consul/agent/proxy/proxy.go

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// Package proxy contains logic for agent interaction with proxies,
// primarily "managed" proxies. Managed proxies are proxy processes for
// Connect-compatible endpoints that Consul owns and controls the lifecycle
// for.
//
// This package does not contain the built-in proxy for Connect. The source
// for that is available in the "connect/proxy" package.
package proxy
// EnvProxyToken is the name of the environment variable that is passed
// to managed proxies containing the proxy token.
const EnvProxyToken = "CONNECT_PROXY_TOKEN"
// Proxy is the interface implemented by all types of managed proxies.
//
// Calls to all the functions on this interface must be concurrency safe.
// Please read the documentation carefully on top of each function for expected
// behavior.
type Proxy interface {
// Start starts the proxy. If an error is returned then the managed
// proxy registration is rejected. Therefore, this should only fail if
// the configuration of the proxy itself is irrecoverable, and should
// retry starting for other failures.
//
// Starting an already-started proxy should not return an error.
Start() error
// Stop stops the proxy and disallows it from ever being started again.
//
// If the proxy is not started yet, this should not return an error, but
// it should disallow Start from working again. If the proxy is already
// stopped, this should not return an error.
Stop() error
// Equal returns true if the argument is equal to the proxy being called.
// This is called by the manager to determine if a change in configuration
// results in a proxy that needs to be restarted or not. If Equal returns
// false, then the manager will stop the old proxy and start the new one.
// If Equal returns true, the old proxy will remain running and the new
// one will be ignored.
Equal(Proxy) bool
}