BitBucket Pipelines and OpenVPN

[Stuart Hirst]

Has anyone managed to get an OpenVPN client working within pipeline docker containers?

We have built our own image and tested locally and it works fine with docker command line option --cap-add=NET_ADMIN however it doesn't work within the BitBucket Cloud service as their docker containers don't seem to enable this option.

Any advice or alternate solutions much appreciated.

[Ryan Mueller]

Stuart,

Any success with this method? We're in the same boat.

[Philip Hodder]

Hi Stuart,

Instead of using Service containers for OpenVPN clients, you can run your own docker containers manually in your build with the necessary CLI options.

pipelines:
  default:
    - step:
        services:
          - docker
        script:
          - docker run --cap-add=NET_ADMIN your-image:tag

Docker run docs: https://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/run-docker-commands-in-bitbucket-pipelines-879254331.html

Please keep in mind that we have some security restrictions that will be applied, so you may be unable to attain all the necessary capabilities to still successfully run OpenVPN. If it's problematic, I'm unsure if there's any workarounds in Pipelines I can suggest. But see how you go. :)

Thanks,

Phil

[Oleg Sigida]

Hi Phillip,

thanks a lot for the answer.

However it does not work like that, I just get an error "docker: Error response from daemon: authorization denied by plugin pipelines: --cap-add is not allowed."

Is there any other ways to connect to secured network from BB Pipeline?

[Philip Hodder]

Hi @Oleg Sigida 

Indeed. We don't allow any cap-add flags anymore for security reasons.

The only feedback I can offer is to follow this ticket: https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues/12753/allow-customers-to-connect-the-pipelines

We'd like to explore this feature, but have received limited feedback at the moment. If you have time, can you fill out this survey? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzEBor1vVSxopOnLnTheJ_QoozXqn5i1JIL9KQW-h6g1wkaQ/viewform

Thanks,

Phil

[Oleg Sigida]

thanks! will have a look what options are possible

And the form is done

[Michael J Love]

Having the same issue here.  Did you ever figure out a way to get pipelines to connect to a server behind a VPN?

[Philip Hodder]

Hi Michael,

We have an open feature request for VPN support here. I suggest you follow the ticket here for updates: https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues/12753/allow-customers-to-connect-the-pipelines

Thanks,

Phil

[Michael J Love]

Thanks @Philip Hodder
I'm now watching it.

I managed to find another solution for our needs using AWS CodeDeploy. Unfortunately they do not have an easy integration with bitbucket (only GitHub).

[Seth Weinheimer]

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[Dan Timofte]

I tried to configure wireguard and hit this problem. It seems like you have to use your own runners to be able to do this.

[dolf]

Brrrr, need gloves and a scarf, so cold in here. Looking for this too. We have local embedded devices that we want to run integration tests with from the bitbucket pipelines, which are available through our own openvpn server.

[Gleb Khodurev]

eh...

[Antonino Bonumore]

it's cold here...

[Tom Haywood]

Another bump here, i'm looking to run lighthouse within a container where this flag is used. Is there any progress or has anyone found workarounds?

[Ajay Kumar]

any success ?