run the integration TLS registry behind a token auth server

[mzihlmann]

The integration suite has an authenticated registry, but htpasswd authorizes every valid user for every repository, so it cannot express per-repository credentials at all. That is exactly what #1008 is about, and what #1002 needs to test. This puts cesanta/docker_auth in front of the TLS registry and switches it to token auth, so the ACL can grant usera its own namespace and userb only its own. A test can then tell which credential kaniko actually sent, instead of only whether it sent one.

kanikotest keeps access to every repository, so the existing TLS test is unaffected.

The auth realm is reached as localhost rather than 127.0.0.2 because ggcr rejects a token realm whose host is a loopback or private IP literal. The cert now carries a DNS:localhost SAN alongside the address, and certs generated before that are regenerated instead of failing later with a confusing TLS error.

No test uses usera or userb yet. That comes with the fix in #1014.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added a local authentication service for secure container registry access.
  • Local registry authentication now uses token-based credentials with configurable access permissions.
  • Local Kubernetes setup automatically deploys and waits for the authentication service.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved local TLS certificate generation to include localhost and 127.0.0.2, regenerating certificates when required.
  • Simplified local integration testing by automatically starting the authentication service.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Local Docker and Kubernetes registry setups now use a separate TLS-enabled token authentication server. Certificate generation adds localhost support, and generated authentication configuration defines bcrypt users, token settings, and ACLs.

Changes

Registry token authentication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Credential and registry token configuration scripts/setup-tls-registry-creds.sh, scripts/local-registry-helm.yaml	TLS certificates include 127.0.0.2 and localhost SANs. The scripts generate bcrypt credentials and auth_config.yml. The registry uses token authentication and mounts its TLS certificate.
Local authentication and registry startup scripts/integration-test.sh	Local integration tests start or reuse the Docker authentication server before starting the TLS registry. The registry uses the configured token realm, service, issuer, and certificate bundle.
Kubernetes authentication deployment scripts/k3s-setup.sh, scripts/local-auth-server.yaml	Kubernetes creates the authentication configuration secret, deploys the authentication server with mounted configuration and TLS secrets, exposes port 5002, and waits for readiness.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to dec4c

The new authentication service runs with unnecessary root privileges and broad container permissions, increasing the potential impact of a compromise; merge should wait until a restrictive security context is configured.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant IntegrationTest as integration-test.sh
  participant AuthServer as local-auth-server
  participant Registry as local TLS registry
  IntegrationTest->>AuthServer: Start authentication service
  IntegrationTest->>Registry: Start registry with token settings
  Registry->>AuthServer: Request authentication token
  AuthServer-->>Registry: Return signed token

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: placing the integration TLS registry behind a token authentication server.
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Inline comments:
In `@scripts/local-auth-server.yaml`:
- Around line 16-28: Update the auth-server container security context for the
cesanta/docker_auth image to enforce non-root execution with runAsNonRoot true
and runAsUser 65532, disable privilege escalation, drop all Linux capabilities,
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