zebra_state/
config.rs

1//! Cached state configuration for Zebra.
2
3use std::{
4    fs::{self, canonicalize, remove_dir_all, DirEntry, ReadDir},
5    io::ErrorKind,
6    path::{Path, PathBuf},
7    time::Duration,
8};
9
10use semver::Version;
11use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
12use tokio::task::{spawn_blocking, JoinHandle};
13use tracing::Span;
14
15use zebra_chain::{common::default_cache_dir, parameters::Network};
16
17use crate::{
18    constants::{DATABASE_FORMAT_VERSION_FILE_NAME, STATE_DATABASE_KIND},
19    service::finalized_state::restorable_db_versions,
20    state_database_format_version_in_code, BoxError,
21};
22
23/// Configuration for the state service.
24#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Deserialize, Serialize)]
25#[serde(deny_unknown_fields, default)]
26pub struct Config {
27    /// The root directory for storing cached block data.
28    ///
29    /// If you change this directory, you might also want to change `network.cache_dir`.
30    ///
31    /// This cache stores permanent blockchain state that can be replicated from
32    /// the network, including the best chain, blocks, the UTXO set, and other indexes.
33    /// Any state that can be rolled back is only stored in memory.
34    ///
35    /// The `zebra-state` cache does *not* include any private data, such as wallet data.
36    ///
37    /// You can delete the entire cached state directory, but it will impact your node's
38    /// readiness and network usage. If you do, Zebra will re-sync from genesis the next
39    /// time it is launched.
40    ///
41    /// The default directory is platform dependent, based on
42    /// [`dirs::cache_dir()`](https://docs.rs/dirs/3.0.1/dirs/fn.cache_dir.html):
43    ///
44    /// |Platform | Value                                           | Example                              |
45    /// | ------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ |
46    /// | Linux   | `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/zebra` or `$HOME/.cache/zebra` | `/home/alice/.cache/zebra`           |
47    /// | macOS   | `$HOME/Library/Caches/zebra`                    | `/Users/Alice/Library/Caches/zebra`  |
48    /// | Windows | `{FOLDERID_LocalAppData}\zebra`                 | `C:\Users\Alice\AppData\Local\zebra` |
49    /// | Other   | `std::env::current_dir()/cache/zebra`           | `/cache/zebra`                       |
50    ///
51    /// # Security
52    ///
53    /// If you are running Zebra with elevated permissions ("root"), create the
54    /// directory for this file before running Zebra, and make sure the Zebra user
55    /// account has exclusive access to that directory, and other users can't modify
56    /// its parent directories.
57    ///
58    /// # Implementation Details
59    ///
60    /// Each state format version and network has a separate state.
61    /// These states are stored in `state/vN/mainnet` and `state/vN/testnet` subdirectories,
62    /// underneath the `cache_dir` path, where `N` is the state format version.
63    ///
64    /// When Zebra's state format changes, it creates a new state subdirectory for that version,
65    /// and re-syncs from genesis.
66    ///
67    /// Old state versions are automatically deleted at startup. You can also manually delete old
68    /// state versions.
69    pub cache_dir: PathBuf,
70
71    /// Whether to use an ephemeral database.
72    ///
73    /// Ephemeral databases are stored in a temporary directory created using [`tempfile::tempdir()`].
74    /// They are deleted when Zebra exits successfully.
75    /// (If Zebra panics or crashes, the ephemeral database won't be deleted.)
76    ///
77    /// Set to `false` by default. If this is set to `true`, [`cache_dir`] is ignored.
78    ///
79    /// Ephemeral directories are created in the [`std::env::temp_dir()`].
80    /// Zebra names each directory after the state version and network, for example: `zebra-state-v21-mainnet-XnyGnE`.
81    ///
82    /// [`cache_dir`]: struct.Config.html#structfield.cache_dir
83    pub ephemeral: bool,
84
85    /// Whether to delete the old database directories when present.
86    ///
87    /// Set to `true` by default. If this is set to `false`,
88    /// no check for old database versions will be made and nothing will be
89    /// deleted.
90    pub delete_old_database: bool,
91
92    // Debug configs
93    //
94    /// Commit blocks to the finalized state up to this height, then exit Zebra.
95    ///
96    /// Set to `None` by default: Zebra continues syncing indefinitely.
97    pub debug_stop_at_height: Option<u32>,
98
99    /// While Zebra is running, check state validity this often.
100    ///
101    /// Set to `None` by default: Zebra only checks state format validity on startup and shutdown.
102    #[serde(with = "humantime_serde")]
103    pub debug_validity_check_interval: Option<Duration>,
104
105    // Elasticsearch configs
106    //
107    #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
108    /// The elasticsearch database url.
109    pub elasticsearch_url: String,
110
111    #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
112    /// The elasticsearch database username.
113    pub elasticsearch_username: String,
114
115    #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
116    /// The elasticsearch database password.
117    pub elasticsearch_password: String,
118}
119
120fn gen_temp_path(prefix: &str) -> PathBuf {
121    tempfile::Builder::new()
122        .prefix(prefix)
123        .tempdir()
124        .expect("temporary directory is created successfully")
125        .into_path()
126}
127
128impl Config {
129    /// Returns the path for the database, based on the kind, major version and network.
130    /// Each incompatible database format or network gets its own unique path.
131    pub fn db_path(
132        &self,
133        db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
134        major_version: u64,
135        network: &Network,
136    ) -> PathBuf {
137        let db_kind = db_kind.as_ref();
138        let major_version = format!("v{}", major_version);
139        let net_dir = network.lowercase_name();
140
141        if self.ephemeral {
142            gen_temp_path(&format!("zebra-{db_kind}-{major_version}-{net_dir}-"))
143        } else {
144            self.cache_dir
145                .join(db_kind)
146                .join(major_version)
147                .join(net_dir)
148        }
149    }
150
151    /// Returns the path for the database format minor/patch version file,
152    /// based on the kind, major version and network.
153    pub fn version_file_path(
154        &self,
155        db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
156        major_version: u64,
157        network: &Network,
158    ) -> PathBuf {
159        let mut version_path = self.db_path(db_kind, major_version, network);
160
161        version_path.push(DATABASE_FORMAT_VERSION_FILE_NAME);
162
163        version_path
164    }
165
166    /// Returns a config for a temporary database that is deleted when it is dropped.
167    pub fn ephemeral() -> Config {
168        Config {
169            ephemeral: true,
170            ..Config::default()
171        }
172    }
173}
174
175impl Default for Config {
176    fn default() -> Self {
177        Self {
178            cache_dir: default_cache_dir(),
179            ephemeral: false,
180            delete_old_database: true,
181            debug_stop_at_height: None,
182            debug_validity_check_interval: None,
183            #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
184            elasticsearch_url: "https://localhost:9200".to_string(),
185            #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
186            elasticsearch_username: "elastic".to_string(),
187            #[cfg(feature = "elasticsearch")]
188            elasticsearch_password: "".to_string(),
189        }
190    }
191}
192
193// Cleaning up old database versions
194// TODO: put this in a different module?
195
196/// Spawns a task that checks if there are old state database folders,
197/// and deletes them from the filesystem.
198///
199/// See `check_and_delete_old_databases()` for details.
200pub fn check_and_delete_old_state_databases(config: &Config, network: &Network) -> JoinHandle<()> {
201    check_and_delete_old_databases(
202        config,
203        STATE_DATABASE_KIND,
204        state_database_format_version_in_code().major,
205        network,
206    )
207}
208
209/// Spawns a task that checks if there are old database folders,
210/// and deletes them from the filesystem.
211///
212/// Iterate over the files and directories in the databases folder and delete if:
213/// - The `db_kind` directory exists.
214/// - The entry in `db_kind` is a directory.
215/// - The directory name has a prefix `v`.
216/// - The directory name without the prefix can be parsed as an unsigned number.
217/// - The parsed number is lower than the `major_version`.
218///
219/// The network is used to generate the path, then ignored.
220/// If `config` is an ephemeral database, no databases are deleted.
221///
222/// # Panics
223///
224/// If the path doesn't match the expected `db_kind/major_version/network` format.
225pub fn check_and_delete_old_databases(
226    config: &Config,
227    db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
228    major_version: u64,
229    network: &Network,
230) -> JoinHandle<()> {
231    let current_span = Span::current();
232    let config = config.clone();
233    let db_kind = db_kind.as_ref().to_string();
234    let network = network.clone();
235
236    spawn_blocking(move || {
237        current_span.in_scope(|| {
238            delete_old_databases(config, db_kind, major_version, &network);
239            info!("finished old database version cleanup task");
240        })
241    })
242}
243
244/// Check if there are old database folders and delete them from the filesystem.
245///
246/// See [`check_and_delete_old_databases`] for details.
247fn delete_old_databases(config: Config, db_kind: String, major_version: u64, network: &Network) {
248    if config.ephemeral || !config.delete_old_database {
249        return;
250    }
251
252    info!(db_kind, "checking for old database versions");
253
254    let mut db_path = config.db_path(&db_kind, major_version, network);
255    // Check and remove the network path.
256    assert_eq!(
257        db_path.file_name(),
258        Some(network.lowercase_name().as_ref()),
259        "unexpected database network path structure"
260    );
261    assert!(db_path.pop());
262
263    // Check and remove the major version path, we'll iterate over them all below.
264    assert_eq!(
265        db_path.file_name(),
266        Some(format!("v{major_version}").as_ref()),
267        "unexpected database version path structure"
268    );
269    assert!(db_path.pop());
270
271    // Check for the correct database kind to iterate within.
272    assert_eq!(
273        db_path.file_name(),
274        Some(db_kind.as_ref()),
275        "unexpected database kind path structure"
276    );
277
278    if let Some(db_kind_dir) = read_dir(&db_path) {
279        for entry in db_kind_dir.flatten() {
280            let deleted_db = check_and_delete_database(&config, major_version, &entry);
281
282            if let Some(deleted_db) = deleted_db {
283                info!(?deleted_db, "deleted outdated {db_kind} database directory");
284            }
285        }
286    }
287}
288
289/// Return a `ReadDir` for `dir`, after checking that `dir` exists and can be read.
290///
291/// Returns `None` if any operation fails.
292fn read_dir(dir: &Path) -> Option<ReadDir> {
293    if dir.exists() {
294        if let Ok(read_dir) = dir.read_dir() {
295            return Some(read_dir);
296        }
297    }
298    None
299}
300
301/// Check if `entry` is an old database directory, and delete it from the filesystem.
302/// See [`check_and_delete_old_databases`] for details.
303///
304/// If the directory was deleted, returns its path.
305fn check_and_delete_database(
306    config: &Config,
307    major_version: u64,
308    entry: &DirEntry,
309) -> Option<PathBuf> {
310    let dir_name = parse_dir_name(entry)?;
311    let dir_major_version = parse_major_version(&dir_name)?;
312
313    if dir_major_version >= major_version {
314        return None;
315    }
316
317    // Don't delete databases that can be reused.
318    if restorable_db_versions()
319        .iter()
320        .map(|v| v - 1)
321        .any(|v| v == dir_major_version)
322    {
323        return None;
324    }
325
326    let outdated_path = entry.path();
327
328    // # Correctness
329    //
330    // Check that the path we're about to delete is inside the cache directory.
331    // If the user has symlinked the outdated state directory to a non-cache directory,
332    // we don't want to delete it, because it might contain other files.
333    //
334    // We don't attempt to guard against malicious symlinks created by attackers
335    // (TOCTOU attacks). Zebra should not be run with elevated privileges.
336    let cache_path = canonicalize(&config.cache_dir).ok()?;
337    let outdated_path = canonicalize(outdated_path).ok()?;
338
339    if !outdated_path.starts_with(&cache_path) {
340        info!(
341            skipped_path = ?outdated_path,
342            ?cache_path,
343            "skipped cleanup of outdated state directory: state is outside cache directory",
344        );
345
346        return None;
347    }
348
349    remove_dir_all(&outdated_path).ok().map(|()| outdated_path)
350}
351
352/// Check if `entry` is a directory with a valid UTF-8 name.
353/// (State directory names are guaranteed to be UTF-8.)
354///
355/// Returns `None` if any operation fails.
356fn parse_dir_name(entry: &DirEntry) -> Option<String> {
357    if let Ok(file_type) = entry.file_type() {
358        if file_type.is_dir() {
359            if let Ok(dir_name) = entry.file_name().into_string() {
360                return Some(dir_name);
361            }
362        }
363    }
364    None
365}
366
367/// Parse the database major version number from `dir_name`.
368///
369/// Returns `None` if parsing fails, or the directory name is not in the expected format.
370fn parse_major_version(dir_name: &str) -> Option<u64> {
371    dir_name
372        .strip_prefix('v')
373        .and_then(|version| version.parse().ok())
374}
375
376// TODO: move these to the format upgrade module
377
378/// Returns the full semantic version of the on-disk state database, based on its config and network.
379pub fn state_database_format_version_on_disk(
380    config: &Config,
381    network: &Network,
382) -> Result<Option<Version>, BoxError> {
383    database_format_version_on_disk(
384        config,
385        STATE_DATABASE_KIND,
386        state_database_format_version_in_code().major,
387        network,
388    )
389}
390
391/// Returns the full semantic version of the on-disk database, based on its config, kind, major version,
392/// and network.
393///
394/// Typically, the version is read from a version text file.
395///
396/// If there is an existing on-disk database, but no version file,
397/// returns `Ok(Some(major_version.0.0))`.
398/// (This happens even if the database directory was just newly created.)
399///
400/// If there is no existing on-disk database, returns `Ok(None)`.
401///
402/// This is the format of the data on disk, the version
403/// implemented by the running Zebra code can be different.
404pub fn database_format_version_on_disk(
405    config: &Config,
406    db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
407    major_version: u64,
408    network: &Network,
409) -> Result<Option<Version>, BoxError> {
410    let version_path = config.version_file_path(&db_kind, major_version, network);
411    let db_path = config.db_path(db_kind, major_version, network);
412
413    database_format_version_at_path(&version_path, &db_path, major_version)
414}
415
416/// Returns the full semantic version of the on-disk database at `version_path`.
417///
418/// See [`database_format_version_on_disk()`] for details.
419pub(crate) fn database_format_version_at_path(
420    version_path: &Path,
421    db_path: &Path,
422    major_version: u64,
423) -> Result<Option<Version>, BoxError> {
424    let disk_version_file = match fs::read_to_string(version_path) {
425        Ok(version) => Some(version),
426        Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::NotFound => {
427            // If the version file doesn't exist, don't guess the version yet.
428            None
429        }
430        Err(e) => Err(e)?,
431    };
432
433    // The database has a version file on disk
434    if let Some(version) = disk_version_file {
435        return Ok(Some(
436            version
437                .parse()
438                // Try to parse the previous format of the disk version file if it cannot be parsed as a `Version` directly.
439                .or_else(|err| {
440                    format!("{major_version}.{version}")
441                        .parse()
442                        .map_err(|err2| format!("failed to parse format version: {err}, {err2}"))
443                })?,
444        ));
445    }
446
447    // There's no version file on disk, so we need to guess the version
448    // based on the database content
449    match fs::metadata(db_path) {
450        // But there is a database on disk, so it has the current major version with no upgrades.
451        // If the database directory was just newly created, we also return this version.
452        Ok(_metadata) => Ok(Some(Version::new(major_version, 0, 0))),
453
454        // There's no version file and no database on disk, so it's a new database.
455        // It will be created with the current version,
456        // but temporarily return the default version above until the version file is written.
457        Err(e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::NotFound => Ok(None),
458
459        Err(e) => Err(e)?,
460    }
461}
462
463// Hide this destructive method from the public API, except in tests.
464#[allow(unused_imports)]
465pub(crate) use hidden::{
466    write_database_format_version_to_disk, write_state_database_format_version_to_disk,
467};
468
469pub(crate) mod hidden {
470    #![allow(dead_code)]
471
472    use zebra_chain::common::atomic_write;
473
474    use super::*;
475
476    /// Writes `changed_version` to the on-disk state database after the format is changed.
477    /// (Or a new database is created.)
478    ///
479    /// See `write_database_format_version_to_disk()` for details.
480    pub fn write_state_database_format_version_to_disk(
481        config: &Config,
482        changed_version: &Version,
483        network: &Network,
484    ) -> Result<(), BoxError> {
485        write_database_format_version_to_disk(
486            config,
487            STATE_DATABASE_KIND,
488            state_database_format_version_in_code().major,
489            changed_version,
490            network,
491        )
492    }
493
494    /// Writes `changed_version` to the on-disk database after the format is changed.
495    /// (Or a new database is created.)
496    ///
497    /// The database path is based on its kind, `major_version_in_code`, and network.
498    ///
499    /// # Correctness
500    ///
501    /// This should only be called:
502    /// - after each format upgrade is complete,
503    /// - when creating a new database, or
504    /// - when an older Zebra version opens a newer database.
505    ///
506    /// # Concurrency
507    ///
508    /// This must only be called while RocksDB has an open database for `config`.
509    /// Otherwise, multiple Zebra processes could write the version at the same time,
510    /// corrupting the file.
511    pub fn write_database_format_version_to_disk(
512        config: &Config,
513        db_kind: impl AsRef<str>,
514        major_version_in_code: u64,
515        changed_version: &Version,
516        network: &Network,
517    ) -> Result<(), BoxError> {
518        // Write the version file atomically so the cache is not corrupted if Zebra shuts down or
519        // crashes.
520        atomic_write(
521            config.version_file_path(db_kind, major_version_in_code, network),
522            changed_version.to_string().as_bytes(),
523        )??;
524
525        Ok(())
526    }
527}