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authorGitLab Bot <gitlab-bot@gitlab.com>2020-02-26 03:09:07 +0000
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/merge_requests/31025) in GitLab 12.3.
-GitLab can be configured to serve repository static objects (for example, archives) from an external
-storage, such as a CDN.
+GitLab can be configured to serve repository static objects (for example, archives or raw blobs) from an external
+storage, such as a Content Delivery Network (CDN).
## Configuring
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ To configure external storage for static objects:
1. Navigate to **Admin Area > Settings > Repository**.
1. Expand the **Repository static objects** section.
-1. Enter the base URL and an arbitrary token.
+1. Enter the base URL and an arbitrary token. When you [set up external storage](#set-up-external-storage),
+you'll use a script that uses these values as `ORIGIN_HOSTNAME` and `STORAGE_TOKEN`.
The token is required to distinguish requests coming from the external storage, so users don't
circumvent the external storage and go for the application directly. The token is expected to be
@@ -48,3 +49,173 @@ sequenceDiagram
CDN->>User: master.zip
end
```
+
+## Set up external storage
+
+While this procedure uses [CloudFlare Workers](https://workers.cloudflare.com) for external storage,
+other CDNs or Function as a Service (FaaS) systems should work using the same principles.
+
+1. Choose a CloudFlare Worker domain if you haven't done so already.
+1. In the following script, set the following values for the first two constants:
+
+ - `ORIGIN_HOSTNAME`: the hostname of your GitLab installation.
+ - `STORAGE_TOKEN`: any arbitrary secure token (e.g. you can get one by running
+ `pwgen -cn1 64` on a UNIX machine). Save this token for the admin panel, as
+ described in the [configuring](#configuring) section.
+
+ ```js
+ const ORIGIN_HOSTNAME = 'gitlab.installation.com' // FIXME: SET CORRECT VALUE
+ const STORAGE_TOKEN = 'very-secure-token' // FIXME: SET CORRECT VALUE
+ const CACHE_PRIVATE_OBJECTS = false
+
+ const CORS_HEADERS = {
+ 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*',
+ 'Access-Control-Allow-Methods': 'GET, HEAD, OPTIONS',
+ 'Access-Control-Allow-Headers': 'X-Csrf-Token, X-Requested-With',
+ }
+
+ self.addEventListener('fetch', event => event.respondWith(handle(event)))
+
+ async function handle(event) {
+ try {
+ let response = await verifyAndHandle(event);
+
+ // responses returned from cache are immutable, so we recreate them
+ // to set CORS headers
+ response = new Response(response.body, response)
+ response.headers.set('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
+
+ return response
+ } catch (e) {
+ return new Response('An error occurred!', {status: e.statusCode || 500})
+ }
+ }
+
+ async function verifyAndHandle(event) {
+ if (!validRequest(event.request)) {
+ return new Response(null, {status: 400})
+ }
+
+ if (event.request.method === 'OPTIONS') {
+ return handleOptions(event.request)
+ }
+
+ return handleRequest(event)
+ }
+
+ function handleOptions(request) {
+ // Make sure the necessary headers are present
+ // for this to be a valid pre-flight request
+ if (
+ request.headers.get('Origin') !== null &&
+ request.headers.get('Access-Control-Request-Method') !== null &&
+ request.headers.get('Access-Control-Request-Headers') !== null
+ ) {
+ // Handle CORS pre-flight request
+ return new Response(null, {
+ headers: CORS_HEADERS,
+ })
+ } else {
+ // Handle standard OPTIONS request
+ return new Response(null, {
+ headers: {
+ Allow: 'GET, HEAD, OPTIONS',
+ },
+ })
+ }
+ }
+
+ async function handleRequest(event) {
+ let cache = caches.default
+ let url = new URL(event.request.url)
+ let static_object_token = url.searchParams.get('token')
+ let headers = new Headers(event.request.headers)
+
+ url.host = ORIGIN_HOSTNAME
+ url = normalizeQuery(url)
+
+ headers.set('X-Gitlab-External-Storage-Token', STORAGE_TOKEN)
+ if (static_object_token !== null) {
+ headers.set('X-Gitlab-Static-Object-Token', static_object_token)
+ }
+
+ let request = new Request(url, { headers: headers })
+ let cached_response = await cache.match(request)
+ let is_conditional_header_set = headers.has('If-None-Match')
+
+ if (cached_response) {
+ return cached_response
+ }
+
+ // We don't want to override If-None-Match that is set on the original request
+ if (cached_response && !is_conditional_header_set) {
+ headers.set('If-None-Match', cached_response.headers.get('ETag'))
+ }
+
+ let response = await fetch(request, {
+ headers: headers,
+ redirect: 'manual'
+ })
+
+ if (response.status == 304) {
+ if (is_conditional_header_set) {
+ return response
+ } else {
+ return cached_response
+ }
+ } else if (response.ok) {
+ response = new Response(response.body, response)
+
+ // cache.put will never cache any response with a Set-Cookie header
+ response.headers.delete('Set-Cookie')
+
+ if (CACHE_PRIVATE_OBJECTS) {
+ response.headers.delete('Cache-Control')
+ }
+
+ event.waitUntil(cache.put(request, response.clone()))
+ }
+
+ return response
+ }
+
+ function normalizeQuery(url) {
+ let searchParams = url.searchParams
+ url = new URL(url.toString().split('?')[0])
+
+ if (url.pathname.includes('/raw/')) {
+ let inline = searchParams.get('inline')
+
+ if (inline == 'false' || inline == 'true') {
+ url.searchParams.set('inline', inline)
+ }
+ } else if (url.pathname.includes('/-/archive/')) {
+ let append_sha = searchParams.get('append_sha')
+ let path = searchParams.get('path')
+
+ if (append_sha == 'false' || append_sha == 'true') {
+ url.searchParams.set('append_sha', append_sha)
+ }
+ if (path) {
+ url.searchParams.set('path', path)
+ }
+ }
+
+ return url
+ }
+
+ function validRequest(request) {
+ let url = new URL(request.url)
+ let path = url.pathname
+
+ if (/^(.+)(\/raw\/|\/-\/archive\/)/.test(path)) {
+ return true
+ }
+
+ return false
+ }
+ ```
+
+1. Create a new worker with this script.
+1. Copy your values for `ORIGIN_HOSTNAME` and `STORAGE_TOKEN`.
+ Use those values [to configure external storage for static objects](#configuring).