Chore!: Removed Deprecated --host-whitelist option (#8012)

* Chore:Removed Deprecated --host-whitelist option
* chore: Update everything_config.toml and Updated upcoming Breaking Change in  CHANGELOG.md file

Signed-off-by: Preeti <35308865+pr9t@users.noreply.github.com>

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Signed-off-by: Preeti <35308865+pr9t@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Sally MacFarlane <macfarla.github@gmail.com>

Author: pr9t

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 ### Breaking Changes
+- `--host-whitelist` has been deprecated since 2020 and its related option will be removed in a future release.
 
 ### Upcoming Breaking Changes
 - Plugin API will be deprecating the BesuContext interface to be replaced with the ServiceManager interface.
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@
   - Proof of Work consensus
   - Fast Sync
 
+
+
 ### Additions and Improvements
 - Retrieve all transaction receipts for a block in one request [#6646](https://github.com/hyperledger/besu/pull/6646)
 

benchmark/docker-compose.yml

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ services:
     - --rpc-ws-enabled
     - --rpc-ws-apis=admin,eth,miner,web3,net,priv,eea
     - --rpc-ws-host=0.0.0.0
-    - --host-whitelist=*
+    - --host-allowlist=*
     - --graphql-http-enabled
     - --discovery-enabled=false
     - --privacy-enabled=true
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ services:
     - --rpc-ws-enabled
     - --rpc-ws-apis=admin,eth,miner,web3,net,priv,eea
     - --rpc-ws-host=0.0.0.0
-    - --host-whitelist=*
+    - --host-allowlist=*
     - --graphql-http-enabled
     - --discovery-enabled=false
     - --privacy-enabled=true

besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/BesuCommand.java

@@ -610,14 +610,6 @@ static class PrivacyOptionGroup {
       defaultValue = "localhost,127.0.0.1")
   private final JsonRPCAllowlistHostsProperty hostsAllowlist = new JsonRPCAllowlistHostsProperty();
 
-  @Option(
-      names = {"--host-whitelist"},
-      hidden = true,
-      paramLabel = "<hostname>[,<hostname>...]... or * or all",
-      description =
-          "Deprecated in favor of --host-allowlist. Comma separated list of hostnames to allow for RPC access, or * to accept any host (default: ${DEFAULT-VALUE})")
-  private final JsonRPCAllowlistHostsProperty hostsWhitelist = new JsonRPCAllowlistHostsProperty();
-
   @SuppressWarnings({"FieldCanBeFinal", "FieldMayBeFinal"})
   @Option(
       names = {"--color-enabled"},
@@ -1701,15 +1693,6 @@ private void configure() throws Exception {
             unstableIpcOptions.getRpcIpcApis());
     inProcessRpcConfiguration = inProcessRpcOptions.toDomainObject();
     dataStorageConfiguration = getDataStorageConfiguration();
-    // hostsWhitelist is a hidden option. If it is specified, add the list to hostAllowlist
-    if (!hostsWhitelist.isEmpty()) {
-      // if allowlist == default values, remove the default values
-      if (hostsAllowlist.size() == 2
-          && hostsAllowlist.containsAll(List.of("localhost", "127.0.0.1"))) {
-        hostsAllowlist.removeAll(List.of("localhost", "127.0.0.1"));
-      }
-      hostsAllowlist.addAll(hostsWhitelist);
-    }
 
     permissioningConfiguration = permissioningConfiguration();
     staticNodes = loadStaticNodes();

besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/HostAllowlistOptionsTest.java

@@ -23,24 +23,6 @@
 
 public class HostAllowlistOptionsTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
 
-  /** test deprecated CLI option * */
-  @Deprecated
-  @Test
-  public void rpcHttpHostWhitelistAcceptsSingleArgument() {
-    parseCommand("--host-whitelist", "a");
-
-    verify(mockRunnerBuilder).jsonRpcConfiguration(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.capture());
-    verify(mockRunnerBuilder).build();
-
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist().size()).isEqualTo(1);
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist()).contains("a");
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist())
-        .doesNotContain("localhost");
-
-    assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
-    assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void rpcHttpHostAllowlistAcceptsSingleArgument() {
     parseCommand("--host-allowlist", "a");
@@ -89,23 +71,6 @@ public void rpcHttpHostAllowlistAcceptsDoubleComma() {
     assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
   }
 
-  @Deprecated
-  @Test
-  public void rpcHttpHostWhitelistAllowlistAcceptsMultipleFlags() {
-    parseCommand("--host-whitelist=a", "--host-allowlist=b");
-
-    verify(mockRunnerBuilder).jsonRpcConfiguration(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.capture());
-    verify(mockRunnerBuilder).build();
-
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist().size()).isEqualTo(2);
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist()).contains("a", "b");
-    assertThat(jsonRpcConfigArgumentCaptor.getValue().getHostsAllowlist())
-        .doesNotContain("*", "localhost");
-
-    assertThat(commandOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
-    assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString(UTF_8)).isEmpty();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void rpcHttpHostAllowlistAcceptsMultipleFlags() {
     parseCommand("--host-allowlist=a", "--host-allowlist=b");

besu/src/test/resources/everything_config.toml

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ max-peers=42
 remote-connections-limit-enabled=true
 remote-connections-max-percentage=60
 random-peer-priority-enabled=false
-host-whitelist=["all"]
 host-allowlist=["all"]
 engine-host-allowlist=["all"]
 engine-rpc-enabled=true