Merge pull request #211 from naturallaw777/copilot/fix-headscale-cli-syntax

[WIP] Fix Headscale CLI syntax issues in documentation

docs/remote-deploy-headscale.md

@@ -130,17 +130,23 @@ services.tailscale.enable = true;
 ### Join the Tailnet
 
 ```bash
-sudo tailscale up --login-server https://hs.yourdomain.com
+sudo tailscale up --login-server https://hs.yourdomain.com --accept-dns=false
 ```
 
+> **Note:** The `--accept-dns=false` flag prevents Tailscale from taking over your system DNS resolver. This is important if you are behind a VPN (see [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) below).
+
 Tailscale prints a URL. Open it and copy the node key (starts with `mkey:`).
 
 ### Approve the Node in Headscale
 
-On the VPS:
+On the VPS, first find the numeric user ID for the `admin` user, then register the node:
 
 ```bash
-headscale nodes register --user admin --key mkey:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+# Look up the numeric ID for the admin user (Headscale 0.28.0 requires -u <id>)
+headscale users list -o json
+
+# Register the node using the numeric user ID
+headscale nodes register -u <admin-user-id> --key mkey:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 ```
 
 Your workstation is now on the Tailnet. You can list nodes:
@@ -219,7 +225,7 @@ The resulting ISO is in `./result/iso/`.
      --role server \
      --deploy-key "$(cat ~/.ssh/sovran-deploy.pub)" \
      --headscale-server "https://hs.yourdomain.com" \
-     --headscale-key "$(headscale preauthkeys create --user sovran-deploy --expiration 2h --output json | jq -r '.key')"
+     --headscale-key "$(headscale preauthkeys create -u $(headscale users list -o json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name=="sovran-deploy") | .id') -e 2h -o json | jq -r '.key')"
    ```
 
 6. **Machine reboots into Sovran_SystemsOS** — `deploy-tailscale-connect.service` runs:
@@ -360,8 +366,96 @@ This stops the Tailscale connect service.
 ### Revoke All Active Pre-Auth Keys
 
 ```bash
-headscale preauthkeys list --user sovran-deploy
+# List pre-auth keys (Headscale 0.28.0: no --user flag on list)
-headscale preauthkeys expire --user sovran-deploy --key <key>
+headscale preauthkeys list
+
+# Expire a specific key — use numeric user ID (-u <id>)
+# First find the user ID:
+headscale users list -o json
+# Then expire the key:
+headscale preauthkeys expire -u <user-id> --key <key>
+```
+
+---
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### VPN Conflicts (Mullvad, WireGuard, etc.)
+
+**Symptom:** `tailscale up` hangs or fails with `connection refused` on port 443, even though `curl https://hs.yourdomain.com/health` works fine.
+
+**Cause:** VPNs like Mullvad route all traffic — including Tailscale's control-plane connections — through the VPN tunnel. Additionally, Tailscale's DNS handler (`--accept-dns=true` by default) hijacks DNS resolution and may prevent correct resolution of your Headscale server even when logged out.
+
+**Solution:**
+1. Disconnect your VPN temporarily and retry `tailscale up`.
+2. If you need the VPN active, use split tunneling to exclude `tailscaled`:
+   ```bash
+   # Mullvad CLI
+   mullvad split-tunnel add $(pidof tailscaled)
+   ```
+   Or in the Mullvad GUI: **Settings → Split tunneling → Add tailscaled**.
+3. Always pass `--accept-dns=false` when enrolling to avoid DNS hijacking:
+   ```bash
+   sudo tailscale up --login-server https://hs.yourdomain.com --authkey <key> --accept-dns=false
+   ```
+
+---
+
+### "RATELIMIT" in tailscaled Logs
+
+**Symptom:** `journalctl -u tailscaled` shows lines like:
+```
+[RATELIMIT] format("Received error: %v")
+```
+
+**Cause:** This is **NOT** a server-side rate limit from Headscale. It is tailscaled's internal log suppressor de-duplicating repeated connection-refused error messages. The real underlying error is `connection refused`.
+
+**What to check:**
+1. Is Headscale actually running? `curl https://hs.yourdomain.com/health`
+2. Is your VPN blocking the connection? (see VPN Conflicts above)
+3. Is there a firewall blocking port 443?
+
+---
+
+### "connection refused" on Port 443
+
+If `tailscale up` fails but `curl` works, the issue is usually DNS or VPN:
+
+```bash
+# Does curl reach Headscale successfully?
+curl -v https://hs.yourdomain.com/health
+
+# Force IPv4 vs IPv6 to identify if it's an address-family issue
+curl -4 https://hs.yourdomain.com/health
+curl -6 https://hs.yourdomain.com/health
+
+# Check what IP headscale resolves to
+dig +short hs.yourdomain.com
+
+# What resolver is the system using?
+cat /etc/resolv.conf
+```
+
+If curl works but tailscale doesn't, tailscaled may be using a different DNS resolver (e.g. its own `100.100.100.100` stub resolver). Fix: pass `--accept-dns=false`.
+
+---
+
+### Headscale User ID Lookup (0.28.0)
+
+Headscale 0.28.0 removed `--user <name>` in favour of `-u <numeric-id>`. To find the numeric ID for a user:
+
+```bash
+headscale users list -o json
+# Output: [{"id": "1", "name": "sovran-deploy", ...}, ...]
+
+# One-liner to get the ID for a specific user
+headscale users list -o json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name=="sovran-deploy") | .id'
+```
+
+Then use the numeric ID in subsequent commands:
+```bash
+headscale preauthkeys create -u 1 -e 1h -o json
+headscale nodes register -u 1 --key mkey:xxxx
 ```
 
 ---

modules/core/sovran-provisioner.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,423 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+# ── sovran-provisioner.nix ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# NixOS module for the Sovran Systems VPS provisioning server.
+#
+# Deploys:
+#   - Headscale (coordination server, listening on 127.0.0.1:8080)
+#   - Python Flask provisioning API (port 9090)
+#   - Caddy reverse proxy (80/443 with automatic TLS)
+#   - Bootstrap service (creates Headscale users + enrollment token on first boot)
+#
+# Headscale 0.28.0 compatible — uses numeric user IDs (-u <id>) throughout.
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+let
+  cfg = config.sovranProvisioner;
+
+  # ── Python Flask provisioner script ────────────────────────────────────────
+  provisionerScript = pkgs.writeText "sovran-provisioner.py" ''
+    #!/usr/bin/env python3
+    """
+    Sovran Systems provisioning API — Headscale 0.28.0 compatible.
+    Endpoints:
+      POST /register  — register a new machine and return a Headscale pre-auth key
+      GET  /machines  — list registered machines (requires Bearer token)
+      GET  /health    — liveness check
+    """
+    import json
+    import os
+    import subprocess
+    import time
+    from collections import defaultdict
+    from functools import wraps
+    from pathlib import Path
+
+    from flask import Flask, request, jsonify, abort
+
+    app = Flask(__name__)
+
+    # ── Configuration ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    DATA_DIR       = Path(os.environ.get("PROVISIONER_DATA_DIR", "/var/lib/sovran-provisioner"))
+    TOKEN_FILE     = DATA_DIR / "enroll-token"
+    MACHINES_FILE  = DATA_DIR / "machines.json"
+    HEADSCALE_USER = os.environ.get("HEADSCALE_USER", "sovran-deploy")
+    KEY_EXPIRY     = os.environ.get("KEY_EXPIRY", "1h")
+    RATE_LIMIT_MAX = int(os.environ.get("RATE_LIMIT_MAX", "10"))
+    RATE_LIMIT_WIN = int(os.environ.get("RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW", "60"))
+
+    # ── Simple in-memory rate limiter ─────────────────────────────────────────
+    _rate_buckets: dict = defaultdict(list)
+
+    def _rate_limit_check(key: str) -> bool:
+        """Return True if the request is allowed, False if rate-limited."""
+        now = time.monotonic()
+        bucket = _rate_buckets[key]
+        # Purge entries outside the window
+        _rate_buckets[key] = [t for t in bucket if now - t < RATE_LIMIT_WIN]
+        if len(_rate_buckets[key]) >= RATE_LIMIT_MAX:
+            return False
+        _rate_buckets[key].append(now)
+        return True
+
+    # ── Helper: read enrollment token ─────────────────────────────────────────
+    def _get_token() -> str:
+        try:
+            return TOKEN_FILE.read_text().strip()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return ""
+
+    # ── Helper: require Bearer token ──────────────────────────────────────────
+    def require_token(f):
+        @wraps(f)
+        def decorated(*args, **kwargs):
+            auth = request.headers.get("Authorization", "")
+            if not auth.startswith("Bearer "):
+                abort(401)
+            token = auth[len("Bearer "):].strip()
+            expected = _get_token()
+            if not expected or token != expected:
+                abort(401)
+            return f(*args, **kwargs)
+        return decorated
+
+    # ── Helper: persist machine record ────────────────────────────────────────
+    def _save_machine(hostname: str, mac: str, tailscale_ip: str = ""):
+        machines = _load_machines()
+        machines[mac] = {
+            "hostname": hostname,
+            "mac": mac,
+            "registered_at": time.time(),
+            "tailscale_ip": tailscale_ip,
+        }
+        MACHINES_FILE.write_text(json.dumps(machines, indent=2))
+
+    def _load_machines() -> dict:
+        try:
+            return json.loads(MACHINES_FILE.read_text())
+        except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+            return {}
+
+    # ── Headscale helpers (0.28.0 compatible) ────────────────────────────────
+
+    def get_user_id(username: str):
+        """Look up numeric user ID from username for Headscale 0.28.0."""
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["headscale", "users", "list", "-o", "json"],
+            capture_output=True, text=True
+        )
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            app.logger.error("headscale users list failed: %s", result.stderr)
+            return None
+        try:
+            users = json.loads(result.stdout)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            app.logger.error("headscale users list returned invalid JSON: %s", result.stdout)
+            return None
+        for user in users:
+            if user.get("name") == username:
+                return user.get("id")
+        return None
+
+    def create_preauthkey(user_id, expiry: str = "1h") -> str | None:
+        """Create a pre-auth key using the numeric user ID (Headscale 0.28.0)."""
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["headscale", "preauthkeys", "create",
+             "-u", str(user_id),
+             "-e", expiry,
+             "-o", "json"],
+            capture_output=True, text=True
+        )
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            app.logger.error("headscale preauthkeys create failed: %s", result.stderr)
+            return None
+        try:
+            key_data = json.loads(result.stdout)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            app.logger.error("preauthkeys create returned invalid JSON: %s", result.stdout)
+            return None
+        return key_data.get("key")
+
+    # ── Routes ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    @app.route("/health")
+    def health():
+        return jsonify({"status": "ok"})
+
+    @app.route("/register", methods=["POST"])
+    @require_token
+    def register():
+        # Rate-limit by source IP
+        client_ip = request.remote_addr or "unknown"
+        if not _rate_limit_check(client_ip):
+            return jsonify({"error": "rate limit exceeded"}), 429
+
+        data = request.get_json(silent=True)
+        if not data:
+            return jsonify({"error": "JSON body required"}), 400
+
+        hostname = data.get("hostname", "").strip()
+        mac      = data.get("mac", "").strip()
+        if not hostname or not mac:
+            return jsonify({"error": "hostname and mac are required"}), 400
+
+        # Look up the numeric user ID (Headscale 0.28.0 requires -u <id>)
+        user_id = get_user_id(HEADSCALE_USER)
+        if user_id is None:
+            app.logger.error("Headscale user '%s' not found", HEADSCALE_USER)
+            return jsonify({"error": "provisioning user not found on Headscale server"}), 500
+
+        # Create a single-use pre-auth key
+        key = create_preauthkey(user_id, expiry=KEY_EXPIRY)
+        if key is None:
+            return jsonify({"error": "failed to create pre-auth key"}), 500
+
+        # Persist the registration record
+        _save_machine(hostname, mac)
+
+        login_server = os.environ.get("HEADSCALE_URL", "")
+        return jsonify({
+            "headscale_key":  key,
+            "login_server":   login_server,
+            "hostname":       hostname,
+        })
+
+    @app.route("/machines")
+    @require_token
+    def machines():
+        return jsonify(list(_load_machines().values()))
+
+    # ── Entry point ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    if __name__ == "__main__":
+        DATA_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        app.run(host="127.0.0.1", port=9090)
+  '';
+
+  # ── Headscale YAML config ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  headscaleConfig = pkgs.writeText "headscale.yaml" ''
+    server_url: https://${cfg.headscaleDomain}
+    listen_addr: 127.0.0.1:8080
+    metrics_listen_addr: 127.0.0.1:9090
+
+    # Logging
+    log:
+      level: info
+
+    # Database
+    database:
+      type: sqlite
+      sqlite:
+        path: /var/lib/headscale/db.sqlite
+
+    # DERP (relay/STUN)
+    derp:
+      server:
+        enabled: false
+      urls:
+        - https://controlplane.tailscale.com/derpmap/default
+      auto_update_enabled: true
+      update_frequency: 24h
+
+    # Disable magic DNS by default (clients opt in)
+    dns:
+      magic_dns: false
+      base_domain: sovran.internal
+
+    # Node expiry
+    node_update_check_interval: 10s
+  '';
+
+in
+
+{
+  # ── Module options ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  options.sovranProvisioner = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Sovran Systems provisioning server (Headscale + Flask API + Caddy)";
+
+    domain = lib.mkOption {
+      type        = lib.types.str;
+      description = "Public FQDN for the provisioning API (e.g. prov.yourdomain.com)";
+    };
+
+    headscaleDomain = lib.mkOption {
+      type        = lib.types.str;
+      description = "Public FQDN for the Headscale coordination server (e.g. hs.yourdomain.com)";
+    };
+
+    headscaleUser = lib.mkOption {
+      type    = lib.types.str;
+      default = "sovran-deploy";
+      description = "Headscale user namespace for deployed machines";
+    };
+
+    adminUser = lib.mkOption {
+      type    = lib.types.str;
+      default = "admin";
+      description = "Headscale user namespace for admin workstations";
+    };
+
+    keyExpiry = lib.mkOption {
+      type    = lib.types.str;
+      default = "1h";
+      description = "Lifetime of generated pre-auth keys (e.g. 1h, 2h, 24h)";
+    };
+
+    rateLimitMax = lib.mkOption {
+      type    = lib.types.int;
+      default = 10;
+      description = "Maximum number of /register calls per rateLimitWindow seconds per IP";
+    };
+
+    rateLimitWindow = lib.mkOption {
+      type    = lib.types.int;
+      default = 60;
+      description = "Rate-limit sliding window in seconds";
+    };
+  };
+
+  # ── Module implementation ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+
+    # ── Headscale ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    services.headscale = {
+      enable = true;
+      address = "127.0.0.1";
+      port    = 8080;
+      settings = {
+        server_url   = "https://${cfg.headscaleDomain}";
+        listen_addr  = "127.0.0.1:8080";
+        database = {
+          type   = "sqlite";
+          sqlite = { path = "/var/lib/headscale/db.sqlite"; };
+        };
+        dns = {
+          magic_dns   = false;
+          base_domain = "sovran.internal";
+        };
+        derp = {
+          server.enabled       = false;
+          urls                 = [ "https://controlplane.tailscale.com/derpmap/default" ];
+          auto_update_enabled  = true;
+          update_frequency     = "24h";
+        };
+        log.level = "info";
+      };
+    };
+
+    # ── Python / Flask dependencies ────────────────────────────────────────────
+    environment.systemPackages = [
+      pkgs.headscale
+      (pkgs.python3.withPackages (ps: [ ps.flask ]))
+    ];
+
+    # ── Provisioner systemd service ────────────────────────────────────────────
+    systemd.services.sovran-provisioner = {
+      description = "Sovran provisioning API";
+      after       = [ "network-online.target" "headscale.service" ];
+      wants       = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wantedBy    = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      environment = {
+        PROVISIONER_DATA_DIR = "/var/lib/sovran-provisioner";
+        HEADSCALE_USER       = cfg.headscaleUser;
+        KEY_EXPIRY           = cfg.keyExpiry;
+        RATE_LIMIT_MAX       = toString cfg.rateLimitMax;
+        RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW    = toString cfg.rateLimitWindow;
+        HEADSCALE_URL        = "https://${cfg.headscaleDomain}";
+      };
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type             = "simple";
+        Restart          = "on-failure";
+        RestartSec       = "5s";
+        DynamicUser      = false;
+        User             = "sovran-provisioner";
+        Group            = "sovran-provisioner";
+        StateDirectory   = "sovran-provisioner";
+        RuntimeDirectory = "sovran-provisioner";
+        ExecStart = "${pkgs.python3.withPackages (ps: [ ps.flask ])}/bin/python3 ${provisionerScript}";
+      };
+    };
+
+    # ── Dedicated system user for the provisioner ──────────────────────────────
+    users.users.sovran-provisioner = {
+      isSystemUser = true;
+      group        = "sovran-provisioner";
+      description  = "Sovran provisioning API service user";
+    };
+    users.groups.sovran-provisioner = {};
+
+    # Allow the provisioner user to call headscale CLI
+    security.sudo.extraRules = [{
+      users    = [ "sovran-provisioner" ];
+      commands = [{
+        command = "${pkgs.headscale}/bin/headscale";
+        options = [ "NOPASSWD" ];
+      }];
+    }];
+
+    # ── Bootstrap service (first-boot: create Headscale users + enroll token) ──
+    systemd.services.sovran-provisioner-bootstrap = {
+      description = "Bootstrap Headscale users and enrollment token";
+      after       = [ "headscale.service" ];
+      wants       = [ "headscale.service" ];
+      wantedBy    = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type            = "oneshot";
+        RemainAfterExit = true;
+        StateDirectory  = "sovran-provisioner";
+      };
+      path = [ pkgs.headscale pkgs.coreutils pkgs.openssl ];
+      script = ''
+        DATA_DIR="/var/lib/sovran-provisioner"
+        TOKEN_FILE="$DATA_DIR/enroll-token"
+        STAMP="$DATA_DIR/.bootstrap-done"
+
+        # Idempotent — only run once
+        [ -f "$STAMP" ] && exit 0
+
+        # Wait for headscale socket to be ready
+        for i in $(seq 1 30); do
+          headscale users list -o json >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+          sleep 2
+        done
+
+        # Create headscale users if they don't exist
+        headscale users list -o json | grep -q '"name":"${cfg.headscaleUser}"' \
+          || headscale users create ${cfg.headscaleUser}
+
+        headscale users list -o json | grep -q '"name":"${cfg.adminUser}"' \
+          || headscale users create ${cfg.adminUser}
+
+        # Generate enrollment token if not already present
+        if [ ! -f "$TOKEN_FILE" ] || [ ! -s "$TOKEN_FILE" ]; then
+          openssl rand -hex 32 > "$TOKEN_FILE"
+          chmod 600 "$TOKEN_FILE"
+        fi
+
+        touch "$STAMP"
+        echo "Bootstrap complete."
+      '';
+    };
+
+    # ── Caddy reverse proxy ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    services.caddy = {
+      enable = true;
+      virtualHosts."${cfg.headscaleDomain}" = {
+        extraConfig = ''
+          reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:8080
+        '';
+      };
+      virtualHosts."${cfg.domain}" = {
+        extraConfig = ''
+          reverse_proxy 127.0.0.1:9090
+        '';
+      };
+    };
+
+    # ── Firewall ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    networking.firewall = {
+      allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 443 ];
+      allowedUDPPorts = [ 3478 ];
+    };
+  };
+}