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118 lines
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# Alertmanager → Hermes Webhook Auth Integration
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## Problem
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Alertmanager 0.27.0 supports `http_config.authorization` (Bearer/Basic) but does NOT
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support custom HTTP headers like `X-Gitlab-Token` or `X-Hub-Signature-256`.
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Hermes `gateway/platforms/webhook.py` `_validate_signature()` historically accepted:
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- `X-Hub-Signature-256` (GitHub-style HMAC-SHA256)
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- `X-Gitlab-Token` (GitLab plain-token match)
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- `X-Webhook-Signature` (generic HMAC-SHA256 hex)
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- `svix-id` / `svix-timestamp` / `svix-signature` (Svix/AgentMail)
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It did NOT accept `Authorization: Bearer <token>`, which is the only auth mechanism
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Alertmanager can send. Result: HTTP 401 "Invalid signature" on every alert.
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## Fix: Patch webhook.py
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Add `Authorization: Bearer` support to `_validate_signature()` in
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`gateway/platforms/webhook.py`, after the GitLab token check and before the generic
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HMAC check:
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```python
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# Authorization: Bearer <secret> (plain token match, e.g. Alertmanager)
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auth_header = request.headers.get("Authorization", "")
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if auth_header:
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token = auth_header.removeprefix("Bearer ").strip()
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return hmac.compare_digest(token, secret)
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```
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This treats the Bearer token as a plain-secret comparison (same as `X-Gitlab-Token`),
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NOT an HMAC over the body. This is sufficient because Alertmanager runs on the
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internal network and the secret is shared between the two services.
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## Alertmanager Config
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```yaml
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route:
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receiver: hermes-rca
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group_by: ['alertname', 'instance']
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group_wait: 30s
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group_interval: 5m
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repeat_interval: 4h
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receivers:
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- name: hermes-rca
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webhook_configs:
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- url: http://<hermes-ip>:8644/webhooks/alertmanager-rca
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send_resolved: true
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max_alerts: 0
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http_config:
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authorization:
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type: Bearer
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credentials: <your-hmac-secret-from-config-yaml>
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```
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The `credentials` value must match the `secret` in Hermes `config.yaml`:
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```yaml
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platforms:
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webhook:
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enabled: true
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extra:
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host: "0.0.0.0"
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port: 8644
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secret: "<same-secret>"
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```
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## Applying the Patch
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1. Edit `gateway/platforms/webhook.py` — add the Bearer auth block (6 lines)
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2. Update Alertmanager config with `http_config.authorization`
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3. Restart Alertmanager: `docker restart alertmanager` (or `docker start alertmanager` if stopped)
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4. Restart Hermes gateway — CANNOT be done from inside the gateway process (see below)
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5. Test: `hermes webhook test alertmanager-rca`
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## Gateway Self-Restart Workaround
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`systemctl --user restart hermes-gateway` is blocked from inside the gateway process
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(SIGTERM would propagate to child processes, killing the running command). The safety
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guard rejects any command containing "hermes-gateway restart".
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Workaround: create a one-shot cronjob that runs the restart in a fresh session:
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```bash
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# Via cronjob tool:
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cronjob action=create \
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schedule='1m' \
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prompt='Restart the hermes-gateway by running: systemctl --user restart hermes-gateway. Then verify with: systemctl --user is-active hermes-gateway.'
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```
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The cronjob fires after ~1 minute, restarts the gateway, and delivers the result back
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to the originating chat. Clean up the one-shot job afterwards (it auto-expires if
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repeat=once).
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## Verification
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After gateway restart, test the webhook:
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```bash
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hermes webhook test alertmanager-rca
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# Expected: Response (202): {"status": "accepted", "route": "alertmanager-rca", ...}
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```
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Check gateway logs for signature errors:
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```bash
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journalctl --user -u hermes-gateway --since "5 min ago" --no-pager | grep -i "invalid signature"
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# Should show NO entries after the restart
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```
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## Alternative: INSECURE_NO_AUTH
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If patching the code is not feasible, set the route secret to `INSECURE_NO_AUTH`:
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```yaml
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# In webhook_subscriptions.json or config
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"secret": "INSECURE_NO_AUTH"
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```
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This skips HMAC validation entirely. Only safe on loopback interfaces — the webhook
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adapter refuses to serve unauthenticated routes on non-loopback hosts.
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