Handle challenge deletion and/or name changes

[pl4nty]

I currently use ctfcli like an infrastructure-as-code provider in CI/CD pipelines. However, the following resource changes (challenges/containers/services) must be reconciled manually:

• Name changes, as it's the sync anchor
• Resource deleted from repo

Other providers like Azure offer a "complete" mode, where resources that aren't defined in the repo are deleted. This would support the change types listed above.

Not sure whether this aligns to ctfcli's design though - maybe a Terraform provider would be a better fit, since it's common for CTF infrastructure anyway.

[pl4nty]

Looks like there's a Terraform version here, not sure how stable it is though: https://github.com/PsypherPunk/terraform-provider-ctfd

[reteps]

Would be fixed by #159

[pl4nty]

in my case, my CI is stateless, so #159 wouldn't work for me

[reteps]

I don't think you could reconcile renames with a stateless system unless you diff commit history (which in itself, is state).

This issue makes ctfcli unusable for us, as we have infrastructure changes after people solve challenges. Thus, deleting a renamed challenge and recreating it deletes solves, which we cannot do.

[reteps]

I am sortof suggesting a new paradigm:

• You use your CI pipeline to commit the .ctf/config file to git
• The CI is no longer stateless

[reteps]

Would you be able to provide more details about your usecase?

[pl4nty]

I suggested delete/recreate because I don't run ctfcli during competitions, to avoid any unexpected changes. but I understand that this approach might not align to ctfcli's design

I generate .ctf/config at runtime to avoid storing credentials in git, and allow challenge creation without authors needing ctfcli