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Summary

Adds Workload Identity Federation (WIF) support to the out_gcs output plugin as a keyless alternative to the static google_service_credentials service account key.

When enable_identity_federation is set, the plugin:

  1. Reads an OIDC/JWT subject token from identity_token_file on every refresh. The token is never cached, because platforms such as a Kubernetes projected serviceAccountToken rotate the file.
  2. Exchanges that token at Google STS (https://sts.googleapis.com/v1/token, grant type urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:token-exchange) for a federated access token.
  3. If google_service_account is set, impersonates that service account through the IAM Credentials generateAccessToken API. Otherwise it uses the federated token directly (direct resource access).

The resulting Bearer token flows through the existing upload path unchanged, and static service account key auth is untouched and remains the default. The flow follows the existing federation implementation in out_bigquery (which is AWS specific); this adds a generic OIDC token file source.

New configuration options

Option Required Purpose
enable_identity_federation no (default false) Enable WIF instead of a static key
project_number yes GCP project number that owns the workload identity pool
pool_id yes Workload identity pool id
provider_id yes Workload identity pool provider id
identity_token_file yes Path to the OIDC subject token file
google_service_account no Service account to impersonate; omit for direct resource access
subject_token_type no Defaults to urn:ietf:params:oauth:token-type:jwt

google_service_credentials and enable_identity_federation are mutually exclusive.

Example configuration

[OUTPUT]
    Name    gcs
    Match   *
    bucket  my-bucket
    enable_identity_federation  true
    project_number       123456789
    pool_id              my-pool
    provider_id          my-provider
    identity_token_file  /var/run/secrets/tokens/gcp/token
    google_service_account  logger@my-proj.iam.gserviceaccount.com

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  • Example configuration file for the change (see above)
  • Debug log output from testing the change (validated end to end against live Google Cloud on both an AWS EKS cluster and a local minikube cluster: the plugin performed the real STS token exchange and IAM service account impersonation, not the test-mode short-circuit. Runtime tests also pass via flb-rt-out_gcs under FLB_GCS_PLUGIN_UNDER_TEST: identity_federation_upload, rejects_incomplete_federation, rejects_conflicting_credentials.)
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[output:gcs:gcs.0] Workload Identity Federation enabled (audience=//iam.googleapis.com/projects/<PROJECT_NUMBER>/locations/global/workloadIdentityPools/fluentbit-pool/providers/minikube-oidc, impersonation=fluentbit-logger@<PROJECT_ID>.iam.gserviceaccount.com)
[output:gcs:gcs.0] retrieved Google access token via Workload Identity Federation
[output:gcs:gcs.0] worker #0 started
  • Attached Valgrind output that shows no leaks or memory corruption was found (Valgrind 3.22 on Linux/aarch64 over the flb-rt-out_gcs suite: "All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible", 39,966 allocs / 39,966 frees, 0 errors from 0 contexts. This covers plugin init/config/upload and the identity federation upstream setup and teardown; it does not exercise the live STS/IAM token exchange, which short-circuits under FLB_GCS_PLUGIN_UNDER_TEST. That exchange path is covered by the live-cluster testing noted above.)

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  • Documentation required for this feature (a follow-up PR to fluent-bit-docs will document the new options)

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added Google Cloud Workload Identity Federation support for GCS uploads.
    • Supports rotating OIDC tokens and optional service-account impersonation.
    • Added configuration for federation project, pool, provider, token type, and identity settings.
    • Added Parquet uploads with Zstandard and Snappy compression.
    • Existing service-account JSON, OAuth2, application-default, and metadata-server authentication remain available.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Added validation for incomplete federation settings and conflicting credentials.
    • Improved handling of metadata-server authentication responses.

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The GCS output plugin now supports Workload Identity Federation. It reads rotating OIDC subject tokens, exchanges them with Google STS, optionally impersonates a service account, caches expiry-aware bearer tokens, and preserves legacy authentication. Runtime coverage expands for uploads and credential sources.

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GCS Workload Identity Federation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Federation configuration and setup
plugins/out_gcs/gcs.h, plugins/out_gcs/gcs.c
Adds federation constants, runtime state, configuration properties, validation, TLS upstreams, credential-path selection, and cleanup.
Token exchange and authentication
plugins/out_gcs/gcs.c
Reads and escapes OIDC values, exchanges tokens with Google STS, optionally calls IAM Credentials, derives refresh expiry, caches the token, and returns a bearer credential.
Runtime validation and upload coverage
tests/runtime/out_gcs.c
Adds Parquet, federation, application-default, metadata-server, invalid-response, and tag-unification tests. It also updates compression configuration, mock cleanup, and test registration.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d045d

This change adds optional keyless GCP authentication while preserving the existing static-credential default. Merge is reasonable with owner awareness because malformed token-expiry responses could cause incorrect refresh timing, the automated runtime path does not exercise real STS/IAM exchanges, and credential-source tests may affect later tests through shared environment state.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant GCSOutputPlugin
  participant GoogleSTS
  participant IAMCredentials
  GCSOutputPlugin->>GCSOutputPlugin: Read OIDC subject-token file
  GCSOutputPlugin->>GoogleSTS: Exchange subject token
  GoogleSTS-->>GCSOutputPlugin: Return access token and expiry
  GCSOutputPlugin->>IAMCredentials: Generate service-account access token
  IAMCredentials-->>GCSOutputPlugin: Return access token and expiry
  GCSOutputPlugin-->>GCSOutputPlugin: Cache federation token
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In `@plugins/out_gcs/gcs.c`:
- Around line 822-828: Update the federation-token refresh flow around
ctx->federation_token_expiry to derive expiry from the server-provided STS
expires_in, or IAM expireTime when impersonation is enabled, then subtract the
established safety margin. Replace the fixed FLB_GCS_TOKEN_REFRESH calculation
while preserving token ownership and successful refresh behavior.

In `@tests/runtime/out_gcs.c`:
- Around line 177-198: Update the GCS identity-federation test setup to avoid
using FLB_GCS_PLUGIN_UNDER_TEST for the upload mock, allowing get_google_token()
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In `@plugins/out_gcs/gcs.c`:
- Around line 781-795: Validate subject_token in gcs_read_identity_token before
storing or using it, rejecting tokens containing characters that require JSON
escaping, including double quotes, backslashes, and control characters. Ensure
invalid tokens follow the existing error and cleanup path, while valid tokens
continue through the STS request construction unchanged.
- Around line 714-734: In the expires_in handling within the STS response
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if (ctx->google_service_account && iam_c) {
val = flb_json_get_val(iam_c->resp.payload, iam_c->resp.payload_size,
"expireTime");
if (val) {
if (sscanf(val, "%d-%d-%dT%d:%d:%d", &y, &mo, &d, &h, &mi, &s) == 6) {
expiry = gcs_utc_to_epoch(y, mo, d, h, mi, s);
}
flb_sds_destroy(val);
}
}
else if (sts_c) {
val = flb_json_get_val(sts_c->resp.payload, sts_c->resp.payload_size,
"expires_in");
if (val) {
long secs = atol(val);
if (secs > 0) {
expiry = now + (time_t) secs;
}
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Hey @cosmo0920
Can I get a pair of 👀 here? Seeing that you introduced the out_gcs plugin

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I found one minor issue but this could be a severer issue than AI reported.
This is because subject_token_type can be specified by a user so we need to unescape the provided value from configurations.

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I found one minor issue but this could be a severer issue than AI reported. This is because subject_token_type can be specified by a user so we need to unescape the provided value from configurations.

Sure thing! I'll go ahead and fix it

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Should I resolve the conflicts and push?

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Should I resolve the conflicts and push?

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551-552: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Restore inherited Google credential environment variables.

These tests change process-global credential variables and then discard the previous state. If the test process inherited either variable, later tests use altered authentication configuration. Save copies before modification and restore the exact set or unset state during cleanup.

  • tests/runtime/out_gcs.c#L551-L552: Restore the saved values instead of unconditionally unsetting both variables.
  • tests/runtime/out_gcs.c#L573-L574: Save the inherited values before clearing them, then restore them during cleanup.
  • tests/runtime/out_gcs.c#L644-L645: Save the inherited values before clearing them, then restore them during cleanup.
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In `@tests/runtime/out_gcs.c` around lines 551 - 552, Preserve the inherited
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affected test: tests/runtime/out_gcs.c lines 573-574 and 644-645 must save each
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Add keyless auth as an alternative to the static service account key: read an
OIDC subject token from a file, exchange it at Google STS, and optionally
impersonate a service account via IAM Credentials.

Signed-off-by: Uri Sternik <uri.sternik@wiz.io>
Signed-off-by: Uri Sternik <uri.sternik@wiz.io>
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