/* go-update allows a program to update itself by replacing its executable file with a new version. It provides the flexibility to implement different updating user experiences like auto-updating, or manual user-initiated updates. It also boasts advanced features like binary patching and code signing verification. Updating your program to a new version is as easy as: err, errRecover := update.New().FromUrl("http://release.example.com/2.0/myprogram") if err != nil { fmt.Printf("Update failed: %v\n", err) } You may also choose to update from other data sources such as a file or an io.Reader: err, errRecover := update.New().FromFile("/path/to/update") Binary Diff Patching Binary diff updates are supported and easy to use: up := update.New().ApplyPatch(update.PATCHTYPE_BSDIFF) err, errRecover := up.FromUrl("http://release.example.com/2.0/mypatch") Checksum Verification You should also verify the checksum of new updates as well as verify the digital signature of an update. Note that even when you choose to apply a patch, the checksum is verified against the complete update after that patch has been applied. up := update.New().ApplyPatch(update.PATCHTYPE_BSDIFF).VerifyChecksum(checksum) err, errRecover := up.FromUrl("http://release.example.com/2.0/mypatch") Updating other files Updating arbitrary files is also supported. You may update files which are not the currently running program: up := update.New().Target("/usr/local/bin/some-program") err, errRecover := up.FromUrl("http://release.example.com/2.0/some-program") Code Signing Truly secure updates use code signing to verify that the update was issued by a trusted party. To do this, you'll need to generate a public/private key pair. You can do this with openssl, or the equinox.io client (https://equinox.io/client) can easily generate one for you: # with equinox client equinox genkey --private-key=private.pem --public-key=public.pem # with openssl openssl genrsa -out private.pem 2048 openssl rsa -in private.pem -out public.pem -pubout Once you have your key pair, you can instruct your program to validate its updates with the public key: const publicKey = `-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- ... -----END PUBLIC KEY-----` up, err := update.New().VerifySignatureWithPEM(publicKey) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("Bad public key: '%v': %v", publicKey, err) } Once you've configured your program this way, it will disallow all updates unless they are properly signed. You must now pass in the signature to verify with: up.VerifySignature(signature).FromUrl("http://dl.example.com/update") Error Handling and Recovery To perform an update, the process must be able to read its executable file and to write to the directory that contains its executable file. It can be useful to check whether the process has the necessary permissions to perform an update before trying to apply one. Use the CanUpdate call to provide a useful message to the user if the update can't proceed without elevated permissions: up := update.New().Target("/etc/hosts") err := up.CanUpdate() if err != nil { fmt.Printf("Can't update because: '%v'. Try as root or Administrator\n", err) return } err, errRecover := up.FromUrl("https://example.com/new/hosts") Although exceedingly unlikely, the update operation itself is not atomic and can fail in such a way that a user's computer is left in an inconsistent state. If that happens, go-update attempts to recover to leave the system in a good state. If the recovery step fails (even more unlikely), a second error, referred to as "errRecover" will be non-nil so that you may inform your users of the bad news. You should handle this case as shown here: err, errRecover := up.FromUrl("https://example.com/update") if err != nil { fmt.Printf("Update failed: %v\n", err) if errRecover != nil { fmt.Printf("Failed to recover bad update: %v!\n", errRecover) fmt.Printf("Program exectuable may be missing!\n") } } Subpackages Sub-package check contains the client functionality for a simple protocol for negotiating whether a new update is available, where it is, and the metadata needed for verifying it. Sub-package download contains functionality for downloading from an HTTP endpoint while outputting a progress meter and supports resuming partial downloads. */ package update import ( "bytes" "crypto" "crypto/rsa" "crypto/sha256" _ "crypto/sha512" // for tls cipher support "crypto/x509" "encoding/pem" "fmt" "io" "io/ioutil" "net/http" "os" "path/filepath" "github.com/kardianos/osext" "github.com/kr/binarydist" "gopkg.in/inconshreveable/go-update.v0/download" ) // The type of a binary patch, if any. Only bsdiff is supported type PatchType string const ( PATCHTYPE_BSDIFF PatchType = "bsdiff" PATCHTYPE_NONE = "" ) type Update struct { // empty string means "path of the current executable" TargetPath string // type of patch to apply. PATCHTYPE_NONE means "not a patch" PatchType // sha256 checksum of the new binary to verify against Checksum []byte // public key to use for signature verification PublicKey *rsa.PublicKey // signature to use for signature verification Signature []byte // configurable http client can be passed to download HTTPClient *http.Client } func (u *Update) getPath() (string, error) { if u.TargetPath == "" { return osext.Executable() } else { return u.TargetPath, nil } } // New creates a new Update object. // A default update object assumes the complete binary // content will be used for update (not a patch) and that // the intended target is the running executable. // // Use this as the start of a chain of calls on the Update // object to build up your configuration. Example: // // up := update.New().ApplyPatch(update.PATCHTYPE_BSDIFF).VerifyChecksum(checksum) // func New() *Update { return &Update{ TargetPath: "", PatchType: PATCHTYPE_NONE, } } // Target configures the update to update the file at the given path. // The emptry string means 'the executable file of the running program'. func (u *Update) Target(path string) *Update { u.TargetPath = path return u } // ApplyPatch configures the update to treat the contents of the update // as a patch to apply to the existing to target. You must specify the // format of the patch. Only PATCHTYPE_BSDIFF is supported at the moment. func (u *Update) ApplyPatch(patchType PatchType) *Update { u.PatchType = patchType return u } // VerifyChecksum configures the update to verify that the // the update has the given sha256 checksum. func (u *Update) VerifyChecksum(checksum []byte) *Update { u.Checksum = checksum return u } // VerifySignature configures the update to verify the given // signature of the update. You must also call one of the // VerifySignatureWith* functions to specify a public key // to use for verification. func (u *Update) VerifySignature(signature []byte) *Update { u.Signature = signature return u } // VerifySignatureWith configures the update to use the given RSA // public key to verify the update's signature. You must also call // VerifySignature() with a signature to check. // // You'll probably want to use VerifySignatureWithPEM instead of // parsing the public key yourself. func (u *Update) VerifySignatureWith(publicKey *rsa.PublicKey) *Update { u.PublicKey = publicKey return u } // VerifySignatureWithPEM configures the update to use the given PEM-formatted // RSA public key to verify the update's signature. You must also call // VerifySignature() with a signature to check. // // A PEM formatted public key typically begins with // -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- func (u *Update) VerifySignatureWithPEM(publicKeyPEM []byte) (*Update, error) { block, _ := pem.Decode(publicKeyPEM) if block == nil { return u, fmt.Errorf("Couldn't parse PEM data") } pub, err := x509.ParsePKIXPublicKey(block.Bytes) if err != nil { return u, err } var ok bool u.PublicKey, ok = pub.(*rsa.PublicKey) if !ok { return u, fmt.Errorf("Public key isn't an RSA public key") } return u, nil } // FromUrl updates the target with the contents of the given URL. func (u *Update) FromUrl(url string) (err error, errRecover error) { target := new(download.MemoryTarget) err = download.New(url, target, u.HTTPClient).Get() if err != nil { return } return u.FromStream(target) } // FromFile updates the target the contents of the given file. func (u *Update) FromFile(path string) (err error, errRecover error) { // open the new updated contents fp, err := os.Open(path) if err != nil { return } defer fp.Close() // do the update return u.FromStream(fp) } // FromStream updates the target file with the contents of the supplied io.Reader. // // FromStream performs the following actions to ensure a safe cross-platform update: // // 1. If configured, applies the contents of the io.Reader as a binary patch. // // 2. If configured, computes the sha256 checksum and verifies it matches. // // 3. If configured, verifies the RSA signature with a public key. // // 4. Creates a new file, /path/to/.target.new with mode 0755 with the contents of the updated file // // 5. Renames /path/to/target to /path/to/.target.old // // 6. Renames /path/to/.target.new to /path/to/target // // 7. If the rename is successful, deletes /path/to/.target.old, returns no error // // 8. If the rename fails, attempts to rename /path/to/.target.old back to /path/to/target // If this operation fails, it is reported in the errRecover return value so as not to // mask the original error that caused the recovery attempt. // // On Windows, the removal of /path/to/.target.old always fails, so instead, // we just make the old file hidden instead. func (u *Update) FromStream(updateWith io.Reader) (err error, errRecover error) { updatePath, err := u.getPath() if err != nil { return } var newBytes []byte // apply a patch if requested switch u.PatchType { case PATCHTYPE_BSDIFF: newBytes, err = applyPatch(updateWith, updatePath) if err != nil { return } case PATCHTYPE_NONE: // no patch to apply, go on through newBytes, err = ioutil.ReadAll(updateWith) if err != nil { return } default: err = fmt.Errorf("Unrecognized patch type: %s", u.PatchType) return } // verify checksum if requested if u.Checksum != nil { if err = verifyChecksum(newBytes, u.Checksum); err != nil { return } } // verify signature if requested if u.Signature != nil || u.PublicKey != nil { if u.Signature == nil { err = fmt.Errorf("No public key specified to verify signature") return } if u.PublicKey == nil { err = fmt.Errorf("No signature to verify!") return } if err = verifySignature(newBytes, u.Signature, u.PublicKey); err != nil { return } } // get the directory the executable exists in updateDir := filepath.Dir(updatePath) filename := filepath.Base(updatePath) // Copy the contents of of newbinary to a the new executable file newPath := filepath.Join(updateDir, fmt.Sprintf(".%s.new", filename)) fp, err := os.OpenFile(newPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0755) if err != nil { return } defer fp.Close() _, err = io.Copy(fp, bytes.NewReader(newBytes)) // if we don't call fp.Close(), windows won't let us move the new executable // because the file will still be "in use" fp.Close() // this is where we'll move the executable to so that we can swap in the updated replacement oldPath := filepath.Join(updateDir, fmt.Sprintf(".%s.old", filename)) // delete any existing old exec file - this is necessary on Windows for two reasons: // 1. after a successful update, Windows can't remove the .old file because the process is still running // 2. windows rename operations fail if the destination file already exists _ = os.Remove(oldPath) // move the existing executable to a new file in the same directory err = os.Rename(updatePath, oldPath) if err != nil { return } // move the new exectuable in to become the new program err = os.Rename(newPath, updatePath) if err != nil { // copy unsuccessful errRecover = os.Rename(oldPath, updatePath) } else { // copy successful, remove the old binary errRemove := os.Remove(oldPath) // windows has trouble with removing old binaries, so hide it instead if errRemove != nil { _ = hideFile(oldPath) } } return } // CanUpdate() determines whether the process has the correct permissions to // perform the requested update. If the update can proceed, it returns nil, otherwise // it returns the error that would occur if an update were attempted. func (u *Update) CanUpdate() (err error) { // get the directory the file exists in path, err := u.getPath() if err != nil { return } fileDir := filepath.Dir(path) fileName := filepath.Base(path) // attempt to open a file in the file's directory newPath := filepath.Join(fileDir, fmt.Sprintf(".%s.new", fileName)) fp, err := os.OpenFile(newPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0755) if err != nil { return } fp.Close() _ = os.Remove(newPath) return } func applyPatch(patch io.Reader, updatePath string) ([]byte, error) { // open the file to update old, err := os.Open(updatePath) if err != nil { return nil, err } defer old.Close() // apply the patch applied := new(bytes.Buffer) if err = binarydist.Patch(old, applied, patch); err != nil { return nil, err } return applied.Bytes(), nil } func verifyChecksum(updated []byte, expectedChecksum []byte) error { checksum, err := ChecksumForBytes(updated) if err != nil { return err } if !bytes.Equal(expectedChecksum, checksum) { return fmt.Errorf("Updated file has wrong checksum. Expected: %x, got: %x", expectedChecksum, checksum) } return nil } // ChecksumForFile returns the sha256 checksum for the given file func ChecksumForFile(path string) ([]byte, error) { f, err := os.Open(path) if err != nil { return nil, err } defer f.Close() return ChecksumForReader(f) } // ChecksumForReader returns the sha256 checksum for the entire // contents of the given reader. func ChecksumForReader(rd io.Reader) ([]byte, error) { h := sha256.New() if _, err := io.Copy(h, rd); err != nil { return nil, err } return h.Sum(nil), nil } // ChecksumForBytes returns the sha256 checksum for the given bytes func ChecksumForBytes(source []byte) ([]byte, error) { return ChecksumForReader(bytes.NewReader(source)) } func verifySignature(source, signature []byte, publicKey *rsa.PublicKey) error { checksum, err := ChecksumForBytes(source) if err != nil { return err } return rsa.VerifyPKCS1v15(publicKey, crypto.SHA256, checksum, signature) }