ExternalServices from different zones doesn't work on ZoneEgress

[lobkovilya]

There are 2 reasons why it doesn't work:

1. Mixing up hostnames and IPs in the Envoy cluster

If we have 2 external services:

type: ExternalService
name: es-1
networking:
  address: zone-1.external.service:80
tags:
  kuma.io/service: es
  kuma.io/zone: zone-1
---
type: ExternalService
name: es-2
networking:
  address: zone-2.external.service:80
tags:
  kuma.io/service: es
  kuma.io/zone: zone-2

For ZoneEgress in zone-1 Kuma creates EDS cluster es that contains 2 endpoints zone-1.external.service:80 and <zone-ingress-in-zone-2-IP>. Envoy can't resolve hostnames for EDS clusters, that's why configuration can't be applied on Envoy.

2. Missing TLS termination before sending a request to ExternalService

Even if in the previous example we replace addresses with IPs:

type: ExternalService
name: es-1
networking:
  address 192.168.0.1:80
tags:
  kuma.io/service: es
  kuma.io/zone: zone-1
---
type: ExternalService
name: es-2
networking:
  address: 192.168.0.2:80
tags:
  kuma.io/service: es
  kuma.io/zone: zone-2

For ZoneEgress in zone-1 Kuma creates FilterChain that doesn't terminate TLS:

filter_chains:
- filter_chain_match:
    transport_protocol: tls
    server_names:
    - es{mesh=mesh-1}
  filters:
  - name: envoy.filters.network.tcp_proxy
    typed_config:
      "@type": type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.network.tcp_proxy.v3.TcpProxy
      stat_prefix: mesh-1_es
      cluster: mesh-1:es
      metadata_match:
        filter_metadata:
          envoy.lb:
            mesh: mesh-1

But if we remove es-2 then FilterChain for es-1 will be correct:

filter_chains:
- filter_chain_match:
    transport_protocol: tls
    server_names:
    - es{mesh=mesh-1}
  filters:
  - name: envoy.filters.network.rbac
    typed_config: "..."
  - name: envoy.filters.network.http_connection_manager
    typed_config:
      "@type": type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.network.http_connection_manager.v3.HttpConnectionManager
      stat_prefix: es
      route_config:
        name: outbound:es
        virtual_hosts:
        - name: es
          domains:
          - "*"
          routes:
          - match:
              prefix: "/"
            route:
              cluster: mesh-1:es
              timeout: 0s
        validate_clusters: false
      http_filters:
      - name: envoy.filters.http.router
        typed_config:
          "@type": type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.http.router.v3.Router
  transport_socket:
    name: envoy.transport_sockets.tls
    typed_config:
      "@type": type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.transport_sockets.tls.v3.DownstreamTlsContext
      common_tls_context:
        tls_certificate_sds_secret_configs:
        - name: identity_cert:secret:mesh-1
          sds_config:
            ads: {}
            resource_api_version: V3
        combined_validation_context:
          default_validation_context:
            match_typed_subject_alt_names:
            - san_type: URI
              matcher:
                prefix: spiffe://mesh-1/
          validation_context_sds_secret_config:
            name: mesh_ca:secret:mesh-1
            sds_config:
              ads: {}
              resource_api_version: V3
      require_client_certificate: true

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[lahabana]

@lobkovilya and @jakubdyszkiewicz is this still a thing with the recent changes to zoneEgress/zoneIngress?

[lobkovilya]

As far as I know, it's still an issue. I don't think the EDS resolver or TLS termination part was changed recently.

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[lahabana]

Not to be fixed we'll focused on MeshExternalService