[exporter/datadog] add basic API key validation on startup

.chloggen/dd-config-api-key-fix.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: connector/datadog, exporter/datadog, pkg/datadog
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: throw error if datadog API key contains invalid characters
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [36509]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]

connector/datadogconnector/example_test.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestExamples(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv("DD_API_KEY", "testvalue")
+	t.Setenv("DD_API_KEY", "aaaaaaaaa")
 	factories := newTestComponents(t)
 	const configFile = "./examples/config.yaml"
 	// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/33594

exporter/datadogexporter/examples/k8s-chart/configmap.yaml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ data:
     exporters:
       datadog:
         api:
-          key: <YOUR_API_KEY_HERE>
+          key: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" # Change this to your Datadog API key
           site: datadoghq.com # Change this to your site if not using the default
     processors:
       resourcedetection:

exporter/datadogexporter/examples_test.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func TestExamples(t *testing.T) {
 			continue
 		}
 		t.Run(filepath.Base(f.Name()), func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Setenv("DD_API_KEY", "testvalue")
+			t.Setenv("DD_API_KEY", "aaaaaaaaa")
 			name := filepath.Join(folder, f.Name())
 			// https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/issues/33594
 			// nolint:staticcheck

exporter/datadogexporter/factory_test.go

@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func TestOnlyMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 		BackOffConfig: configretry.NewDefaultBackOffConfig(),
 		QueueSettings: exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueConfig(),
 
-		API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+		API:          APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 		Metrics:      MetricsConfig{TCPAddrConfig: confignet.TCPAddrConfig{Endpoint: server.URL}},
 		Traces:       TracesConfig{TCPAddrConfig: confignet.TCPAddrConfig{Endpoint: server.URL}},
 		OnlyMetadata: true,

exporter/datadogexporter/integrationtest/integration_test_config.yaml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ exporters:
     verbosity: detailed
   datadog:
     api:
-      key: "key"
+      key: "aaa"
     tls:
       insecure_skip_verify: true
     host_metadata:

exporter/datadogexporter/integrationtest/integration_test_internal_metrics_config.yaml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ receivers:
 exporters:
   datadog:
     api:
-      key: "key"
+      key: "aaa"
     tls:
       insecure_skip_verify: true
     host_metadata:

exporter/datadogexporter/integrationtest/integration_test_logs_config.yaml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ receivers:
 exporters:
   datadog:
     api:
-      key: "key"
+      key: "aaa"
     tls:
       insecure_skip_verify: true
     host_metadata:

exporter/datadogexporter/integrationtest/integration_test_toplevel_config.yaml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ exporters:
     verbosity: detailed
   datadog:
     api:
-      key: "key"
+      key: "aaa"
     tls:
       insecure_skip_verify: true
     host_metadata:

exporter/datadogexporter/metrics_exporter_test.go

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestNewExporter(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cfg := &Config{
 		API: APIConfig{
-			Key: "ddog_32_characters_long_api_key1",
+			Key: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
 		},
 		Metrics: MetricsConfig{
 			TCPAddrConfig: confignet.TCPAddrConfig{
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ func TestNewExporter_Zorkian(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cfg := &Config{
 		API: APIConfig{
-			Key: "ddog_32_characters_long_api_key1",
+			Key: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
 		},
 		Metrics: MetricsConfig{
 			TCPAddrConfig: confignet.TCPAddrConfig{

pkg/datadog/config/config.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package config // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-cont
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -27,11 +28,17 @@ var (
 	ErrNoMetadata = errors.New("only_metadata can't be enabled when host_metadata::enabled = false or host_metadata::hostname_source != first_resource")
 	// ErrInvalidHostname is returned when the hostname is invalid.
 	ErrEmptyEndpoint = errors.New("endpoint cannot be empty")
+	// ErrAPIKeyFormat is returned if API key contains invalid characters
+	ErrAPIKeyFormat = errors.New("api::key contains invalid characters")
+	// NonHexRegex is a regex of characters that are always invalid in a Datadog API key
+	NonHexRegex = regexp.MustCompile(NonHexChars)
 )
 
 const (
 	// DefaultSite is the default site of the Datadog intake to send data to
 	DefaultSite = "datadoghq.com"
+	// NonHexChars is a regex of characters that are always invalid in a Datadog API key
+	NonHexChars = "[^0-9a-fA-F]"
 )
 
 // APIConfig defines the API configuration options
@@ -120,10 +127,15 @@ func (c *Config) Validate() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("hostname field is invalid: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if c.API.Key == "" {
+	if string(c.API.Key) == "" {
 		return ErrUnsetAPIKey
 	}
 
+	invalidAPIKeyChars := NonHexRegex.FindAllString(string(c.API.Key), -1)
+	if len(invalidAPIKeyChars) > 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid characters: %s", ErrAPIKeyFormat, strings.Join(invalidAPIKeyChars, ", "))
+	}
+
 	if err := c.Traces.Validate(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

pkg/datadog/config/config_test.go

@@ -44,10 +44,17 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			err: ErrUnsetAPIKey.Error(),
 		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid format api::key",
+			cfg: &Config{
+				API: APIConfig{Key: "'aaaaaaa"},
+			},
+			err: ErrAPIKeyFormat.Error(),
+		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid hostname",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API:          APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				TagsConfig:   TagsConfig{Hostname: "invalid_host"},
 				HostMetadata: HostMetadataConfig{Enabled: true, ReporterPeriod: 10 * time.Minute},
 			},
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "no metadata",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API:          APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				OnlyMetadata: true,
 				HostMetadata: HostMetadataConfig{Enabled: true, ReporterPeriod: 10 * time.Minute},
 			},
@@ -65,15 +72,15 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "span name remapping valid",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API:          APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				Traces:       TracesExporterConfig{TracesConfig: TracesConfig{SpanNameRemappings: map[string]string{"old.opentelemetryspan.name": "updated.name"}}},
 				HostMetadata: HostMetadataConfig{Enabled: true, ReporterPeriod: 10 * time.Minute},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "span name remapping empty val",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API:          APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				Traces:       TracesExporterConfig{TracesConfig: TracesConfig{SpanNameRemappings: map[string]string{"oldname": ""}}},
 				HostMetadata: HostMetadataConfig{Enabled: true, ReporterPeriod: 10 * time.Minute},
 			},
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "span name remapping empty key",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API:          APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				Traces:       TracesExporterConfig{TracesConfig: TracesConfig{SpanNameRemappings: map[string]string{"": "newname"}}},
 				HostMetadata: HostMetadataConfig{Enabled: true, ReporterPeriod: 10 * time.Minute},
 			},
@@ -91,15 +98,15 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "ignore resources valid",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API:          APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				Traces:       TracesExporterConfig{TracesConfig: TracesConfig{IgnoreResources: []string{"[123]"}}},
 				HostMetadata: HostMetadataConfig{Enabled: true, ReporterPeriod: 10 * time.Minute},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "ignore resources missing bracket",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API:          APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				Traces:       TracesExporterConfig{TracesConfig: TracesConfig{IgnoreResources: []string{"[123"}}},
 				HostMetadata: HostMetadataConfig{Enabled: true, ReporterPeriod: 10 * time.Minute},
 			},
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "invalid histogram settings",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API: APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API: APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				Metrics: MetricsConfig{
 					HistConfig: HistogramConfig{
 						Mode:             HistogramModeNoBuckets,
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "TLS settings are valid",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API: APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API: APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				ClientConfig: confighttp.ClientConfig{
 					TLSSetting: configtls.ClientConfig{
 						InsecureSkipVerify: true,
@@ -134,15 +141,15 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "With trace_buffer",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API:          APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				Traces:       TracesExporterConfig{TraceBuffer: 10},
 				HostMetadata: HostMetadataConfig{Enabled: true, ReporterPeriod: 10 * time.Minute},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "With peer_tags",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API: APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API: APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				Traces: TracesExporterConfig{
 					TracesConfig: TracesConfig{
 						PeerTags: []string{"tag1", "tag2"},
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "With confighttp client configs",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API: APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API: APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				ClientConfig: confighttp.ClientConfig{
 					ReadBufferSize:      100,
 					WriteBufferSize:     200,
@@ -173,7 +180,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "unsupported confighttp client configs",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API: APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API: APIConfig{Key: "aaaaaaa"},
 				ClientConfig: confighttp.ClientConfig{
 					Endpoint:             "endpoint",
 					Compression:          "gzip",
@@ -189,7 +196,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "Invalid reporter_period",
 			cfg: &Config{
-				API:          APIConfig{Key: "notnull"},
+				API:          APIConfig{Key: "abcdef0"},
 				HostMetadata: HostMetadataConfig{Enabled: true, ReporterPeriod: 4 * time.Minute},
 			},
 			err: "reporter_period must be 5 minutes or higher",
@@ -199,7 +206,7 @@ func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(testInstance.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			err := testInstance.cfg.Validate()
 			if testInstance.err != "" {
-				assert.EqualError(t, err, testInstance.err)
+				assert.ErrorContains(t, err, testInstance.err)
 			} else {
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
 			}
@@ -649,7 +656,7 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				BackOffConfig: configretry.NewDefaultBackOffConfig(),
 				QueueSettings: exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueConfig(),
 				API: APIConfig{
-					Key:              "key",
+					Key:              "abc",
 					Site:             "datadoghq.com",
 					FailOnInvalidKey: false,
 				},

pkg/datadog/config/testdata/config.yaml

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ datadog/default:
 
 datadog/customReporterPeriod:
   api:
-    key: key
+    key: abc
   host_metadata:
     enabled: true
     reporter_period: 10m