feat(api): automatically update extensions at startup (#3349)

* feat(api): automatically update extensions at startup

* feat(api): review updateAndStartExtensions

api/cmd/portainer/main.go

@@ -489,26 +489,11 @@ func initJobService(dockerClientFactory *docker.ClientFactory) portainer.JobServ
 func initExtensionManager(fileService portainer.FileService, extensionService portainer.ExtensionService) (portainer.ExtensionManager, error) {
 	extensionManager := exec.NewExtensionManager(fileService, extensionService)
 
-	extensions, err := extensionService.Extensions()
+	err := extensionManager.StartExtensions()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	for _, extension := range extensions {
-		err := extensionManager.EnableExtension(&extension, extension.License.LicenseKey)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Unable to enable extension: %s [extension: %s]", err.Error(), extension.Name)
-			extension.Enabled = false
-			extension.License.Valid = false
-		}
-
-		err = extensionService.Persist(&extension)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-	}
-
 	return extensionManager, nil
 }
 

api/exec/extension.go

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/go-semver/semver"
+
 	"github.com/orcaman/concurrent-map"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api"
 	"github.com/portainer/portainer/api/http/client"
@@ -146,6 +148,61 @@ func (manager *ExtensionManager) DisableExtension(extension *portainer.Extension
 	return manager.fileService.RemoveDirectory(extensionBinaryPath)
 }
 
+// StartExtensions will retrieve the extensions definitions from the Internet and check if a new version of each
+// extension is available. If so, it will automatically install the new version of the extension. If no update is
+// available it will simply start the extension.
+// The purpose of this function is to be ran at startup, as such most of the error handling won't block the program execution
+// and will log warning messages instead.
+func (manager *ExtensionManager) StartExtensions() error {
+	extensions, err := manager.extensionService.Extensions()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	definitions, err := manager.FetchExtensionDefinitions()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("[WARN] [exec,extensions] [message: unable to retrieve extension information from Internet. Skipping extensions update check.] [err: %s]", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return manager.updateAndStartExtensions(extensions, definitions)
+}
+
+func (manager *ExtensionManager) updateAndStartExtensions(extensions []portainer.Extension, definitions []portainer.Extension) error {
+	for _, definition := range definitions {
+		for _, extension := range extensions {
+			if extension.ID == definition.ID {
+				definitionVersion := semver.New(definition.Version)
+				extensionVersion := semver.New(extension.Version)
+
+				if extensionVersion.LessThan(*definitionVersion) {
+					log.Printf("[INFO] [exec,extensions] [message: new version detected, updating extension] [extension: %s] [current_version: %s] [available_version: %s]", extension.Name, extension.Version, definition.Version)
+					err := manager.UpdateExtension(&extension, definition.Version)
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Printf("[WARN] [exec,extensions] [message: unable to update extension automatically] [extension: %s] [current_version: %s] [available_version: %s] [err: %s]", extension.Name, extension.Version, definition.Version, err)
+					}
+				} else {
+					err := manager.EnableExtension(&extension, extension.License.LicenseKey)
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Printf("[WARN] [exec,extensions] [message: unable to start extension] [extension: %s] [err: %s]", extension.Name, err)
+						extension.Enabled = false
+						extension.License.Valid = false
+					}
+				}
+
+				err := manager.extensionService.Persist(&extension)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // UpdateExtension will download the new extension binary from the official Portainer assets
 // server, disable the previous extension via DisableExtension, trigger a license check
 // and then start the extension process and add it to the processes map

api/portainer.go

@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@ type (
 		EnableExtension(extension *Extension, licenseKey string) error
 		DisableExtension(extension *Extension) error
 		UpdateExtension(extension *Extension, version string) error
+		StartExtensions() error
 	}
 
 	// ReverseTunnelService represensts a service used to manage reverse tunnel connections.