draft feat: roles for api keys

.gitignore

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ release/
 .idea
 
 # Generated during build
-backend-assets/*
+**/backend-assets/*
 !backend-assets/.keep
 prepare
 /ggml-metal.metal

configuration/roles.json

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "admin": ["*"],
+    "llm-user": ["POST|/chat/completions", "POST|/edits", "POST|/completions", "POST|/embeddings", "POST|/rerank", "GET|/models"],
+    "audio-user": ["POST|/audio/transcriptions", "POST|/audio/speech", "POST|/tts", "POST|/text-to-speech"],
+    "image-user": ["POST|/images/generations"],
+    "ui": ["GET|/", "GET|/browse",  "GET|/browse/", "POST|/browse/search/models", 
+        "GET|/browse/job/progress", "GET|/browse/job", 
+        "GET|/chat", "GET|/chat/", "GET|/chat/:model", 
+        "GET|/text2image", "GET|/text2image/", "GET|/text2image/:model", 
+        "GET|/tts", "GET|/tts/", "GET|/tts/:model"],
+    "user": ["ui", "llm-user", "audio-user", "image-user"]
+}

core/cli/run.go

@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ type RunCMD struct {
 	Threads     int  `env:"LOCALAI_THREADS,THREADS" short:"t" default:"4" help:"Number of threads used for parallel computation. Usage of the number of physical cores in the system is suggested" group:"performance"`
 	ContextSize int  `env:"LOCALAI_CONTEXT_SIZE,CONTEXT_SIZE" default:"512" help:"Default context size for models" group:"performance"`
 
-	Address          string   `env:"LOCALAI_ADDRESS,ADDRESS" default:":8080" help:"Bind address for the API server" group:"api"`
-	CORS             bool     `env:"LOCALAI_CORS,CORS" help:"" group:"api"`
-	CORSAllowOrigins string   `env:"LOCALAI_CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS,CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS" group:"api"`
-	UploadLimit      int      `env:"LOCALAI_UPLOAD_LIMIT,UPLOAD_LIMIT" default:"15" help:"Default upload-limit in MB" group:"api"`
-	APIKeys          []string `env:"LOCALAI_API_KEY,API_KEY" help:"List of API Keys to enable API authentication. When this is set, all the requests must be authenticated with one of these API keys" group:"api"`
-	DisableWebUI     bool     `env:"LOCALAI_DISABLE_WEBUI,DISABLE_WEBUI" default:"false" help:"Disable webui" group:"api"`
+	Address          string              `env:"LOCALAI_ADDRESS,ADDRESS" default:":8080" help:"Bind address for the API server" group:"api"`
+	CORS             bool                `env:"LOCALAI_CORS,CORS" help:"" group:"api"`
+	CORSAllowOrigins string              `env:"LOCALAI_CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS,CORS_ALLOW_ORIGINS" group:"api"`
+	UploadLimit      int                 `env:"LOCALAI_UPLOAD_LIMIT,UPLOAD_LIMIT" default:"15" help:"Default upload-limit in MB" group:"api"`
+	APIKeys          map[string][]string `env:"LOCALAI_API_KEY,API_KEY" help:"List of API Keys to enable API authentication. When this is set, all the requests must be authenticated with one of these API keys" group:"api"`
+	DisableWebUI     bool                `env:"LOCALAI_DISABLE_WEBUI,DISABLE_WEBUI" default:"false" help:"Disable webui" group:"api"`
 
 	ParallelRequests     bool     `env:"LOCALAI_PARALLEL_REQUESTS,PARALLEL_REQUESTS" help:"Enable backends to handle multiple requests in parallel if they support it (e.g.: llama.cpp or vllm)" group:"backends"`
 	SingleActiveBackend  bool     `env:"LOCALAI_SINGLE_ACTIVE_BACKEND,SINGLE_ACTIVE_BACKEND" help:"Allow only one backend to be run at a time" group:"backends"`

core/config/application_config.go

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ type ApplicationConfig struct {
 	PreloadJSONModels                   string
 	PreloadModelsFromPath               string
 	CORSAllowOrigins                    string
-	ApiKeys                             []string
+	ApiKeys                             map[string][]string // ApiKeys maps the key itself to a list of endpoints [or roles] that the key should be permitted to access
+	Roles                               map[string][]string // Roles is a simple "shortcut" mapping a name to a list of endpoints
 
 	ModelLibraryURL string
 
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ func WithDynamicConfigDirPollInterval(interval time.Duration) AppOption {
 	}
 }
 
-func WithApiKeys(apiKeys []string) AppOption {
+func WithApiKeys(apiKeys map[string][]string) AppOption {
 	return func(o *ApplicationConfig) {
 		o.ApiKeys = apiKeys
 	}

core/http/app.go

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package http
 import (
 	"embed"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-skynet/LocalAI/pkg/utils"
@@ -127,33 +129,48 @@ func App(cl *config.BackendConfigLoader, ml *model.ModelLoader, appConfig *confi
 
 	// Auth middleware checking if API key is valid. If no API key is set, no auth is required.
 	auth := func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
-		if len(appConfig.ApiKeys) == 0 {
-			return c.Next()
-		}
 
 		if len(appConfig.ApiKeys) == 0 {
 			return c.Next()
 		}
 
+		defaultCaseExists := len(appConfig.ApiKeys["_"]) > 0
+		fmtPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s|%s", c.Route().Method, strings.Replace(c.Route().Path, "/v1", "", -1))
+
 		authHeader := readAuthHeader(c)
-		if authHeader == "" {
+		if !defaultCaseExists && authHeader == "" {
 			return c.Status(fiber.StatusUnauthorized).JSON(fiber.Map{"message": "Authorization header missing"})
 		}
 
 		// If it's a bearer token
 		authHeaderParts := strings.Split(authHeader, " ")
 		if len(authHeaderParts) != 2 || authHeaderParts[0] != "Bearer" {
-			return c.Status(fiber.StatusUnauthorized).JSON(fiber.Map{"message": "Invalid Authorization header format"})
+			if !defaultCaseExists {
+				return c.Status(fiber.StatusUnauthorized).JSON(fiber.Map{"message": "Invalid Authorization header format"})
+			} else {
+				authHeaderParts = []string{"", ""}
+			}
 		}
 
 		apiKey := authHeaderParts[1]
-		for _, key := range appConfig.ApiKeys {
-			if apiKey == key {
-				return c.Next()
+		if apiKey != "" {
+			for key, endpoints := range appConfig.ApiKeys {
+				if apiKey == key {
+					log.Trace().Str("key", key).Str("fmtPath", fmtPath).Msg("found a matching api key, checking permissions for fmtPath")
+					if slices.Contains(endpoints, "*") || slices.Contains(endpoints, fmtPath) {
+						return c.Next()
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		return c.Status(fiber.StatusUnauthorized).JSON(fiber.Map{"message": "Invalid API key"})
+		// Check if this is a default-allow endpoint
+		if defaultCaseExists && slices.Contains(appConfig.ApiKeys["_"], fmtPath) {
+			log.Trace().Str("fmtPath", fmtPath).Msg("matching authorization key not found, but fmtPath is on the default allow list")
+			return c.Next()
+		}
+
+		return c.Status(fiber.StatusUnauthorized).JSON(fiber.Map{"message": "Invalid API key", "fmtPath": fmtPath, "apiKey": apiKey})
 	}
 
 	if appConfig.CORS {

core/startup/config_file_watcher.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
@@ -31,14 +32,20 @@ func newConfigFileHandler(appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig) configFileHandler
 		handlers:  make(map[string]fileHandler),
 		appConfig: appConfig,
 	}
-	err := c.Register("api_keys.json", readApiKeysJson(*appConfig), true)
+
+	err := c.Register("roles.json", readRolesJson(*appConfig), true)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error().Err(err).Str("file", "roles.json").Msg("unable to register config file handler")
+	}
+	err = c.Register("api_keys.json", readApiKeysJson(*appConfig), true)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Str("file", "api_keys.json").Msg("unable to register config file handler")
 	}
 	err = c.Register("external_backends.json", readExternalBackendsJson(*appConfig), true)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Err(err).Str("file", "external_backends.json").Msg("unable to register config file handler")
 	}
+
 	return c
 }
 
@@ -135,26 +142,93 @@ func readApiKeysJson(startupAppConfig config.ApplicationConfig) fileHandler {
 
 		if len(fileContent) > 0 {
 			// Parse JSON content from the file
-			var fileKeys []string
+			var fileKeys map[string][]string
 			err := json.Unmarshal(fileContent, &fileKeys)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			log.Trace().Int("numKeys", len(fileKeys)).Msg("discovered API keys from api keys dynamic config dile")
+			appConfig.ApiKeys = startupAppConfig.ApiKeys
+			if appConfig.ApiKeys == nil {
+				appConfig.ApiKeys = map[string][]string{}
+			}
 
-			appConfig.ApiKeys = append(startupAppConfig.ApiKeys, fileKeys...)
+			log.Trace().Int("numKeys", len(fileKeys)).Msg("discovered API keys from api keys dynamic config dile")
+			for key, rawFileEndpoints := range fileKeys {
+				appConfig.ApiKeys[key] = append(startupAppConfig.ApiKeys[key], rawFileEndpoints...)
+			}
 		} else {
 			log.Trace().Msg("no API keys discovered from dynamic config file")
 			appConfig.ApiKeys = startupAppConfig.ApiKeys
 		}
+
+		// next, clean and process the ApiKeys for roles, duplicates, and *
+		// This is registered to run at startup, so will evaluate roles passed in as startupAppConfig
+		// quick version for now, this can be improved later
+		for key, endpoints := range appConfig.ApiKeys {
+			// Check if the starting point is enough to know the final answer
+			if slices.Contains(endpoints, "*") {
+				appConfig.ApiKeys[key] = []string{"*"}
+				continue
+			}
+
+			for { // We loop around here a second time if we make a change -- this ensures we unroll nested roles
+				isClean := true
+				for role, roleEndpoints := range appConfig.Roles {
+					index := slices.Index(appConfig.ApiKeys[key], role)
+					if index != -1 {
+						appConfig.ApiKeys[key] = slices.Replace(appConfig.ApiKeys[key], index, index+1, roleEndpoints...)
+						isClean = false
+					}
+				}
+				if isClean {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			// Check if we have a "*"" yet
+			if slices.Contains(appConfig.ApiKeys[key], "*") {
+				appConfig.ApiKeys[key] = []string{"*"}
+				continue
+			}
+			// At this point, Sort+Compact is a simple way to deduplicate the endpoint list, no matter how the roles overlap
+			slices.Sort(appConfig.ApiKeys[key])
+			appConfig.ApiKeys[key] = slices.Compact(appConfig.ApiKeys[key])
+		}
+
 		log.Trace().Int("numKeys", len(appConfig.ApiKeys)).Msg("total api keys after processing")
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	return handler
 }
 
+func readRolesJson(startupAppConfig config.ApplicationConfig) fileHandler {
+	handler := func(fileContent []byte, appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig) error {
+		log.Debug().Msg("processing roles runtime update")
+		log.Trace().Int("numRoles", len(startupAppConfig.Roles)).Msg("roles provided at startup")
+
+		if len(fileContent) > 0 {
+			// Parse JSON content from the file
+			var fileRoles map[string][]string // Roles is a simple "shortcut" mapping a name to a list of endpoints
+			err := json.Unmarshal(fileContent, &fileRoles)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			log.Trace().Int("numRoles", len(fileRoles)).Msg("discovered roles from roles dynamic config dile")
+
+			appConfig.Roles = fileRoles
+		} else {
+			log.Trace().Msg("no roles discovered from dynamic config file")
+			appConfig.Roles = startupAppConfig.Roles
+		}
+		log.Trace().Int("numRoles", len(appConfig.Roles)).Msg("total roles after processing")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return handler
+}
+
 func readExternalBackendsJson(startupAppConfig config.ApplicationConfig) fileHandler {
 	handler := func(fileContent []byte, appConfig *config.ApplicationConfig) error {
 		log.Debug().Msg("processing external_backends.json")