- fixing up to use github.com/satori/go.uuid instead of and internal one, lose 20ns but hey :-)

forwarding.go

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (r *oauthProxy) proxyMiddleware(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 
 		// @step: add the proxy forwarding headers
 		req.Header.Add("X-Forwarded-For", realIP(req))
-		req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", req.URL.Host)
+		req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", req.Host)
 		req.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", req.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-Proto"))
 
 		// @step: add any custom headers to the request

middleware.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell"
 	"github.com/gambol99/go-oidc/jose"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/middleware"
+	uuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
 	"github.com/unrolled/secure"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
@@ -71,7 +72,12 @@ func (r *oauthProxy) requestIDMiddleware(header string) func(http.Handler) http.
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 			if v := req.Header.Get(header); v == "" {
-				req.Header.Set(header, randomUUID())
+				uid, err := uuid.NewV1()
+				if err != nil {
+					r.log.Error("failed to generatet correlation id for request", zap.Error(err))
+				} else {
+					req.Header.Set(header, uid.String())
+				}
 			}
 
 			next.ServeHTTP(w, req)

server.go

@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ func (r *oauthProxy) createReverseProxy() error {
 	engine.Use(middleware.Recoverer)
 	// @check if the request tracking id middleware is enabled
 	if r.config.EnableRequestID {
+		r.log.Info("enabled the correlation request id middlware")
 		engine.Use(r.requestIDMiddleware(r.config.RequestIDHeader))
 	}
 	// @step: enable the entrypoint middleware

utils.go

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	mrand "math/rand"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -78,55 +77,6 @@ func getRequestHostURL(r *http.Request) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s", scheme, hostname)
 }
 
-const (
-	letterBytes   = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
-	letterIdxBits = 6
-	letterIdxMask = 1<<letterIdxBits - 1
-	letterIdxMax  = 63 / letterIdxBits
-)
-
-var randomSource = mrand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())
-
-// randomBytes returns a random array of bytes
-// @note: code taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22892120/how-to-generate-a-random-string-of-a-fixed-length-in-golang
-func randomBytes(n int) []byte {
-	b := make([]byte, n)
-	for i, cache, remain := n-1, randomSource.Int63(), letterIdxMax; i >= 0; {
-		if remain == 0 {
-			cache, remain = randomSource.Int63(), letterIdxMax
-		}
-		if idx := int(cache & letterIdxMask); idx < len(letterBytes) {
-			b[i] = letterBytes[idx]
-			i--
-		}
-		cache >>= letterIdxBits
-		remain--
-	}
-
-	return b
-}
-
-// randomString returns a random string of x length
-func randomString(length int) string {
-	return string(randomBytes(length))
-}
-
-// randomUUID returns a uuid from the random string
-func randomUUID() string {
-	uuid := make([]byte, 36)
-	r := randomBytes(32)
-	i := 0
-	for x := range []int{8, 4, 4, 4, 12} {
-		copy(uuid, r[i:i+x])
-		if x != 12 {
-			copy(uuid, []byte("-"))
-			i = i + x
-		}
-	}
-
-	return string(uuid)
-}
-
 // readConfigFile reads and parses the configuration file
 func readConfigFile(filename string, config *Config) error {
 	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)

utils_test.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	uuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -65,45 +65,10 @@ func TestDecodeKeyPairs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestRandom(t *testing.T) {
-	s := randomBytes(6)
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, s)
-	assert.Equal(t, 6, len(s))
-}
-
-func TestRandomString(t *testing.T) {
-	s := randomString(6)
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, s)
-	assert.Equal(t, 6, len(s))
-}
-
-func TestRandomUUID(t *testing.T) {
-	s := randomUUID()
-	assert.NotEmpty(t, s)
-	assert.Equal(t, 36, len(s))
-}
-
-func BenchmarkRandomBytes36(b *testing.B) {
-	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		randomString(36)
-	}
-}
-
-func BenchmarkRandomString36(b *testing.B) {
-	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		randomString(36)
-	}
-}
-
 func BenchmarkUUID(b *testing.B) {
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		uuid.New()
-	}
-}
-
-func BenchmarkRandomUUID(b *testing.B) {
-	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		randomUUID()
+		s, _ := uuid.NewV1()
+		s.String()
 	}
 }