// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause // tailscale-operator provides a way to expose services running in a Kubernetes // cluster to your Tailnet. package main import ( "context" _ "embed" "fmt" "os" "strings" "time" "github.com/go-logr/zapr" "go.uber.org/zap" "go.uber.org/zap/zapcore" "golang.org/x/exp/slices" "golang.org/x/oauth2/clientcredentials" appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1" corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1" apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors" metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1" "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured" "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields" "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/builder" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler" logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log" kzap "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log/zap" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager/signals" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile" "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/source" "sigs.k8s.io/yaml" "tailscale.com/client/tailscale" "tailscale.com/ipn" "tailscale.com/ipn/store/kubestore" "tailscale.com/tsnet" "tailscale.com/types/logger" "tailscale.com/util/dnsname" ) func main() { // Required to use our client API. We're fine with the instability since the // client lives in the same repo as this code. tailscale.I_Acknowledge_This_API_Is_Unstable = true var ( hostname = defaultEnv("OPERATOR_HOSTNAME", "tailscale-operator") kubeSecret = defaultEnv("OPERATOR_SECRET", "") operatorTags = defaultEnv("OPERATOR_INITIAL_TAGS", "tag:k8s-operator") tsNamespace = defaultEnv("OPERATOR_NAMESPACE", "") tslogging = defaultEnv("OPERATOR_LOGGING", "info") clientIDPath = defaultEnv("CLIENT_ID_FILE", "") clientSecretPath = defaultEnv("CLIENT_SECRET_FILE", "") image = defaultEnv("PROXY_IMAGE", "tailscale/tailscale:latest") tags = defaultEnv("PROXY_TAGS", "tag:k8s") ) var opts []kzap.Opts switch tslogging { case "info": opts = append(opts, kzap.Level(zapcore.InfoLevel)) case "debug": opts = append(opts, kzap.Level(zapcore.DebugLevel)) case "dev": opts = append(opts, kzap.UseDevMode(true), kzap.Level(zapcore.DebugLevel)) } zlog := kzap.NewRaw(opts...).Sugar() logf.SetLogger(zapr.NewLogger(zlog.Desugar())) startlog := zlog.Named("startup") if clientIDPath == "" || clientSecretPath == "" { startlog.Fatalf("CLIENT_ID_FILE and CLIENT_SECRET_FILE must be set") } clientID, err := os.ReadFile(clientIDPath) if err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("reading client ID %q: %v", clientIDPath, err) } clientSecret, err := os.ReadFile(clientSecretPath) if err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("reading client secret %q: %v", clientSecretPath, err) } credentials := clientcredentials.Config{ ClientID: string(clientID), ClientSecret: string(clientSecret), TokenURL: "https://login.tailscale.com/api/v2/oauth/token", } tsClient := tailscale.NewClient("-", nil) tsClient.HTTPClient = credentials.Client(context.Background()) s := &tsnet.Server{ Hostname: hostname, Logf: zlog.Named("tailscaled").Debugf, } if kubeSecret != "" { st, err := kubestore.New(logger.Discard, kubeSecret) if err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("creating kube store: %v", err) } s.Store = st } if err := s.Start(); err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("starting tailscale server: %v", err) } defer s.Close() lc, err := s.LocalClient() if err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("getting local client: %v", err) } ctx := context.Background() loginDone := false machineAuthShown := false waitOnline: for { startlog.Debugf("querying tailscaled status") st, err := lc.StatusWithoutPeers(ctx) if err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("getting status: %v", err) } switch st.BackendState { case "Running": break waitOnline case "NeedsLogin": if loginDone { break } caps := tailscale.KeyCapabilities{ Devices: tailscale.KeyDeviceCapabilities{ Create: tailscale.KeyDeviceCreateCapabilities{ Reusable: false, Preauthorized: true, Tags: strings.Split(operatorTags, ","), }, }, } authkey, _, err := tsClient.CreateKey(ctx, caps) if err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("creating operator authkey: %v", err) } if err := lc.Start(ctx, ipn.Options{ AuthKey: authkey, }); err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("starting tailscale: %v", err) } if err := lc.StartLoginInteractive(ctx); err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("starting login: %v", err) } startlog.Debugf("requested login by authkey") loginDone = true case "NeedsMachineAuth": if !machineAuthShown { startlog.Infof("Machine authorization required, please visit the admin panel to authorize") machineAuthShown = true } default: startlog.Debugf("waiting for tailscale to start: %v", st.BackendState) } time.Sleep(time.Second) } // For secrets and statefulsets, we only get permission to touch the objects // in the controller's own namespace. This cannot be expressed by // .Watches(...) below, instead you have to add a per-type field selector to // the cache that sits a few layers below the builder stuff, which will // implicitly filter what parts of the world the builder code gets to see at // all. nsFilter := cache.ObjectSelector{ Field: fields.SelectorFromSet(fields.Set{"metadata.namespace": tsNamespace}), } mgr, err := manager.New(config.GetConfigOrDie(), manager.Options{ NewCache: cache.BuilderWithOptions(cache.Options{ SelectorsByObject: map[client.Object]cache.ObjectSelector{ &corev1.Secret{}: nsFilter, &appsv1.StatefulSet{}: nsFilter, }, }), }) if err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("could not create manager: %v", err) } sr := &ServiceReconciler{ Client: mgr.GetClient(), tsClient: tsClient, defaultTags: strings.Split(tags, ","), operatorNamespace: tsNamespace, proxyImage: image, logger: zlog.Named("service-reconciler"), } reconcileFilter := handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(func(o client.Object) []reconcile.Request { ls := o.GetLabels() if ls[LabelManaged] != "true" { return nil } if ls[LabelParentType] != "svc" { return nil } return []reconcile.Request{ { NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{ Namespace: ls[LabelParentNamespace], Name: ls[LabelParentName], }, }, } }) err = builder. ControllerManagedBy(mgr). For(&corev1.Service{}). Watches(&source.Kind{Type: &appsv1.StatefulSet{}}, reconcileFilter). Watches(&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.Secret{}}, reconcileFilter). Complete(sr) if err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("could not create controller: %v", err) } startlog.Infof("Startup complete, operator running") if err := mgr.Start(signals.SetupSignalHandler()); err != nil { startlog.Fatalf("could not start manager: %v", err) } } const ( LabelManaged = "tailscale.com/managed" LabelParentType = "tailscale.com/parent-resource-type" LabelParentName = "tailscale.com/parent-resource" LabelParentNamespace = "tailscale.com/parent-resource-ns" FinalizerName = "tailscale.com/finalizer" AnnotationExpose = "tailscale.com/expose" AnnotationTags = "tailscale.com/tags" AnnotationHostname = "tailscale.com/hostname" ) // ServiceReconciler is a simple ControllerManagedBy example implementation. type ServiceReconciler struct { client.Client tsClient tsClient defaultTags []string operatorNamespace string proxyImage string logger *zap.SugaredLogger } type tsClient interface { CreateKey(ctx context.Context, caps tailscale.KeyCapabilities) (string, *tailscale.Key, error) DeleteDevice(ctx context.Context, id string) error } func childResourceLabels(parent *corev1.Service) map[string]string { // You might wonder why we're using owner references, since they seem to be // built for exactly this. Unfortunately, Kubernetes does not support // cross-namespace ownership, by design. This means we cannot make the // service being exposed the owner of the implementation details of the // proxying. Instead, we have to do our own filtering and tracking with // labels. return map[string]string{ LabelManaged: "true", LabelParentName: parent.GetName(), LabelParentNamespace: parent.GetNamespace(), LabelParentType: "svc", } } func (a *ServiceReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req reconcile.Request) (_ reconcile.Result, err error) { logger := a.logger.With("service-ns", req.Namespace, "service-name", req.Name) logger.Debugf("starting reconcile") defer logger.Debugf("reconcile finished") svc := new(corev1.Service) err = a.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, svc) if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) { // Request object not found, could have been deleted after reconcile request. logger.Debugf("service not found, assuming it was deleted") return reconcile.Result{}, nil } else if err != nil { return reconcile.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get svc: %w", err) } if !svc.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero() || !a.shouldExpose(svc) { logger.Debugf("service is being deleted or should not be exposed, cleaning up") return reconcile.Result{}, a.maybeCleanup(ctx, logger, svc) } return reconcile.Result{}, a.maybeProvision(ctx, logger, svc) } // maybeCleanup removes any existing resources related to serving svc over tailscale. // // This function is responsible for removing the finalizer from the service, // once all associated resources are gone. func (a *ServiceReconciler) maybeCleanup(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, svc *corev1.Service) error { ix := slices.Index(svc.Finalizers, FinalizerName) if ix < 0 { logger.Debugf("no finalizer, nothing to do") return nil } ml := childResourceLabels(svc) // Need to delete the StatefulSet first, and delete it with foreground // cascading deletion. That way, the pod that's writing to the Secret will // stop running before we start looking at the Secret's contents, and // assuming k8s ordering semantics don't mess with us, that should avoid // tailscale device deletion races where we fail to notice a device that // should be removed. sts, err := getSingleObject[appsv1.StatefulSet](ctx, a.Client, a.operatorNamespace, ml) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("getting statefulset: %w", err) } if sts != nil { if !sts.GetDeletionTimestamp().IsZero() { // Deletion in progress, check again later. We'll get another // notification when the deletion is complete. logger.Debugf("waiting for statefulset %s/%s deletion", sts.GetNamespace(), sts.GetName()) return nil } err := a.DeleteAllOf(ctx, &appsv1.StatefulSet{}, client.InNamespace(a.operatorNamespace), client.MatchingLabels(ml), client.PropagationPolicy(metav1.DeletePropagationForeground)) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("deleting statefulset: %w", err) } logger.Debugf("started deletion of statefulset %s/%s", sts.GetNamespace(), sts.GetName()) return nil } id, _, err := a.getDeviceInfo(ctx, svc) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("getting device info: %w", err) } if id != "" { // TODO: handle case where the device is already deleted, but the secret // is still around. if err := a.tsClient.DeleteDevice(ctx, id); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("deleting device: %w", err) } } types := []client.Object{ &corev1.Service{}, &corev1.Secret{}, } for _, typ := range types { if err := a.DeleteAllOf(ctx, typ, client.InNamespace(a.operatorNamespace), client.MatchingLabels(ml)); err != nil { return err } } svc.Finalizers = append(svc.Finalizers[:ix], svc.Finalizers[ix+1:]...) if err := a.Update(ctx, svc); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove finalizer: %w", err) } // Unlike most log entries in the reconcile loop, this will get printed // exactly once at the very end of cleanup, because the final step of // cleanup removes the tailscale finalizer, which will make all future // reconciles exit early. logger.Infof("unexposed service from tailnet") return nil } // maybeProvision ensures that svc is exposed over tailscale, taking any actions // necessary to reach that state. // // This function adds a finalizer to svc, ensuring that we can handle orderly // deprovisioning later. func (a *ServiceReconciler) maybeProvision(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, svc *corev1.Service) error { hostname, err := nameForService(svc) if err != nil { return err } if !slices.Contains(svc.Finalizers, FinalizerName) { // This log line is printed exactly once during initial provisioning, // because once the finalizer is in place this block gets skipped. So, // this is a nice place to tell the operator that the high level, // multi-reconcile operation is underway. logger.Infof("exposing service over tailscale") svc.Finalizers = append(svc.Finalizers, FinalizerName) if err := a.Update(ctx, svc); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to add finalizer: %w", err) } } // Do full reconcile. hsvc, err := a.reconcileHeadlessService(ctx, logger, svc) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to reconcile headless service: %w", err) } tags := a.defaultTags if tstr, ok := svc.Annotations[AnnotationTags]; ok { tags = strings.Split(tstr, ",") } secretName, err := a.createOrGetSecret(ctx, logger, svc, hsvc, tags) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to create or get API key secret: %w", err) } _, err = a.reconcileSTS(ctx, logger, svc, hsvc, secretName, hostname) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to reconcile statefulset: %w", err) } if !a.hasLoadBalancerClass(svc) { logger.Debugf("service is not a LoadBalancer, so not updating ingress") return nil } _, tsHost, err := a.getDeviceInfo(ctx, svc) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to get device ID: %w", err) } if tsHost == "" { logger.Debugf("no Tailscale hostname known yet, waiting for proxy pod to finish auth") // No hostname yet. Wait for the proxy pod to auth. svc.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress = nil if err := a.Status().Update(ctx, svc); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to update service status: %w", err) } return nil } logger.Debugf("setting ingress hostname to %q", tsHost) svc.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress = []corev1.LoadBalancerIngress{ { Hostname: tsHost, }, } if err := a.Status().Update(ctx, svc); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed to update service status: %w", err) } return nil } func (a *ServiceReconciler) shouldExpose(svc *corev1.Service) bool { // Headless services can't be exposed, since there is no ClusterIP to // forward to. if svc.Spec.ClusterIP == "" || svc.Spec.ClusterIP == "None" { return false } return a.hasLoadBalancerClass(svc) || a.hasAnnotation(svc) } func (a *ServiceReconciler) hasLoadBalancerClass(svc *corev1.Service) bool { return svc != nil && svc.Spec.Type == corev1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer && svc.Spec.LoadBalancerClass != nil && *svc.Spec.LoadBalancerClass == "tailscale" } func (a *ServiceReconciler) hasAnnotation(svc *corev1.Service) bool { return svc != nil && svc.Annotations[AnnotationExpose] == "true" } func (a *ServiceReconciler) reconcileHeadlessService(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, svc *corev1.Service) (*corev1.Service, error) { hsvc := &corev1.Service{ ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{ GenerateName: "ts-" + svc.Name + "-", Namespace: a.operatorNamespace, Labels: childResourceLabels(svc), }, Spec: corev1.ServiceSpec{ ClusterIP: "None", Selector: map[string]string{ "app": string(svc.UID), }, }, } logger.Debugf("reconciling headless service for StatefulSet") return createOrUpdate(ctx, a.Client, a.operatorNamespace, hsvc, func(svc *corev1.Service) { svc.Spec = hsvc.Spec }) } func (a *ServiceReconciler) createOrGetSecret(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, svc, hsvc *corev1.Service, tags []string) (string, error) { secret := &corev1.Secret{ ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{ // Hardcode a -0 suffix so that in future, if we support // multiple StatefulSet replicas, we can provision -N for // those. Name: hsvc.Name + "-0", Namespace: a.operatorNamespace, Labels: childResourceLabels(svc), }, } if err := a.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(secret), secret); err == nil { logger.Debugf("secret %s/%s already exists", secret.GetNamespace(), secret.GetName()) return secret.Name, nil } else if !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) { return "", err } // Secret doesn't exist yet, create one. Initially it contains // only the Tailscale authkey, but once Tailscale starts it'll // also store the daemon state. sts, err := getSingleObject[appsv1.StatefulSet](ctx, a.Client, a.operatorNamespace, childResourceLabels(svc)) if err != nil { return "", err } if sts != nil { // StatefulSet exists, so we have already created the secret. // If the secret is missing, they should delete the StatefulSet. logger.Errorf("Tailscale proxy secret doesn't exist, but the corresponding StatefulSet %s/%s already does. Something is wrong, please delete the StatefulSet.", sts.GetNamespace(), sts.GetName()) return "", nil } // Create API Key secret which is going to be used by the statefulset // to authenticate with Tailscale. logger.Debugf("creating authkey for new tailscale proxy") authKey, err := a.newAuthKey(ctx, tags) if err != nil { return "", err } secret.StringData = map[string]string{ "authkey": authKey, } if err := a.Create(ctx, secret); err != nil { return "", err } return secret.Name, nil } func (a *ServiceReconciler) getDeviceInfo(ctx context.Context, svc *corev1.Service) (id, hostname string, err error) { sec, err := getSingleObject[corev1.Secret](ctx, a.Client, a.operatorNamespace, childResourceLabels(svc)) if err != nil { return "", "", err } id = string(sec.Data["device_id"]) if id == "" { return "", "", nil } // Kubernetes chokes on well-formed FQDNs with the trailing dot, so we have // to remove it. hostname = strings.TrimSuffix(string(sec.Data["device_fqdn"]), ".") if hostname == "" { return "", "", nil } return id, hostname, nil } func (a *ServiceReconciler) newAuthKey(ctx context.Context, tags []string) (string, error) { caps := tailscale.KeyCapabilities{ Devices: tailscale.KeyDeviceCapabilities{ Create: tailscale.KeyDeviceCreateCapabilities{ Reusable: false, Preauthorized: true, Tags: tags, }, }, } key, _, err := a.tsClient.CreateKey(ctx, caps) if err != nil { return "", err } return key, nil } //go:embed manifests/proxy.yaml var proxyYaml []byte func (a *ServiceReconciler) reconcileSTS(ctx context.Context, logger *zap.SugaredLogger, parentSvc, headlessSvc *corev1.Service, authKeySecret, hostname string) (*appsv1.StatefulSet, error) { var ss appsv1.StatefulSet if err := yaml.Unmarshal(proxyYaml, &ss); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal proxy spec: %w", err) } container := &ss.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0] container.Image = a.proxyImage container.Env = append(container.Env, corev1.EnvVar{ Name: "TS_DEST_IP", Value: parentSvc.Spec.ClusterIP, }, corev1.EnvVar{ Name: "TS_KUBE_SECRET", Value: authKeySecret, }, corev1.EnvVar{ Name: "TS_HOSTNAME", Value: hostname, }) ss.ObjectMeta = metav1.ObjectMeta{ Name: headlessSvc.Name, Namespace: a.operatorNamespace, Labels: childResourceLabels(parentSvc), } ss.Spec.ServiceName = headlessSvc.Name ss.Spec.Selector = &metav1.LabelSelector{ MatchLabels: map[string]string{ "app": string(parentSvc.UID), }, } ss.Spec.Template.ObjectMeta.Labels = map[string]string{ "app": string(parentSvc.UID), } logger.Debugf("reconciling statefulset %s/%s", ss.GetNamespace(), ss.GetName()) return createOrUpdate(ctx, a.Client, a.operatorNamespace, &ss, func(s *appsv1.StatefulSet) { s.Spec = ss.Spec }) } // ptrObject is a type constraint for pointer types that implement // client.Object. type ptrObject[T any] interface { client.Object *T } // createOrUpdate adds obj to the k8s cluster, unless the object already exists, // in which case update is called to make changes to it. If update is nil, the // existing object is returned unmodified. // // obj is looked up by its Name and Namespace if Name is set, otherwise it's // looked up by labels. func createOrUpdate[T any, O ptrObject[T]](ctx context.Context, c client.Client, ns string, obj O, update func(O)) (O, error) { var ( existing O err error ) if obj.GetName() != "" { existing = new(T) existing.SetName(obj.GetName()) existing.SetNamespace(obj.GetNamespace()) err = c.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(obj), existing) } else { existing, err = getSingleObject[T, O](ctx, c, ns, obj.GetLabels()) } if err == nil && existing != nil { if update != nil { update(existing) if err := c.Update(ctx, existing); err != nil { return nil, err } } return existing, nil } if err != nil && !apierrors.IsNotFound(err) { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get object: %w", err) } if err := c.Create(ctx, obj); err != nil { return nil, err } return obj, nil } // getSingleObject searches for k8s objects of type T // (e.g. corev1.Service) with the given labels, and returns // it. Returns nil if no objects match the labels, and an error if // more than one object matches. func getSingleObject[T any, O ptrObject[T]](ctx context.Context, c client.Client, ns string, labels map[string]string) (O, error) { ret := O(new(T)) kinds, _, err := c.Scheme().ObjectKinds(ret) if err != nil { return nil, err } if len(kinds) != 1 { // TODO: the runtime package apparently has a "pick the best // GVK" function somewhere that might be good enough? return nil, fmt.Errorf("more than 1 GroupVersionKind for %T", ret) } gvk := kinds[0] gvk.Kind += "List" lst := unstructured.UnstructuredList{} lst.SetGroupVersionKind(gvk) if err := c.List(ctx, &lst, client.InNamespace(ns), client.MatchingLabels(labels)); err != nil { return nil, err } if len(lst.Items) == 0 { return nil, nil } if len(lst.Items) > 1 { return nil, fmt.Errorf("found multiple matching %T objects", ret) } if err := c.Scheme().Convert(&lst.Items[0], ret, nil); err != nil { return nil, err } return ret, nil } func defaultEnv(envName, defVal string) string { v := os.Getenv(envName) if v == "" { return defVal } return v } func nameForService(svc *corev1.Service) (string, error) { if h, ok := svc.Annotations[AnnotationHostname]; ok { if err := dnsname.ValidLabel(h); err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid Tailscale hostname %q: %w", h, err) } return h, nil } return svc.Namespace + "-" + svc.Name, nil }