user secret not updated when creating cluster with default_user config

[heimdull]

Describe the bug

When using the default_user/default_pass the kubernetes secret is not updated. When using the messaging-topology-operator with a set default_user you will get a 401 because it looks at the secret.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:
deploy cluster with this additionalConfig:

spec:
rabbitmq:
additionalConfig: |
default_user=guest
default_pass=guest

Expected behavior
secret is used by other operators so it needs to be updated

Version and environment information

latest operator

[ChunyiLyu]

@heimdull This is a known limitation with the operator. I could treat this as a feature request and discuss with the rest of the team.

Meanwhile, for a workaround, you could either update the secret manually yourself after the rmq is created. Alternatively, you can create a default user secret first with the expected username and password before you create the rabbitmqcluster. For example, if your rabbitmqcluster name is sample, you can create a secret, in the same namespace called sample-default-user:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: sample-default-user
type: Opaque
stringData:
  username: guest-user
  password: guest-pass
  default_user.conf: |
    default_user = guest-user
    default_pass = guest-pass

Then you can create the rabbitmqcluster. There is no need to set the username&password in the rmq manifest with this approach.

[ablease]

Waiting for response from issue creator, was this workaround suitable for them?

[heimdull]

This works for us. After discovering your other operator that could create users we used that to generate the users we needed.

[ChunyiLyu]

@heimdull thanks for replying. I will close this issue for now.

[lukebakken]

Re-opening so that this feature can be planned at some point.