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🍴 ENTERPRISE SECURITY FORK: Complete OIDC overhaul + architecture realignment
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This commit marks the creation of the enterprise security fork, fundamentally
realigning Headplane's architecture toward production VPN infrastructure requirements.
## 🚀 OIDC AUTHENTICATION REVOLUTION
### Convention Over Configuration Role Mapping
- Smart pattern recognition for common identity provider groups
- Case-insensitive matching works with any capitalization
- Role hierarchy ensures highest privilege wins
- Zero-config setup for 90% of identity providers
### Environment Variable Power
- Custom role mapping via HEADPLANE_*_GROUPS variables
- Override system with graceful fallbacks to conventions
- Enterprise-friendly configuration management
- Easy deployment customization without code changes
### Configuration Self-Healing
- Auto-scope detection adds "groups" scope automatically
- Auto-redirect generation from PUBLIC_URL/HEADPLANE_URL
- Provider-specific optimizations (Google, Azure AD, Keycloak, Okta)
- Helpful guidance and environment variable suggestions
### Production-Ready Quality
- 32/32 comprehensive tests passing
- Real-world provider scenario validation
- Complete TypeScript type safety
- Extensive error handling and logging
## 🏗️ ARCHITECTURAL VISION
### Security-First Philosophy
- Eliminated 38MB WASM SSH console (security nightmare)
- Designed guacamole + Python ASGI remote access architecture
- Server-side connections only, no client-side crypto
- Audit-friendly technologies that security teams understand
### Enterprise Integration Focus
- OIDC role mapping integrates with remote access permissions
- Comprehensive audit trails and session management
- Standards-based protocols over experimental approaches
- Maintainable, deployable, scalable solutions
## 📁 CORE CHANGES
### Implementation Files
- app/server/web/roles.ts - Intelligent role mapping engine
- app/utils/oidc.ts - Smart group extraction from claims
- app/server/config/oidc-enhancer.ts - Configuration self-healing
- app/routes/auth/oidc-callback.ts - Enhanced logging & error handling
- config.example.yaml - Simplified configuration examples
### Database & Testing
- drizzle/0003_add_groups_column.sql - Groups storage migration
- tests/oidc-improvements.test.js - Comprehensive test suite
### Documentation & Architecture
- OIDC_IMPROVEMENTS_SUMMARY.md - Complete implementation guide
- GUACAMOLE_REMOTE_ACCESS_DESIGN.md - Security-first remote access architecture
- WASM_SSH_REMOVAL.md - Justification for security improvements
- docs/OIDC-Authentication.md - User configuration guide
## 🎯 FORK JUSTIFICATION
The upstream project's commitment to a 38MB client-side WASM SSH console
reveals irreconcilable differences in architectural philosophy:
**Upstream Priority**: Technical novelty, feature completeness, "cool factor"
**Enterprise Fork Priority**: Security, auditability, production readiness
This fork targets organizations running production VPN infrastructure who need:
- Security-first development practices
- Enterprise identity system integration
- Audit trails and compliance tooling
- Maintainable, proven technologies
## 🚀 FORWARD VISION
This enterprise security fork establishes the foundation for:
- Advanced role-based access control
- Comprehensive audit and compliance features
- Multi-tenancy and organizational management
- API-first infrastructure as code support
- Integration with enterprise monitoring and SIEM systems
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**Breaking Change**: This commit removes the WASM SSH console and establishes
a new security-focused architectural direction incompatible with upstream.
Organizations prioritizing VPN infrastructure security will find this fork
provides the enterprise-grade features and security posture they require.
2025-09-17 02:23:56 -06:00
Aarnav Tale
eb4669498a
feat: overhaul oidc work
2025-08-28 22:55:26 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
d7b1e19985
chore: add deprecation notice for oidc user file
2025-08-21 12:37:25 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
cd4e8f8399
chore: handle empty (already migrated) user oidc file
2025-08-21 11:49:17 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
d2c4f5eb2b
feat: completely overhaul the auth model
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* Cookies are now encrypted JWTs (GHSA-wrqq-v7qw-r5w7)
* Authentication is stored in the SQLite database (auto-migrated)
* Session logic is much cleaner
2025-08-19 17:52:16 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
8cb91cd45b
feat: overhaul hp_agent lifecycle handling
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* Added backoff and liveness probes for better management
* Switched IPC to a simple text based system
* Lookups don't directly touch the agent now
* Use the database as a source of truth
2025-08-19 00:10:06 -04:00
Igor Ramazanov
8a9235836a
fix: agent inherits UID/GID from the parent process
2025-08-05 13:16:02 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
b18147fa82
feat: cleanup removal of old ssh plexer and logic
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we also have added the necessary logic to auto prune ephemeral nodes because
headscale doesn't seem to automatically remove them. this change made use of a database
which is now stored in the persistent headplane directory.
2025-06-20 00:14:00 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
7dfcbef774
feat: initial webssh tooling
2025-06-16 11:44:59 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
0276a500c7
fix: attempt to auto create agent work_dir if missing
2025-05-25 11:02:19 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
662c38ea44
fix: handle newlines in provided secret paths
2025-05-25 11:02:19 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
39d6602263
fix: use descriptive error messages
2025-05-25 11:02:19 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
8c01fcfe89
fix: only return queried machines from an agent
2025-05-25 11:02:19 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
c5e6a6c407
feat: switch away from websocket to stdout messaging for agent
2025-05-25 11:02:19 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
169a7b14d0
feat: support oidc restriction management in the settings
2025-05-25 11:02:19 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
3a5ab68432
chore: defer the path based config loading till 0.6.1. ( #223 )
2025-05-23 10:46:14 -04:00
Erik Parawell
8ea8c7195f
Implement path-based secret loading
2025-05-19 16:38:35 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
69c6fc4847
chore: v0.5.8
2025-04-03 13:11:33 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
6a94e815f2
feat: improve error returning and parsing logic
2025-04-03 12:57:06 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
d5fb8a2966
feat: support skipping onboarding
2025-04-03 12:57:06 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
7d61ad50c4
feat: oops commit the user role change page
2025-04-03 12:57:06 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
d698cf5478
fix: open file in a+ to avoid read issues
2025-04-02 13:40:01 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
80c987f383
feat: implement onboarding for non-registered users
2025-04-02 13:26:58 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
bf02015dc7
feat: begin working on user auth
2025-03-29 14:12:15 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
73ea35980d
feat: switch agent fetching to the server side
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this brings the benefit of fitting in the revalidator lifecycle we have
created via the useLiveData hook.
2025-03-24 16:15:38 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
9a1051b9af
feat: reimplement websocket to use hono
2025-03-24 16:15:38 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
34cfee7cff
feat: reach an initial working stage
2025-03-24 16:15:38 -04:00
Aarnav Tale
cbbd64e91a
feat: initial server side systems
2025-03-24 16:15:38 -04:00