commit 6db32797dcd07a1f875835e66014ebfb63b39c8a
Author: Adrien PONSIN <adrien.ponsin@ingenico.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 8 09:03:00 2025 +0200

    first commit

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# middleman
+
+Securely mount the Docker socket: apply fine-grained access control to Docker socket HTTP requests.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/alias.go b/alias.go
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+++ b/alias.go
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+package middleman
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var aliases = make(map[string]map[string]struct{})
+
+func PluckAlias(parent, flag string) []string {
+	if _, ok := aliases[parent]; !ok {
+		aliases[parent] = make(map[string]struct{})
+	}
+	var alias string
+	for word := range strings.SplitAfterSeq(flag, "-") {
+		alias = word[:1]
+		if alias == "h" {
+			alias = "H"
+			if _, ok := aliases[parent][alias]; !ok {
+				aliases[parent][alias] = struct{}{}
+				return []string{alias}
+			}
+		}
+		if _, ok := aliases[parent][alias]; !ok {
+			aliases[parent][alias] = struct{}{}
+			return []string{alias}
+		} else {
+			alias = strings.ToUpper(alias)
+			if _, ok = aliases[parent][alias]; !ok {
+				aliases[parent][alias] = struct{}{}
+				return []string{alias}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/middleman/main.go b/cmd/middleman/main.go
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+++ b/cmd/middleman/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"gitea.illuad.fr/adrien/middleman/command"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"runtime/debug"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+type noCommit struct {
+	message []byte
+}
+
+func (nc noCommit) String() string {
+	if nc.message == nil {
+		nc.message = []byte("not tied to a commit") // 6344da387a21711b36a91c2fd55f48a026b2be8b5345cbbf32a31f5c089f4d75
+	}
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(nc.message)
+	return string(sum[:])
+}
+
+const appName = "middleman"
+
+var (
+	version = "dev"
+	commit  = noCommit{}.String()
+)
+
+func main() {
+	info, ok := debug.ReadBuildInfo()
+	if ok {
+		if info.Main.Version != "" {
+			version = info.Main.Version
+			commit = info.Main.Sum
+		}
+	}
+	// Note: os.Kill/syscall.SIGKILL (SIGKILL) signal cannot be caught or ignored.
+	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	defer cancel()
+	var group *errgroup.Group
+	group, ctx = errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	app := cli.Command{
+		Name:           appName,
+		Usage:          "Securely mount the Docker socket: apply fine-grained access control to Docker socket HTTP requests",
+		Version:        version + "-" + commit,
+		DefaultCommand: command.ServeCmd,
+		Commands: []*cli.Command{
+			command.Serve(group),
+			command.Healthcheck(group),
+		},
+		Authors: []any{
+			"Adrien <contact@illuad.fr>",
+		},
+		UseShortOptionHandling: true,
+	}
+	group.Go(func() error {
+		return app.Run(ctx, os.Args)
+	})
+	if err := group.Wait(); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Send()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/command/command.go b/command/command.go
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+++ b/command/command.go
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+package command
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"gitea.illuad.fr/adrien/middleman/flag"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+const EnvVarPrefix = "MIDDLEMAN"
+
+// before is executed before any subcommands are run.
+func before(ctx context.Context, command *cli.Command) (context.Context, error) {
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	const humanFormatKeyword = "hf"
+	if command.String(flag.LogFormatFlagName) == humanFormatKeyword {
+		log.Logger = zerolog.New(zerolog.ConsoleWriter{
+			Out:        os.Stdout,
+			TimeFormat: time.RFC3339,
+		}).With().Timestamp().Logger()
+	}
+	logLevel := command.String(flag.LogLevelFlagName)
+	level, err := zerolog.ParseLevel(logLevel)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Err(flag.ErrInvalidLogLevel{LogLevel: logLevel}).Send()
+	}
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(level)
+	return ctx, nil
+}
diff --git a/command/healthcheck.go b/command/healthcheck.go
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+++ b/command/healthcheck.go
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+package command
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"gitea.illuad.fr/adrien/middleman"
+	"gitea.illuad.fr/adrien/middleman/flag"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// healthcheck is the structure representing the command described below.
+type healthcheck struct {
+	group *errgroup.Group
+}
+
+// HealthcheckCmd is the command name.
+const HealthcheckCmd = "healthcheck"
+
+const (
+	// healthcheckURLFlagName is the flag name used to set the healthcheck URL.
+	healthcheckURLFlagName = "healthcheck-url"
+)
+
+const (
+	// defaultHealthcheckURL is the default healthcheck URL.
+	defaultHealthcheckURL = "http://127.0.0.1:5732/healthz"
+)
+
+var h healthcheck
+
+// Healthcheck describes the healthcheck command.
+func Healthcheck(group *errgroup.Group) *cli.Command {
+	h.group = group
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:        HealthcheckCmd,
+		Aliases:     middleman.PluckAlias(HealthcheckCmd, HealthcheckCmd),
+		Usage:       "Runs healthcheck mode",
+		Description: "Perform HTTP HEAD request to the health endpoint",
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			healthcheckURL(),
+			flag.LogFormat(HealthcheckCmd),
+			flag.LogLevel(HealthcheckCmd),
+		},
+		Before: before,
+		Action: h.action,
+	}
+}
+
+// action is executed when the HealthcheckCmd command is called.
+func (h healthcheck) action(ctx context.Context, command *cli.Command) error {
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodHead, command.String(healthcheckURLFlagName), http.NoBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var res *http.Response
+	res, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err = res.Body.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Err(err).Send()
+		}
+	}()
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("healthcheck failed with the following HTTP code: %d (%s)", res.StatusCode, http.StatusText(res.StatusCode))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func healthcheckURL() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     healthcheckURLFlagName,
+		Category: "monitoring",
+		Usage:    "full healthcheck URL (protocol, address and path)",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, healthcheckURLFlagName),
+		Value:    defaultHealthcheckURL,
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(HealthcheckCmd, healthcheckURLFlagName),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/command/serve.go b/command/serve.go
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+++ b/command/serve.go
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+package command
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"gitea.illuad.fr/adrien/middleman"
+	"gitea.illuad.fr/adrien/middleman/flag"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httputil"
+	"net/netip"
+	"net/url"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// serve is the structure representing the command described below.
+type serve struct {
+	group *errgroup.Group
+}
+
+// addrPorts holds netip.AddrPort of different HTTP servers.
+type addrPorts struct {
+	srvAddrPort, healthAddrPort netip.AddrPort
+}
+
+// methodRegex maps HTTP methods (GET, POST, DELETE...) to a compiled regular expression.
+type methodRegex = map[string]*regexp.Regexp
+
+// ProxyHandler takes an incoming request and sends it to another server, proxying the response back to the client.
+type ProxyHandler struct {
+	rp *httputil.ReverseProxy
+}
+
+// ErrHTTPMethodNotAllowed is returned if the request's HTTP method is not allowed for this container.
+type ErrHTTPMethodNotAllowed struct {
+	httpMethod string
+}
+
+// ErrNoMatch is returned if the request's URL path is not allowed for this container.
+type ErrNoMatch struct {
+	path, httpMethod string
+}
+
+func (e ErrHTTPMethodNotAllowed) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s is not in the list of HTTP methods allowed this container", e.httpMethod)
+}
+
+func (e ErrNoMatch) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s does not match any registered regular expression for this HTTP method (%s)", e.path, e.httpMethod)
+}
+
+// ServeCmd is the command name.
+const ServeCmd = "serve"
+
+const (
+	// listenAddrFlagName is the flag name used to set the listen address and port.
+	listenAddrFlagName = "listen-addr"
+	// dockerSocketPathFlagName is the flag name used to set the Docker unix socket path.
+	dockerSocketPathFlagName = "docker-socket-path"
+	// shutdownTimeoutFlagName is the flag name used to set the server shutdown timeout.
+	shutdownTimeoutFlagName = "shutdown-timeout"
+	// noDockerSocketHealthcheckFlagName is the flag name used to disable the Docker unix socket healthcheck.
+	noDockerSocketHealthcheckFlagName = "no-docker-socket-healthcheck"
+	// noShutdownFlagName is the flag name used to disable the application shutdown in case of Docker unix socket healthcheck failure.
+	noShutdownFlagName = "no-shutdown"
+	// healthcheckRetryFlagName is the flag name used to set the number of dial attempts with the Docker unix socket before the application shutdown (if enabled).
+	healthcheckRetryFlagName = "healthcheck-retry"
+	// healthEndpointFlagName is the flag name used to set the health endpoint.
+	healthEndpointFlagName = "health-endpoint"
+	// healthListenAddrFlagName is the flag name used to set the health endpoint listen address and port.
+	healthListenAddrFlagName = "health-listen-addr"
+	// addRequestsFlagName is the flag name used to add allowed requests.
+	addRequestsFlagName = "add-requests"
+)
+
+const (
+	// defaultListenAddr is the proxy default listen address and port.
+	defaultListenAddr = "0.0.0.0:2375"
+	// defaultDockerSocketPath is the default Docker socket path.
+	defaultDockerSocketPath = "/var/run/docker.sock"
+	// defaultShutdownTimeout is the default server shutdown timeout.
+	defaultShutdownTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	// defaultHealthcheckRetry is the default number of healthcheck retry
+	defaultHealthcheckRetry uint64 = 3
+	// defaultHealthEndpoint is the default health endpoint.
+	defaultHealthEndpoint = "/healthz"
+	// defaultHealthListenAddr is the proxy health endpoint default listen address and port.
+	defaultHealthListenAddr = "127.0.0.1:5732"
+	// defaultAllowedRequest is the proxy default allowed request.
+	defaultAllowedRequest = "^/(version|containers/.*|events.*)$"
+)
+
+var s serve
+
+var (
+	containerMethodRegex = map[string]methodRegex{
+		"*": {
+			http.MethodGet: regexp.MustCompile(defaultAllowedRequest),
+		},
+	}
+	applicatorURLRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^([a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+)\(((?:(?:GET|HEAD|POST|PUT|PATCH|DELETE|CONNECT|TRACE|OPTIONS)(?:,(?:GET|HEAD|POST|PUT|PATCH|DELETE|CONNECT|TRACE|OPTIONS))*)?)\):(.*)$`)
+	validHTTPMethods   = map[string]struct{}{
+		http.MethodGet:     {},
+		http.MethodHead:    {},
+		http.MethodPost:    {},
+		http.MethodPut:     {},
+		http.MethodPatch:   {},
+		http.MethodDelete:  {},
+		http.MethodConnect: {},
+		http.MethodTrace:   {},
+		http.MethodOptions: {},
+	}
+	containerNameRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+`)
+	httpMethodsRegex   = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:GET|HEAD|POST|PUT|PATCH|DELETE|CONNECT|TRACE|OPTIONS)(?:GET|HEAD|POST|PUT|PATCH|DELETE|CONNECT|TRACE|OPTIONS)*`)
+)
+
+// Serve describes the serve command.
+func Serve(group *errgroup.Group) *cli.Command {
+	s.group = group
+	return &cli.Command{
+		Name:        ServeCmd,
+		Aliases:     middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, ServeCmd),
+		Usage:       "Runs serve mode",
+		Description: "Proxy requests to the Docker socket using defined access control",
+		Flags: []cli.Flag{
+			listenAddr(),
+			dockerSocketPath(),
+			shutdownTimeout(),
+			noDockerSocketHealthcheck(),
+			noShutdown(),
+			healthcheckRetry(),
+			healthEndpoint(),
+			healthListenAddr(),
+			addRequests(),
+			flag.LogFormat(ServeCmd),
+			flag.LogLevel(ServeCmd),
+		},
+		Before:                    before,
+		Action:                    s.action,
+		DisableSliceFlagSeparator: true,
+	}
+}
+
+func (ph *ProxyHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	log.Debug().Str("http_method", r.Method).Str("path", r.URL.Path).Msg("incoming request")
+	mr, ok := containerMethodRegex["*"]
+	if ok {
+		if err := checkMethodPath(w, r, mr); err != nil {
+			log.Err(err).Send()
+			return
+		}
+	} else {
+		var (
+			containerName string
+			host, _, _    = net.SplitHostPort(r.RemoteAddr)
+			ip            = net.ParseIP(host)
+		)
+		for containerName, mr = range containerMethodRegex {
+			resolvedIPs, err := net.LookupIP(containerName)
+			if err != nil {
+				http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusForbidden), http.StatusForbidden)
+				return
+			}
+			for _, resolvedIP := range resolvedIPs {
+				if resolvedIP.Equal(ip) {
+					if err = checkMethodPath(w, r, mr); err != nil {
+						log.Err(err).Send()
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	ph.rp.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+}
+
+// checkMethodPath executes the regular expression on the path of the HTTP request if and only if
+// the latter's HTTP method is actually present in the list of authorized HTTP methods.
+func checkMethodPath(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, mr methodRegex) error {
+	req, ok := mr[r.Method]
+	if !ok {
+		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed), http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		return ErrHTTPMethodNotAllowed{httpMethod: r.Method}
+	}
+	if !req.MatchString(r.URL.Path) {
+		http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusForbidden), http.StatusForbidden)
+		return ErrNoMatch{
+			path:       r.URL.Path,
+			httpMethod: r.Method,
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// action is executed when the ServeCmd command is called.
+func (s serve) action(ctx context.Context, command *cli.Command) error {
+	if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	ap, err := parseAddrPorts(command.String(listenAddrFlagName), command.String(healthListenAddrFlagName))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var l net.Listener
+	l, err = net.Listen("tcp", ap.srvAddrPort.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	dummyURL, _ := url.Parse("http://dummy")
+	rp := httputil.NewSingleHostReverseProxy(dummyURL)
+	rp.Transport = &http.Transport{
+		DialContext: func(_ context.Context, _ string, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
+			return net.Dial("unix", command.String(dockerSocketPathFlagName))
+		},
+	}
+	srv := &http.Server{ // #nosec: G112
+		Handler: &ProxyHandler{rp: rp},
+	}
+	s.group.Go(func() error {
+		if err = srv.Serve(l); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	retry := command.Uint(healthcheckRetryFlagName)
+	if !command.Bool(noDockerSocketHealthcheckFlagName) {
+		ticker := time.Tick(2 * time.Second)
+		s.group.Go(func() error {
+		loop:
+			for {
+				if err = unixDial(command.String(dockerSocketPathFlagName)); err != nil {
+					if !command.Bool(noShutdownFlagName) {
+						if retry == 0 {
+							return err
+						}
+						log.Err(err).Uint64("retry_remaining", retry).Send()
+						retry--
+					}
+				}
+				select {
+				case <-ticker:
+					continue
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					break loop
+				}
+			}
+			return ctx.Err()
+		})
+	}
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+	mux.HandleFunc(command.String(healthEndpointFlagName), func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		log.Trace().Str("from", r.RemoteAddr).Msg("incoming healthcheck request")
+		if r.Method != http.MethodHead {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+			return
+		}
+		if err = unixDial(command.String(dockerSocketPathFlagName)); err != nil {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+		}
+	})
+	healthSrv := http.Server{
+		Addr:              ap.healthAddrPort.String(),
+		Handler:           mux,
+		ReadTimeout:       3 * time.Second,
+		ReadHeaderTimeout: 3 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout:      3 * time.Second,
+	}
+	s.group.Go(func() error {
+		if err = healthSrv.ListenAndServe(); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, http.ErrServerClosed) {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	log.Info().
+		Stringer("listen_addr", ap.srvAddrPort).
+		Str("docker_socket_path", command.String(dockerSocketPathFlagName)).
+		Stringer("shutdown_timeout", command.Duration(shutdownTimeoutFlagName)).
+		Bool("docker_socket_healthcheck_disabled", command.Bool(noDockerSocketHealthcheckFlagName)).
+		Bool("shutdown_on_failure_disabled", command.Bool(noShutdownFlagName)).
+		Uint64("number_of_healthcheck_retry", command.Uint(healthcheckRetryFlagName)).
+		Str("health_endpoint", command.String(healthEndpointFlagName)).
+		Stringer("health_endpoint_listen_addr", ap.healthAddrPort).
+		Strs("requests", command.StringSlice(addRequestsFlagName)).
+		Str("log_format", command.String(flag.LogFormatFlagName)).
+		Str("log_level", command.String(flag.LogLevelFlagName)).
+		Msg("middleman started")
+	<-ctx.Done()
+	shutdownCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), command.Duration(shutdownTimeoutFlagName))
+	defer cancel()
+	if err = healthSrv.Close(); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err).Send()
+	}
+	return srv.Shutdown(shutdownCtx)
+}
+
+func parseAddrPorts(srvAddrPort, healthAddrPort string) (addrPorts, error) {
+	var ap addrPorts
+	if err := parseAddrPort(srvAddrPort, &ap.srvAddrPort); err != nil {
+		return ap, err
+	}
+	return ap, parseAddrPort(healthAddrPort, &ap.healthAddrPort)
+}
+
+func parseAddrPort(addrPortStr string, addrPort *netip.AddrPort) error {
+	ap, err := netip.ParseAddrPort(addrPortStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*addrPort = ap
+	return nil
+}
+
+func unixDial(socketPath string) error {
+	conn, err := net.DialTimeout("unix", socketPath, 3*time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return conn.Close()
+}
+
+func listenAddr() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     listenAddrFlagName,
+		Category: "network",
+		Usage:    "proxy listen address",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, listenAddrFlagName),
+		Value:    defaultListenAddr,
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, listenAddrFlagName),
+	}
+}
+
+func dockerSocketPath() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     dockerSocketPathFlagName,
+		Category: "docker",
+		Usage:    "Docker unix socket path",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, dockerSocketPathFlagName),
+		Value:    defaultDockerSocketPath,
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, dockerSocketPathFlagName),
+	}
+}
+
+func shutdownTimeout() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.DurationFlag{
+		Name:     shutdownTimeoutFlagName,
+		Category: "network",
+		Usage:    "server shutdown timeout",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, shutdownTimeoutFlagName),
+		Value:    defaultShutdownTimeout,
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, shutdownTimeoutFlagName),
+	}
+}
+
+func noDockerSocketHealthcheck() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:        noDockerSocketHealthcheckFlagName,
+		Category:    "docker",
+		HideDefault: true,
+		Usage:       "disable Docker unix socket healthcheck",
+		Sources:     middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, noDockerSocketHealthcheckFlagName),
+		Aliases:     middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, noDockerSocketHealthcheckFlagName),
+	}
+}
+
+func noShutdown() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:        noShutdownFlagName,
+		Category:    "internal monitoring behavior",
+		HideDefault: true,
+		Usage:       "disable application shutdown in case of Docker unix socket healthcheck failure",
+		Sources:     middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, noShutdownFlagName),
+		Aliases:     middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, noShutdownFlagName),
+	}
+}
+
+func healthcheckRetry() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.UintFlag{
+		Name:     healthcheckRetryFlagName,
+		Category: "internal monitoring behavior",
+		Usage:    "number of dial attempts with the Docker unix socket before the application shutdown (if enabled)",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, healthcheckRetryFlagName),
+		Value:    defaultHealthcheckRetry,
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, healthcheckRetryFlagName),
+	}
+}
+
+func healthEndpoint() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     healthEndpointFlagName,
+		Category: "monitoring",
+		Usage:    "health endpoint",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, healthEndpointFlagName),
+		Value:    defaultHealthEndpoint,
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, healthEndpointFlagName),
+	}
+}
+
+func healthListenAddr() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     healthListenAddrFlagName,
+		Category: "monitoring",
+		Usage:    "proxy health endpoint listen address",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, healthListenAddrFlagName),
+		Value:    defaultHealthListenAddr,
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, healthListenAddrFlagName),
+	}
+}
+
+func addRequests() cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.StringSliceFlag{
+		Name:     addRequestsFlagName,
+		Category: "network",
+		Usage:    "add requests",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar(EnvVarPrefix, addRequestsFlagName),
+		Local:    true, // Required to trigger the Action when this flag is set via the environment variable, see https://github.com/urfave/cli/issues/2041.
+		Value:    []string{"*:" + defaultAllowedRequest},
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(ServeCmd, addRequestsFlagName),
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, command *cli.Command, requests []string) error {
+			clear(containerMethodRegex)
+			for _, request := range requests {
+				// An applicator is a container name/HTTP method pair e.g., nginx(GET).
+				// The following regex extracts this applicator and the associated URL regex.
+				aur := applicatorURLRegex.FindString(request)
+				if aur == "" {
+					// If we are here, it means that user set a wildcard (kinda) applicator e.g., GET,POST:URL_REGEX.
+					// In its extended form, this applicator can be read as follows: *(GET,POST):URL_REGEX.
+					methods, urlRegex, ok := strings.Cut(request, ":")
+					if !ok { // || methods == ""?
+						return errors.New("HTTP method(s) must be specified before ':'")
+					}
+					if err := registerMethodRegex("*", urlRegex, strings.Split(methods, ",")); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
+				}
+				applicator, urlRegex, _ := strings.Cut(aur, ":")
+				if err := registerMethodRegex(containerNameRegex.FindString(applicator), urlRegex, httpMethodsRegex.FindAllString(applicator, -1)); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func registerMethodRegex(containerName, urlRegex string, httpMethods []string) error {
+	r, err := regexp.Compile(urlRegex)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, httpMethod := range httpMethods {
+		if _, ok := validHTTPMethods[httpMethod]; !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%s is not a valid HTTP method", httpMethod)
+		}
+		if containerMethodRegex[containerName] == nil {
+			containerMethodRegex[containerName] = make(methodRegex)
+		}
+		containerMethodRegex[containerName][httpMethod] = r
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/env.go b/env.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd247fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package middleman
+
+import (
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func PluckEnvVar(prefix, flagName string, more ...string) cli.ValueSourceChain {
+	prefix = strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimSpace(prefix))
+	key := strings.ToUpper(strings.ReplaceAll(flagName, "-", "_"))
+	if prefix != "" {
+		key = prefix + "_" + key
+	}
+	n := len(more)
+	keys := make([]string, 0, n+1)
+	keys = append(keys, key)
+	if n > 0 {
+		keys = append(keys, more...)
+	}
+	return cli.EnvVars(keys...)
+}
diff --git a/flag/flag.go b/flag/flag.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2347f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flag/flag.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package flag
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"gitea.illuad.fr/adrien/middleman"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+const (
+	LogFormatFlagName = "log-format"
+	LogLevelFlagName  = "log-level"
+)
+
+const (
+	defaultLogFormat = "json"
+	defaultLogLevel  = zerolog.ErrorLevel
+)
+
+// ErrInvalidLogLevel is returned if the given log level is invalid.
+type ErrInvalidLogLevel struct {
+	LogLevel string
+}
+
+func (e ErrInvalidLogLevel) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s: invalid log level, see help", e.LogLevel)
+}
+
+func LogFormat(parent string) cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     LogFormatFlagName,
+		Category: "log",
+		Usage:    "log format (hf, json)",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar("MIDDLEMAN", LogFormatFlagName),
+		Value:    defaultLogFormat,
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(parent, LogFormatFlagName),
+	}
+}
+
+func LogLevel(parent string) cli.Flag {
+	return &cli.StringFlag{
+		Name:     LogLevelFlagName,
+		Category: "log",
+		Usage:    "log level (trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic)",
+		Sources:  middleman.PluckEnvVar("MIDDLEMAN", LogLevelFlagName),
+		Value:    defaultLogLevel.String(),
+		Aliases:  middleman.PluckAlias(parent, LogLevelFlagName),
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1359ffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module gitea.illuad.fr/adrien/middleman
+
+go 1.24.2
+
+require (
+	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.34.0
+	github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.1.1
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.13.0
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.14 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.32.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a3198f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
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