Reference code for unsealing a Vault instance using Authy OneTouch push notifications

example-api-gateway-swagger.json

{
  "swagger": "2.0",
  "info": {
    "version": "2017-11-05T23:36:16Z",
    "title": "Vault Unseal API"
  },
  "host": "myproject.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
  "basePath": "/v1",
  "schemes": [
    "https"
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/cb": {
      "post": {
        "produces": [
          "application/json"
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200 response",
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/definitions/Empty"
            }
          }
        },
        "x-amazon-apigateway-integration": {
          "responses": {
            "default": {
              "statusCode": "200"
            }
          },
          "uri": "arn:aws:apigateway:us-east-1:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/arn:aws:lambda:us-east-2:<account>:function:script2/invocations",
          "passthroughBehavior": "when_no_match",
          "httpMethod": "POST",
          "contentHandling": "CONVERT_TO_TEXT",
          "type": "aws_proxy"
        }
      }
    },
    "/start": {
      "get": {
        "produces": [
          "application/json"
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200 response",
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/definitions/Empty"
            }
          }
        },
        "x-amazon-apigateway-integration": {
          "responses": {
            "default": {
              "statusCode": "200"
            }
          },
          "uri": "arn:aws:apigateway:us-east-2:lambda:path/2015-03-31/functions/arn:aws:lambda:us-east-2:<account>:function:script1/invocations",
          "passthroughBehavior": "when_no_match",
          "httpMethod": "POST",
          "contentHandling": "CONVERT_TO_TEXT",
          "type": "aws_proxy"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "definitions": {
    "Empty": {
      "type": "object",
      "title": "Empty Schema"
    }
  }
}

example-iam-policy.json

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "kms:Decrypt"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:kms:us-east-1:AWS-ACCOUNT:key/KMS-KEY-GUID"
        }
    ]
}

package.json

{
  "name": "unsealvault",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "AWS Lambda functions for unsealing Vault",
  "main": "main.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "Issac Goldstand <margol@beamartyr.net>",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "authy-client": "^1.0.10",
    "request": "^2.83.0",
    "request-promise-native": "^1.0.5"
  }
}

script1-caller.js

// Copyright 2017 Issac Goldstand <margol@beamartyr.net>
/*
 * This script will send an Authy OneTouch authorization request to unseal the vault
 * Although in it's current form, the variables are hard-coded, it can be easily
 * customized to be more dynamic.
 * The script is written to be called as an AWS Lambda function via the AWS API Gateway proxy service
 */
var authy = new (require('authy-client').Client)({key: "YOURKEY"}); // Set to your Authy API key and can be found in the Authy application dashboard
var blob = "SOMEBASE64DATA="; // This is the base64 string representing the KMS-encoded unseal key.  To encrypt the value, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/kms/encrypt.html
var vault_url = "https://vault.your-company.com:8200"; // This is the base URL of the Vault instance to be unsealed.  Ensure that it's accessible from the callback script!
var authy_user_id = 123456; // This is the user ID of the Authy user to get the push notification and can be found in the Authy application dashboard

exports.handler = (event, context, callback) => {
    var response;
    Promise.resolve()
    .then(() => {
        if (!(event && event.headers && event.headers['User-Agent']))
            throw `Missing UserAgent ${JSON.stringify(event.headers)}`;
        if (!(event && event.headers && event.headers['X-Forwarded-For']))
            throw `Missing IP ${JSON.stringify(event.headers)}`;
        return authy.createApprovalRequest({
            authyId: authy_user_id,
            message: `Request from IP/chain ${event.headers['X-Forwarded-For']} to unseal Vault at ${vault_url}`,
            details: {
                visible: {
                    UserAgent: event.headers['User-Agent'],
                    IP: event.headers['X-Forwarded-For']
                },
                hidden: {
                    vault_url: vault_url,
                    blob: blob
                }
            },
            options: {
                ttl: 120
            }
        });
    }).then((res) => {
        response = {
            statusCode: 200,
            body: JSON.stringify({status: "OK", request_id: res.approval_request.uuid})
        };
        callback(null, response);
    }).catch((e) => {
       response = {
            statusCode: 500,
            body: JSON.stringify({status:"ERROR", error: e.stack ? e.stack : e.toString()})
       };
       callback(null, response);
    });
};

script2-callbak.js

// Copyright 2017 Issac Goldstand <margol@beamartyr.net>
/*
 * This script will validate an authorization request from the Authy OneTouch API
 * and use the parameters in that request to unseal a Vault instance.
 * The script is written to be called as an AWS Lambda function via the AWS API Gateway proxy service.
 * In addition to the standard permissions, this script requires permission to decrypt with the
 * KMS key used to encrypt the key.
 *
 * An example policy is attached to this gist
 *
 * The script is written to be called as an AWS Lambda function via the AWS API Gateway proxy service
 */

var authy = new (require('authy-client').Client)({key: "YOURKEY"}); // Set to your Authy API key and can be found in the Authy application dashboard
var request = require('request-promise-native');
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
AWS.config.update({region: 'us-east-2'}); // Set to the AWS region that your KMS key exists in

exports.handler = (event, context, callback) => {
    var response;

    Promise.resolve()
    .then(() => {
        if (!(event && event.headers && event.headers['X-Forwarded-Proto']))
            throw `Missing X-Forwarded-Proto ${JSON.stringify(event.headers)}`;
        if (!(event && event.requestContext && event.requestContext.path))
            throw `Missing URL info ${JSON.stringify(event.requestContext)}`;
        event.body = JSON.parse(event.body);
        // Massage request for authy-client so that it doesn't fail the signature
        // Host header should be lower-case
        event.headers.host =
            (event.headers.host ? event.headers.host :
            (event.headers.Host ? event.headers.Host :
            // we're screwed - we didn't get a host header!
            ''));
        // device_uuid must be a string, or authy-client will fail validation
        event.body.device_uuid = event.body.device_uuid.toString();
        var obj = {
            body: event.body,
            headers: event.headers,
            method: event.httpMethod,
            protocol: event.headers["X-Forwarded-Proto"],
            url: event.requestContext.path
          };
        return authy.verifyCallback(obj);
      }).then(() => {
            if (event.body.status != "approved") throw `Request ${event.body.uuid} was ${event.body.status}. ${event.body.approval_request.transaction.reason}`;
            console.log(`Request approved.  Fetching unseal key...`);
            var KMS = new AWS.KMS();
            var blob = event.body.approval_request.transaction.hidden_details.blob;
            return KMS.decrypt({CiphertextBlob: Buffer.from(blob, 'base64')}).promise();
          }).then((res) => {
            var buf = Buffer(res.Plaintext).toString();
            var sub = buf.substring(0,3);
            var url = event.body.approval_request.transaction.hidden_details.vault_url;
            console.log(`Unsealing vault at ${url} with key ${sub}...`);
            return request({
                url: `${url}/v1/sys/unseal`,
                method: "PUT",
                body: {key: buf},
                json: true,
                strictSSL: false
            });
      }).then((res) => {
        response = {
            statusCode: 200,
            headers: {},
            body: JSON.stringify(res)
        };
        callback(null, response);
      }).catch((e) => {
        var err = e.stack ? e.stack : e.toString();
        console.error(err);
        if (e.errors) console.log(JSON.stringify(e.errors));
        response = {
            statusCode: 500,
            body: JSON.stringify({status:"ERROR", error: err})
        };
        callback(null, response);
    });
};