featurebase/server/server.go
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// Copyright 2021 Molecula Corp. All rights reserved.
//
// Package server contains the `pilosa server` subcommand which runs Pilosa
// itself. The purpose of this package is to define an easily tested Command
// object which handles interpreting configuration and setting up all the
// objects that Pilosa needs.
package server
import (
"context"
"crypto/tls"
"fmt"
"io"
"log"
"math/rand"
"net"
"os"
"os/signal"
"path/filepath"
"runtime"
"strconv"
"strings"
"sync"
"syscall"
"time"
"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
pilosa "github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/authn"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/authz"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/boltdb"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/encoding/proto"
petcd "github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/etcd"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/gcnotify"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/gopsutil"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/logger"
pnet "github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/net"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/prometheus"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/sql3"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/sql3/planner"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/statik"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/stats"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/statsd"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/syswrap"
"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/testhook"
"github.com/pelletier/go-toml"
"github.com/pkg/errors"
)
type loggerLogger interface {
logger.Logger
Logger() *log.Logger
}
// Command represents the state of the pilosa server command.
type Command struct {
Server *pilosa.Server
// Configuration.
Config *Config
// Standard input/output
*pilosa.CmdIO
// Started will be closed once Command.Start is finished.
Started chan struct{}
// done will be closed when Command.Close() is called
done chan struct{}
logOutput io.Writer
queryLogOutput io.Writer
logger loggerLogger
queryLogger loggerLogger
Handler pilosa.HandlerI
grpcServer *grpcServer
grpcLn net.Listener
API *pilosa.API
ln net.Listener
listenURI *pnet.URI
tlsConfig *tls.Config
closeTimeout time.Duration
serverOptions []pilosa.ServerOption
auth *authn.Auth
}
type CommandOption func(c *Command) error
func OptCommandServerOptions(opts ...pilosa.ServerOption) CommandOption {
return func(c *Command) error {
c.serverOptions = append(c.serverOptions, opts...)
return nil
}
}
func OptCommandCloseTimeout(d time.Duration) CommandOption {
return func(c *Command) error {
c.closeTimeout = d
return nil
}
}
func OptCommandConfig(config *Config) CommandOption {
return func(c *Command) error {
defer c.Config.MustValidate()
if c.Config != nil {
c.Config.Etcd = config.Etcd
c.Config.Auth = config.Auth
c.Config.TLS = config.TLS
return nil
}
c.Config = config
return nil
}
}
// NewCommand returns a new instance of Main.
func NewCommand(stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.Writer, opts ...CommandOption) *Command {
c := &Command{
Config: NewConfig(),
CmdIO: pilosa.NewCmdIO(stdin, stdout, stderr),
Started: make(chan struct{}),
done: make(chan struct{}),
}
for _, opt := range opts {
err := opt(c)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
// TODO: Return error instead of panic?
}
}
return c
}
// defaultFileLimit is a suggested open file count limit for Pilosa to run with
const (
defaultFileLimit = uint64(256 * 1024)
)
// we want to set resource limits *exactly once*, and then be able
// to report on whether or not that succeeded.
var setupResourceLimitsOnce sync.Once
var setupResourceLimitsErr error
// doSetupResourceLimits is the function which actually does the
// resource limit setup, possibly yielding an error. it's a Command
// method because it uses the command's logger, but is in fact
// expected to work globally.
func (m *Command) doSetupResourceLimits() error {
oldLimit := &syscall.Rlimit{}
if err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, oldLimit); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("checking open file limit: %w", err)
}
// inherit existing limit
targetFileLimit := defaultFileLimit
if targetFileLimit > oldLimit.Max {
m.logger.Warnf("open file maximum (%d) lower than suggested open files (%d)",
oldLimit.Max, defaultFileLimit)
targetFileLimit = oldLimit.Max
}
// If the soft limit is lower than the defaultFileLimit constant, we will try to change it.
if oldLimit.Cur < targetFileLimit {
newLimit := &syscall.Rlimit{
Cur: targetFileLimit,
Max: oldLimit.Max,
}
// Try to set the limit
if err := syscall.Setrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, newLimit); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("setting open file limit: %w", err)
}
// Check the limit after setting it. OS may not obey Setrlimit call.
if err := syscall.Getrlimit(syscall.RLIMIT_NOFILE, oldLimit); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("checking open file limit: %w", err)
} else {
if oldLimit.Cur != targetFileLimit {
m.logger.Warnf("tried to set open file limit to %d, but it is %d; see https://docs.molecula.cloud/reference/hostsystem#operating-system-configuration", targetFileLimit, oldLimit.Cur)
}
}
}
// We don't have corresponding options for non-Linux right now, but probably should.
if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
result, err := os.ReadFile("/proc/sys/vm/max_map_count")
if err != nil {
m.logger.Infof("Tried unsuccessfully to check system mmap limit: %w", err)
} else {
sysMmapLimit, err := strconv.ParseUint(strings.TrimSuffix(string(result), "\n"), 10, 64)
if err != nil {
m.logger.Infof("Tried unsuccessfully to check system mmap limit: %w", err)
} else if m.Config.MaxMapCount > sysMmapLimit {
m.logger.Warnf("Config max map limit (%v) is greater than current system limits (%v)", m.Config.MaxMapCount, sysMmapLimit)
}
}
}
return nil
}
// setupResourceLimits tries to set up resource limits, like mmap limits
// and open files, if that hasn't been done already, and returns an error
// if the attempt failed in a way that we didn't anticipate. Mere permission
// denied errors are not that concerning.
func (m *Command) setupResourceLimits() error {
setupResourceLimitsOnce.Do(func() {
setupResourceLimitsErr = m.doSetupResourceLimits()
})
return setupResourceLimitsErr
}
// Start starts the pilosa server - it returns once the server is running.
func (m *Command) Start() (err error) {
// Seed random number generator
rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
// SetupServer
err = m.SetupServer()
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "setting up server")
}
err = m.setupResourceLimits()
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "setting resource limits")
}
// Initialize server.
if err = m.Server.Open(); err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "opening server")
}
// Initialize HTTP.
go func() {
if err := m.Handler.Serve(); err != nil {
m.logger.Errorf("handler serve error: %v", err)
}
}()
m.logger.Printf("listening as %s\n", m.listenURI)
// Initialize gRPC.
go func() {
if err := m.grpcServer.Serve(); err != nil {
m.logger.Errorf("grpc server error: %v", err)
}
}()
_ = testhook.Opened(pilosa.NewAuditor(), m, nil)
close(m.Started)
return nil
}
func (m *Command) UpAndDown() (err error) {
// Seed random number generator
rand.Seed(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano())
// SetupServer
err = m.SetupServer()
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "setting up server")
}
m.logger.Infof("bringing server up and shutting it down immediately")
go func() {
err := m.Handler.Serve()
if err != nil {
m.logger.Errorf("handler serve error: %v", err)
}
}()
// Bring the server up, and back down again.
if err = m.Server.UpAndDown(); err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "bringing server up and down")
}
m.logger.Infof("teardown complete")
return nil
}
// Wait waits for the server to be closed or interrupted.
func (m *Command) Wait() error {
// First SIGKILL causes server to shut down gracefully.
c := make(chan os.Signal, 2)
signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
select {
case sig := <-c:
m.logger.Infof("received signal '%s', gracefully shutting down...\n", sig.String())
// Second signal causes a hard shutdown.
go func() { <-c; os.Exit(1) }()
return errors.Wrap(m.Close(), "closing command")
case <-m.done:
m.logger.Infof("server closed externally")
return nil
}
}
// SetupServer uses the cluster configuration to set up this server.
func (m *Command) SetupServer() error {
runtime.SetBlockProfileRate(m.Config.Profile.BlockRate)
runtime.SetMutexProfileFraction(m.Config.Profile.MutexFraction)
_ = syswrap.SetMaxMapCount(m.Config.MaxMapCount)
_ = syswrap.SetMaxFileCount(m.Config.MaxFileCount)
err := m.setupLogger()
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "setting up logger")
}
version := pilosa.VersionInfo(m.Config.Future.Rename)
m.logger.Infof("%s", version)
handleTrialDeadline(m.logger)
// validateAddrs sets the appropriate values for Bind and Advertise
// based on the inputs. It is not responsible for applying defaults, although
// it does provide a non-zero port (10101) in the case where no port is specified.
// The alternative would be to use port 0, which would choose a random port, but
// currently that's not what we want.
if err := m.Config.validateAddrs(context.Background()); err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "validating addresses")
}
uri, err := pilosa.AddressWithDefaults(m.Config.Bind)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "processing bind address")
}
grpcURI, err := pnet.NewURIFromAddress(m.Config.BindGRPC)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "processing bind grpc address")
}
if m.Config.GRPCListener == nil {
// create gRPC listener
m.grpcLn, err = net.Listen("tcp", grpcURI.HostPort())
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "creating grpc listener")
}
// If grpc port is 0, get auto-allocated port from listener
if grpcURI.Port == 0 {
grpcURI.SetPort(uint16(m.grpcLn.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port))
}
} else {
m.grpcLn = m.Config.GRPCListener
}
// Setup TLS
if uri.Scheme == "https" {
m.tlsConfig, err = GetTLSConfig(&m.Config.TLS, m.logger)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "get tls config")
}
}
diagnosticsInterval := time.Duration(0)
if m.Config.Metric.Diagnostics {
diagnosticsInterval = defaultDiagnosticsInterval
}
statsClient, err := newStatsClient(m.Config.Metric.Service, m.Config.Metric.Host, m.Config.Namespace())
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "new stats client")
}
m.ln, err = getListener(*uri, m.tlsConfig)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "getting listener")
}
// If port is 0, get auto-allocated port from listener
if uri.Port == 0 {
uri.SetPort(uint16(m.ln.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr).Port))
}
// Save listenURI for later reference.
m.listenURI = uri
c := pilosa.GetHTTPClient(m.tlsConfig)
// Get advertise address as uri.
advertiseURI, err := pilosa.AddressWithDefaults(m.Config.Advertise)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "processing advertise address")
}
if advertiseURI.Port == 0 {
advertiseURI.SetPort(uri.Port)
}
// Get grpc advertise address as uri.
advertiseGRPCURI, err := pnet.NewURIFromAddress(m.Config.AdvertiseGRPC)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "processing grpc advertise address")
}
if advertiseGRPCURI.Port == 0 {
advertiseGRPCURI.SetPort(grpcURI.Port)
}
// Primary store configuration is handled automatically now.
if m.Config.Translation.PrimaryURL != "" {
m.logger.Infof("DEPRECATED: The primary-url configuration option is no longer used.")
}
// Handle renamed and deprecated config parameter
longQueryTime := m.Config.LongQueryTime
if m.Config.Cluster.LongQueryTime >= 0 {
longQueryTime = m.Config.Cluster.LongQueryTime
m.logger.Infof("DEPRECATED: Configuration parameter cluster.long-query-time has been renamed to long-query-time")
}
// Use other config parameters to set Etcd parameters which we don't want to
// expose in the user-facing config.
//
// Use cluster.name for etcd.cluster-name
m.Config.Etcd.ClusterName = m.Config.Cluster.Name
//
// Use name for etcd.name
m.Config.Etcd.Name = m.Config.Name
// use the pilosa provided tls credentials if available
m.Config.Etcd.TrustedCAFile = m.Config.TLS.CACertPath
m.Config.Etcd.ClientCertFile = m.Config.TLS.CertificatePath
m.Config.Etcd.ClientKeyFile = m.Config.TLS.CertificateKeyPath
m.Config.Etcd.PeerCertFile = m.Config.TLS.CertificatePath
m.Config.Etcd.PeerKeyFile = m.Config.TLS.CertificateKeyPath
//
// If an Etcd.Dir is not provided, nest a default under the pilosa data dir.
if m.Config.Etcd.Dir == "" {
path, err := expandDirName(m.Config.DataDir)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrapf(err, "expanding directory name: %s", m.Config.DataDir)
}
m.Config.Etcd.Dir = filepath.Join(path, pilosa.DiscoDir)
}
m.Config.Etcd.Id = m.Config.Name // TODO(twg) rethink this
e := petcd.NewEtcd(m.Config.Etcd, m.logger, m.Config.Cluster.ReplicaN, version)
executionPlannerFn := func(e pilosa.Executor, a *pilosa.API, s string) sql3.CompilePlanner {
fapi := &pilosa.FeatureBaseSchemaAPI{API: a}
return planner.NewExecutionPlanner(e, fapi, a, s)
}
serverOptions := []pilosa.ServerOption{
pilosa.OptServerAntiEntropyInterval(time.Duration(m.Config.AntiEntropy.Interval)),
pilosa.OptServerLongQueryTime(time.Duration(longQueryTime)),
pilosa.OptServerDataDir(m.Config.DataDir),
pilosa.OptServerReplicaN(m.Config.Cluster.ReplicaN),
pilosa.OptServerMaxWritesPerRequest(m.Config.MaxWritesPerRequest),
pilosa.OptServerMetricInterval(time.Duration(m.Config.Metric.PollInterval)),
pilosa.OptServerDiagnosticsInterval(diagnosticsInterval),
pilosa.OptServerExecutorPoolSize(m.Config.WorkerPoolSize),
pilosa.OptServerOpenTranslateStore(boltdb.OpenTranslateStore),
pilosa.OptServerOpenTranslateReader(pilosa.GetOpenTranslateReaderWithLockerFunc(c, &sync.Mutex{})),
pilosa.OptServerOpenIDAllocator(pilosa.OpenIDAllocator),
pilosa.OptServerLogger(m.logger),
pilosa.OptServerQueryLogger(m.queryLogger),
pilosa.OptServerSystemInfo(gopsutil.NewSystemInfo()),
pilosa.OptServerGCNotifier(gcnotify.NewActiveGCNotifier()),
pilosa.OptServerStatsClient(statsClient),
pilosa.OptServerURI(advertiseURI),
pilosa.OptServerGRPCURI(advertiseGRPCURI),
pilosa.OptServerClusterName(m.Config.Cluster.Name),
pilosa.OptServerSerializer(proto.Serializer{}),
pilosa.OptServerStorageConfig(m.Config.Storage),
pilosa.OptServerRBFConfig(m.Config.RBFConfig),
pilosa.OptServerMaxQueryMemory(m.Config.MaxQueryMemory),
pilosa.OptServerQueryHistoryLength(m.Config.QueryHistoryLength),
pilosa.OptServerPartitionAssigner(m.Config.Cluster.PartitionToNodeAssignment),
pilosa.OptServerDisCo(e, e, e, e),
pilosa.OptServerExecutionPlannerFn(executionPlannerFn),
}
if m.Config.LookupDBDSN != "" {
serverOptions = append(serverOptions, pilosa.OptServerLookupDB(m.Config.LookupDBDSN))
}
serverOptions = append(serverOptions, m.serverOptions...)
if m.Config.Auth.Enable {
serverOptions = append(serverOptions, pilosa.OptServerInternalClient(pilosa.NewInternalClientFromURI(uri, c, pilosa.WithSecretKey(m.Config.Auth.SecretKey), pilosa.WithSerializer(proto.Serializer{}))))
} else {
serverOptions = append(serverOptions, pilosa.OptServerInternalClient(pilosa.NewInternalClientFromURI(uri, c, pilosa.WithSerializer(proto.Serializer{}))))
}
m.Server, err = pilosa.NewServer(serverOptions...)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "new server")
}
m.API, err = pilosa.NewAPI(
pilosa.OptAPIServer(m.Server),
pilosa.OptAPIImportWorkerPoolSize(m.Config.ImportWorkerPoolSize),
)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "new api")
}
// Tell server about its new API, which its client will need.
m.Server.SetAPI(m.API)
var p authz.GroupPermissions
if m.Config.Auth.Enable {
m.Config.MustValidateAuth()
permsFile, err := os.Open(m.Config.Auth.PermissionsFile)
if err != nil {
return err
}
defer permsFile.Close()
if err = p.ReadPermissionsFile(permsFile); err != nil {
return err
}
ac := m.Config.Auth
m.auth, err = authn.NewAuth(m.logger, ac.RedirectBaseURL, ac.Scopes, ac.AuthorizeURL, ac.TokenURL, ac.GroupEndpointURL, ac.LogoutURL, ac.ClientId, ac.ClientSecret, ac.SecretKey, ac.ConfiguredIPs)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "instantiating authN object")
}
err = m.setupQueryLogger()
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "setting up queryLogger")
}
m.queryLogger.Infof("Starting Featurebase...")
m.queryLogger.Infof("Group with admin level access: %v", p.Admin)
m.queryLogger.Infof("Permissions: %+v", p.Permissions)
if len(ac.ConfiguredIPs) > 0 {
m.queryLogger.Infof("Configured IPs for allowed networks: %v", ac.ConfiguredIPs)
}
// TLS must be enabled if auth is
if m.Config.TLS.CertificatePath == "" || m.Config.TLS.CertificateKeyPath == "" {
return fmt.Errorf("transport layer security (TLS) is not configured properly. TLS is required when AuthN/Z is enabled, current configuration: %v", m.Config.TLS)
}
}
m.grpcServer, err = NewGRPCServer(
OptGRPCServerAPI(m.API),
OptGRPCServerListener(m.grpcLn),
OptGRPCServerTLSConfig(m.tlsConfig),
OptGRPCServerLogger(m.logger),
OptGRPCServerStats(statsClient),
OptGRPCServerAuth(m.auth),
OptGRPCServerPerm(&p),
OptGRPCServerQueryLogger(m.queryLogger),
)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "getting grpcServer")
}
m.Handler, err = pilosa.NewHandler(
pilosa.OptHandlerAllowedOrigins(m.Config.Handler.AllowedOrigins),
pilosa.OptHandlerAPI(m.API),
pilosa.OptHandlerLogger(m.logger),
pilosa.OptHandlerQueryLogger(m.queryLogger),
pilosa.OptHandlerFileSystem(&statik.FileSystem{}),
pilosa.OptHandlerListener(m.ln, m.Config.Advertise),
pilosa.OptHandlerCloseTimeout(m.closeTimeout),
pilosa.OptHandlerMiddleware(m.grpcServer.middleware(m.Config.Handler.AllowedOrigins)),
pilosa.OptHandlerAuthN(m.auth),
pilosa.OptHandlerAuthZ(&p),
pilosa.OptHandlerSerializer(proto.Serializer{}),
pilosa.OptHandlerRoaringSerializer(proto.RoaringSerializer),
pilosa.OptHandlerSQLEnabled(m.Config.SQL.EndpointEnabled),
)
return errors.Wrap(err, "new handler")
}
// setupLogger sets up the logger based on the configuration.
func (m *Command) setupLogger() error {
var f *logger.FileWriter
var err error
if m.Config.LogPath == "" {
m.logOutput = m.Stderr
} else {
f, err = logger.NewFileWriter(m.Config.LogPath)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "opening file")
}
m.logOutput = f
}
if m.Config.Verbose {
m.logger = logger.NewVerboseLogger(m.logOutput)
} else {
m.logger = logger.NewStandardLogger(m.logOutput)
}
if m.Config.LogPath != "" {
sighup := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
signal.Notify(sighup, syscall.SIGHUP)
go func() {
for {
// duplicate stderr onto log file
err := m.dup(int(f.Fd()), int(os.Stderr.Fd()))
if err != nil {
m.logger.Errorf("syscall dup: %s\n", err.Error())
}
// reopen log file on SIGHUP
<-sighup
err = f.Reopen()
if err != nil {
m.logger.Infof("reopen: %s\n", err.Error())
}
}
}()
}
return nil
}
func (m *Command) setupQueryLogger() error {
var f *logger.FileWriter
var err error
if m.Config.Auth.QueryLogPath == "" {
f, err = logger.NewFileWriterMode("queries/query.log", 0o600)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "opening file")
}
} else {
f, err = logger.NewFileWriterMode(m.Config.Auth.QueryLogPath, 0o600)
if err != nil {
return errors.Wrap(err, "opening file")
}
}
m.queryLogOutput = f
m.queryLogger = logger.NewStandardLogger(m.queryLogOutput)
sighup := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
signal.Notify(sighup, syscall.SIGHUP)
go func() {
for range sighup {
if err := f.Reopen(); err != nil {
m.queryLogger.Infof("reopen: %s\n", err.Error())
}
}
}()
return nil
}
// Close shuts down the server.
func (m *Command) Close() error {
select {
case <-m.done:
return nil
default:
eg := errgroup.Group{}
m.grpcServer.Stop()
eg.Go(m.Handler.Close)
eg.Go(m.Server.Close)
eg.Go(m.API.Close)
if closer, ok := m.logOutput.(io.Closer); ok {
// If closer is os.Stdout or os.Stderr, don't close it.
if closer != os.Stdout && closer != os.Stderr {
eg.Go(closer.Close)
}
}
err := eg.Wait()
_ = testhook.Closed(pilosa.NewAuditor(), m, nil)
close(m.done)
return errors.Wrap(err, "closing everything")
}
}
// newStatsClient creates a stats client from the config
func newStatsClient(name string, host string, namespace string) (stats.StatsClient, error) {
switch name {
case "expvar":
return stats.NewExpvarStatsClient(), nil
case "statsd":
return statsd.NewStatsClient(host, namespace)
case "prometheus":
return prometheus.NewPrometheusClient(
prometheus.OptClientNamespace(namespace),
)
case "nop", "none":
return stats.NopStatsClient, nil
default:
return nil, errors.Errorf("'%v' not a valid stats client, choose from [expvar, statsd, prometheus, none].", name)
}
}
// getListener gets a net.Listener based on the config.
func getListener(uri pnet.URI, tlsconf *tls.Config) (ln net.Listener, err error) {
// If bind URI has the https scheme, enable TLS
if uri.Scheme == "https" && tlsconf != nil {
ln, err = tls.Listen("tcp", uri.HostPort(), tlsconf)
if err != nil {
return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "tls.Listener")
}
} else if uri.Scheme == "http" {
// Open HTTP listener to determine port (if specified as :0).
ln, err = net.Listen("tcp", uri.HostPort())
if err != nil {
return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "net.Listen")
}
} else {
return nil, errors.Errorf("unsupported scheme: %s", uri.Scheme)
}
return ln, nil
}
// ParseConfig parses s into a Config.
func ParseConfig(s string) (Config, error) {
var c Config
err := toml.Unmarshal([]byte(s), &c)
return c, err
}
// expandDirName was copied from pilosa/server.go.
// TODO: consider centralizing this if we need this across packages.
func expandDirName(path string) (string, error) {
prefix := "~" + string(filepath.Separator)
if strings.HasPrefix(path, prefix) {
HomeDir := os.Getenv("HOME")
if HomeDir == "" {
return "", errors.New("data directory not specified and no home dir available")
}
return filepath.Join(HomeDir, strings.TrimPrefix(path, prefix)), nil
}
return path, nil
}