path(&format!("zebra-{db_kind}-{major_version}-{net_dir}-"))
198 } else {
199 self.cache_dir
200 .join(db_kind)
201 .join(major_version)
202 .join(net_dir)
203 }
204 }
205
206 /// Returns the path for the non-finalized state backup directory, based on the network.
207 /// Non-finalized state backup files are encoded in the network protocol format and remain
208 /// valid across db format upgrades.
209 pub fn non_finalized_state_backup_dir(&self, network: &Network) -> Option<PathBuf> {
210 if self.ephemeral || !self.should_backup_non_finalized_state {
211 // Ephemeral databases are intended to be irrecoverable across restarts and don't
212 // require a backup for the non-finalized state.
213 return None;
214 }
215
216 let net_dir = network.lowercase_name();
217 Some(self.cache_dir.join("non_finalized_state").join(net_dir))
218 }
219
220 /// Returns the path for the database format minor/patch version file,
221 /// based on the kind, major version and network.
222 pub fn version_file_path(
223 &self,
224 db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
225 major_version: u64,
226 network: &Network,
227 ) -> PathBuf {
228 let mut version_path = self.db_path(db_kind, major_version, network);
229
230 version_path.push(DATABASE_FORMAT_VERSION_FILE_NAME);
231
232 version_path
233 }
234
235 /// Returns a config for a temporary database that is deleted when it is dropped.
236 pub fn ephemeral() -> Config {
237 Config {
238 ephemeral: true,
239 ..Config::default()
240 }
241 }
242}
243
244impl Default for Config {
245 fn default() -> Self {
246 Self {
247 cache_dir: default_cache_dir(),
248 ephemeral: false,
249 should_backup_non_finalized_state: true,
250 delete_old_database: true,
251 debug_stop_at_height: None,
252 debug_validity_check_interval: None,
253 debug_skip_non_finalized_state_backup_task: false,
254 #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
255 elasticsearch_url: "https://localhost:9200".to_string(),
256 #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
257 elasticsearch_username: "elastic".to_string(),
258 #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
259 elasticsearch_password: RedactedString::default(),
260 }
261 }
262}
263
264// Cleaning up old database versions
265// TODO: put this in a different module?
266
267/// Spawns a task that checks if there are old state database folders,
268/// and deletes them from the filesystem.
269///
270/// See `check_and_delete_old_databases()` for details.
271pub fn check_and_delete_old_state_databases(config: &Config, network: &Network) -> JoinHandle<()> {
272 check_and_delete_old_databases(
273 config,
274 STATE_DATABASE_KIND,
275 state_database_format_version_in_code().major,
276 network,
277 )
278}
279
280/// Spawns a task that checks if there are old database folders,
281/// and deletes them from the filesystem.
282///
283/// Iterate over the files and directories in the databases folder and delete if:
284/// - The `db_kind` directory exists.
285/// - The entry in `db_kind` is a directory.
286/// - The directory name has a prefix `v`.
287/// - The directory name without the prefix can be parsed as an unsigned number.
288/// - The parsed number is lower than the `major_version`.
289///
290/// The network is used to generate the path, then ignored.
291/// If `config` is an ephemeral database, no databases are deleted.
292///
293/// # Panics
294///
295/// If the path doesn't match the expected `db_kind/major_version/network` format.
296pub fn check_and_delete_old_databases(
297 config: &Config,
298 db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
299 major_version: u64,
300 network: &Network,
301) -> JoinHandle<()> {
302 let current_span = Span::current();
303 let config = config.clone();
304 let db_kind = db_kind.as_ref().to_string();
305 let network = network.clone();
306
307 spawn_blocking(move || {
308 current_span.in_scope(|| {
309 delete_old_databases(config, db_kind, major_version, &network);
310 info!("finished old database version cleanup task");
311 })
312 })
313}
314
315/// Check if there are old database folders and delete them from the filesystem.
316///
317/// See [`check_and_delete_old_databases`] for details.
318fn delete_old_databases(config: Config, db_kind: String, major_version: u64, network: &Network) {
319 if config.ephemeral || !config.delete_old_database {
320 return;
321 }
322
323 info!(db_kind, "checking for old database versions");
324
325 let restorable_db_versions = restorable_db_versions();
326
327 let mut db_path = config.db_path(&db_kind, major_version, network);
328 // Check and remove the network path.
329 assert_eq!(
330 db_path.file_name(),
331 Some(network.lowercase_name().as_ref()),
332 "unexpected database network path structure"
333 );
334 assert!(db_path.pop());
335
336 // Check and remove the major version path, we'll iterate over them all below.
337 assert_eq!(
338 db_path.file_name(),
339 Some(format!("v{major_version}").as_ref()),
340 "unexpected database version path structure"
341 );
342 assert!(db_path.pop());
343
344 // Check for the correct database kind to iterate within.
345 assert_eq!(
346 db_path.file_name(),
347 Some(db_kind.as_ref()),
348 "unexpected database kind path structure"
349 );
350
351 if let Some(db_kind_dir) = read_dir(&db_path) {
352 for entry in db_kind_dir.flatten() {
353 let deleted_db =
354 check_and_delete_database(&config, major_version, &restorable_db_versions, &entry);
355
356 if let Some(deleted_db) = deleted_db {
357 info!(?deleted_db, "deleted outdated {db_kind} database directory");
358 }
359 }
360 }
361}
362
363/// Return a `ReadDir` for `dir`, after checking that `dir` exists and can be read.
364///
365/// Returns `None` if any operation fails.
366fn read_dir(dir: &Path) -> Option<ReadDir> {
367 if dir.exists() {
368 if let Ok(read_dir) = dir.read_dir() {
369 return Some(read_dir);
370 }
371 }
372 None
373}
374
375/// Check if `entry` is an old database directory, and delete it from the filesystem.
376/// See [`check_and_delete_old_databases`] for details.
377///
378/// If the directory was deleted, returns its path.
379fn check_and_delete_database(
380 config: &Config,
381 major_version: u64,
382 restorable_db_versions: &[u64],
383 entry: &DirEntry,
384) -> Option<PathBuf> {
385 let dir_name = parse_dir_name(entry)?;
386 let dir_major_version = parse_major_version(&dir_name)?;
387
388 if dir_major_version >= major_version {
389 return None;
390 }
391
392 // Don't delete databases that can be reused.
393 if restorable_db_versions
394 .iter()
395 .map(|v| v - 1)
396 .any(|v| v == dir_major_version)
397 {
398 return None;
399 }
400
401 let outdated_path = entry.path();
402
403 // # Correctness
404 //
405 // Check that the path we're about to delete is inside the cache directory.
406 // If the user has symlinked the outdated state directory to a non-cache directory,
407 // we don't want to delete it, because it might contain other files.
408 //
409 // We don't attempt to guard against malicious symlinks created by attackers
410 // (TOCTOU attacks). Zebra should not be run with elevated privileges.
411 let cache_path = canonicalize(&config.cache_dir).ok()?;
412 let outdated_path = canonicalize(outdated_path).ok()?;
413
414 if !outdated_path.starts_with(&cache_path) {
415 info!(
416 skipped_path = ?outdated_path,
417 ?cache_path,
418 "skipped cleanup of outdated state directory: state is outside cache directory",
419 );
420
421 return None;
422 }
423
424 remove_dir_all(&outdated_path).ok().map(|()| outdated_path)
425}
426
427/// Check if `entry` is a directory with a valid UTF-8 name.
428/// (State directory names are guaranteed to be UTF-8.)
429///
430/// Returns `None` if any operation fails.
431fn parse_dir_name(entry: &DirEntry) -> Option<String> {
432 if let Ok(file_type) = entry.file_type() {
433 if file_type.is_dir() {
434 if let Ok(dir_name) = entry.file_name().into_string() {
435 return Some(dir_name);
436 }
437 }
438 }
439 None
440}
441
442/// Parse the database major version number from `dir_name`.
443///
444/// Returns `None` if parsing fails, or the directory name is not in the expected format.
445fn parse_major_version(dir_name: &str) -> Option<u64> {
446 dir_name
447 .strip_prefix('v')
448 .and_then(|version| version.parse().ok())
449}
450
451// TODO: move these to the format upgrade module
452
453/// Returns the full semantic version of the on-disk state database, based on its config and network.
454pub fn state_database_format_version_on_disk(
455 config: &Config,
456 network: &Network,
457) -> Result<Option<Version>, BoxError> {
458 database_format_version_on_disk(
459 config,
460 STATE_DATABASE_KIND,
461 state_database_format_version_in_code().major,
462 network,
463 )
464}
465
466/// Returns the full semantic version of the on-disk database, based on its config, kind, major version,
467/// and network.
468///
469/// Typically, the version is read from a version text file.
470///
471/// If there is an existing on-disk database, but no version file,
472/// returns `Ok(Some(major_version.0.0))`.
473/// (This happens even if the database directory was just newly created.)
474///
475/// If there is no existing on-disk database, returns `Ok(None)`.
476///
477/// This is the format of the data on disk, the version
478/// implemented by the running Zebra code can be different.
479pub fn database_format_version_on_disk(
480 config: &Config,
481 db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
482 major_version: u64,
483 network: &Network,
484) -> Result<Option<Version>, BoxError> {
485 let version_path = config.version_file_path(&db_kind, major_version, network);
486 let db_path = config.db_path(db_kind, major_version, network);
487
488 database_format_version_at_path(&version_path, &db_path, major_version)
489}
490
491/// Returns the full semantic version of the on-disk database at `version_path`.
492///
493/// See [`database_format_version_on_disk()`] for details.
494pub(crate) fn database_format_version_at_path(
495 version_path: &Path,
496 db_path: &Path,
497 major_version: u64,
498) -> Result<Option<Version>, BoxError> {
499 let disk_version_file = match fs::read_to_string(version_path) {
500 Ok(version) => Some(version),
501 Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::NotFound => {
502 // If the version file doesn't exist, don't guess the version yet.
503 None
504 }
505 Err(e) => Err(e)?,
506 };
507
508 // The database has a version file on disk
509 if let Some(version) = disk_version_file {
510 return Ok(Some(
511 version
512 .parse()
513 // Try to parse the previous format of the disk version file if it cannot be parsed as a `Version` directly.
514 .or_else(|err| {
515 format!("{major_version}.{version}")
516 .parse()
517 .map_err(|err2| format!("failed to parse format version: {err}, {err2}"))
518 })?,
519 ));
520 }
521
522 // There's no version file on disk, so we need to guess the version
523 // based on the database content
524 match fs::metadata(db_path) {
525 // But there is a database on disk, so it has the current major version with no upgrades.
526 // If the database directory was just newly created, we also return this version.
527 Ok(_metadata) => Ok(Some(Version::new(major_version, 0, 0))),
528
529 // There's no version file and no database on disk, so it's a new database.
530 // It will be created with the current version,
531 // but temporarily return the default version above until the version file is written.
532 Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(None),
533
534 Err(e) => Err(e)?,
535 }
536}
537
538// Hide this destructive method from the public API, except in tests.
539#[allow(unused_imports)]
540pub(crate) use hidden::{
541 write_database_format_version_to_disk, write_state_database_format_version_to_disk,
542};
543
544pub(crate) mod hidden {
545 #![allow(dead_code)]
546
547 use zebra_chain::common::atomic_write;
548
549 use super::*;
550
551 /// Writes `changed_version` to the on-disk state database after the format is changed.
552 /// (Or a new database is created.)
553 ///
554 /// See `write_database_format_version_to_disk()` for details.
555 pub fn write_state_database_format_version_to_disk(
556 config: &Config,
557 changed_version: &Version,
558 network: &Network,
559 ) -> Result<(), BoxError> {
560 write_database_format_version_to_disk(
561 config,
562 STATE_DATABASE_KIND,
563 state_database_format_version_in_code().major,
564 changed_version,
565 network,
566 )
567 }
568
569 /// Writes `changed_version` to the on-disk database after the format is changed.
570 /// (Or a new database is created.)
571 ///
572 /// The database path is based on its kind, `major_version_in_code`, and network.
573 ///
574 /// # Correctness
575 ///
576 /// This should only be called:
577 /// - after each format upgrade is complete,
578 /// - when creating a new database, or
579 /// - when an older Zebra version opens a newer database.
580 ///
581 /// # Concurrency
582 ///
583 /// This must only be called while RocksDB has an open database for `config`.
584 /// Otherwise, multiple Zebra processes could write the version at the same time,
585 /// corrupting the file.
586 pub fn write_database_format_version_to_disk(
587 config: &Config,
588 db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
589 major_version_in_code: u64,
590 changed_version: &Version,
591 network: &Network,
592 ) -> Result<(), BoxError> {
593 // Write the version file atomically so the cache is not corrupted if Zebra shuts down or
594 // crashes.
595 atomic_write(
596 config.version_file_path(db_kind, major_version_in_code, network),
597 changed_version.to_string().as_bytes(),
598 )??;
599
600 Ok(())
601 }
602}
603
604#[cfg(test)]
605mod tests {
606 use super::*;
607
608 #[test]
609 fn redacted_string_hides_contents_from_debug() {
610 let secret = RedactedString::from("hunter2");
611
612 assert_eq!(format!("{secret:?}"), "[REDACTED]");
613 assert_eq!(secret.as_str(), "hunter2");
614 }
615
616 #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
617 #[test]
618 fn config_debug_does_not_contain_elasticsearch_password() {
619 let config = Config {
620 elasticsearch_password: RedactedString::from("hunter2"),
621 ..Config::default()
622 };
623
624 assert!(!format!("{config:?}").contains("hunter2"));
625 }
626}