fix(scripts): Finds node name and cookie from vm.args

For node name and cookie overriden from environment variable
the only way to find it from another shell is to inspect
the vm.args file.

For node boot commands, the vm.args file may not have been created
yet, so we need to inspect node name in emqx.conf

bin/emqx

@@ -260,15 +260,43 @@ if [ -z "$RELX_CONFIG_PATH" ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
+IS_BOOT_COMMAND='no'
+case "$1" in
+    start|start_boot)
+        IS_BOOT_COMMAND='yes'
+        ;;
+    console|console_clean|console_boot)
+        IS_BOOT_COMMAND='yes'
+        ;;
+    foreground)
+        IS_BOOT_COMMAND='yes'
+        ;;
+esac
+
+
 if [ -z "$NAME_ARG" ]; then
     NODENAME="${EMQX_NODE_NAME:-}"
     # compatible with docker entrypoint
     [ -z "$NODENAME" ] && [ -n "$EMQX_NAME" ] && [ -n "$EMQX_HOST" ] && NODENAME="${EMQX_NAME}@${EMQX_HOST}"
-    [ -z "$NODENAME" ] && NODENAME=$(grep -E '^[ \t]*node.name[ \t]*=[ \t]*' "$RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf" 2> /dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d = -f 2-)
+    if [ -z "$NODENAME" ] && [ "$IS_BOOT_COMMAND" = 'no' ]; then
+        # for non-boot commands, inspect vm.<time>.args for node name
+        LATEST_VM_ARGS="$(ls -t $RUNNER_DATA_DIR/configs/vm.*.args | head -1)"
+        if [ -z "$LATEST_VM_ARGS" ]; then
+            echo "For command $1, there is no vm.*.args config file found in $RUNNER_DATA_DIR/configs/"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        NODENAME="$(grep -E '^-name' $LATEST_VM_ARGS | awk '{print $2}')"
+    else
+        # for boot commands, inspect emqx.conf for node name
+        NODENAME=$(grep -E '^[ \t]*node.name[ \t]*=[ \t]*' "$RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf" 2> /dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d = -f 2-)
+    fi
     if [ -z "$NODENAME" ]; then
-        echoerr "vm.args needs to have a -name parameter."
+        echoerr "Failed to resolve emqx node name"
-        echoerr "  -sname is not supported."
+        if [ "$IS_BOOT_COMMAND" = 'yes' ]; then
-        echoerr "perhaps you do not have read permissions on $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf"
+            echoerr "Make user emqx has read permissions on $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf"
+        fi
+        echoerr "Maybe set environment variable ENQX_NODE_NAME='name@host.name'"
+        echoerr "or set EMQX_NAME='name' EMQX_HOST='host.name'"
         exit 1
     else
         NAME_ARG="-name ${NODENAME# *}"
@@ -283,22 +311,23 @@ export ESCRIPT_NAME="$NODENAME"
 
 PIPE_DIR="${PIPE_DIR:-/$RUNNER_DATA_DIR/${WHOAMI}_erl_pipes/$NAME/}"
 
-# Extract the target cookie
+# COOKIE is only needed for non-boot commands
-if [ -z "$COOKIE_ARG" ]; then
+# so, either read environment variable override
-    COOKIE="${EMQX_NODE_COOKIE:-}"
+# or inspect vm.<time>.args
-    [ -z "$COOKIE" ] && COOKIE=$(grep -E '^[ \t]*node.cookie[ \t]*=[ \t]*' "$RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf" 2> /dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d = -f 2-)
+COOKIE="${EMQX_NODE_COOKIE:-}"
-    if [ -z "$COOKIE" ]; then
+if [ -z "$COOKIE" ] && [ "$IS_BOOT_COMMAND" = 'no' ]; then
-        echoerr "vm.args needs to have a -setcookie parameter."
+    LATEST_VM_ARGS="$(ls -t $RUNNER_DATA_DIR/configs/vm.*.args | head -1)"
-        echoerr "please check $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf"
+    if [ -z "$LATEST_VM_ARGS" ]; then
+        echo "For command $1, there is no vm.*.args config file found in $RUNNER_DATA_DIR/configs/"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    COOKIE="$(grep -E '^-setcookie' $LATEST_VM_ARGS | awk '{print $2}')"
+    if [ -z "$COOKIE" ]; then
+        echoerr "Please set node.cookie in $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf or override from environment variable EMQX_NODE_COOKIE"
         exit 1
-    else
-        COOKIE_ARG="-setcookie $COOKIE"
     fi
 fi
 
-# Extract cookie name from COOKIE_ARG
-COOKIE="$(echo "$COOKIE_ARG" | awk '{print $2}')"
-
 # Support for IPv6 Dist. See: https://github.com/emqtt/emqttd/issues/1460
 PROTO_DIST=$(grep -E '^[ \t]*cluster.proto_dist[ \t]*=[ \t]*' "$RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf" 2> /dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d = -f 2-)
 if [ -z "$PROTO_DIST" ]; then

bin/emqx_ctl

@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$(readlink "$0" || echo "$0")")"/..; pwd -P)"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
 . "$ROOT_DIR"/releases/emqx_vars
 
+LATEST_VM_ARGS="$(ls -t $RUNNER_DATA_DIR/configs/vm.*.args | head -1)"
+if [ -z "$LATEST_VM_ARGS" ]; then
+    echo "No vm.*.args config file found in $RUNNER_DATA_DIR/configs/"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # Echo to stderr on errors
 echoerr() { echo "$@" 1>&2; }
 
@@ -34,9 +40,8 @@ relx_nodetool() {
 
 if [ -z "$NAME_ARG" ]; then
     NODENAME="${EMQX_NODE_NAME:-}"
-    # compatible with docker entrypoint
     [ -z "$NODENAME" ] && [ -n "$EMQX_NAME" ] && [ -n "$EMQX_HOST" ] && NODENAME="${EMQX_NAME}@${EMQX_HOST}"
-    [ -z "$NODENAME" ] && NODENAME=$(grep -E '^[ \t]*node.name[ \t]*=[ \t]*' "$RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf" 2> /dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d = -f 2-)
+    [ -z "$NODENAME" ] && NODENAME="$(grep -E '^-name' $LATEST_VM_ARGS | awk '{print $2}')"
     if [ -z "$NODENAME" ]; then
         echoerr "vm.args needs to have a -name parameter."
         echoerr "  -sname is not supported."
@@ -51,22 +56,13 @@ fi
 NAME_TYPE="$(echo "$NAME_ARG" | awk '{print $1}')"
 NAME="$(echo "$NAME_ARG" | awk '{print $2}')"
 
-# Extract the target cookie
+COOKIE="${EMQX_NODE_COOKIE:-}"
-if [ -z "$COOKIE_ARG" ]; then
+[ -z "$COOKIE" ] && COOKIE="$(grep -E '^-setcookie' $LATEST_VM_ARGS | awk '{print $2}')"
-    COOKIE="${EMQX_NODE_COOKIE:-}"
+if [ -z "$COOKIE" ]; then
-    [ -z "$COOKIE" ] && COOKIE=$(grep -E '^[ \t]*node.cookie[ \t]*=[ \t]*' "$RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf" 2> /dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d = -f 2-)
+    echoerr "Please set node.cookie in $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf or override from environment variable EMQX_NODE_COOKIE"
-    if [ -z "$COOKIE" ]; then
+    exit 1
-        echoerr "vm.args needs to have a -setcookie parameter."
-        echoerr "please check $RUNNER_ETC_DIR/emqx.conf"
-        exit 1
-    else
-        COOKIE_ARG="-setcookie $COOKIE"
-    fi
 fi
 
-# Extract cookie name from COOKIE_ARG
-COOKIE="$(echo "$COOKIE_ARG" | awk '{print $2}')"
-
 # Support for IPv6 Dist. See: https://github.com/emqtt/emqttd/issues/1460
 PROTO_DIST=$(grep -E '^[ \t]*cluster.proto_dist[ \t]*=[ \t]*' "$RUNNER_ETC_DIR"/emqx.conf 2> /dev/null | tail -1 | cut -d = -f 2-)
 if [ -z "$PROTO_DIST" ]; then