[Server] Listen and serve on a unix socket

Allow to use a unix socket as a listener.
To specify an endpoint type we use an optional configuration
field 'net', as there's no way to distinguish a relative
socket path from a hostname.

Signed-off-by: Anton Tiurin <noxiouz@yandex.ru>

cmd/registry/main.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/docker/distribution/registry/auth/silly"
 	_ "github.com/docker/distribution/registry/auth/token"
 	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/handlers"
+	"github.com/docker/distribution/registry/listener"
 	_ "github.com/docker/distribution/registry/storage/driver/azure"
 	_ "github.com/docker/distribution/registry/storage/driver/filesystem"
 	_ "github.com/docker/distribution/registry/storage/driver/inmemory"
@@ -67,14 +68,26 @@ func main() {
 		go debugServer(config.HTTP.Debug.Addr)
 	}
 
-	if config.HTTP.TLS.Certificate == "" {
-		context.GetLogger(app).Infof("listening on %v", config.HTTP.Addr)
-		if err := http.ListenAndServe(config.HTTP.Addr, handler); err != nil {
+	server := &http.Server{
+		Handler: handler,
+	}
+
+	ln, err := listener.NewListener(config.HTTP.Net, config.HTTP.Addr)
+	if err != nil {
 		context.GetLogger(app).Fatalln(err)
 	}
-	} else {
+	defer ln.Close()
+
+	if config.HTTP.TLS.Certificate != "" {
 		tlsConf := &tls.Config{
 			ClientAuth:   tls.NoClientCert,
+			NextProtos:   []string{"http/1.1"},
+			Certificates: make([]tls.Certificate, 1),
+		}
+
+		tlsConf.Certificates[0], err = tls.LoadX509KeyPair(config.HTTP.TLS.Certificate, config.HTTP.TLS.Key)
+		if err != nil {
+			context.GetLogger(app).Fatalln(err)
 		}
 
 		if len(config.HTTP.TLS.ClientCAs) != 0 {
@@ -99,18 +112,16 @@ func main() {
 			tlsConf.ClientCAs = pool
 		}
 
-		context.GetLogger(app).Infof("listening on %v, tls", config.HTTP.Addr)
-		server := &http.Server{
-			Addr:      config.HTTP.Addr,
-			Handler:   handler,
-			TLSConfig: tlsConf,
+		ln = tls.NewListener(ln, tlsConf)
+		context.GetLogger(app).Infof("listening on %v, tls", ln.Addr())
+	} else {
+		context.GetLogger(app).Infof("listening on %v", ln.Addr())
 	}
 
-		if err := server.ListenAndServeTLS(config.HTTP.TLS.Certificate, config.HTTP.TLS.Key); err != nil {
+	if err := server.Serve(ln); err != nil {
 		context.GetLogger(app).Fatalln(err)
 	}
 }
-}
 
 func usage() {
 	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "usage:", os.Args[0], "<config>")

configuration/configuration.go

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ type Configuration struct {
 		// Addr specifies the bind address for the registry instance.
 		Addr string `yaml:"addr,omitempty"`
 
+		// Net specifies the net portion of the bind address. A default empty value means tcp.
+		Net string `yaml:"net,omitempty"`
+
 		Prefix string `yaml:"prefix,omitempty"`
 
 		// Secret specifies the secret key which HMAC tokens are created with.

configuration/configuration_test.go

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ var configStruct = Configuration{
 	},
 	HTTP: struct {
 		Addr   string `yaml:"addr,omitempty"`
+		Net    string `yaml:"net,omitempty"`
 		Prefix string `yaml:"prefix,omitempty"`
 		Secret string `yaml:"secret,omitempty"`
 		TLS    struct {

docs/configuration.md

@@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ configuration may contain both.
 ```yaml
 http:
 	addr: localhost:5000
+	net: tcp
 	prefix: /my/nested/registry/
 	secret: asecretforlocaldevelopment
 	tls:
@@ -838,7 +839,20 @@ The `http` option details the configuration for the HTTP server that hosts the r
       yes
     </td>
     <td>
-      The <code>HOST:PORT</code> for which the server should accept connections.
+     The address for which the server should accept connections. The form depends on a network type (see <code>net</code> option):
+     <code>HOST:PORT</code> for tcp and <code>FILE</code> for a unix socket.
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>
+      <code>net</code>
+    </td>
+    <td>
+      no
+    </td>
+    <td>
+     The network which is used to create a listening socket. Known networks are <code>unix</code> and <code>tcp</code>.
+     The default empty value means tcp.
     </td>
   </tr>
     <tr>
@@ -1293,4 +1307,3 @@ middleware:
 >**Note**: Cloudfront keys exist separately to other AWS keys.  See
 >[the documentation on AWS credentials](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSecurityCredentials/1.0/AboutAWSCredentials.html#KeyPairs)
 >for more information.
-

registry/listener/listener.go

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package listener
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// tcpKeepAliveListener sets TCP keep-alive timeouts on accepted
+// connections. It's used by ListenAndServe and ListenAndServeTLS so
+// dead TCP connections (e.g. closing laptop mid-download) eventually
+// go away.
+// it is a plain copy-paste from net/http/server.go
+type tcpKeepAliveListener struct {
+	*net.TCPListener
+}
+
+func (ln tcpKeepAliveListener) Accept() (c net.Conn, err error) {
+	tc, err := ln.AcceptTCP()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	tc.SetKeepAlive(true)
+	tc.SetKeepAlivePeriod(3 * time.Minute)
+	return tc, nil
+}
+
+// NewListener announces on laddr and net. Accepted values of the net are
+// 'unix' and 'tcp'
+func NewListener(net, laddr string) (net.Listener, error) {
+	switch net {
+	case "unix":
+		return newUnixListener(laddr)
+	case "tcp", "": // an empty net means tcp
+		return newTCPListener(laddr)
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown address type %s", net)
+	}
+}
+
+func newUnixListener(laddr string) (net.Listener, error) {
+	fi, err := os.Stat(laddr)
+	if err == nil {
+		// the file exists.
+		// try to remove it if it's a socket
+		if !isSocket(fi.Mode()) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("file %s exists and is not a socket", laddr)
+		}
+
+		if err := os.Remove(laddr); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	} else if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		// we can't do stat on the file.
+		// it means we can not remove it
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return net.Listen("unix", laddr)
+}
+
+func isSocket(m os.FileMode) bool {
+	return m&os.ModeSocket != 0
+}
+
+func newTCPListener(laddr string) (net.Listener, error) {
+	ln, err := net.Listen("tcp", laddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return tcpKeepAliveListener{ln.(*net.TCPListener)}, nil
+}