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fix(gcp): provision Recommender list permission in the setup wizard #2158

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44 changes: 31 additions & 13 deletions cmd/configure_gcp.go
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Expand Up @@ -780,9 +780,21 @@ func gcpStepCreateServiceAccount(ctx context.Context, reader *bufio.Reader, proj
return saEmail, nil
}

const gcpPurchaserRoleID = "cudlyCommitmentPurchaser"
// gcpCustomRole is a single-permission custom role the wizard provisions.
type gcpCustomRole struct {
id string
title string
permission string
}

var (
gcpPurchaserRole = gcpCustomRole{id: "cudlyCommitmentPurchaser", title: "CUDly Commitment Purchaser", permission: "compute.commitments.create"}
// gcpRecommendationReaderRole covers the project-scoped
// google.compute.commitment.UsageCommitmentRecommender list call.
gcpRecommendationReaderRole = gcpCustomRole{id: "cudlyRecommendationReader", title: "CUDly Recommendation Reader", permission: "recommender.usageCommitmentRecommendations.list"}
)

func ensureGCPPurchaserRole(ctx context.Context, projectID string) (string, error) {
func ensureGCPCustomRole(ctx context.Context, projectID string, spec gcpCustomRole) (string, error) {
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, gcpSDKCallTimeout)
defer cancel()
opt, err := newGCPAPIOption(ctx)
Expand All @@ -794,21 +806,21 @@ func ensureGCPPurchaserRole(ctx context.Context, projectID string) (string, erro
return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to create IAM client: %w", err)
}
parent := "projects/" + projectID
name := parent + "/roles/" + gcpPurchaserRoleID
name := parent + "/roles/" + spec.id
want := []string{spec.permission}
role, err := svc.Projects.Roles.Get(name).Context(ctx).Do()
var apiErr *googleapi.Error
if errors.As(err, &apiErr) && apiErr.Code == 404 {
role, err = svc.Projects.Roles.Create(parent, &iamv1.CreateRoleRequest{
RoleId: gcpPurchaserRoleID,
Role: &iamv1.Role{Title: "CUDly Commitment Purchaser", Stage: "GA",
IncludedPermissions: []string{"compute.commitments.create"}},
RoleId: spec.id,
Role: &iamv1.Role{Title: spec.title, Stage: "GA", IncludedPermissions: want},
}).Context(ctx).Do()
}
if err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to provision custom role %s; review the role and setup permissions before retrying: %w", name, err)
}
if role.Name != name || role.Deleted || role.Stage == "DISABLED" || !slices.Equal(role.IncludedPermissions, []string{"compute.commitments.create"}) {
return "", fmt.Errorf("unsafe custom role %s: expected an enabled role containing only compute.commitments.create; review it before retrying", name)
if role.Name != name || role.Deleted || role.Stage == "DISABLED" || !slices.Equal(role.IncludedPermissions, want) {
return "", fmt.Errorf("unsafe custom role %s: expected an enabled role containing only %s; review it before retrying", name, spec.permission)
}
return name, nil
}
Expand All @@ -821,19 +833,25 @@ func gcpStepGrantRole(ctx context.Context, reader *bufio.Reader, projectID, saEm
fmt.Println("-----------------------")
fmt.Println("Grant the required roles to the service account.")
fmt.Println()
fmt.Printf("[R]un, [S]kip? (creates or validates %s with compute.commitments.create, then grants it and roles/compute.viewer to %s on project %s via SDK) ", gcpPurchaserRoleID, saEmail, projectID)
fmt.Println("Prerequisite: enable recommender.googleapis.com in the service account's project (this step does not enable it).")
fmt.Printf("[R]un, [S]kip? (creates or validates %s with %s and %s with %s, then grants both and roles/compute.viewer to %s on project %s via SDK) ",
gcpPurchaserRole.id, gcpPurchaserRole.permission, gcpRecommendationReaderRole.id, gcpRecommendationReaderRole.permission, saEmail, projectID)

choice, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("failed to read grant-role choice: %w", err)
}
switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(choice)) {
case "r", "run", "":
role, roleErr := ensureGCPPurchaserRole(ctx, projectID)
if roleErr != nil {
return roleErr
grants := []string{"roles/compute.viewer"}
for _, spec := range []gcpCustomRole{gcpPurchaserRole, gcpRecommendationReaderRole} {
role, roleErr := ensureGCPCustomRole(ctx, projectID, spec)
if roleErr != nil {
return roleErr
}
grants = append(grants, role)
}
for _, grant := range []string{"roles/compute.viewer", role} {
for _, grant := range grants {
if grantErr := grantGCPIAMRole(ctx, projectID, member, grant); grantErr != nil {
return grantErr
}
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44 changes: 37 additions & 7 deletions cmd/configure_gcp_iam_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestGCPStepGrantRole(t *testing.T) {
runGCPIAMFixture(t, scenario)
return
}
for _, scenario := range []string{"create", "empty", "reuse", "extra-permission", "deleted", "disabled", "wrong-name", "bad-created", "forbidden", "write-error", "skip", "conditional-other", "conditional-member", "already-unconditional", "existing-admin", "coordinator", "coordinator-error", "coordinator-conflict", "coordinator-second-write"} {
for _, scenario := range []string{"create", "empty", "reuse", "extra-permission", "deleted", "disabled", "wrong-name", "bad-created", "forbidden", "write-error", "skip", "conditional-other", "conditional-member", "already-unconditional", "existing-admin", "coordinator", "coordinator-error", "coordinator-conflict", "coordinator-second-write", "reader-create", "reader-extra-permission", "reader-deleted", "reader-wrong-name"} {
t.Run(scenario, func(t *testing.T) {
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
defer cancel()
Expand All @@ -43,8 +43,19 @@ func runGCPIAMFixture(t *testing.T, scenario string) {
const roleName = "projects/fixture-project/roles/cudlyCommitmentPurchaser"
const member = "serviceAccount:cudly-service-account@fixture-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com"
role := &iam.Role{Name: roleName, Stage: "GA", IncludedPermissions: []string{"compute.commitments.create"}}
const readerRoleName = "projects/fixture-project/roles/cudlyRecommendationReader"
reader := &iam.Role{Name: readerRoleName, Stage: "GA", IncludedPermissions: []string{"recommender.usageCommitmentRecommendations.list"}}
wantError := ""
switch scenario {
case "reader-extra-permission":
reader.IncludedPermissions = append(reader.IncludedPermissions, "recommender.usageCommitmentRecommendations.get")
wantError = "unsafe custom role"
case "reader-deleted":
reader.Deleted = true
wantError = "unsafe custom role"
case "reader-wrong-name":
reader.Name = "projects/fixture-project/roles/other"
wantError = "unsafe custom role"
case "extra-permission", "bad-created":
role.IncludedPermissions = append(role.IncludedPermissions, "compute.instances.delete")
wantError = "unsafe custom role"
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -79,7 +90,7 @@ func runGCPIAMFixture(t *testing.T, scenario string) {
}
var writes []*crm.SetIamPolicyRequest
var creates []*iam.CreateRoleRequest
var roleReads, keyCalls int
var roleReads, readerReads, keyCalls int
var mu sync.Mutex
server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
mu.Lock()
Expand All @@ -88,6 +99,13 @@ func runGCPIAMFixture(t *testing.T, scenario string) {
switch {
case r.URL.Path == "/token":
_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `{"access_token":"fixture","token_type":"Bearer","expires_in":3600}`)
case r.Method == http.MethodGet && strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/roles/cudlyRecommendationReader"):
readerReads++
if scenario == "reader-create" {
http.Error(w, `{"error":{"code":404,"message":"missing"}}`, http.StatusNotFound)
return
}
_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(reader)
case r.Method == http.MethodGet && strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, "/roles/cudlyCommitmentPurchaser"):
roleReads++
switch scenario {
Expand All @@ -106,6 +124,10 @@ func runGCPIAMFixture(t *testing.T, scenario string) {
http.Error(w, "conflict", http.StatusConflict)
return
}
if request.RoleId == "cudlyRecommendationReader" {
_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(reader)
return
}
_ = json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(role)
case strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, ":getIamPolicy"):
var request crm.GetIamPolicyRequest
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -191,7 +213,7 @@ func runGCPIAMFixture(t *testing.T, scenario string) {
require.Zero(t, keyCalls, "role setup must never mint a key or call unexpected endpoints")
wantCreates := 0
switch scenario {
case "create", "empty", "bad-created", "coordinator", "coordinator-conflict":
case "create", "empty", "bad-created", "coordinator", "coordinator-conflict", "reader-create":
wantCreates = 1
}
require.Len(t, creates, wantCreates)
Expand All @@ -201,9 +223,17 @@ func runGCPIAMFixture(t *testing.T, scenario string) {
return
}
require.Equal(t, 1, roleReads)
if strings.HasPrefix(scenario, "reader-") || wantError == "" || scenario == "write-error" || scenario == "coordinator" {
require.Equal(t, 1, readerReads, "reader role must be ensured before any setIamPolicy write")
}
for _, create := range creates {
require.Equal(t, "cudlyCommitmentPurchaser", create.RoleId)
require.Empty(t, create.Role.Name)
if scenario == "reader-create" {
require.Equal(t, "cudlyRecommendationReader", create.RoleId)
require.Equal(t, []string{"recommender.usageCommitmentRecommendations.list"}, create.Role.IncludedPermissions)
continue
}
require.Equal(t, "cudlyCommitmentPurchaser", create.RoleId)
require.Equal(t, []string{"compute.commitments.create"}, create.Role.IncludedPermissions)
}
if scenario == "coordinator-second-write" {
Expand All @@ -220,9 +250,9 @@ func runGCPIAMFixture(t *testing.T, scenario string) {
require.Len(t, writes, 1)
return
}
wantWrites := 2
wantWrites := 3
if scenario == "already-unconditional" {
wantWrites = 1
wantWrites = 2
}
require.Len(t, writes, wantWrites)
granted := map[string]bool{}
Expand All @@ -235,7 +265,7 @@ func runGCPIAMFixture(t *testing.T, scenario string) {
}
}
}
expected := map[string]bool{"roles/compute.viewer": true, roleName: true}
expected := map[string]bool{"roles/compute.viewer": true, roleName: true, readerRoleName: true}
if scenario == "existing-admin" {
expected["roles/compute.admin"] = true
}
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31 changes: 27 additions & 4 deletions docs/cli/cloud-setup.md
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Expand Up @@ -138,17 +138,40 @@ The Service Account needs the following roles:
|------|---------|
| `roles/compute.viewer` | Read Compute Engine resources and commitment operations |
| `projects/PROJECT_ID/roles/cudlyCommitmentPurchaser` | Purchase commitments with only `compute.commitments.create` |
| `projects/PROJECT_ID/roles/cudlyRecommendationReader` | List Compute commitment recommendations with only `recommender.usageCommitmentRecommendations.list` |

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add the reader role to the manual migration steps.

Line 141 makes cudlyRecommendationReader a required role, but the manual path in Lines 210-214 still grants only Compute Viewer and cudlyCommitmentPurchaser. An operator who follows that path can pass the Compute permission check and then encounter a permission error during read-only recommendation analysis. Add the reader role to the manual grant instructions and its list permission to the permission check. Google Cloud identifies that permission as required to list resource-based CUD recommendations. (docs.cloud.google.com)

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Update the manual migration instructions to grant the cudlyRecommendationReader
role alongside Compute Viewer and cudlyCommitmentPurchaser, and include
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The setup operator needs `iam.roles.get`, `iam.roles.create`,
`resourcemanager.projects.getIamPolicy`, and `resourcemanager.projects.setIamPolicy`
for this step. These setup permissions are not granted to the Service Account.
An existing custom role must have exactly the purchase permission and be enabled;
the wizard refuses incompatible roles rather than changing them. It also refuses
An existing custom role must have exactly its one permission and be enabled (not
disabled and not soft-deleted); the wizard refuses incompatible roles rather
than changing them. It also refuses
to widen an existing conditional-only grant for this Service Account.

Rerunning the wizard does not remove broad grants from older installations.
Recommendation access requires additional Recommender permissions; neither
role above provides them.

#### Recommendation access

Compute Engine commitment recommendations are read from the project-scoped
resource `projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/REGION/recommenders/google.compute.commitment.UsageCommitmentRecommender`.
That list call needs `recommender.usageCommitmentRecommendations.list` on the
project, which the wizard grants through `cudlyRecommendationReader`. The
Recommender API (`recommender.googleapis.com`) must be enabled in the Service
Account's project; the wizard prints this prerequisite but does not enable it.

Scope notes:

- Project scope: the grant above is a project binding. Nothing is granted on a
billing account, folder or organization, because the pinned client never
queries those parents. Billing-account roles such as `roles/billing.viewer`
are not needed for this call.
- Other services: the GCP provider also queries Cloud SQL and Memorystore
recommenders (`google.cloudsql.instance.PerformanceRecommender`,
`google.memorystore.redis.PerformanceRecommender`). The wizard provisions
nothing for them; those calls return a permission error, which is reported
as a warning for that service while other services continue.

Rerunning the wizard does not remove broad grants from older installations.

### Migrating legacy Compute Admin grants

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