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-rw-r--r--pkg/vpn/bonafide/gateways.go42
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/vpn/bonafide/gateways.go b/pkg/vpn/bonafide/gateways.go
index 6bfef7c..33ef578 100644
--- a/pkg/vpn/bonafide/gateways.go
+++ b/pkg/vpn/bonafide/gateways.go
@@ -13,8 +13,17 @@ const (
maxGateways = 3
)
+// Load reflects the fullness metric that menshen returns, if available.
+type Load struct {
+ Host string
+ Fullness string
+}
+
// A Gateway is a representation of gateways that is independent of the api version.
-// If a given physical location offers different transports, they will appear as separate gateways.
+// If a given physical location offers different transports, they will appear
+// as separate gateways, so make sure to filter them.
+// TODO We should include also the fullness metric here, so that it's easier to the UI to
+// represent them without any extra call.
type Gateway struct {
Host string
IPAddress string
@@ -25,12 +34,7 @@ type Gateway struct {
Protocols []string
Options map[string]string
Transport string
-}
-
-// Load reflects the fullness metric that menshen returns, if available.
-type Load struct {
- Host string
- Fullness string
+ Fullness float32
}
/* gatewayDistance is used in the timezone distance fallback */
@@ -40,9 +44,13 @@ type gatewayDistance struct {
}
type gatewayPool struct {
+ /* available is the unordered list of gateways from eip-service, we use if as source-of-truth for now.
+ TODO we might want to remove gateways if they are not returned by menshen due to being overloaded */
available []Gateway
userChoice []byte
- byCity map[string][]string
+
+ /* byCity is a map from location to an array of hostnames */
+ byCity map[string][]string
/* recommended is an array of hostnames, fetched from the old geoip service.
* this should be deprecated in favor of recommendedWithLoad when new menshen is deployed */
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ func (p *gatewayPool) isValidCity(city string) bool {
return valid
}
-/* returns a map of city: hostname for the ui to use */
+/* returns a map of city: gateway for the ui to use */
func (p *gatewayPool) pickGatewayForCities(transport string) map[string]Gateway {
cities := p.getCities()
cm := make(map[string]Gateway)
@@ -94,7 +102,10 @@ func (p *gatewayPool) pickGatewayForCities(transport string) map[string]Gateway
return cm
}
-/* this method should only be used if we have no usable menshen list */
+/* this method should only be used if we have no usable menshen list.
+* TODO if we do have an usable menshen list, we can just traverse "recommended"
+* and return, in order, at most max gateways for the selected location.
+ */
func (p *gatewayPool) getRandomGatewayByCity(city, transport string) (Gateway, error) {
if !p.isValidCity(city) {
return Gateway{}, errors.New("bonafide: BUG not a valid city: " + city)
@@ -114,6 +125,7 @@ func (p *gatewayPool) getRandomGatewayByCity(city, transport string) (Gateway, e
return Gateway{}, errors.New("bonafide: BUG could not find any gateway for that location")
}
+/* used when we select a hostname in the ui and we want to know the gateway details */
func (p *gatewayPool) getGatewayByHost(host string) (Gateway, error) {
for _, gw := range p.available {
if gw.Host == host {
@@ -123,6 +135,7 @@ func (p *gatewayPool) getGatewayByHost(host string) (Gateway, error) {
return Gateway{}, errors.New("bonafide: not a valid host name")
}
+/* used when we want to know gateway details after we know what IP openvpn has connected to */
func (p *gatewayPool) getGatewayByIP(ip string) (Gateway, error) {
for _, gw := range p.available {
if gw.IPAddress == ip {
@@ -132,10 +145,12 @@ func (p *gatewayPool) getGatewayByIP(ip string) (Gateway, error) {
return Gateway{}, errors.New("bonafide: not a valid ip address")
}
+/* this perhaps could be made more explicit */
func (p *gatewayPool) setAutomaticChoice() {
p.userChoice = []byte("")
}
+/* set a user manual override for gateway location */
func (p *gatewayPool) setUserChoice(city []byte) error {
if !p.isValidCity(string(city)) {
return errors.New("bonafide: not a valid city for gateway choice")
@@ -144,6 +159,7 @@ func (p *gatewayPool) setUserChoice(city []byte) error {
return nil
}
+/* set the recommended field from an ordered array. needs to be modified if menshen passed an array of Loads */
func (p *gatewayPool) setRecommendedGateways(hostnames []string) {
hosts := make([]string, 0)
for _, gw := range p.available {
@@ -160,11 +176,13 @@ func (p *gatewayPool) setRecommendedGateways(hostnames []string) {
p.recommended = hostnames
}
+/* get at most max gateways. the method of picking depends on whether we're
+* doing manual override, and if we got useful info from menshen */
func (p *gatewayPool) getBest(transport string, tz, max int) ([]Gateway, error) {
gws := make([]Gateway, 0)
if len(p.userChoice) != 0 {
/* FIXME this is random because we still do not get menshen to return us load. after "new" menshen is deployed,
- we can just get them by the order menshen reeturned */
+ we can just get them by the order menshen returned */
gw, err := p.getRandomGatewayByCity(string(p.userChoice), transport)
gws = append(gws, gw)
return gws, err
@@ -183,6 +201,7 @@ func (p *gatewayPool) getAll(transport string, tz int) ([]Gateway, error) {
}
}
+/* picks at most max gateways, filtering by transport, from the ordered list menshen returned */
func (p *gatewayPool) getGatewaysFromMenshen(transport string, max int) ([]Gateway, error) {
gws := make([]Gateway, 0)
for _, host := range p.recommended {
@@ -202,6 +221,7 @@ end:
return gws, nil
}
+/* the old timezone based heuristic, when everything goes wrong */
func (p *gatewayPool) getGatewaysByTimezone(transport string, tzOffsetHours, max int) ([]Gateway, error) {
gws := make([]Gateway, 0)
gwVector := []gatewayDistance{}