Managing Git repositories and SSH keys

There are two deployment flavors in tsuru: using git push and tsuru app-deploy. The former is optional, while the latter will always be available. This document focus on the usage of the Git deployment flavor.

In order to allow tsuru users to use git push for deployments, tsuru administrators need to install and configure Gandalf.

Gandalf will store and manage all Git repositories and SSH keys, as well as users. When tsuru is configured to use Gandalf, it will interact with the Gandalf API in the following actions:

  • When creating a new user in tsuru, a corresponding user will be created in Gandalf;
  • When removing a user from tsuru, the corresponding user will be removed from Gandalf;
  • When creating an app in tsuru, a new repository for the app will be created in Gandalf. All users in the team that owns the app will be authorized to access this repository;
  • When removing an app, the corresponding repository will be removed from Gandalf;
  • When adding a user to a team in tsuru, the corresponding user in Gandalf will gain access to all repositories matching the applications that the team has access to;
  • When removing a user from a team in tsuru, the corresponding user in Gandalf will lose access to the repositories that he/she has access to because of the team he/she is leaving;
  • When adding a team to an application in tsuru, all users from the team will gain access to the repository matching the app;
  • When removing a team from an application in tsuru, all users from the team will lose access to the repository, unless they’re in another team that also have access to the application.

When user runs a git push, the communication happens directly between the user host and the Gandalf host, and Gandalf will notify tsuru the new deployment using a git hook.

Managing SSH public keys

In order to be able to send git pushes to the Git server, users need to have their key registered in Gandalf. When Gandalf is enabled, tsuru will enable the usage of three commands for SSH public keys management:

  • tsuru key-add
  • tsuru key-remove
  • tsuru key-list

Each of these commands have a corresponding API endpoint, so other clients of tsuru can also manage keys through the API.

tsuru will not store any public key data, all the data related to SSH keys is handled by Gandalf alone, and when Gandalf is not enabled, those key commands will not work.