[receiver/nsxt] Change the type of Config.Password to be configopaque.String

.chloggen/nsxt-use-configopaque.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+# If your change doesn't affect end users, such as a test fix or a tooling change,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
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+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: breaking
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+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: receiver/nsxt
+
+# A brief description of the change. Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Change the type of `Config.Password` to be `configopaque.String`
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [17273]
+
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receiver/nsxtreceiver/client.go

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func (c *nsxClient) doRequest(ctx context.Context, path string) ([]byte, error)
  if err != nil {
  return nil, err
  }
- req.SetBasicAuth(c.config.Username, c.config.Password)
+ req.SetBasicAuth(c.config.Username, string(c.config.Password))
  h := req.Header
  h.Add("User-Agent", "opentelemetry-collector")
  h.Add("Accept", "application/json")

receiver/nsxtreceiver/config.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
  "net/url"
 
  "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp"
+ "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque"
  "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/scraperhelper"
  "go.uber.org/multierr"
 
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ type Config struct {
  scraperhelper.ScraperControllerSettings `mapstructure:",squash"`
  confighttp.HTTPClientSettings `mapstructure:",squash"`
  metadata.MetricsBuilderConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
- Username string `mapstructure:"username"`
- Password string `mapstructure:"password"`
+ Username string  `mapstructure:"username"`
+ Password configopaque.String `mapstructure:"password"`
 }
 
 // Validate returns if the NSX configuration is valid

receiver/nsxtreceiver/go.mod

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
  github.com/vmware/go-vmware-nsxt v0.0.0-20220328155605-f49a14c1ef5f
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.81.0
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp v0.81.0
+ go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v0.81.0
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.81.0
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.81.0
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0013
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ require (
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.81.0 // indirect
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth v0.81.0 // indirect
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configcompression v0.81.0 // indirect
- go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configopaque v0.81.0 // indirect
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtelemetry v0.81.0 // indirect
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configtls v0.81.0 // indirect
  go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/internal v0.81.0 // indirect