Ryan Malloy
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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 --- **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.
Headplane
A feature-complete web UI for Headscale
Headscale is the de-facto self-hosted version of Tailscale, a popular Wireguard based VPN service. By default, it does not ship with a web UI, which is where Headplane comes in. Headplane is a feature-complete web UI for Headscale, allowing you to manage your nodes, networks, and ACLs with ease.
Headplane aims to replicate the functionality offered by the official Tailscale product and dashboard, being one of the most feature complete Headscale UIs available. These are some of the features that Headplane offers:
- Machine management, including expiry, network routing, name, and owner management
- Access Control List (ACL) and tagging configuration for ACL enforcement
- Support for OpenID Connect (OIDC) as a login provider
- The ability to edit DNS settings and automatically provision Headscale
- Configurability for Headscale's settings
Deployment
Headplane runs as a server-based web-application, meaning you'll need a server to run it. It's available as a Docker image (recommended) or through a manual installation. There are 2 ways to deploy Headplane:
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Integrated Mode (Recommended)
Integrated mode unlocks all the features of Headplane and is the most feature-complete deployment method. It communicates with Headscale directly.
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Simple Mode
Simple mode does not include the automatic management of DNS and Headplane settings, requiring manual editing and reloading when making changes.
Versioning
Headplane uses semantic versioning for its releases (since v0.6.0).
Pre-release builds are available under the next tag and get updated when a new release
PR is opened and actively in testing.
Contributing
Headplane is an open-source project and contributions are welcome! If you have any suggestions, bug reports, or feature requests, please open an issue. Also refer to the contributor guidelines for more info.
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