added healthcheck middleware

dojo/middleware.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from threading import local
 from django.db import models
 from django.urls import reverse
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -164,3 +165,21 @@ def __init__(self, get_response):
     def __call__(self, request):
         request.META.update(settings.ADDITIONAL_HEADERS)
         return self.get_response(request)
+
+
+class HealthCheckMiddleware:
+    """
+    Middleware that will allow for a healthcheck to return UP without the caller being in the
+    DJANGO ALLOWED_HOSTS list. Needed for AWS ALB healthchecks and improves general k8 healthchecks
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, get_response):
+
+        self.get_response = get_response
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        if request.META['PATH_INFO'] == '/health':
+            return HttpResponse('UP!')
+        else:
+            response = self.get_response(request)
+            return response

dojo/settings/settings.dist.py

@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ def generate_url(scheme, double_slashes, user, password, host, port, path, param
 # MIDDLEWARE
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DJANGO_MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = [
+    'dojo.middleware.HealthCheckMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'dojo.middleware.APITrailingSlashMiddleware',
     'dojo.middleware.DojoSytemSettingsMiddleware',

helm/defectdojo/values.yaml

@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ django:
       # Depending on the size and complexity of your scans, you might want to increase the default ingress timeouts if you see repeated 504 Gateway Timeouts
       # nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-read-timeout: "1800"
       # nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout: "1800"
+      # specific for AWS deployments Defectdojo has the /health endpoint for ALB healthchecks
+      # alb.ingress.kubernetes.io/healthcheck-path: /health
   nginx:
     tls:
       enabled: false

nginx/nginx.conf

@@ -72,7 +72,13 @@ http {
       include /etc/nginx/wsgi_params;
       access_log off;
     }
-
+    # Used by AWS ALB health checks
+    location = /health {
+      limit_except GET { deny all; }
+      include /run/defectdojo/uwsgi_pass;
+      include /etc/nginx/wsgi_params;
+      access_log off;
+    }
 
     error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
   }

nginx/nginx_TLS.conf

@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ http {
       include /etc/nginx/wsgi_params;
       access_log off;
     }
+    # Used by AWS ALB health checks
+    location = /health {
+      limit_except GET { deny all; }
+      include /run/defectdojo/uwsgi_pass;
+      include /etc/nginx/wsgi_params;
+      access_log off;
+    }
     error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
   }
 }