Log forwarding fails when cluster wide proxy url contains user with encoded @ in RHOL

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Issue

  • Log forwarding fails when the OpenShift cluster wide proxy url contains user with encoded @:

    apiVersion: config.openshift.io/v1
kind: Proxy
metadata:
  name: cluster
spec:
  httpProxy: http://userpart1%40userpart2:password@proxyurl.com
  httpsProxy: https://userpart1%40userpart2:password@proxyurl.com
[...]

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP) 4
  • Red Hat OpenShift Logging (RHOL)
    • 5.9.12 and higher
  • Vector configured to forward application logs to a proxy and the OpenShift cluster-wide proxy is configured with a proxy url constains user with encoded @: http://userpart1%40userpart2:password@proxyurl.com

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