Move alerta api token to header and add option to skip TLS verification.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ stream
 - [#327](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/327): You can now window based on count in addition to time.
 - [#913](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/913): Add fillPeriod option to Window node, so that the first emit waits till the period has elapsed before emitting.
 - [#898](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/898): Now when the Window node every value is zero, the window will be emitted immediately for each new point.
+- [#1052](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/1052): Move alerta api token to header and add option to skip TLS verification.
 
 ### Bugfixes
 

integrations/streamer_test.go

@@ -6790,9 +6790,12 @@ func TestStream_AlertAlerta(t *testing.T) {
 		dec.Decode(&pd)
 
 		if rc := atomic.LoadInt32(&requestCount); rc == 1 {
-			if exp := "/alert?api-key=testtoken1234567"; r.URL.String() != exp {
+			if exp := "/alert"; r.URL.String() != exp {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected url got %s exp %s", r.URL.String(), exp)
 			}
+			if exp := "Bearer testtoken1234567"; r.Header.Get("Authorization") != exp {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected token in header got %s exp %s", r.Header.Get("Authorization"), exp)
+			}
 			if exp := "cpu"; pd.Resource != exp {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected resource got %s exp %s", pd.Resource, exp)
 			}
@@ -6815,9 +6818,12 @@ func TestStream_AlertAlerta(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected origin got %s exp %s", pd.Origin, exp)
 			}
 		} else {
-			if exp := "/alert?api-key=anothertesttoken"; r.URL.String() != exp {
+			if exp := "/alert"; r.URL.String() != exp {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected url got %s exp %s", r.URL.String(), exp)
 			}
+			if exp := "Bearer anothertesttoken"; r.Header.Get("Authorization") != exp {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected token in header got %s exp %s", r.Header.Get("Authorization"), exp)
+			}
 			if exp := "resource: serverA"; pd.Resource != exp {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected resource got %s exp %s", pd.Resource, exp)
 			}

server/server_test.go

@@ -5296,6 +5296,7 @@ func TestServer_UpdateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 						"origin":      "",
 						"token":       false,
 						"url":         "http://alerta.example.com",
+						"insecure-skip-verify": false,
 					},
 					Redacted: []string{
 						"token",
@@ -5310,6 +5311,7 @@ func TestServer_UpdateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					"origin":      "",
 					"token":       false,
 					"url":         "http://alerta.example.com",
+					"insecure-skip-verify": false,
 				},
 				Redacted: []string{
 					"token",
@@ -5333,6 +5335,7 @@ func TestServer_UpdateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 								"origin":      "kapacitor",
 								"token":       true,
 								"url":         "http://alerta.example.com",
+								"insecure-skip-verify": false,
 							},
 							Redacted: []string{
 								"token",
@@ -5347,6 +5350,7 @@ func TestServer_UpdateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 							"origin":      "kapacitor",
 							"token":       true,
 							"url":         "http://alerta.example.com",
+							"insecure-skip-verify": false,
 						},
 						Redacted: []string{
 							"token",

services/alerta/config.go

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	Enabled bool `toml:"enabled" override:"enabled"`
 	// The Alerta URL.
 	URL string `toml:"url" override:"url"`
+	// Whether to skip the tls verification of the alerta host
+	InsecureSkipVerify bool `toml:"insecure-skip-verify" override:"insecure-skip-verify"`
 	// The authentication token for this notification, can be overridden per alert.
 	Token string `toml:"token" override:"token,redact"`
 	// The environment in which to raise the alert.

services/alerta/service.go

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ package alerta
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 type Service struct {
 	configValue atomic.Value
+	clientValue atomic.Value
 	logger      *log.Logger
 }
 
@@ -24,6 +25,11 @@ func NewService(c Config, l *log.Logger) *Service {
 		logger: l,
 	}
 	s.configValue.Store(c)
+	s.clientValue.Store(&http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: c.InsecureSkipVerify},
+		},
+	})
 	return s
 }
 
@@ -95,7 +101,13 @@ func (s *Service) Update(newConfig []interface{}) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expected config object to be of type %T, got %T", c, newConfig[0])
 	} else {
 		s.configValue.Store(c)
+		s.clientValue.Store(&http.Client{
+			Transport: &http.Transport{
+				TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: c.InsecureSkipVerify},
+			},
+		})
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -104,12 +116,13 @@ func (s *Service) Alert(token, resource, event, environment, severity, group, va
 		return errors.New("Resource and Event are required to send an alert")
 	}
 
-	url, post, err := s.preparePost(token, resource, event, environment, severity, group, value, message, origin, service, data)
+	req, err := s.preparePost(token, resource, event, environment, severity, group, value, message, origin, service, data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	resp, err := http.Post(url, "application/json", post)
+	client := s.clientValue.Load().(*http.Client)
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -131,11 +144,11 @@ func (s *Service) Alert(token, resource, event, environment, severity, group, va
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *Service) preparePost(token, resource, event, environment, severity, group, value, message, origin string, service []string, data interface{}) (string, io.Reader, error) {
+func (s *Service) preparePost(token, resource, event, environment, severity, group, value, message, origin string, service []string, data interface{}) (*http.Request, error) {
 	c := s.config()
 
 	if !c.Enabled {
-		return "", nil, errors.New("service is not enabled")
+		return nil, errors.New("service is not enabled")
 	}
 
 	if token == "" {
@@ -152,12 +165,9 @@ func (s *Service) preparePost(token, resource, event, environment, severity, gro
 
 	u, err := url.Parse(c.URL)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	u.Path = path.Join(u.Path, "alert")
-	v := url.Values{}
-	v.Set("api-key", token)
-	u.RawQuery = v.Encode()
 
 	postData := make(map[string]interface{})
 	postData["resource"] = resource
@@ -177,8 +187,15 @@ func (s *Service) preparePost(token, resource, event, environment, severity, gro
 	enc := json.NewEncoder(&post)
 	err = enc.Encode(postData)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", nil, err
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", u.String(), &post)
+	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer "+token)
+	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return u.String(), &post, nil
+	return req, nil
 }