Add proxy_url parameter to https configuration

README.md

@@ -156,7 +156,10 @@ modules: [<module>]
 prober: <prober_string>
 
 # Configuration for TLS
-tls_config: <tls_config>
+[ tls_config: <tls_config> ]
+
+# The specific probe configuration
+[ https: <https_probe> ]
 ```
 
 #### <tls_config>
@@ -178,6 +181,13 @@ tls_config: <tls_config>
 [ server_name: <string> ]
 ```
 
+#### <https_probe>
+
+```
+# HTTP proxy server to use to connect to the targets.
+[ proxy_url: <string> ]
+```
+
 ## Example Queries
 
 Certificates that expire within 7 days:
@@ -214,6 +224,10 @@ For instance:
     $ export HTTPS_PROXY=localhost:8888
     $ ./ssl_exporter
 
+Or, you can set the `proxy_url` option in the module.
+
+The latter takes precedence.
+
 ## Grafana
 
 You can find a simple dashboard [here](grafana/dashboard.json) that tracks

config/config.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/config"
@@ -50,4 +51,29 @@ type Config struct {
 type Module struct {
 	Prober    string           `yaml:"prober,omitempty"`
 	TLSConfig config.TLSConfig `yaml:"tls_config,omitempty"`
+	HTTPS     HTTPSProbe       `yaml:"https,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type HTTPSProbe struct {
+	ProxyURL URL `yaml:"proxy_url,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// URL is a custom URL type that allows validation at configuration load time
+type URL struct {
+	*url.URL
+}
+
+// UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface for URLs.
+func (u *URL) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	var s string
+	if err := unmarshal(&s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	urlp, err := url.Parse(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	u.URL = urlp
+	return nil
 }

examples/ssl_exporter.yaml

@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 modules:
+  https:
+    prober: https
   https_insecure:
     prober: https
     tls_config:
       insecure_skip_verify: true
+  https_proxy:
+    prober: https
+    https:
+      proxy_url: "socks5://localhost:8123"
+  tcp:
+    prober: tcp
   tcp_servername:
     prober: tcp
     tls_config:

go.mod

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.6.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200602114024-627f9648deb9 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200615200032-f1bc736245b1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.3.3 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.24.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0 // indirect

go.sum

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prober/https.go

@@ -36,13 +36,18 @@ func ProbeHTTPS(target string, module config.Module, timeout time.Duration) (*tl
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	proxy := http.ProxyFromEnvironment
+	if module.HTTPS.ProxyURL.URL != nil {
+		proxy = http.ProxyURL(module.HTTPS.ProxyURL.URL)
+	}
+
 	client := &http.Client{
 		CheckRedirect: func(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
 			return http.ErrUseLastResponse
 		},
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
 			TLSClientConfig:   tlsConfig,
-			Proxy:             http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
+			Proxy:             proxy,
 			DisableKeepAlives: true,
 		},
 		Timeout: timeout,

prober/https_test.go

@@ -312,3 +312,59 @@ func TestProbeHTTPSExpiredInsecure(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected state but got nil")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestProbeHTTPSProxy tests the proxy_url field in the configuration
+func TestProbeHTTPSProxy(t *testing.T) {
+	server, _, _, caFile, teardown, err := test.SetupHTTPSServer()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+	defer teardown()
+
+	proxyServer, err := test.SetupHTTPProxyServer()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+	server.StartTLS()
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	proxyServer.Start()
+	defer proxyServer.Close()
+
+	proxyURL, err := url.Parse(proxyServer.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	badProxyURL, err := url.Parse("http://localhost:6666")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	module := config.Module{
+		TLSConfig: pconfig.TLSConfig{
+			CAFile:             caFile,
+			InsecureSkipVerify: false,
+		},
+		HTTPS: config.HTTPSProbe{
+			// Test with a bad proxy url first
+			ProxyURL: config.URL{URL: badProxyURL},
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err = ProbeHTTPS(server.URL, module, 5*time.Second)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected error but err was nil")
+	}
+
+	// Test with the proxy url, this shouldn't return an error
+	module.HTTPS.ProxyURL = config.URL{URL: proxyURL}
+
+	state, err := ProbeHTTPS(server.URL, module, 5*time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("error: %s", err)
+	}
+	if state == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected state but got nil")
+	}
+}

ssl_exporter_test.go

@@ -409,6 +409,87 @@ func TestProbeHandlerDefaultModule(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestProbeHandlerProxy(t *testing.T) {
+	server, _, _, caFile, teardown, err := test.SetupHTTPSServer()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+	defer teardown()
+
+	server.StartTLS()
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	// Test with a proxy that doesn't exist first
+	badProxyURL, err := url.Parse("http://localhost:6666")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	conf := &config.Config{
+		Modules: map[string]config.Module{
+			"https": config.Module{
+				Prober: "https",
+				TLSConfig: pconfig.TLSConfig{
+					CAFile: caFile,
+				},
+				HTTPS: config.HTTPSProbe{
+					// Check with a bad proxy url initially
+					ProxyURL: config.URL{URL: badProxyURL},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	rr, err := probe(server.URL, "https", conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Check success metric
+	if ok := strings.Contains(rr.Body.String(), "ssl_tls_connect_success 0"); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("expected `ssl_tls_connect_success 0`")
+	}
+
+	// Test with an actual proxy server
+	proxyServer, err := test.SetupHTTPProxyServer()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	proxyServer.Start()
+	defer proxyServer.Close()
+
+	proxyURL, err := url.Parse(proxyServer.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	conf = &config.Config{
+		Modules: map[string]config.Module{
+			"https": config.Module{
+				Prober: "https",
+				TLSConfig: pconfig.TLSConfig{
+					CAFile: caFile,
+				},
+				HTTPS: config.HTTPSProbe{
+					// Check with a valid URL
+					ProxyURL: config.URL{URL: proxyURL},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	rr, err = probe(server.URL, "https", conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Check success metric
+	if ok := strings.Contains(rr.Body.String(), "ssl_tls_connect_success 1"); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("expected `ssl_tls_connect_success 1`")
+	}
+}
+
 func probe(target, module string, conf *config.Config) (*httptest.ResponseRecorder, error) {
 	uri := "/probe?target=" + target
 	if module != "" {