--- # headscale will look for a configuration file named `config.yaml` (or `config.json`) in the following order: # # - `/etc/headscale` # - `~/.headscale` # - current working directory # The url clients will connect to. # Typically this will be a domain like: # # https://myheadscale.example.com:443 # server_url: https://headscale.example.com # change to your domain # Address to listen to / bind to on the server # listen_addr: 0.0.0.0:8080 # Address to listen to /metrics, you may want # to keep this endpoint private to your internal # network # metrics_listen_addr: 127.0.0.1:9090 # Address to listen for gRPC. # gRPC is used for controlling a headscale server # remotely with the CLI # Note: Remote access _only_ works if you have # valid certificates. grpc_listen_addr: 0.0.0.0:50443 # Allow the gRPC admin interface to run in INSECURE # mode. This is not recommended as the traffic will # be unencrypted. Only enable if you know what you # are doing. grpc_allow_insecure: false # Private key used encrypt the traffic between headscale # and Tailscale clients. # The private key file which will be # autogenerated if it's missing private_key_path: /var/lib/headscale/private.key # The Noise section includes specific configuration for the # TS2021 Noise protocol noise: # The Noise private key is used to encrypt the # traffic between headscale and Tailscale clients when # using the new Noise-based protocol. private_key_path: /var/lib/headscale/noise_private.key # List of IP prefixes to allocate tailaddresses from. # Each prefix consists of either an IPv4 or IPv6 address, # and the associated prefix length, delimited by a slash. ip_prefixes: - fd7a:115c:a1e0::/48 - 100.64.0.0/10 # DERP is a relay system that Tailscale uses when a direct # connection cannot be established. # https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works/#encrypted-tcp-relays-derp # # headscale needs a list of DERP servers that can be presented # to the clients. derp: server: # If enabled, runs the embedded DERP server and merges it into the rest of the DERP config # The Headscale server_url defined above MUST be using https, DERP requires TLS to be in place enabled: false # Region ID to use for the embedded DERP server. # The local DERP prevails if the region ID collides with other region ID coming from # the regular DERP config. region_id: 999 # Region code and name are displayed in the Tailscale UI to identify a DERP region region_code: "headscale" region_name: "Headscale Embedded DERP" # Listens in UDP at the configured address for STUN connections to help on NAT traversal. # When the embedded DERP server is enabled stun_listen_addr MUST be defined. # # For more details on how this works, check this great article: https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works/ stun_listen_addr: "0.0.0.0:3478" # List of externally available DERP maps encoded in JSON urls: - https://controlplane.tailscale.com/derpmap/default # Locally available DERP map files encoded in YAML # # This option is mostly interesting for people hosting # their own DERP servers: # https://tailscale.com/kb/1118/custom-derp-servers/ # # paths: # - /etc/headscale/derp-example.yaml paths: [] # If enabled, a worker will be set up to periodically # refresh the given sources and update the derpmap # will be set up. auto_update_enabled: true # How often should we check for DERP updates? update_frequency: 24h # Disables the automatic check for headscale updates on startup disable_check_updates: false # Time before an inactive ephemeral node is deleted? ephemeral_node_inactivity_timeout: 30m # Period to check for node updates in the tailnet. A value too low will severily affect # CPU consumption of Headscale. A value too high (over 60s) will cause problems # to the nodes, as they won't get updates or keep alive messages in time. # In case of doubts, do not touch the default 10s. node_update_check_interval: 10s # SQLite config db_type: sqlite3 db_path: /var/lib/headscale/db.sqlite # # Postgres config # If using a Unix socket to connect to Postgres, set the socket path in the 'host' field and leave 'port' blank. # db_type: postgres # db_host: localhost # db_port: 5432 # db_name: headscale # db_user: foo # db_pass: bar # db_ssl: false ### TLS configuration # ## Let's encrypt / ACME # # headscale supports automatically requesting and setting up # TLS for a domain with Let's Encrypt. # # URL to ACME directory acme_url: https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory # Email to register with ACME provider acme_email: "" # Domain name to request a TLS certificate for: tls_letsencrypt_hostname: "" # Client (Tailscale/Browser) authentication mode (mTLS) # Acceptable values: # - disabled: client authentication disabled # - relaxed: client certificate is required but not verified # - enforced: client certificate is required and verified tls_client_auth_mode: relaxed # Path to store certificates and metadata needed by # letsencrypt tls_letsencrypt_cache_dir: /var/lib/headscale/cache # Type of ACME challenge to use, currently supported types: # HTTP-01 or TLS-ALPN-01 # See [docs/tls.md](docs/tls.md) for more information tls_letsencrypt_challenge_type: HTTP-01 # When HTTP-01 challenge is chosen, letsencrypt must set up a # verification endpoint, and it will be listning on: # :http = port 80 tls_letsencrypt_listen: ":http" ## Use already defined certificates: tls_cert_path: "" tls_key_path: "" log_level: info # Path to a file containg ACL policies. # ACLs can be defined as YAML or HUJSON. # https://tailscale.com/kb/1018/acls/ acl_policy_path: "" ## DNS # # headscale supports Tailscale's DNS configuration and MagicDNS. # Please have a look to their KB to better understand the concepts: # # - https://tailscale.com/kb/1054/dns/ # - https://tailscale.com/kb/1081/magicdns/ # - https://tailscale.com/blog/2021-09-private-dns-with-magicdns/ # dns_config: # List of DNS servers to expose to clients. nameservers: - 1.1.1.1 # Split DNS (see https://tailscale.com/kb/1054/dns/), # list of search domains and the DNS to query for each one. # # restricted_nameservers: # foo.bar.com: # - 1.1.1.1 # darp.headscale.net: # - 1.1.1.1 # - 8.8.8.8 # Search domains to inject. domains: [] # Whether to use [MagicDNS](https://tailscale.com/kb/1081/magicdns/). # Only works if there is at least a nameserver defined. magic_dns: true # Defines the base domain to create the hostnames for MagicDNS. # `base_domain` must be a FQDNs, without the trailing dot. # The FQDN of the hosts will be # `hostname.namespace.base_domain` (e.g., _myhost.mynamespace.example.com_). base_domain: example.com # Unix socket used for the CLI to connect without authentication # Note: for local development, you probably want to change this to: # unix_socket: ./headscale.sock unix_socket: /var/run/headscale.sock unix_socket_permission: "0770" # # headscale supports experimental OpenID connect support, # it is still being tested and might have some bugs, please # help us test it. # OpenID Connect # oidc: # issuer: "https://your-oidc.issuer.com/path" # client_id: "your-oidc-client-id" # client_secret: "your-oidc-client-secret" # # Customize the scopes used in the OIDC flow, defaults to "openid", "profile" and "email" and add custom query # parameters to the Authorize Endpoint request. Scopes default to "openid", "profile" and "email". # # scope: ["openid", "profile", "email", "custom"] # extra_params: # domain_hint: example.com # # List allowed principal domains and/or users. If an authenticated user's domain is not in this list, the # authentication request will be rejected. # # allowed_domains: # - example.com # allowed_users: # - alice@example.com # # If `strip_email_domain` is set to `true`, the domain part of the username email address will be removed. # This will transform `first-name.last-name@example.com` to the namespace `first-name.last-name` # If `strip_email_domain` is set to `false` the domain part will NOT be removed resulting to the following # namespace: `first-name.last-name.example.com` # # strip_email_domain: true # Logtail configuration # Logtail is Tailscales logging and auditing infrastructure, it allows the control panel # to instruct tailscale nodes to log their activity to a remote server. logtail: # Enable logtail for this headscales clients. # As there is currently no support for overriding the log server in headscale, this is # disabled by default. Enabling this will make your clients send logs to Tailscale Inc. enabled: false # Enabling this option makes devices prefer a random port for WireGuard traffic over the # default static port 41641. This option is intended as a workaround for some buggy # firewall devices. See https://tailscale.com/kb/1181/firewalls/ for more information. randomize_client_port: false