HTTPConfig : Add http_content to be served

didyoumean/name_suggestion.go

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package didyoumean
+
+import (
+	"github.com/agext/levenshtein"
+)
+
+// NameSuggestion tries to find a name from the given slice of suggested names
+// that is close to the given name and returns it if found. If no suggestion is
+// close enough, returns the empty string.
+//
+// The suggestions are tried in order, so earlier suggestions take precedence if
+// the given string is similar to two or more suggestions.
+//
+// This function is intended to be used with a relatively-small number of
+// suggestions. It's not optimized for hundreds or thousands of them.
+func NameSuggestion(given string, suggestions []string) string {
+	for _, suggestion := range suggestions {
+		dist := levenshtein.Distance(given, suggestion, nil)
+		if dist < 3 { // threshold determined experimentally
+			return suggestion
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}

go.mod

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk
 
 require (
+	github.com/agext/levenshtein v1.2.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.5
 	github.com/dylanmei/winrmtest v0.0.0-20170819153634-c2fbb09e6c08
 	github.com/fatih/camelcase v1.0.0

multistep/commonsteps/http_config.go

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ type HTTPConfig struct {
 	// started. The address and port of the HTTP server will be available as
 	// variables in `boot_command`. This is covered in more detail below.
 	HTTPDir string `mapstructure:"http_directory"`
+	// Key/Values to serve using an HTTP server. http_content works like and
+	// conflicts with http_directory The keys represent the paths and the values
+	// contents. This is useful for hosting kickstart files and so on. By
+	// default this is empty, which means no HTTP server will be started. The
+	// address and port of the HTTP server will be available as variables in
+	// `boot_command`. This is covered in more detail below. Example: Setting
+	// `"foo/bar"="baz"`, will allow you to http get on
+	// `http://{http_ip}:{http_port}/foo/bar`.
+	HTTPContent map[string]string `mapstructure:"http_content"`
 	// These are the minimum and maximum port to use for the HTTP server
 	// started to serve the `http_directory`. Because Packer often runs in
 	// parallel, Packer will choose a randomly available port in this range to
@@ -66,5 +75,10 @@ func (c *HTTPConfig) Prepare(ctx *interpolate.Context) []error {
 			errors.New("http_port_min must be less than http_port_max"))
 	}
 
+	if len(c.HTTPContent) > 0 && len(c.HTTPDir) > 0 {
+		errs = append(errs,
+			errors.New("http_content cannot be used in conjunction with http_dir. Consider using the file function to load file in memory and serve them with http_content: https://www.packer.io/docs/templates/hcl_templates/functions/file/file"))
+	}
+
 	return errs
 }

multistep/commonsteps/step_http_server.go

@@ -3,14 +3,28 @@ package commonsteps
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"sort"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/didyoumean"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/multistep"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/net"
 	packersdk "github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/packer"
 )
 
+func HTTPServerFromHTTPConfig(cfg *HTTPConfig) *StepHTTPServer {
+	return &StepHTTPServer{
+		HTTPDir:     cfg.HTTPDir,
+		HTTPContent: cfg.HTTPContent,
+		HTTPPortMin: cfg.HTTPPortMin,
+		HTTPPortMax: cfg.HTTPPortMax,
+		HTTPAddress: cfg.HTTPAddress,
+	}
+}
+
 // This step creates and runs the HTTP server that is serving files from the
 // directory specified by the 'http_directory` configuration parameter in the
 // template.
@@ -22,23 +36,66 @@ import (
 //   http_port int - The port the HTTP server started on.
 type StepHTTPServer struct {
 	HTTPDir     string
+	HTTPContent map[string]string
 	HTTPPortMin int
 	HTTPPortMax int
 	HTTPAddress string
 
 	l *net.Listener
 }
 
+func (s *StepHTTPServer) Handler() http.Handler {
+	if s.HTTPDir != "" {
+		return http.FileServer(http.Dir(s.HTTPDir))
+	}
+
+	return MapServer(s.HTTPContent)
+}
+
+type MapServer map[string]string
+
+func (s MapServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	path := path.Clean(r.URL.Path)
+	content, found := s[path]
+	if !found {
+		paths := make([]string, 0, len(s))
+		for k := range s {
+			paths = append(paths, k)
+		}
+		sort.Strings(paths)
+		err := fmt.Sprintf("%s not found.", path)
+		if sug := didyoumean.NameSuggestion(path, paths); sug != "" {
+			err += fmt.Sprintf("Did you mean %q?", sug)
+		}
+
+		http.Error(w, err, http.StatusNotFound)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if _, err := w.Write([]byte(content)); err != nil {
+		// log err in case the file couldn't be 100% transferred for example.
+		log.Printf("http_content serve error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func (s *StepHTTPServer) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packersdk.Ui)
 
-	if s.HTTPDir == "" {
+	if s.HTTPDir == "" && len(s.HTTPContent) == 0 {
 		state.Put("http_port", 0)
 		return multistep.ActionContinue
 	}
 
+	if s.HTTPDir != "" {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(s.HTTPDir); err != nil {
+			err := fmt.Errorf("Error finding %q: %s", s.HTTPDir, err)
+			state.Put("error", err)
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return multistep.ActionHalt
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Find an available TCP port for our HTTP server
-	var httpAddr string
 	var err error
 	s.l, err = net.ListenRangeConfig{
 		Min:     s.HTTPPortMin,
@@ -57,8 +114,7 @@ func (s *StepHTTPServer) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) mult
 	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Starting HTTP server on port %d", s.l.Port))
 
 	// Start the HTTP server and run it in the background
-	fileServer := http.FileServer(http.Dir(s.HTTPDir))
-	server := &http.Server{Addr: httpAddr, Handler: fileServer}
+	server := &http.Server{Addr: "", Handler: s.Handler()}
 	go server.Serve(s.l)
 
 	// Save the address into the state so it can be accessed in the future
@@ -67,9 +123,20 @@ func (s *StepHTTPServer) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) mult
 	return multistep.ActionContinue
 }
 
-func (s *StepHTTPServer) Cleanup(multistep.StateBag) {
+func (s *StepHTTPServer) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
 	if s.l != nil {
+		ui := state.Get("ui").(packersdk.Ui)
+
 		// Close the listener so that the HTTP server stops
-		s.l.Close()
+		if err := s.l.Close(); err != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("Failed closing http server on port %d: %w", s.l.Port, err)
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			// Here this error should be shown to the UI but it won't
+			// specifically stop Packer from terminating successfully. It could
+			// cause a "Listen leak" if it happenned a lot. Though Listen will
+			// try other ports if one is already used. In the case we want to
+			// Listen on only one port, the next Listen call could fail or be
+			// longer than expected.
+		}
 	}
 }

multistep/commonsteps/step_http_server_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package commonsteps
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/packer-plugin-sdk/multistep"
+)
+
+func TestStepHTTPServer_Run(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		cfg         *HTTPConfig
+		want        multistep.StepAction
+		wantPort    interface{}
+		wantContent map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			&HTTPConfig{},
+			multistep.ActionContinue,
+			0,
+			nil,
+		},
+		{
+			&HTTPConfig{HTTPDir: "unknown_folder"},
+			multistep.ActionHalt,
+			nil,
+			nil,
+		},
+		{
+			&HTTPConfig{HTTPDir: "test-fixtures", HTTPPortMin: 9000},
+			multistep.ActionContinue,
+			9000,
+			map[string]string{
+				"SomeDir/myfile.txt": "",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			&HTTPConfig{HTTPContent: map[string]string{"/foo.txt": "biz", "/foo/bar.txt": "baz"}, HTTPPortMin: 9001},
+			multistep.ActionContinue,
+			9001,
+			map[string]string{
+				"foo.txt":      "biz",
+				"/foo.txt":     "biz",
+				"foo/bar.txt":  "baz",
+				"/foo/bar.txt": "baz",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%#v", tt.cfg), func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := HTTPServerFromHTTPConfig(tt.cfg)
+			state := testState(t)
+			got := s.Run(context.Background(), state)
+			defer s.Cleanup(state)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("StepHTTPServer.Run() = %s, want %s", got, tt.want)
+			}
+			gotPort := state.Get("http_port")
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotPort, tt.wantPort) {
+				t.Errorf("StepHTTPServer.Run() unexpected port = %v, want %v", gotPort, tt.wantPort)
+			}
+			for k, wantResponse := range tt.wantContent {
+				resp, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://:%d/%s", gotPort, k))
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("http.Get: %v", err)
+				}
+				b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("readall: %v", err)
+				}
+				gotResponse := string(b)
+				if diff := cmp.Diff(wantResponse, gotResponse); diff != "" {
+					t.Fatalf("Unexpected %q content: %s", k, diff)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

website/content/partials/multistep/commonsteps/HTTPConfig-not-required.mdx

@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
   started. The address and port of the HTTP server will be available as
   variables in `boot_command`. This is covered in more detail below.
 
+- `http_content` (map[string]string) - Key/Values to serve using an HTTP server. http_content works like and
+  conflicts with http_directory The keys represent the paths and the values
+  contents. This is useful for hosting kickstart files and so on. By
+  default this is empty, which means no HTTP server will be started. The
+  address and port of the HTTP server will be available as variables in
+  `boot_command`. This is covered in more detail below. Example: Setting
+  `"foo/bar"="baz"`, will allow you to http get on
+  `http://{http_ip}:{http_port}/foo/bar`.
+
 - `http_port_min` (int) - These are the minimum and maximum port to use for the HTTP server
   started to serve the `http_directory`. Because Packer often runs in
   parallel, Packer will choose a randomly available port in this range to