Worker: keep trying to sign on until we have an answer from the Manager

cmd/flamenco-worker-poc/main.go

@@ -63,9 +63,11 @@ func main() {
 
 	configWrangler := worker.NewConfigWrangler()
 
-	startupCtx, sctxCancelFunc := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	// Startup can take arbitrarily long, as it only ends when the Manager can be
+	// reached and accepts our sign-on request. An offline Manager would cause the
+	// Worker to wait for it indefinitely.
+	startupCtx := context.Background()
 	client, startupState := registerOrSignOn(startupCtx, configWrangler)
-	sctxCancelFunc()
 
 	shutdownComplete = make(chan struct{})
 	workerCtx, workerCtxCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())

cmd/flamenco-worker-poc/registration.go

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen/pkg/securityprovider"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -36,7 +37,11 @@ import (
 	"gitlab.com/blender/flamenco-ng-poc/pkg/api"
 )
 
-var errSignOnFailure = errors.New("unable to sign on at Manager")
+var (
+	errSignOnCanceled          = errors.New("sign-on cancelled")                             // For example by closing the context.
+	errSignOnRepeatableFailure = errors.New("unable to sign on at Manager, try again later") // For example failed connections
+	errSignOnRejected          = errors.New("manager rejected our sign-on credentials")      // Reached Manager, but it rejected our creds.
+)
 
 func registerOrSignOn(ctx context.Context, configWrangler worker.FileConfigWrangler) (
 	client api.ClientWithResponsesInterface, startupState api.WorkerStatus,
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ func registerOrSignOn(ctx context.Context, configWrangler worker.FileConfigWrang
 	if err == nil {
 		// Credentials can be loaded just fine, try to sign on with them.
 		client = authenticatedClient(cfg, creds)
-		startupState, err = signOn(ctx, cfg, client)
+		startupState, err = repeatSignOnUntilAnswer(ctx, cfg, client)
 		if err == nil {
 			// Sign on is fine!
 			return
@@ -125,20 +130,52 @@ func register(ctx context.Context, cfg worker.WorkerConfig, client api.ClientWit
 	}
 }
 
+// repeatSignOnUntilAnswer tries to sign on, and only returns when it has been able to reach the Manager.
+// Return still doesn't mean that the sign-on was succesful; inspect the returned error.
+func repeatSignOnUntilAnswer(ctx context.Context, cfg worker.WorkerConfig, client api.ClientWithResponsesInterface) (api.WorkerStatus, error) {
+	waitTime := 0 * time.Second
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return api.WorkerStatus(""), errSignOnCanceled
+		case <-time.After(waitTime):
+		}
+
+		status, err := signOn(ctx, cfg, client)
+		if err == nil {
+			// Sign-on was succesful, we're done!
+			return status, nil
+		}
+		if err != errSignOnRepeatableFailure {
+			// We shouldn't repeat the sign-on; communication was succesful but somehow our credentials were rejected.
+			return status, err
+		}
+
+		// Try again after a while.
+		waitTime = 5 * time.Second
+	}
+}
+
 // signOn tells the Manager we're alive and returns the status the Manager tells us to go to.
 func signOn(ctx context.Context, cfg worker.WorkerConfig, client api.ClientWithResponsesInterface) (api.WorkerStatus, error) {
 	logger := log.With().Str("manager", cfg.Manager).Logger()
-	logger.Info().Interface("taskTypes", cfg.TaskTypes).Msg("signing on at Manager")
 
 	req := api.SignOnJSONRequestBody{
 		Nickname:           mustHostname(),
 		SupportedTaskTypes: cfg.TaskTypes,
 		SoftwareVersion:    appinfo.ApplicationVersion,
 	}
+
+	logger.Info().
+		Str("nickname", req.Nickname).
+		Str("softwareVersion", req.SoftwareVersion).
+		Interface("taskTypes", req.SupportedTaskTypes).
+		Msg("signing on at Manager")
+
 	resp, err := client.SignOnWithResponse(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Warn().Err(err).Msg("unable to send sign-on request")
-		return "", errSignOnFailure
+		return "", errSignOnRepeatableFailure
 	}
 	switch {
 	case resp.JSON200 != nil:
@@ -151,7 +188,7 @@ func signOn(ctx context.Context, cfg worker.WorkerConfig, client api.ClientWithR
 			Int("code", resp.StatusCode()).
 			Interface("resp", resp.JSONDefault).
 			Msg("unable to sign on at Manager")
-		return "", errSignOnFailure
+		return "", errSignOnRejected
 	}
 
 	startupState := resp.JSON200.StatusRequested