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This PR closes #376

Summary

Implements phase 1 of #360 by refactoring ValkeyCluster.spec.networking.tls.certificate to spec.networking.tls.certificates.server. It also decouples away ValkeyNode.spec.tls away from the ValkeyCluster TLS API since the ValkeyCluster will grow beyond the scope of ValkeyNode.

Features / Behaviour Changes

Anything that was being set at ValkeyCluster.spec.networking.tls.certificate will need to be migrated to spec.networking.tls.certificates.server.

Anything set at ValkeyCluster.spec.networking.tls.certificate needs to be migrated to spec.networking.tls.certificates.server before upgrading.

An unmigrated cluster fails closed rather than falling back to plaintext. tls itself survives the CRD change and only certificate goes unknown, so the object decodes as TLS enabled with an empty certificates.server.secretName. Running pods keep serving TLS, and every write starts failing: ValkeyNode writes are rejected on spec.tls.certificates.server.secretName (minLength: 1), and ValkeyNodes already stored read back the same way, so the pod template gets a Secret volume with no name and the StatefulSet write is rejected too. The cluster keeps serving traffic and accepts no changes. No new nodes, no config updates, no rolls.

Neither rejection mentions spec.networking.tls.certificate, so the errors point at fields the user never set. Setting spec.networking.tls.certificates.server.secretName clears it and reconciliation resumes.

Standalone ValkeyNodes with TLS set directly need the same field move. Operator-owned ValkeyNodes
are rewritten from the cluster spec and need no action beyond migrating the cluster.

Implementation

Phase 1 of #360. networking.tls.certificate becomes networking.tls.certificates.server, so the
other slots (serverCA, outbound, operator) can be added later without a second breaking change.

# before
networking:
  tls:
    certificate:
      secretName: valkey-tls

# after
networking:
  tls:
    certificates:
      server:
        secretName: valkey-tls

certificate is gone from the CRD, with no dual-read and no conversion webhook. I'll be recommending the same process to migrate in the release notes as we did for v0.5.0.

ValkeyNode now has its own TLS types instead of sharing TLSConfig with ValkeyCluster, which from Phase 2 the two APIs will diverge as the cluster gains serverCA, clientAuth.ca and eventually a cert-manager source, while the node receives a trustBundle (the operator-managed merged Secret) and never sees an unresolved source at all. If we were to keep it shared, every cluster-only field turns up in the ValkeyNode CRD, where the node controller ignores it.

ValkeyCluster ValkeyNode
TLSSpec NodeTLSSpec
TLSCertificates NodeTLSCertificates
CertificateSource NodeCertificateRef

The leaf types are split for the same reason. CertificateSource becomes a union once certManager is implemented in Phase 4, whereas the node side is always a resolved Secret reference. Splitting it now means Phase 4 needs no ValkeyNode API change. The Phase 2 enums (ClientAuthMode,CertificateUserField) are safe to share.

nodeTLSFromCluster in valkeycluster_controller.go maps cluster intent onto the node view. The two are identical today so it only copies. This helps prepaire it for the Phase 2/3 trust-bundle merge and the Phase 4 cert-manager resolution. buildManagedConfig now takes *NodeTLSSpec and getBaseConfig feeds it through the mapper, so both config paths render from the resolved node view instead of one of them reading cluster directly.

The generated ValkeyNode CRD has the same API as the ValkeyCluster one today - this is just a split from the code perspective with no schema differences yet.

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Signed-off-by: Joseph Heyburn <jdheyburn@gmail.com>
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The TLS API now uses certificates.server.secretName for cluster and node resources. Controllers convert cluster TLS settings into node TLS settings. CRDs, documentation, generated deepcopy methods, resource generation, and tests use the nested server certificate structure.

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Define nested TLS contracts
api/v1alpha1/valkeycluster_types.go, api/v1alpha1/valkeynode_types.go, api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go, config/crd/bases/*, docs/valkeycluster.md, api/v1alpha1/valkeycluster_tls_test.go
Cluster and node TLS types now require nested server certificate references. Generated deepcopy methods, CRD schemas, documentation, and API tests reflect the new structure.
Convert cluster TLS to node TLS
internal/controller/valkeycluster_controller.go, internal/controller/config.go, internal/controller/valkeycluster_tls_test.go
The controller converts cluster TLS settings into NodeTLSSpec and propagates them to generated Valkey nodes and managed configuration. Cluster and node TLS setup log errors before plaintext fallback.
Consume node server certificates
internal/controller/valkeynode_controller.go, internal/controller/valkeynode_resources.go, internal/controller/metrics_exporter.go, internal/controller/valkeynode_resources_test.go, test/e2e/valkeycluster_tls_test.go
Node resource, client, exporter, unit-test, and end-to-end paths read TLS.Certificates.Server.SecretName.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ValkeyCluster
  participant valkeycluster_controller
  participant ValkeyNode
  participant valkeynode_resources
  ValkeyCluster->>valkeycluster_controller: Read certificates.server.secretName
  valkeycluster_controller->>valkeycluster_controller: Convert to NodeTLSSpec
  valkeycluster_controller->>ValkeyNode: Propagate node TLS settings
  ValkeyNode->>valkeynode_resources: Read Certificates.Server.SecretName
  valkeynode_resources->>ValkeyNode: Build TLS resources
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Possibly related PRs

  • valkey-io/valkey-operator#339: This PR directly reshapes and propagates the ValkeyCluster TLS certificate model introduced by that PR.
  • valkey-io/valkey-operator#242: Both PRs modify TLS API types and controller handling; this PR restructures the server certificate fields while that PR adds mTLS settings.

Suggested reviewers: sandeepkunusoth

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7ab90

This breaking TLS API restructure requires existing TLS configurations to be migrated before upgrade; otherwise clusters may continue serving traffic but reject writes and reconciliation, while an outdated CRD schema may prevent the new field from being retained. Migration guidance and CRD upgrade compatibility should be resolved or explicitly accepted before merge.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes implement issue #376 by moving the server certificate field and preparing separate cluster and node TLS APIs.
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api/v1alpha1/valkeynode_types.go (1)

151-181: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a ValkeyNode TLS storage round-trip test.

Both CRD schemas already preserve tls.certificates.server.secretName. Existing tests cover mapping and rendering, but not API storage round-tripping.

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In `@api/v1alpha1/valkeynode_types.go` around lines 151 - 181, Add a storage
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tls.certificates.server.secretName, persists and retrieves it through the API
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In `@docs/valkeycluster.md`:
- Around line 354-367: Update the TLS documentation near networking.tls and
certificates.server to add an explicit pre-upgrade migration warning: this
release lacks dual-read support and a conversion webhook, so objects using
spec.networking.tls.certificate must be migrated before upgrading. Show the
exact old-to-new mapping from spec.networking.tls.certificate to
spec.networking.tls.certificates.server.secretName, and retain the existing
Secret key requirements.

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In `@api/v1alpha1/valkeynode_types.go`:
- Around line 151-181: Add a storage round-trip test for ValkeyNode TLS
configuration that creates an object with tls.certificates.server.secretName,
persists and retrieves it through the API storage path, and asserts the value is
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certificates:
server:
secretName: valkey-tls
```

`networking.tls` enables TLS for all cluster communication. When set, `certificate.secretName` is required. The Secret must contain:
`networking.tls` enables TLS for all cluster communication. When set, `certificates.server.secretName` is required. The Secret must contain:

| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| `ca.crt` | Certificate authority |
| `tls.crt` | Server certificate (or chain) |
| `tls.key` | Private key for the certificate |

> **Breaking (alpha):** top-level `spec.tls` is removed in favour of `spec.networking.tls`.
>
> **Upgrade order:** move every ValkeyCluster to `spec.networking.tls` **before** rolling the new CRD. If you upgrade with only top-level `spec.tls` still set, the API server drops the unknown field and the cluster comes back up **with TLS off** (plaintext). That is not a silent field rename; migrate first, then CRD/operator.
`certificates` is a set of named slots. `server` is the only one today; the trust-source override, the outbound peer identity and the control-plane identity land as sibling slots in later phases of [#360](https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey-operator/issues/360).

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Restore an explicit pre-upgrade migration warning.

This release has no dual-read support and no conversion webhook. An existing object that still uses spec.networking.tls.certificate can decode with an empty Certificates.Server.SecretName. The cluster-to-node mapper and resource builders can then enable TLS without a usable Secret reference.

Keep a clear migration warning in this section and show the exact old-to-new field mapping.

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+> **Breaking change:** Before upgrading, replace
+> `spec.networking.tls.certificate` with
+> `spec.networking.tls.certificates.server.secretName`.
+> This release does not read the old field and does not provide a conversion webhook.
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certificates:
server:
secretName: valkey-tls
```
`networking.tls` enables TLS for all cluster communication. When set, `certificate.secretName` is required. The Secret must contain:
`networking.tls` enables TLS for all cluster communication. When set, `certificates.server.secretName` is required. The Secret must contain:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| `ca.crt` | Certificate authority |
| `tls.crt` | Server certificate (or chain) |
| `tls.key` | Private key for the certificate |
> **Breaking (alpha):** top-level `spec.tls` is removed in favour of `spec.networking.tls`.
>
> **Upgrade order:** move every ValkeyCluster to `spec.networking.tls` **before** rolling the new CRD. If you upgrade with only top-level `spec.tls` still set, the API server drops the unknown field and the cluster comes back up **with TLS off** (plaintext). That is not a silent field rename; migrate first, then CRD/operator.
`certificates` is a set of named slots. `server` is the only one today; the trust-source override, the outbound peer identity and the control-plane identity land as sibling slots in later phases of [#360](https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey-operator/issues/360).
certificates:
server:
secretName: valkey-tls
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In `@docs/valkeycluster.md` around lines 354 - 367, Update the TLS documentation
near networking.tls and certificates.server to add an explicit pre-upgrade
migration warning: this release lacks dual-read support and a conversion
webhook, so objects using spec.networking.tls.certificate must be migrated
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spec.networking.tls.certificates.server.secretName, and retain the existing
Secret key requirements.

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We will include this in the release notes

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@jdheyburn, acknowledged. The release notes should state the exact migration from spec.networking.tls.certificate to spec.networking.tls.certificates.server.secretName and that users must migrate before upgrading.

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This change restructures TLS certificate references around named server certificate slots and maps cluster TLS intent into the node-specific representation. It is not safe to merge as written: a malformed or unreadable configured TLS secret causes controller connections to continue over plaintext rather than stopping the operation.

Confidence Score: 3/5

Controller connections must fail closed when configured TLS material is invalid; the current fallback sends traffic without TLS.

One verified security-relevant failure remains in the TLS connection path.

Files Needing Attention: internal/controller/valkeycluster_controller.go, internal/controller/valkeynode_controller.go

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When TLS configuration cannot be built, the controller’s cluster-state connection falls back to plaintext and sends the operator authentication handshake without transport encryption. This can expose credentials and control traffic to a listener reachable at the target Pod IP.

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  • T-Rex produced a proof for the posted P1 finding about the TLS fallback harness and TLS secret handling, and attached three artifacts showing the harness source and test runs.
  • T-Rex produced a second P1 finding proof with no additional artifacts attached.
  • The contract validation identified that the malformed-secret cluster-state request exposes operator credentials in plaintext and TLS secret data when the secret is malformed.
  • The contract validation also instructs to fail closed and to avoid calling GetClusterState with a nil TLS config when TLS is configured.

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  1. internal/controller/valkeycluster_controller.go, line 967-975 (link)

    P1 security TLS setup failure downgrades controller traffic to plaintext

    If TLS is configured but getTLSConfig fails, such as when the referenced secret contains malformed CA data, this only logs the error and passes a nil TLS config to GetClusterState. The connection then proceeds as plaintext. The corresponding node-client path at internal/controller/valkeynode_controller.go:882-902 behaves the same way. The cluster-state request includes the operator authentication handshake, so this fallback can disclose credentials and control traffic over an unencrypted connection. Return or requeue on TLS configuration errors rather than constructing a client without TLS.

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    Focused TLS fallback harness source

    • Go harness that creates valid and malformed TLS-secret cases and captures the first bytes sent by both controller client paths, proving the transport selected.

    Valid TLS secret control run

    • Executed control command and output showing a valid TLS secret produces first byte 0x16, a TLS ClientHello.

    Malformed TLS secret plaintext fallback run

    • Executed malformed-secret command and output showing both node and cluster paths begin plaintext RESP with '*', with the cluster request containing AUTH credentials.

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    P1 TLS configuration failure downgrades controller connections to plaintext

    • Bug
      • When a configured TLS secret has malformed CA data, both tested controller paths pass a nil TLS config to valkey-go and establish plaintext RESP connections. The cluster-state path sends HELLO 3 AUTH operator sensitive-password over that connection.
    • Cause
      • getTLSConfig errors are logged but not propagated; the local tlsConfig remains nil and is passed to vclient.NewClient / valkey.GetClusterState.
    • Fix
      • Treat a TLS-config construction error as a reconciliation/client error: return or requeue without connecting, and ensure TLS-configured resources cannot pass nil TLS config downstream.

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The NodeTLSSpec split is the right call, and the doc comments spelling out why (the cluster API is user intent, the node API is the resolved view) are worth having. That separation is what lets the Phase 4 cert-manager arm grow on CertificateSource without ValkeyNode ever learning about issuers.

Main thing: the docs lose their upgrade warning, and this rename fails differently from the last one.

The block being deleted described the spec.tls to spec.networking.tls rename, where the entire tls object went unknown and the cluster came back up in plaintext. Here only certificate goes unknown while tls itself survives, so an unmigrated cluster reads back with TLS != nil and an empty certificates.server.secretName. Copying the old warning across wouldn't be accurate for this one.

What follows is safe on the data path but hard to debug. nodeTLSFromCluster passes the empty name through and the ValkeyNode write is rejected by MinLength=1 on secretName. The ValkeyNodes already stored read back the same way, so the node controller renders a Secret volume with no name and the StatefulSet write gets rejected in turn. Pods keep running, so there's no outage, but every error names a field the user never set and none of them mention spec.networking.tls.certificate. Nothing checks the name along the way either: buildManagedConfig and the pod template both branch on TLS != nil alone.

One explicit check for a non-nil TLS with an empty server secret, surfaced on the cluster itself, collapses all of that into a single clear message. The TLSConfigured condition from the Phase 1 list in #360 looks like the natural home for it, and it isn't in this PR. Is that a follow-up, along with the spec.config rejection of operator-owned tls-* keys that the same list mentions?

Smaller one, pre-existing but on a line you're touching: getValkeyClusterState drops the error from getTLSConfig in if err == nil { tlsConfig = cfg }. A missing or unreadable secret leaves tlsConfig nil, so the operator dials plaintext against nodes running with port 0, and it surfaces as a connection failure rather than a TLS configuration problem. Logging it would save someone an hour.

Signed-off-by: Joseph Heyburn <jdheyburn@gmail.com>
…om:jdheyburn/valkey-operator into jdheyburn/refactor/tls-certificates-server
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Thanks - I've updated the PR description with that detail. I've added log in 6eeeb2a if building the TLS config errored.

I'm deferring TLSConfigured and rejection of tls-* configs to another PR as this is a like-for-like switch for the API design.

Anticipated release note when this is deployed:

### Breaking: TLS certificate moved under `certificates.server`

`spec.networking.tls.certificate` is replaced by `spec.networking.tls.certificates.server`. The old field is removed from the CRD, with no dual-read and no conversion webhook.

**Migrate every ValkeyCluster before applying the new CRD or operator image.**

```yaml
# before
spec:
  networking:
    tls:
      certificate:
        secretName: valkey-tls

# after
spec:
  networking:
    tls:
      certificates:
        server:
          secretName: valkey-tls
```

An unmigrated cluster does not fall back to plaintext. tls survives the CRD change and only certificate becomes unknown, so the operator reads the cluster as TLS enabled with no certificate. Running pods keep serving TLS, and the operator stops being able to write:

- ValkeyNode writes rejected on spec.tls.certificates.server.secretName (empty, minLength: 1)
- StatefulSet writes rejected on spec.template.spec.volumes[].secret.secretName (empty)

The cluster keeps serving traffic but accepts no changes; nodes won't roll or be created, configs won't be updated - until the spec is updated. Neither error names spec.networking.tls.certificate, so if you see them, the cluster was never migrated. Set spec.networking.tls.certificates.server.secretName and reconciliation resumes.

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The release note covers it well, and deferring TLSConfigured makes sense for a like-for-like switch.

One correction on the note: "configs won't be updated" is not quite what happens. upsertConfigMap runs before the ValkeyNode reconcile and nothing in the rendered config carries the secret name, only the fixed mount paths, so the ConfigMap write succeeds on an unmigrated cluster. Only the ValkeyNode and StatefulSet writes are rejected.

That is worth getting right in a note people will read while debugging, because it is the more confusing case: someone edits spec.config, sees the new value in the ConfigMap, and concludes the change landed. It did land in the ConfigMap, it just never reaches the pods, since picking it up needs the pod roll that the rejected ValkeyNode write prevents. Something closer to "the ConfigMap is updated but no pod picks it up" would describe it.

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LGTM

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nit: should we stick with CertificateRef instead of CertificateSource. as all other words looks similar between valkeyClusterSpec and valkeyNodeSpec. (i.e NodeCertificateRef)

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@sandeepkunusoth I refactored to CertificateSource because when certManager integration is implemented, it won't be referring to an object that pre-exists. Ref

#360 (comment)

spec:
  networking:
    tls:
      certificates:
        server:
          # CertificateSource must define at least one of
          secretName:
          certManager:
        outbound:
          # CertificateSource must define at least one of
          secretName:
          certManager:
        operator:
          # CertificateSource must define at least one of
          secretName:
          certManager:

NodeCertificateRef is named as such because it only refers to secrets that already exist.

// NodeCertificateRef references a certificate and its private key held in a
// Secret. It is deliberately a ref and not a source: the cluster-level
// CertificateSource is a union that grows a cert-manager arm, whereas the
// ValkeyCluster controller resolves any such source to a Secret before writing
// the ValkeyNode, so this side only ever names something the node can mount.

But this is an internal naming thing, I'm open to having it change in the future if appropriate. I'll get it merged for now to unblock the rest of the TLS API buildout.

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