Thorough integration tests for index API authorization

[nibix]

Description

This introduces new integration tests for authorization against index APIs.

In order to be as thorough as possible, the test suites use parameters to define several test dimensions:

• Users with different privileges
• Cluster configurations (at the moment system index privilege disabled vs enabled)
• The final dimension are different operations with different options; this is manifested by the test methods

This is mostly a preparation for #5399; it will give us a good overview over the changed behaviors and allows us to judge whether we want to change a behavior or not.

• Category: Tests
• Why these changes are required? Preparation for Introduced explicit index resolution API #5399
• What is the old behavior before changes and new behavior after changes? No behavioral changes

Check List

• New functionality includes testing
• New functionality has been documented
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Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 73.10%. Comparing base (ebed295) to head (f2538e8).
⚠️ Report is 32 commits behind head on main.

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[cwperks]

Thank you @nibix ! This is quite a large PR (even if only test files). It may make sense to break this up into smaller PRs for sake of review similar to what was done to the integrationTest framework. Would there be any good opportunities for splitting this PR up into smaller ones?

[nibix]

@cwperks

Would there be any good opportunities for splitting this PR up into smaller ones?

Well, we have 5 main test classes:

• IndexAuthorizationReadOnlyIntTests
• IndexAuthorizationReadWriteIntTests
• DataStreamAuthorizationReadOnlyIntTests
• DataStreamAuthorizationReadWriteIntTests
• SnapshotAuthorizationIntTests

Thus, one could break it down into 5 PRs:

• IndexAuthorizationReadOnlyIntTests and all the framework stuff
• One PR for the remaining classes

Still, I am not sure if this will be really helpful, as this does not really change the grouping of the changes. Already now, you could review class by class.

Also, the test cases themselves are then quite repetetive; if you reviewed the first few test cases, you will likely just skim over the remaining ones. In a few cases, these document some oddities; but in most cases, these will be addressed in the enhanced index resolution PR. In the end, this PR is only a preparation for the next one.

[DarshitChanpura]

Hi @nibix Given that this is a huge PR i did my best to thoroughly review the PR and have left some comments and clarification questions.

Could this be broken down into smaller PRs? i.e. data-stream, index and snapshot tests individually?

[DarshitChanpura]

will unlimited user see less results than limited users?

[nibix]

yes (still, both will only see authorized indices), the limited users will just see more than they requested (the request shall request no indices).

[DarshitChanpura]

this behavior is confusing to me. How would admin cert user end up seeing less results than a limited user.

[nibix]

When the do_not_fail_on_forbidden mode is active, the security plugin does the following:

• Try to gather from a request which indices are requested. It gets this wrong by always including hidden indices, evenn though they are not requested
• Reduce the indices to the ones where the user is authorized. This may include hidden indices.
• Update the request with the reduced indices. Becausee the reduced indices are based on the set of indices including hidden indices, the hidden indices are now suddenly included in the request, even though originally the were not.

[DarshitChanpura]

i understand that but admin cert should always see same or more number of results than regular user, correct?

[nibix]

yes, that observed behavior is certainly a bug, which we will also fix with the improved index resolution

[nibix]

@DarshitChanpura

Could this be broken down into smaller PRs? i.e. data-stream, index and snapshot tests individually?

I am not sure if that would really a big help. The tests regarding data-streams, indexes and snapshots are already grouped in separate files, so one can review them one by one.

TBH, I am not sure if it makes sense to review all the individual assertions, as they just assert the present state. Some discover issues, but it is not in the scope of this PR to fix the issues.

If you want, we can also arrange a call for a walkthrough through the tests.

[DarshitChanpura]

@nibix Makes sense. No need for a call as the end of the day it benefits the repo and if tests face any issues down the road we can debug then. I just left few clarifying comments to your answers, once those are addressed I'm happy to approve and merge.

[nibix]

@cwperks @DarshitChanpura I pushed some final fixes. Can you re-review please? :)

[DarshitChanpura]

@nibix The changes look good to me. I did leave one more comment: #5632 (comment)