Switch config format to be easier to understand

Use a multiple choice instead of trying to keep it to booleans

Signed-off-by: James Hewitt <james.hewitt@uk.ibm.com>

configuration/configuration.go

@@ -680,6 +680,8 @@ type Validation struct {
 	Disabled bool `yaml:"disabled,omitempty"`
 	// Manifests configures manifest validation.
 	Manifests ValidationManifests `yaml:"manifests,omitempty"`
+	// ImageIndexes configures validation of image indexes
+	ImageIndexes ValidationImageIndexes `yaml:"imageindexes,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ValidationManifests struct {
@@ -692,18 +694,38 @@ type ValidationManifests struct {
 		// that URLs in pushed manifests must not match.
 		Deny []string `yaml:"deny,omitempty"`
 	} `yaml:"urls,omitempty"`
-	// ImageIndex configures validation of image indexes
-	ImageIndex ValidationManifestsImageIndex `yaml:"imageindex,omitempty"`
 }
 
-type ValidationManifestsImageIndex struct {
+type ValidationImageIndexes struct {
-	Images struct {
+	// PlatformsExist configures the validation applies to the platform images included in an image index
-		// Exist validates that images referenced by indexes exist in the registry
+	PlatformsExist PlatformsExist `yaml:"platformsexist"`
-		// before the image index is accepted.
+	// SelectedPlatforms filters the set of platforms to validate for image existence.
-		Exist *bool `yaml:"exist"`
+	SelectedPlatforms []Platform `yaml:"selectedplatforms,omitempty"`
-		// Platforms filters the set of platforms to validate for image existence.
+}
-		Platforms []Platform `yaml:"platforms,omitempty"`
+
-	} `yaml:"images,omitempty"`
+// PlatformsExist configures the validation applies to the platform images included in an image index
+// This can be all, none, or selected
+type PlatformsExist string
+
+// UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Umarshaler interface
+// Unmarshals a string into a PlatformsExist option, lowercasing the string and validating that it represents a
+// valid option
+func (platformsexist *PlatformsExist) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	var platformsExistString string
+	err := unmarshal(&platformsExistString)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	platformsExistString = strings.ToLower(platformsExistString)
+	switch platformsExistString {
+	case "all", "none", "selected":
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid platformsexist option %s Must be one of [all, none, selected]", platformsExistString)
+	}
+
+	*platformsexist = PlatformsExist(platformsExistString)
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Parse parses an input configuration yaml document into a Configuration struct

configuration/configuration_test.go

@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ import (
 // Hook up gocheck into the "go test" runner
 func Test(t *testing.T) { check.TestingT(t) }
 
-// falseaddr is a boolean false to reference
-var falseaddr = false
-
 // configStruct is a canonical example configuration, which should map to configYamlV0_1
 var configStruct = Configuration{
 	Version: "0.1",
@@ -169,15 +166,8 @@ var configStruct = Configuration{
 		WriteTimeout: time.Millisecond * 10,
 	},
 	Validation: Validation{
-		Manifests: ValidationManifests{
+		ImageIndexes: ValidationImageIndexes{
-			ImageIndex: ValidationManifestsImageIndex{
+			PlatformsExist: "none",
-				Images: struct {
-					Exist     *bool      `yaml:"exist"`
-					Platforms []Platform `yaml:"platforms,omitempty"`
-				}{
-					Exist: &falseaddr,
-				},
-			},
 		},
 	},
 }
@@ -237,10 +227,8 @@ redis:
   readtimeout: 10ms
   writetimeout: 10ms
 validation:
-  manifests:
+  imageindexes:
-    imageindex:
+    platformsexist: none
-      images:
-        exist: false
 `
 
 // inmemoryConfigYamlV0_1 is a Version 0.1 yaml document specifying an inmemory
@@ -271,10 +259,8 @@ http:
   headers:
     X-Content-Type-Options: [nosniff]
 validation:
-  manifests:
+  imageindexes:
-    imageindex:
+    platformsexist: none
-      images:
-        exist: false
 `
 
 type ConfigSuite struct {
@@ -367,7 +353,7 @@ func (suite *ConfigSuite) TestParseIncomplete(c *check.C) {
 			IdleTimeout time.Duration `yaml:"idletimeout,omitempty"`
 		} `yaml:"pool,omitempty"`
 	}{}
-	suite.expectedConfig.Validation.Manifests.ImageIndex.Images.Exist = nil
+	suite.expectedConfig.Validation.ImageIndexes.PlatformsExist = ""
 
 	// Note: this also tests that REGISTRY_STORAGE and
 	// REGISTRY_STORAGE_FILESYSTEM_ROOTDIRECTORY can be used together
@@ -667,6 +653,7 @@ func copyConfig(config Configuration) *Configuration {
 		Enabled:      config.Validation.Enabled,
 		Disabled:     config.Validation.Disabled,
 		Manifests:    config.Validation.Manifests,
+		ImageIndexes: config.Validation.ImageIndexes,
 	}
 
 	return configCopy

docs/configuration.md

@@ -1247,16 +1247,16 @@ features. Each subsection defines such a feature with configurable behavior.
 
 ## `validation`
 
-```none
+```yaml
 validation:
-  manifests:
+  disabled: false
-    urls:
-      allow:
-        - ^https?://([^/]+\.)*example\.com/
-      deny:
-        - ^https?://www\.example\.com/
 ```
 
+Use these settings to configure what validation the registry performs on content.
+
+Validation is performed when content is uploaded to the registry. Changing these
+settings will not validate content that has already been accepting into the registry.
+
 ### `disabled`
 
 The `disabled` flag disables the other options in the `validation`
@@ -1269,6 +1269,16 @@ Use the `manifests` subsection to configure validation of manifests. If
 
 #### `urls`
 
+```yaml
+validation:
+  manifests:
+    urls:
+      allow:
+        - ^https?://([^/]+\.)*example\.com/
+      deny:
+        - ^https?://www\.example\.com/
+```
+
 The `allow` and `deny` options are each a list of
 [regular expressions](https://pkg.go.dev/regexp/syntax) that restrict the URLs in
 pushed manifests.
@@ -1282,27 +1292,47 @@ one of the `allow` regular expressions **and** one of the following holds:
 2.  `deny` is set but no URLs within the manifest match any of the `deny` regular
     expressions.
 
-#### `imageindex`
+### `imageindexes`
 
-##### `images`
+validation:
+  imageindexes:
+    platformsexist: [All|None|Selected]
+    selectedplatforms:
+    - os: linux
+      architecture: amd64
 
-Set `exist` to false to disable validation that images exist when an image
+Use these settings to configure what validation the registry performs on image
-index manifest is uploaded.
+index manifests uploaded to the registry.
 
-Set `platforms` to configure the set of platforms to validate the existence of.
+#### `platformsexist`
-If a platform is included in this list and in the images contained within an index,
-the registry will validate that it exists in the registry. The registry will not
-validate the existence of other platform images in the index.
 
-This parameter does not validate that the platforms are included in the index,
+Set `platformexist` to `all` (the default) to validate all platform images exist.
-if an image index is missing one or more platform images from this array it may
+The registry will validate that the images referenced by the index exist in the
-still be accepted by the registry.
+registry before accepting the image index.
+
+Set `platformsexist` to `none` to disable all validation that images exist when an
+image index manifest is uploaded. This allows image lists to be uploaded to the
+registry without their associated images.
+
+Set `platformsexist` to `selected` to selectively validate the existence of platforms
+within image index manifests.
+
+#### `selectedplatforms`
+
+When `platformsexist` is set to `selected`, set `selectedplatforms` to an array of
+platforms to validate. If a platform is included in this the array and in the images
+contained within an index, the registry will validate that the platform specific image
+exists in the registry before accepting the index. The registry will not validate the
+existence of platform specific images in the index that do not appear in the
+`selectedplatforms` array.
+
+This parameter does not validate that the configured platforms are included in every
+index. If an image index does not include one of the platform specific images configured
+in the `selectedplatforms` array, it may still be accepted by the registry.
 
 Each platform is a map with two keys, `os` and `architecture`, as defined in the
 [OCI Image Index specification](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/main/image-index.md#image-index-property-descriptions).
 
-If `platforms` is an empty array, all images in the index must exist.
-
 ## Example: Development configuration
 
 You can use this simple example for local development:

registry/handlers/app.go

@@ -258,15 +258,17 @@ func NewApp(ctx context.Context, config *configuration.Configuration) *App {
 				options = append(options, storage.ManifestURLsDenyRegexp(re))
 			}
 		}
-		// If unset, default to true
+		// Any option except "none" enables the validation
-		if config.Validation.Manifests.ImageIndex.Images.Exist == nil ||
+		if config.Validation.ImageIndexes.PlatformsExist != "none" {
-			*config.Validation.Manifests.ImageIndex.Images.Exist {
 			options = append(options, storage.EnableValidateImageIndexImagesExist)
 		}
-		for _, platform := range config.Validation.Manifests.ImageIndex.Images.Platforms {
+		// If we are verifying selected image platforms, add those platforms to the options
+		if config.Validation.ImageIndexes.PlatformsExist == "selected" {
+			for _, platform := range config.Validation.ImageIndexes.SelectedPlatforms {
 				options = append(options, storage.AddValidateImageIndexImagesExistPlatform(platform.Architecture, platform.OS))
 			}
 		}
+	}
 
 	// configure storage caches
 	if cc, ok := config.Storage["cache"]; ok {