[config] Add flag to enable/disable private debug apis

cmd/harmony/config.go

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ type harmonyConfig struct {
 	P2P       p2pConfig
 	HTTP      httpConfig
 	WS        wsConfig
+	RPCOpt    rpcOptConfig
 	BLSKeys   blsConfig
 	TxPool    txPoolConfig
 	Pprof     pprofConfig
@@ -117,6 +118,10 @@ type wsConfig struct {
 	Port    int
 }
 
+type rpcOptConfig struct {
+	Enabled bool
+}
+
 type devnetConfig struct {
 	NumShards   int
 	ShardSize   int

cmd/harmony/default.go

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ var defaultConfig = harmonyConfig{
 		IP:      "127.0.0.1",
 		Port:    nodeconfig.DefaultWSPort,
 	},
+	RPCOpt: rpcOptConfig{
+		Enabled: false,
+	},
 	BLSKeys: blsConfig{
 		KeyDir:   "./.hmy/blskeys",
 		KeyFiles: []string{},

cmd/harmony/flags.go

@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ var (
 		wsPortFlag,
 	}
 
+	rpcOptFlags = []cli.Flag{
+		rpcDebugEnabledFlag,
+	}
+
 	blsFlags = append(newBLSFlags, legacyBLSFlags...)
 
 	newBLSFlags = []cli.Flag{
@@ -236,6 +240,7 @@ func getRootFlags() []cli.Flag {
 	flags = append(flags, p2pFlags...)
 	flags = append(flags, httpFlags...)
 	flags = append(flags, wsFlags...)
+	flags = append(flags, rpcOptFlags...)
 	flags = append(flags, blsFlags...)
 	flags = append(flags, consensusFlags...)
 	flags = append(flags, txPoolFlags...)
@@ -503,6 +508,22 @@ func applyWSFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, config *harmonyConfig) {
 	}
 }
 
+// rpc opt flags
+var (
+	rpcDebugEnabledFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:     "rpc.debug",
+		Usage:    "enable private debug apis",
+		DefValue: defaultConfig.RPCOpt.Enabled,
+		Hidden:   true,
+	}
+)
+
+func applyRPCOptFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, config *harmonyConfig) {
+	if cli.IsFlagChanged(cmd, rpcDebugEnabledFlag) {
+		config.RPCOpt.Enabled = cli.GetBoolFlagValue(cmd, rpcDebugEnabledFlag)
+	}
+}
+
 // bls flags
 var (
 	blsDirFlag = cli.StringFlag{

cmd/harmony/main.go

@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ func applyRootFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, config *harmonyConfig) {
 	applyP2PFlags(cmd, config)
 	applyHTTPFlags(cmd, config)
 	applyWSFlags(cmd, config)
+	applyRPCOptFlags(cmd, config)
 	applyBLSFlags(cmd, config)
 	applyConsensusFlags(cmd, config)
 	applyTxPoolFlags(cmd, config)
@@ -306,12 +307,13 @@ func setupNodeAndRun(hc harmonyConfig) {
 
 	// Parse RPC config
 	nodeConfig.RPCServer = nodeconfig.RPCServerConfig{
-		HTTPEnabled: hc.HTTP.Enabled,
-		HTTPIp:      hc.HTTP.IP,
-		HTTPPort:    hc.HTTP.Port,
-		WSEnabled:   hc.WS.Enabled,
-		WSIp:        hc.WS.IP,
-		WSPort:      hc.WS.Port,
+		HTTPEnabled:  hc.HTTP.Enabled,
+		HTTPIp:       hc.HTTP.IP,
+		HTTPPort:     hc.HTTP.Port,
+		WSEnabled:    hc.WS.Enabled,
+		WSIp:         hc.WS.IP,
+		WSPort:       hc.WS.Port,
+		DebugEnabled: hc.RPCOpt.Enabled,
 	}
 	if nodeConfig.ShardID != shard.BeaconChainShardID {
 		utils.Logger().Info().

internal/configs/node/config.go

@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ type RPCServerConfig struct {
 	WSEnabled bool
 	WSIp      string
 	WSPort    int
+
+	DebugEnabled bool
 }
 
 // RosettaServerConfig is the config for the rosetta server

rpc/rpc.go

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (n Version) Namespace() string {
 
 // StartServers starts the http & ws servers
 func StartServers(hmy *hmy.Harmony, apis []rpc.API, config nodeconfig.RPCServerConfig) error {
-	apis = append(apis, getAPIs(hmy)...)
+	apis = append(apis, getAPIs(hmy, config.DebugEnabled)...)
 
 	if config.HTTPEnabled {
 		httpEndpoint = fmt.Sprintf("%v:%v", config.HTTPIp, config.HTTPPort)
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ func StopServers() error {
 }
 
 // getAPIs returns all the API methods for the RPC interface
-func getAPIs(hmy *hmy.Harmony) []rpc.API {
-	return []rpc.API{
+func getAPIs(hmy *hmy.Harmony, debugEnable bool) []rpc.API {
+	publicAPIs := []rpc.API{
 		// Public methods
 		NewPublicHarmonyAPI(hmy, V1),
 		NewPublicHarmonyAPI(hmy, V2),
@@ -130,13 +130,20 @@ func getAPIs(hmy *hmy.Harmony) []rpc.API {
 		NewPublicPoolAPI(hmy, V2),
 		NewPublicStakingAPI(hmy, V1),
 		NewPublicStakingAPI(hmy, V2),
-		// Private methods
-		NewPrivateDebugAPI(hmy, V1),
-		NewPrivateDebugAPI(hmy, V2),
 		// Legacy methods (subject to removal)
 		v1.NewPublicLegacyAPI(hmy),
 		v2.NewPublicLegacyAPI(hmy),
 	}
+
+	privateAPIs := []rpc.API{
+		NewPrivateDebugAPI(hmy, V1),
+		NewPrivateDebugAPI(hmy, V2),
+	}
+
+	if debugEnable {
+		return append(publicAPIs, privateAPIs...)
+	}
+	return publicAPIs
 }
 
 func startHTTP(apis []rpc.API) (err error) {