🔧 Create a configuration file interface

This commit adds the ability to provide a config file in different ways:

The following options are given in the order in which they are checked:
1. A config file path passed by the -c parameter on the command line
2. A config file path passed by the HS_CONFIGFILE environment variable
3. A config.json file in the application root

Should these fail we try to get the parameters for the config struct
directly from environment variables or secret files as used in a
container environment. As example the JwtKey can be supplied by either
passing the value through:

* An environment variable HS_CONFIG_JWTKEY which contains the value directly
* An environment variable HS_CONFIG_JWTKEY_FILE which contains a path
  pointing to the Secret File

.gitignore

@@ -71,4 +71,7 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 !.gitsubmodules
 
 # sqlite database
-*.db
+*.db
+
+# config file
+config.json

auth/auth.go

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func GenerateToken(username string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(jwt.SigningMethodHS256, claims)
-	tokenString, err := token.SignedString(config.JwtKey)
+	tokenString, err := token.SignedString(config.GlobalConfig.JwtKey)
 
 	return tokenString, err
 }

config.example.json

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "jwtKey": "your_secret_key",
+    "databaseFile": "hostname-service.db"
+}

config/config.go

@@ -1,3 +1,89 @@
 package config
 
-var JwtKey = []byte("your_secret_key")
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	// You might need additional imports for file handling, etc.
+)
+
+type AppConfig struct {
+	JwtKey       string
+	DatabaseFile string
+}
+
+var GlobalConfig *AppConfig
+
+func LoadConfig() error {
+	GlobalConfig = &AppConfig{}
+
+	// Check command line arguments
+	configFile := flag.String("c", "", "path to config file")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if *configFile != "" {
+		return loadConfigFromFile(*configFile, GlobalConfig)
+	}
+
+	// Check environment variable for config file path
+	envConfigFile := os.Getenv("HS_CONFIGFILE")
+	if envConfigFile != "" {
+		return loadConfigFromFile(envConfigFile, GlobalConfig)
+	}
+
+	// Try to load from a default config file
+	defaultConfigFile := "config.json" // Replace with your default config file name
+	if _, err := os.Stat(defaultConfigFile); err == nil {
+		return loadConfigFromFile(defaultConfigFile, GlobalConfig)
+	}
+
+	// Load config from environment variables or docker secrets
+	loadConfigFromEnvOrSecrets(GlobalConfig)
+
+	// Check if the configuration has been loaded successfully
+	if GlobalConfig.JwtKey == "" || GlobalConfig.DatabaseFile == "" {
+		// Add more checks as necessary for other required config fields
+		return errors.New("failed to load configuration from any source")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func loadConfigFromFile(filePath string, config *AppConfig) error {
+	fileData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(fileData, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func loadConfigFromEnvOrSecrets(config *AppConfig) {
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(config).Elem()
+	typ := val.Type()
+
+	for i := 0; i < val.NumField(); i++ {
+		field := typ.Field(i)
+		envVar := "HS_CONFIG_" + strings.ToUpper(field.Name)
+		if value, exists := os.LookupEnv(envVar); exists {
+			val.Field(i).SetString(value)
+		}
+
+		// Handling Docker secrets (file-based secrets)
+		secretFileEnvVar := envVar + "_FILE"
+		if secretFilePath, exists := os.LookupEnv(secretFileEnvVar); exists {
+			if secretValue, err := ioutil.ReadFile(secretFilePath); err == nil {
+				val.Field(i).SetString(string(secretValue))
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

main.go

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"log"
+
 	"git.beisel.it/florian/hostname-service/api"
 	"git.beisel.it/florian/hostname-service/auth"
+	"git.beisel.it/florian/hostname-service/config"
 	"git.beisel.it/florian/hostname-service/db"
 	"git.beisel.it/florian/hostname-service/docs"
 	"git.beisel.it/florian/hostname-service/middleware"
@@ -29,9 +32,15 @@ import (
 //	@description				Type "Bearer" followed by a space and JWT token.
 
 func main() {
+
+	err := config.LoadConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed to load configuration: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	gin.SetMode(gin.DebugMode)
 
-	db.Init("hostname-service.db")
+	db.Init(config.GlobalConfig.DatabaseFile)
 
 	router := gin.Default()
 

middleware/middleware.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func Authenticate() gin.HandlerFunc {
 			if _, ok := token.Method.(*jwt.SigningMethodHMAC); !ok {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected signing method")
 			}
-			return config.JwtKey, nil
+			return config.GlobalConfig.JwtKey, nil
 		})
 
 		if err != nil {