Support ~/.config podman path in default keychain #2052
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The ECR credential helper stopped working for one of our on-prem users after they switched from podman to OCI. This is because `oci.Resolve()` doesn't respect credential helpers. This PR enables the default keychain in `oci.Resolve()` (behind a flag) so that credential helpers will work. The default keychain respects commonly used container auth config files, including `.docker/config.json` and podman's `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/containers/auth.json`. The customer was specifically trying to use `~/.config/containers/auth.json` which doesn't quite work after this PR, but will work if we either patch google/go-containerregistry#2052 or if the customer switches to `~/.docker/config.json` instead (that file is generally the least common denominator and is supported by docker, podman, and now oci after this PR). The plan is to either enable this new flag by default (but make sure it's disabled for our cloud executors), or just enable it in the helm charts.
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Friendly ping! It would simplify things quite a bit for us if this were upstreamed. |
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According to podman's auth docs:
The current default keychain supports the
$XDG_RUNTIME_DIRpath but not the$HOME/.configpath. This PR fixes that.Note: podman's behavior is actually a little more subtle than what these docs suggest:
$HOME/.config/containerspath is actually supported on all platforms, not just Windows/macOS. The$HOME/.configpart of the path is actually computed as$XDG_CONFIG_HOMEif it is defined, even on non-linux platforms - though, that env var is typically only set on Linux. If that env var is unset, it defaults to$HOME/.config. The logic for that is here.$XDG_RUNTIME_DIRpath is indeed Linux-only, though, and takes precedence over the~/.configpath. The logic for this precedence is here, and the relevant code fromgetPathToAuthis here.