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Description

Adds optional HashiCorp Vault namespace support to the standard NICo deployment. The shared vaultrs client now applies X-Vault-Namespace to Kubernetes auth, token refresh, KV, and PKI requests. Helm, the base deployment, examples, and prerequisites expose and document VAULT_NAMESPACE, including migration guidance.

Type of Change

  • Add - New feature or capability
  • Change - Changes in existing functionality
  • Fix - Bug fixes
  • Remove - Removed features or deprecated functionality
  • Internal - Internal changes (refactoring, tests, docs, etc.)

Related Issues (Optional)

Closes #5366

Breaking Changes

  • This PR contains breaking changes

Testing

  • Unit tests added/updated
  • Integration tests added/updated
  • Manual testing performed
  • No testing required (docs, internal refactor, etc.)

Additional Notes

  • Added request-level coverage for namespace-present and namespace-absent behavior across Kubernetes auth, KV, and PKI calls.
  • git diff --check passes. Cargo and Helm are not installed in the local environment, so the Rust and chart test suites were not run.

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nvaprado force-pushed the feature/vault-namespace-support branch from bb8f0f1 to de1a357 Compare August 26, 2026 17:28
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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added support for Vault namespaces, including configuration through VAULT_NAMESPACE.
    • Vault requests now use the configured namespace where applicable.
    • Added optional namespace injection for API and proxy deployments.
  • Documentation
    • Documented namespace configuration for Vault Enterprise and HCP Vault Dedicated.
    • Updated deployment prerequisites, examples, and migration guidance for renamed Vault mount settings.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Ensured explicit namespace configuration takes precedence over environment settings.

Walkthrough

Vault namespace support was added to Vault client configuration and deployment wiring. Explicit configuration overrides VAULT_NAMESPACE. Standard Vault requests include the namespace header, while dedicated certificate clients remain namespace-free. Tests cover precedence, nested namespaces, and request headers.

Changes

Vault namespace support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Resolve and apply Vault namespaces
crates/secrets/src/forge_vault.rs
VaultConfig resolves the explicit namespace before VAULT_NAMESPACE. Standard Vault clients apply the namespace to authentication, KV, and PKI requests. Dedicated certificate clients remain namespace-free. Tests cover precedence, nested namespaces, and header behavior.
Expose namespace through deployments
deploy/nico-base/api/deployment.yaml, helm/charts/nico-api/templates/deployment.yaml, helm/charts/nico-bmc-proxy/templates/deployment.yaml, helm/charts/nico-api/values.yaml, helm/examples/values-full.yaml
Deployment templates optionally inject VAULT_NAMESPACE from vault-cluster-info. Helm values provide configuration examples.
Document namespace configuration
deploy/README.md, helm/PREREQUISITES.md
Documentation describes VAULT_NAMESPACE, distinguishes it from Kubernetes namespaces, and updates Vault mount keys with migration guidance.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 58201

The PR adds optional Vault namespace propagation across authentication, KV, PKI, and deployment configuration. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains; the noted test-server thread cleanup is localized and has no indicated production impact.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ConfigMap as vault-cluster-info ConfigMap
  participant Deployment as NICo deployment
  participant VaultConfig
  participant VaultClient as ForgeVaultClient
  participant VaultAPI
  ConfigMap->>Deployment: provide optional VAULT_NAMESPACE
  Deployment->>VaultConfig: set environment configuration
  VaultConfig->>VaultClient: resolve explicit namespace or VAULT_NAMESPACE
  VaultClient->>VaultAPI: send auth, KV, and PKI requests with X-Vault-Namespace
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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning The pull request implements the requested namespace configuration, environment precedence, request headers, deployment exposure, documentation, nested namespaces, and tests. However, the summary state… Apply the configured namespace to the dedicated certificate Vault clients, or provide clear evidence that these clients are outside all required authentication, token, KV, and PKI flows. Add tests for their namespace behavior if they remain…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 47.06% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 17 functions across 1 files. (7 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the primary change: Vault namespace support in the default deployment.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly covers Vault namespace support, client behavior, deployment configuration, documentation, and testing.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are focused on Vault namespace support and its required runtime configuration, deployment wiring, documentation, migration guidance, and tests. No unrelated code changes are evident.
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Explanation

The pull request implements the requested namespace configuration, environment precedence, request headers, deployment exposure, documentation, nested namespaces, and tests. However, the summary states that dedicated certificate Vault clients remain namespace-free, which conflicts with issue #5366's requirement that every Vault client instance use the same namespace context.

Resolution

Apply the configured namespace to the dedicated certificate Vault clients, or provide clear evidence that these clients are outside all required authentication, token, KV, and PKI flows. Add tests for their namespace behavior if they remain in scope.

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Docstring coverage is 47.06% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 17 functions across 1 files. (7 skipped: 7 unsupported.)

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In `@crates/secrets/src/forge_vault.rs`:
- Around line 1662-1691: Update vault_header_server to return the spawned
thread’s JoinHandle alongside the address and receiver, then have each caller
join the handle after recv_timeout completes, propagating any server-thread
panic through the test. Apply the same lifecycle handling to the related server
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  • crates/secrets/src/forge_vault.rs
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Comment on lines +1662 to +1691
fn vault_header_server() -> (String, mpsc::Receiver<Vec<String>>) {
let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:0").expect("bind Vault test server");
let address = listener.local_addr().expect("get Vault test server address");
let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();

std::thread::spawn(move || {
let mut requests = Vec::new();
for _ in 0..3 {
let (mut stream, _) = listener.accept().expect("accept Vault request");
stream
.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(5)))
.expect("set Vault request read timeout");

let mut request = Vec::new();
let mut buf = [0; 1024];
while !request.windows(4).any(|window| window == b"\r\n\r\n") {
let bytes_read = stream.read(&mut buf).expect("read Vault request");
if bytes_read == 0 {
break;
}
request.extend_from_slice(&buf[..bytes_read]);
}
requests.push(String::from_utf8(request).expect("Vault request is UTF-8"));

stream
.write_all(b"HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error\r\nContent-Length: 0\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n")
.expect("respond to Vault request");
}
sender.send(requests).expect("send Vault requests");
});

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Join the test server thread.

vault_header_server discards the thread handle. If the server thread panics or a request sequence fails, the test cannot join the thread or report its panic directly. Return the JoinHandle and join it after recv_timeout.

As per coding guidelines, “Avoid spawning background tasks without joining them.” As per path instructions, “joined/cancellable background tasks.”

Proposed fix
-fn vault_header_server() -> (String, mpsc::Receiver<Vec<String>>) {
+fn vault_header_server() -> (
+    String,
+    mpsc::Receiver<Vec<String>>,
+    std::thread::JoinHandle<()>,
+) {
 ...
-    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+    let server = std::thread::spawn(move || {
         // serve requests
     });
 
-    (format!("http://{address}"), receiver)
+    (format!("http://{address}"), receiver, server)
 }
 
 async fn assert_vault_namespace_headers(namespace: Option<&str>) {
-    let (address, requests) = vault_header_server();
+    let (address, requests, server) = vault_header_server();
 ...
     let requests = requests.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(5))?;
+    server.join().expect("Vault test server panicked");

Also applies to: 1696-1722

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In `@crates/secrets/src/forge_vault.rs` around lines 1662 - 1691, Update
vault_header_server to return the spawned thread’s JoinHandle alongside the
address and receiver, then have each caller join the handle after recv_timeout
completes, propagating any server-thread panic through the test. Apply the same
lifecycle handling to the related server setup around the additional referenced
section.

Sources: Coding guidelines, Path instructions

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you should add the namespace to helm-prereqs/templates/configmaps.yaml so it can be configured via helm. its the documented method of configuring vault (see https://github.com/NVIDIA/infra-controller/blob/main/book/src/configuration/configurability.md)

I guess if the value isn't wanted, the book should be updated

or maybe it should be conditional?

{{- with .Values.vault.namespace }}
VAULT_NAMESPACE: {{ . | quote }}
{{- end }}

self.namespace
.clone()
.or(env::var(VAULT_NAMESPACE_ENV_VAR).ok())
}

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what should happen if someone specified an empty string? if empty should be treated as default, then the value should be trimmed and filtered.

Comment thread helm/PREREQUISITES.md
--from-literal=VAULT_SERVICE='https://vault.example.com' \
--from-literal=FORGE_VAULT_MOUNT='secrets' \
--from-literal=FORGE_VAULT_PKI_MOUNT='forgeca'
--from-literal=VAULT_NAMESPACE='admin/nico' \

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we don't normally include non-default optional values in the example

kv_mount_location: vault_config.kv_mount_location()?,
pki_mount_location: vault_config.pki_mount_location()?,
pki_role_name: vault_config.pki_role_name()?,
namespace: vault_config.namespace(),

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if this is only used for kv, then it should probably be called kv_namespace. if it does end up getting used somehow for the cert stuff (which I don't think it would), then the cert specific client below should have it as well (instead of none).

kv_mount_location: String::new(),
pki_mount_location: config.pki_mount_location.clone(),
pki_role_name: config.pki_role_name.clone(),
namespace: None,

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probably comment that this is not used for this client (see line 1581 and PR comment on 1471)

}

#[test]
fn vault_namespace_from_config_has_precedence() {

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this doesn't set the env var, so its not testing precedence. did I miss that its set somewhere else?

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I don't really need changes if the questions turn out to be non-issues, but marking as "request changes" because I'm done with my review

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I've checked everything — Helm side looks good, pending the changes Bill already asked for.

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Thanks @Sinck and @shayan1995 , I will go through the feedback and update the PR by EOD

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