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fix(ee/ca): allow GitOps apply without private key when no CA changes exist (#52545) - #52555

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Related issue: Resolves #52545

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Summary of Changes

In ee/server/service/certificate_authorities.go:

  • BatchApplyCertificateAuthorities previously checked len(svc.config.Server.PrivateKey) == 0 immediately before computing operations (svc.getCertificateAuthoritiesBatchOperations).
  • When customers ran GitOps apply on instances without a configured server private key, GitOps applies failed with "applying certificate authorities: Bad request: Server private key must be configured" even when the configuration contained no Certificate Authority changes or when the incoming CA section was empty.
  • Defer the Server.PrivateKey validation check until after batch operations are calculated and verified to contain non-empty additions, deletions, or updates.
  • If no CA operations need to be performed (or ops == nil), the method logs debug and returns nil cleanly without requiring FLEET_SERVER_PRIVATE_KEY.
  • Updated unit tests in ee/server/service/certificate_authorities_test.go to verify that batch apply succeeds when no private key is configured and no CA changes exist, and still strictly errors when actual CA operations are attempted without a private key.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • GitOps certificate authority apply requests with no changes now succeed even when no server private key is configured.
    • Requests that add, update, or remove certificate authorities continue to require a configured server private key.

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BatchApplyCertificateAuthorities now computes certificate authority operations before checking the server private key. It returns successfully when no additions, deletions, or updates exist. It still returns the private-key error when certificate authority changes exist. Tests cover both cases, and a changelog entry documents the fix.

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8a96a

GitOps applies with unchanged, non-empty CA configuration can still fail when no server private key is configured, so the intended no-op behavior should be fixed before merge.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary fix: allowing GitOps apply without a server private key when no CA changes exist.
Description check ✅ Passed The description identifies issue #52545, explains the behavior change, documents the implementation, and confirms automated and manual testing. It is sufficiently complete for this change.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes address issue #52545 by allowing no-op GitOps CA applies without a server private key while preserving the error for actual CA operations. Tests cover both required behaviors.
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In `@ee/server/service/certificate_authorities_test.go`:
- Around line 269-273: Initialize the Service instance’s digiCertService field
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In `@ee/server/service/certificate_authorities.go`:
- Around line 504-506: Remove the early Server.PrivateKey validation gated by
hasIncomingCAs in the certificate-authority apply flow. Rely on the existing
operation-based check after getCertificateAuthoritiesBatchOperations so
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Comment on lines +504 to 506
if hasIncomingCAs && len(svc.config.Server.PrivateKey) == 0 {
return &fleet.BadRequestError{Message: "Server private key must be configured. Learn more: https://fleetdm.com/learn-more-about/fleet-server-private-key"}
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the early private-key check.

hasIncomingCAs only proves that the request contains CA definitions. It does not prove that getCertificateAuthoritiesBatchOperations found an add, delete, or update. A non-empty GitOps payload that matches the existing CA configuration will therefore fail here before the no-op return at Lines 513-525. This still breaks no-op applies without Server.PrivateKey.

Rely on the operation-based check at Lines 527-529, and add a regression test for a non-empty payload that produces zero operations.

Proposed fix
-	hasIncomingCAs := len(incoming.DigiCert) > 0 ||
-		len(incoming.EST) > 0 ||
-		len(incoming.Hydrant) > 0 ||
-		incoming.NDESSCEP != nil ||
-		len(incoming.CustomScepProxy) > 0 ||
-		len(incoming.Smallstep) > 0
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-	if hasIncomingCAs && len(svc.config.Server.PrivateKey) == 0 {
-		return &fleet.BadRequestError{Message: "Server private key must be configured. Learn more: https://fleetdm.com/learn-more-about/fleet-server-private-key"}
-	}
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In `@ee/server/service/certificate_authorities.go` around lines 504 - 506, Remove
the early Server.PrivateKey validation gated by hasIncomingCAs in the
certificate-authority apply flow. Rely on the existing operation-based check
after getCertificateAuthoritiesBatchOperations so non-empty no-op payloads
succeed without Server.PrivateKey, and add a regression test covering a
non-empty payload that produces zero operations.

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