diff --git a/cmd/containerboot/main.go b/cmd/containerboot/main.go
index 5f03f9745..6604d5e99 100644
--- a/cmd/containerboot/main.go
+++ b/cmd/containerboot/main.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ func main() {
 		Hostname:          defaultEnv("TS_HOSTNAME", ""),
 		Routes:            defaultEnvPointer("TS_ROUTES"),
 		ServeConfigPath:   defaultEnv("TS_SERVE_CONFIG", ""),
+		ConfigFilePath:    defaultEnv("TS_CONFIG_FILE_PATH", ""),
 		ProxyTo:           defaultEnv("TS_DEST_IP", ""),
 		TailnetTargetIP:   defaultEnv("TS_TAILNET_TARGET_IP", ""),
 		TailnetTargetFQDN: defaultEnv("TS_TAILNET_TARGET_FQDN", ""),
@@ -637,6 +638,9 @@ func tailscaledArgs(cfg *settings) []string {
 	if cfg.DaemonExtraArgs != "" {
 		args = append(args, strings.Fields(cfg.DaemonExtraArgs)...)
 	}
+	if cfg.ConfigFilePath != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--config="+cfg.ConfigFilePath)
+	}
 	return args
 }
 
@@ -888,6 +892,7 @@ type settings struct {
 	AuthOnce           bool
 	Root               string
 	KubernetesCanPatch bool
+	ConfigFilePath     string
 }
 
 // defaultEnv returns the value of the given envvar name, or defVal if
diff --git a/cmd/k8s-operator/sts.go b/cmd/k8s-operator/sts.go
index 9b8c857ec..a785ed6fb 100644
--- a/cmd/k8s-operator/sts.go
+++ b/cmd/k8s-operator/sts.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 	"tailscale.com/client/tailscale"
 	"tailscale.com/ipn"
+	"tailscale.com/net/netutil"
 	"tailscale.com/tailcfg"
 	"tailscale.com/tsnet"
 	"tailscale.com/types/opt"
@@ -481,6 +482,16 @@ func (a *tailscaleSTSReconciler) reconcileSTS(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.S
 	return createOrUpdate(ctx, a.Client, a.operatorNamespace, &ss, func(s *appsv1.StatefulSet) { s.Spec = ss.Spec })
 }
 
+func confFile(sts *tailscaleSTSConfig) (*ipn.ConfigVAlpha, error) {
+	if sts.connector != nil {}
+	routes, err := netutil.CalcAdvertiseRoutes(sts., advertiseDefaultRoute)
+
+	return &ipn.ConfigVAlpha{
+		Hostname: &sts.Hostname,
+	}, nil
+
+}
+
 // ptrObject is a type constraint for pointer types that implement
 // client.Object.
 type ptrObject[T any] interface {