headplane/docs/Integrated-Mode.md
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# Integrated Mode
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Integrated mode is a deployment method that allows you to deploy Headplane with
automatic management of DNS and Headplane settings. This is the recommended
deployment method for most users, as it provides a more feature-complete
experience.
## Deployment
> If you are not looking to deploy with Docker, follow the [**Bare-Metal**](/docs/Bare-Metal.md) deployment guide.
> Refer to the `Integrated Mode` section at the bottom for caveats.
Requirements:
- Docker and Docker Compose
- Headscale 0.25 or newer
- A finished configuration file (config.yaml)
Here is what a sample Docker Compose deployment would look like:
```yaml
services:
headplane:
# I recommend you pin the version to a specific release
image: ghcr.io/tale/headplane:0.6.0
container_name: headplane
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- '3000:3000'
volumes:
- './config.yaml:/etc/headplane/config.yaml'
# This should match headscale.config_path in your config.yaml
- './headscale-config/config.yaml:/etc/headscale/config.yaml'
# If using dns.extra_records in Headscale (recommended), this should
# match the headscale.dns_records_path in your config.yaml
- './headscale-config/dns_records.json:/etc/headscale/dns_records.json'
# Headplane stores its data in this directory
- './headplane-data:/var/lib/headplane'
# If you are using the Docker integration, mount the Docker socket
- '/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro'
headscale:
image: headscale/headscale:0.25.1
container_name: headscale
restart: unless-stopped
command: serve
labels:
# This is needed for Headplane to find it and signal it
me.tale.headplane.target: headscale
ports:
- '8080:8080'
volumes:
- './headscale-data:/var/lib/headscale'
- './headscale-config:/etc/headscale'
```
This will result in the Headplane UI being available at the `/admin` path of the
server you deployed it on. The `/admin` path is currently not configurable unless
you build the container yourself or run Headplane in Bare-Metal mode.
> Refer to the [**Configuration**](/docs/Configuration.md) guide for help with
> setting up your `config.yaml` file to the appropriate values.
## Docker Integration
The Docker integration is the easiest to set up, as it only requires mounting the
Docker socket into the container along with some basic configuration. Headplane
uses Docker labels to discover the Headscale container. As long as Headplane has
access to the Docker socket and can identify the Headscale containereither by
label or nameit will automatically propagate configuration and DNS changes to
Headscale without any additional setup. Alternatively, instead of using a label
to dynamically determine the container name, it is possible to directly specify
the container name.
## Native Linux (/proc) Integration
The `proc` integration is used when you are running Headscale and Headplane on
non-Docker environments. Headplane will attempt to locate the Headscale process
PID through the `/proc` filesystem and communicate with it directly. In order for
this to work, the Headplane process must have permission to do the following:
- Read the `/proc` filesystem
- Send signals to the Headscale process (`SIGTERM`)
The best way to ensure this is to run Headplane as the same user as Headscale
(or optionally just run them both as `root`). Due to the way the integration is
currently configured, Headplane will not re-check the Headscale process PID if
it changes. This means that if you restart Headscale manually, you will need to
restart Headplane as well.
## Kubernetes Integration
The Kubernetes integration is the most complex to setup, as it requires a
service account with the appropriate permissions to be created. The service
account must have the following permissions and looks like this:
```yaml
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: Role
metadata:
name: headplane-agent
namespace: default # Adjust namespace as needed
rules:
- apiGroups: ['']
resources: ['pods']
verbs: ['get', 'list']
- apiGroups: ['apps']
resources: ['deployments']
verbs: ['get', 'list']
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: headplane-agent
namespace: default # Adjust namespace as needed
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: Role
name: headplane-agent
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: default # If you use a different service account, change this
namespace: default # Adjust namespace as needed
```
To successfully deploy Headplane in Kubernetes, you will need to run both the
Headplane and Headscale containers in the same pod. This is because Headplane
needs access to Headscale's PID in order to communicate with it. Here is an
example, note the **`shareProcessNamespace: true`** field:
```yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
name: headplane
namespace: default # Adjust namespace as needed
labels:
app: headplane
spec:
replicas: 1
selector:
matchLabels:
app: headplane
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: headplane
spec:
shareProcessNamespace: true
serviceAccountName: default
containers:
- name: headplane
image: ghcr.io/tale/headplane:0.6.0
env:
# Set these if the pod name for Headscale is not static
# We will use the downward API to get the pod name instead
- name: HEADPLANE_LOAD_ENV_OVERRIDES
value: 'true'
- name: 'HEADPLANE_INTEGRATION__KUBERNETES__POD_NAME'
valueFrom:
fieldRef:
fieldPath: metadata.name
volumeMounts:
- name: headscale-config
mountPath: /etc/headscale
- name: headplane-data
mountPath: /var/lib/headplane
- name: headscale
image: headscale/headscale:0.25.1
command: ['serve']
volumeMounts:
- name: headscale-data
mountPath: /var/lib/headscale
- name: headscale-config
mountPath: /etc/headscale
volumes:
- name: headscale-data
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: headscale-data
- name: headplane-data
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: headplane-data
- name: headscale-config
persistentVolumeClaim:
claimName: headscale-config
```