// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause // The derper binary is a simple DERP server. // // For more information, see: // // - About: https://tailscale.com/kb/1232/derp-servers // - Protocol & Go docs: https://pkg.go.dev/tailscale.com/derp // - Running a DERP server: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/tree/main/cmd/derper#derp package main // import "tailscale.com/cmd/derper" import ( "cmp" "context" "crypto/tls" "encoding/json" "errors" "expvar" "flag" "fmt" "html/template" "io" "log" "math" "net" "net/http" "os" "os/signal" "path/filepath" "regexp" "runtime" runtimemetrics "runtime/metrics" "strconv" "strings" "syscall" "time" "golang.org/x/time/rate" "tailscale.com/atomicfile" "tailscale.com/derp" "tailscale.com/derp/derphttp" "tailscale.com/metrics" "tailscale.com/net/ktimeout" "tailscale.com/net/stunserver" "tailscale.com/tsweb" "tailscale.com/types/key" "tailscale.com/types/logger" "tailscale.com/version" ) var ( dev = flag.Bool("dev", false, "run in localhost development mode (overrides -a)") versionFlag = flag.Bool("version", false, "print version and exit") addr = flag.String("a", ":443", "server HTTP/HTTPS listen address, in form \":port\", \"ip:port\", or for IPv6 \"[ip]:port\". If the IP is omitted, it defaults to all interfaces. Serves HTTPS if the port is 443 and/or -certmode is manual, otherwise HTTP.") httpPort = flag.Int("http-port", 80, "The port on which to serve HTTP. Set to -1 to disable. The listener is bound to the same IP (if any) as specified in the -a flag.") stunPort = flag.Int("stun-port", 3478, "The UDP port on which to serve STUN. The listener is bound to the same IP (if any) as specified in the -a flag.") configPath = flag.String("c", "", "config file path") certMode = flag.String("certmode", "letsencrypt", "mode for getting a cert. possible options: manual, letsencrypt") certDir = flag.String("certdir", tsweb.DefaultCertDir("derper-certs"), "directory to store LetsEncrypt certs, if addr's port is :443") hostname = flag.String("hostname", "derp.tailscale.com", "LetsEncrypt host name, if addr's port is :443") runSTUN = flag.Bool("stun", true, "whether to run a STUN server. It will bind to the same IP (if any) as the --addr flag value.") runDERP = flag.Bool("derp", true, "whether to run a DERP server. The only reason to set this false is if you're decommissioning a server but want to keep its bootstrap DNS functionality still running.") meshPSKFile = flag.String("mesh-psk-file", defaultMeshPSKFile(), "if non-empty, path to file containing the mesh pre-shared key file. It should contain some hex string; whitespace is trimmed.") meshWith = flag.String("mesh-with", "", "optional comma-separated list of hostnames to mesh with; the server's own hostname can be in the list") bootstrapDNS = flag.String("bootstrap-dns-names", "", "optional comma-separated list of hostnames to make available at /bootstrap-dns") unpublishedDNS = flag.String("unpublished-bootstrap-dns-names", "", "optional comma-separated list of hostnames to make available at /bootstrap-dns and not publish in the list. If an entry contains a slash, the second part names a DNS record to poll for its TXT record with a `0` to `100` value for rollout percentage.") verifyClients = flag.Bool("verify-clients", false, "verify clients to this DERP server through a local tailscaled instance.") verifyClientURL = flag.String("verify-client-url", "", "if non-empty, an admission controller URL for permitting client connections; see tailcfg.DERPAdmitClientRequest") verifyFailOpen = flag.Bool("verify-client-url-fail-open", true, "whether we fail open if --verify-client-url is unreachable") acceptConnLimit = flag.Float64("accept-connection-limit", math.Inf(+1), "rate limit for accepting new connection") acceptConnBurst = flag.Int("accept-connection-burst", math.MaxInt, "burst limit for accepting new connection") // tcpKeepAlive is intentionally long, to reduce battery cost. There is an L7 keepalive on a higher frequency schedule. tcpKeepAlive = flag.Duration("tcp-keepalive-time", 10*time.Minute, "TCP keepalive time") // tcpUserTimeout is intentionally short, so that hung connections are cleaned up promptly. DERPs should be nearby users. tcpUserTimeout = flag.Duration("tcp-user-timeout", 15*time.Second, "TCP user timeout") ) var ( tlsRequestVersion = &metrics.LabelMap{Label: "version"} tlsActiveVersion = &metrics.LabelMap{Label: "version"} ) func init() { expvar.Publish("derper_tls_request_version", tlsRequestVersion) expvar.Publish("gauge_derper_tls_active_version", tlsActiveVersion) } type config struct { PrivateKey key.NodePrivate } func loadConfig() config { if *dev { return config{PrivateKey: key.NewNode()} } if *configPath == "" { if os.Getuid() == 0 { *configPath = "/var/lib/derper/derper.key" } else { log.Fatalf("derper: -c not specified") } log.Printf("no config path specified; using %s", *configPath) } b, err := os.ReadFile(*configPath) switch { case errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist): return writeNewConfig() case err != nil: log.Fatal(err) panic("unreachable") default: var cfg config if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &cfg); err != nil { log.Fatalf("derper: config: %v", err) } return cfg } } func writeNewConfig() config { k := key.NewNode() if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(*configPath), 0777); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } cfg := config{ PrivateKey: k, } b, err := json.MarshalIndent(cfg, "", "\t") if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } if err := atomicfile.WriteFile(*configPath, b, 0600); err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } return cfg } func main() { flag.Parse() if *versionFlag { fmt.Println(version.Long()) return } ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM) defer cancel() if *dev { *addr = ":3340" // above the keys DERP log.Printf("Running in dev mode.") tsweb.DevMode = true } listenHost, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(*addr) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("invalid server address: %v", err) } if *runSTUN { ss := stunserver.New(ctx) go ss.ListenAndServe(net.JoinHostPort(listenHost, fmt.Sprint(*stunPort))) } cfg := loadConfig() serveTLS := tsweb.IsProd443(*addr) || *certMode == "manual" s := derp.NewServer(cfg.PrivateKey, log.Printf) s.SetVerifyClient(*verifyClients) s.SetVerifyClientURL(*verifyClientURL) s.SetVerifyClientURLFailOpen(*verifyFailOpen) if *meshPSKFile != "" { b, err := os.ReadFile(*meshPSKFile) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } key := strings.TrimSpace(string(b)) if matched, _ := regexp.MatchString(`(?i)^[0-9a-f]{64,}$`, key); !matched { log.Fatalf("key in %s must contain 64+ hex digits", *meshPSKFile) } s.SetMeshKey(key) log.Printf("DERP mesh key configured") } if err := startMesh(s); err != nil { log.Fatalf("startMesh: %v", err) } expvar.Publish("derp", s.ExpVar()) mux := http.NewServeMux() if *runDERP { derpHandler := derphttp.Handler(s) derpHandler = addWebSocketSupport(s, derpHandler) mux.Handle("/derp", derpHandler) } else { mux.Handle("/derp", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { http.Error(w, "derp server disabled", http.StatusNotFound) })) } // These two endpoints are the same. Different versions of the clients // have assumes different paths over time so we support both. mux.HandleFunc("/derp/probe", derphttp.ProbeHandler) mux.HandleFunc("/derp/latency-check", derphttp.ProbeHandler) go refreshBootstrapDNSLoop() mux.HandleFunc("/bootstrap-dns", tsweb.BrowserHeaderHandlerFunc(handleBootstrapDNS)) mux.Handle("/", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { tsweb.AddBrowserHeaders(w) w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8") w.WriteHeader(200) err := homePageTemplate.Execute(w, templateData{ ShowAbuseInfo: validProdHostname.MatchString(*hostname), Disabled: !*runDERP, AllowDebug: tsweb.AllowDebugAccess(r), }) if err != nil { if r.Context().Err() == nil { log.Printf("homePageTemplate.Execute: %v", err) } return } })) mux.Handle("/robots.txt", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { tsweb.AddBrowserHeaders(w) io.WriteString(w, "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /\n") })) mux.Handle("/generate_204", http.HandlerFunc(derphttp.ServeNoContent)) debug := tsweb.Debugger(mux) debug.KV("TLS hostname", *hostname) debug.KV("Mesh key", s.HasMeshKey()) debug.Handle("check", "Consistency check", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { err := s.ConsistencyCheck() if err != nil { http.Error(w, err.Error(), 500) } else { io.WriteString(w, "derp.Server ConsistencyCheck okay") } })) debug.Handle("traffic", "Traffic check", http.HandlerFunc(s.ServeDebugTraffic)) debug.Handle("set-mutex-profile-fraction", "SetMutexProfileFraction", http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { s := r.FormValue("rate") if s == "" || r.Header.Get("Sec-Debug") != "derp" { http.Error(w, "To set, use: curl -HSec-Debug:derp 'http://derp/debug/set-mutex-profile-fraction?rate=100'", http.StatusBadRequest) return } v, err := strconv.Atoi(s) if err != nil { http.Error(w, "bad rate value", http.StatusBadRequest) return } old := runtime.SetMutexProfileFraction(v) fmt.Fprintf(w, "mutex changed from %v to %v\n", old, v) })) // Longer lived DERP connections send an application layer keepalive. Note // if the keepalive is hit, the user timeout will take precedence over the // keepalive counter, so the probe if unanswered will take effect promptly, // this is less tolerant of high loss, but high loss is unexpected. lc := net.ListenConfig{ Control: ktimeout.UserTimeout(*tcpUserTimeout), KeepAlive: *tcpKeepAlive, } quietLogger := log.New(logger.HTTPServerLogFilter{Inner: log.Printf}, "", 0) httpsrv := &http.Server{ Addr: *addr, Handler: mux, ErrorLog: quietLogger, // Set read/write timeout. For derper, this basically // only affects TLS setup, as read/write deadlines are // cleared on Hijack, which the DERP server does. But // without this, we slowly accumulate stuck TLS // handshake goroutines forever. This also affects // /debug/ traffic, but 30 seconds is plenty for // Prometheus/etc scraping. ReadTimeout: 30 * time.Second, WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Second, } go func() { <-ctx.Done() httpsrv.Shutdown(ctx) }() if serveTLS { log.Printf("derper: serving on %s with TLS", *addr) var certManager certProvider certManager, err = certProviderByCertMode(*certMode, *certDir, *hostname) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("derper: can not start cert provider: %v", err) } httpsrv.TLSConfig = certManager.TLSConfig() getCert := httpsrv.TLSConfig.GetCertificate httpsrv.TLSConfig.GetCertificate = func(hi *tls.ClientHelloInfo) (*tls.Certificate, error) { cert, err := getCert(hi) if err != nil { return nil, err } cert.Certificate = append(cert.Certificate, s.MetaCert()) return cert, nil } // Disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1, which are obsolete and have security issues. httpsrv.TLSConfig.MinVersion = tls.VersionTLS12 httpsrv.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { if r.TLS != nil { label := "unknown" switch r.TLS.Version { case tls.VersionTLS10: label = "1.0" case tls.VersionTLS11: label = "1.1" case tls.VersionTLS12: label = "1.2" case tls.VersionTLS13: label = "1.3" } tlsRequestVersion.Add(label, 1) tlsActiveVersion.Add(label, 1) defer tlsActiveVersion.Add(label, -1) } mux.ServeHTTP(w, r) }) if *httpPort > -1 { go func() { port80mux := http.NewServeMux() port80mux.HandleFunc("/generate_204", derphttp.ServeNoContent) port80mux.Handle("/", certManager.HTTPHandler(tsweb.Port80Handler{Main: mux})) port80srv := &http.Server{ Addr: net.JoinHostPort(listenHost, fmt.Sprintf("%d", *httpPort)), Handler: port80mux, ErrorLog: quietLogger, ReadTimeout: 30 * time.Second, // Crank up WriteTimeout a bit more than usually // necessary just so we can do long CPU profiles // and not hit net/http/pprof's "profile // duration exceeds server's WriteTimeout". WriteTimeout: 5 * time.Minute, } ln, err := lc.Listen(context.Background(), "tcp", port80srv.Addr) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } defer ln.Close() err = port80srv.Serve(ln) if err != nil { if err != http.ErrServerClosed { log.Fatal(err) } } }() } err = rateLimitedListenAndServeTLS(httpsrv, &lc) } else { log.Printf("derper: serving on %s", *addr) var ln net.Listener ln, err = lc.Listen(context.Background(), "tcp", httpsrv.Addr) if err != nil { log.Fatal(err) } err = httpsrv.Serve(ln) } if err != nil && err != http.ErrServerClosed { log.Fatalf("derper: %v", err) } } var validProdHostname = regexp.MustCompile(`^derp([^.]*)\.tailscale\.com\.?$`) func prodAutocertHostPolicy(_ context.Context, host string) error { if validProdHostname.MatchString(host) { return nil } return errors.New("invalid hostname") } func defaultMeshPSKFile() string { try := []string{ "/home/derp/keys/derp-mesh.key", filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), "keys", "derp-mesh.key"), } for _, p := range try { if _, err := os.Stat(p); err == nil { return p } } return "" } func rateLimitedListenAndServeTLS(srv *http.Server, lc *net.ListenConfig) error { ln, err := lc.Listen(context.Background(), "tcp", cmp.Or(srv.Addr, ":https")) if err != nil { return err } rln := newRateLimitedListener(ln, rate.Limit(*acceptConnLimit), *acceptConnBurst) expvar.Publish("tls_listener", rln.ExpVar()) defer rln.Close() return srv.ServeTLS(rln, "", "") } type rateLimitedListener struct { // These are at the start of the struct to ensure 64-bit alignment // on 32-bit architecture regardless of what other fields may exist // in this package. numAccepts expvar.Int // does not include number of rejects numRejects expvar.Int net.Listener lim *rate.Limiter } func newRateLimitedListener(ln net.Listener, limit rate.Limit, burst int) *rateLimitedListener { return &rateLimitedListener{Listener: ln, lim: rate.NewLimiter(limit, burst)} } func (l *rateLimitedListener) ExpVar() expvar.Var { m := new(metrics.Set) m.Set("counter_accepted_connections", &l.numAccepts) m.Set("counter_rejected_connections", &l.numRejects) return m } var errLimitedConn = errors.New("cannot accept connection; rate limited") func (l *rateLimitedListener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) { // Even under a rate limited situation, we accept the connection immediately // and close it, rather than being slow at accepting new connections. // This provides two benefits: 1) it signals to the client that something // is going on on the server, and 2) it prevents new connections from // piling up and occupying resources in the OS kernel. // The client will retry as needing (with backoffs in place). cn, err := l.Listener.Accept() if err != nil { return nil, err } if !l.lim.Allow() { l.numRejects.Add(1) cn.Close() return nil, errLimitedConn } l.numAccepts.Add(1) return cn, nil } func init() { expvar.Publish("go_sync_mutex_wait_seconds", expvar.Func(func() any { const name = "/sync/mutex/wait/total:seconds" // Go 1.20+ var s [1]runtimemetrics.Sample s[0].Name = name runtimemetrics.Read(s[:]) if v := s[0].Value; v.Kind() == runtimemetrics.KindFloat64 { return v.Float64() } return 0 })) } type templateData struct { ShowAbuseInfo bool Disabled bool AllowDebug bool } // homePageTemplate renders the home page using [templateData]. var homePageTemplate = template.Must(template.New("home").Parse(`

DERP

This is a Tailscale DERP server.

It provides STUN, interactive connectivity establishment, and relaying of end-to-end encrypted traffic for Tailscale clients.

{{if .ShowAbuseInfo }}

If you suspect abuse, please contact security@tailscale.com.

{{end}}

Documentation:

{{if .Disabled}}

Status: disabled

{{end}} {{if .AllowDebug}}

Debug info at /debug/.

{{end}} `))