Add global errorOnMissingKey CLI argument

cli.go

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func NewCLI(out, err io.Writer) *CLI {
 // status from the command.
 func (cli *CLI) Run(args []string) int {
 	// Parse the flags
-	config, paths, dry, isVersion, err := cli.ParseFlags(args[1:])
+	config, paths, dry, errorOnMissingKey, isVersion, err := cli.ParseFlags(args[1:])
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == flag.ErrHelp {
 			fmt.Fprintf(cli.errStream, usage, version.Name)
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ func (cli *CLI) Run(args []string) int {
 		return logError(err, ExitCodeConfigError)
 	}
 
-	config.Finalize()
+	// Finalize the config by setting default values in place of nil.
+	// The default value for each template's errorOnMissingKey is
+	// the global errorOnMissingKey CLI argument
+	config.Finalize(errorOnMissingKey)
 
 	// Setup the config and logging
 	config, err = cli.setup(config)
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ func (cli *CLI) Run(args []string) int {
 				if err != nil {
 					return logError(err, ExitCodeConfigError)
 				}
-				config.Finalize()
+				config.Finalize(errorOnMissingKey)
 
 				// Load the new configuration from disk
 				config, err = cli.setup(config)
@@ -189,16 +192,16 @@ func (cli *CLI) stop() {
 // small, but it also makes writing tests for parsing command line arguments
 // much easier and cleaner.
 func (cli *CLI) ParseFlags(args []string) (
-	*config.Config, []string, bool, bool, error,
+	*config.Config, []string, bool, bool, bool, error,
 ) {
-	var dry, isVersion bool
+	var dry, errorOnMissingKey, isVersion bool
 
 	c := config.DefaultConfig()
 
 	if s := os.Getenv("CT_LOCAL_CONFIG"); s != "" {
 		envConfig, err := config.Parse(s)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, nil, false, false, err
+			return nil, nil, false, false, false, err
 		}
 		c = c.Merge(envConfig)
 	}
@@ -332,6 +335,8 @@ func (cli *CLI) ParseFlags(args []string) (
 
 	flags.BoolVar(&dry, "dry", false, "")
 
+	flags.BoolVar(&errorOnMissingKey, "error-on-missing-key", false, "")
+
 	flags.Var((funcVar)(func(s string) error {
 		c.Exec.Enabled = config.Bool(true)
 		c.Exec.Command = config.String(s)
@@ -552,16 +557,16 @@ func (cli *CLI) ParseFlags(args []string) (
 
 	// If there was a parser error, stop
 	if err := flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, false, false, err
+		return nil, nil, false, false, false, err
 	}
 
 	// Error if extra arguments are present
 	args = flags.Args()
 	if len(args) > 0 {
-		return nil, nil, false, false, fmt.Errorf("cli: extra args: %q", args)
+		return nil, nil, false, false, false, fmt.Errorf("cli: extra args: %q", args)
 	}
 
-	return c, configPaths, dry, isVersion, nil
+	return c, configPaths, dry, errorOnMissingKey, isVersion, nil
 }
 
 // loadConfigs loads the configuration from the list of paths. The optional
@@ -581,7 +586,7 @@ func loadConfigs(paths []string, o *config.Config) (*config.Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	finalC = finalC.Merge(o)
-	finalC.Finalize()
+	finalC.Finalize(false)
 	return finalC, nil
 }
 
@@ -692,6 +697,12 @@ Options:
   -dry
       Print generated templates to stdout instead of rendering
 
+  -error-on-missing-key
+      For all templates, exit with an error when accessing a struct or map
+      field/key that does not exist. The default behavior will print
+      "<no value>" when accessing a field that does not exist. It is highly
+      recommended you specify this when retrieving secrets from Vault.
+
   -exec=<command>
       Enable exec mode to run as a supervisor-like process - the given command
       will receive all signals provided to the parent process and will receive a

cli_test.go

@@ -706,16 +706,16 @@ func TestCLI_ParseFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			out := gatedio.NewByteBuffer()
 			cli := NewCLI(out, out)
 
-			a, _, _, _, err := cli.ParseFlags(tc.f)
+			a, _, _, _, _, err := cli.ParseFlags(tc.f)
 			if (err != nil) != tc.err {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			a.Finalize()
+			a.Finalize(false)
 
 			var e *config.Config
 			if tc.e != nil {
 				e = config.DefaultConfig().Merge(tc.e)
-				e.Finalize()
+				e.Finalize(false)
 			}
 
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(e, a) {

config/config.go

@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func Must(s string) *Config {
 // configuration taking precedence.
 func TestConfig(c *Config) *Config {
 	d := DefaultConfig().Merge(c)
-	d.Finalize()
+	d.Finalize(false)
 	return d
 }
 
@@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 // intelligently tries to activate stanzas that should be "enabled" because
 // data was given, but the user did not explicitly add "Enabled: true" to the
 // configuration.
-func (c *Config) Finalize() {
+// The default for errorOnMissingKey is passed from upstream configuration.
+func (c *Config) Finalize(errorOnMissingKey bool) {
 	if c == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ func (c *Config) Finalize() {
 	if c.Templates == nil {
 		c.Templates = DefaultTemplateConfigs()
 	}
-	c.Templates.Finalize()
+	c.Templates.Finalize(errorOnMissingKey)
 
 	if c.Vault == nil {
 		c.Vault = DefaultVaultConfig()

config/config_test.go

@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ func TestFinalize(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%s", i, tc.name), func(t *testing.T) {
-			tc.test.Finalize()
+			tc.test.Finalize(false)
 			switch tc.isEqual {
 			case nil:
 				if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.expt.Wait, tc.test.Wait) {
@@ -2130,14 +2130,14 @@ func TestDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%s", i, tc.env), func(t *testing.T) {
 			r := DefaultConfig().Merge(tc.e)
-			r.Finalize()
+			r.Finalize(false)
 
 			if err := os.Setenv(tc.env, tc.val); err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
 			defer os.Unsetenv(tc.env)
 			c := DefaultConfig()
-			c.Finalize()
+			c.Finalize(false)
 
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(r, c) {
 				t.Errorf("Config diff: %s", r.Diff(c))

config/template.go

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func (c *TemplateConfig) Merge(o *TemplateConfig) *TemplateConfig {
 
 // Finalize ensures the configuration has no nil pointers and sets default
 // values.
-func (c *TemplateConfig) Finalize() {
+func (c *TemplateConfig) Finalize(errorOnMissingKey bool) {
 	if c.Backup == nil {
 		c.Backup = Bool(false)
 	}
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func (c *TemplateConfig) Finalize() {
 	}
 
 	if c.ErrMissingKey == nil {
-		c.ErrMissingKey = Bool(false)
+		c.ErrMissingKey = Bool(errorOnMissingKey)
 	}
 
 	if c.Exec == nil {
@@ -416,13 +416,13 @@ func (c *TemplateConfigs) Merge(o *TemplateConfigs) *TemplateConfigs {
 
 // Finalize ensures the configuration has no nil pointers and sets default
 // values.
-func (c *TemplateConfigs) Finalize() {
+func (c *TemplateConfigs) Finalize(errorOnMissingKey bool) {
 	if c == nil {
 		*c = *DefaultTemplateConfigs()
 	}
 
 	for _, t := range *c {
-		t.Finalize()
+		t.Finalize(errorOnMissingKey)
 	}
 }
 

config/template_test.go

@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ func TestTemplateConfig_Finalize(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for i, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d_%s", i, tc.name), func(t *testing.T) {
-			tc.i.Finalize()
+			tc.i.Finalize(false)
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.r, tc.i) {
 				t.Errorf("\nexp: %#v\nact: %#v", tc.r, tc.i)
 			}

manager/runner.go

@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ func (r *Runner) runTemplate(tmpl *template.Template, runCtx *templateRunCtx) (*
 func (r *Runner) init() error {
 	// Ensure default configuration values
 	r.config = config.DefaultConfig().Merge(r.config)
-	r.config.Finalize()
+	r.config.Finalize(false)
 
 	// Print the final config for debugging
 	result, err := json.Marshal(r.config)

manager/runner_test.go

@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ func TestRunner_Run(t *testing.T) {
 
 			c := config.TestConfig(tc.c)
 			c.Once = true
-			c.Finalize()
+			c.Finalize(false)
 
 			r, err := NewRunner(c, true)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		})
-		c.Finalize()
+		c.Finalize(false)
 
 		r, err := NewRunner(c, false)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		})
-		c.Finalize()
+		c.Finalize(false)
 
 		r, err := NewRunner(c, false)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		})
-		c.Finalize()
+		c.Finalize(false)
 
 		r, err := NewRunner(c, false)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		})
-		c.Finalize()
+		c.Finalize(false)
 
 		r, err := NewRunner(c, false)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		})
-		c.Finalize()
+		c.Finalize(false)
 
 		r, err := NewRunner(c, false)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Once: true,
 		})
-		c.Finalize()
+		c.Finalize(false)
 
 		r, err := NewRunner(c, false)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		})
-		c.Finalize()
+		c.Finalize(false)
 
 		r, err := NewRunner(c, false)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		})
-		c.Finalize()
+		c.Finalize(false)
 
 		r, err := NewRunner(c, false)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ func TestRunner_Start(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Once: true,
 		})
-		c.Finalize()
+		c.Finalize(false)
 
 		r, err := NewRunner(c, true)
 		if err != nil {