// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
package ipnserver
import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"errors"
"fmt"
"io"
"net"
"net/http"
"os/user"
"strconv"
"strings"
"sync"
"sync/atomic"
"time"
"unicode"
"tailscale.com/envknob"
"tailscale.com/ipn"
"tailscale.com/ipn/ipnauth"
"tailscale.com/ipn/ipnlocal"
"tailscale.com/ipn/localapi"
"tailscale.com/net/netmon"
"tailscale.com/types/logger"
"tailscale.com/types/logid"
"tailscale.com/util/mak"
"tailscale.com/util/set"
"tailscale.com/util/systemd"
)
// Server is an IPN backend and its set of 0 or more active localhost
// TCP or unix socket connections talking to that backend.
type Server struct {
lb atomic.Pointer[ipnlocal.LocalBackend]
logf logger.Logf
netMon *netmon.Monitor // must be non-nil
backendLogID logid.PublicID
// resetOnZero is whether to call bs.Reset on transition from
// 1->0 active HTTP requests. That is, this is whether the backend is
// being run in "client mode" that requires an active GUI
// connection (such as on Windows by default). Even if this
// is true, the ForceDaemon pref can override this.
resetOnZero bool
// mu guards the fields that follow.
// lock order: mu, then LocalBackend.mu
mu sync.Mutex
lastUserID ipn.WindowsUserID // tracks last userid; on change, Reset state for paranoia
activeReqs map[*http.Request]*ipnauth.ConnIdentity
backendWaiter waiterSet // of LocalBackend waiters
zeroReqWaiter waiterSet // of blockUntilZeroConnections waiters
}
func (s *Server) mustBackend() *ipnlocal.LocalBackend {
lb := s.lb.Load()
if lb == nil {
panic("unexpected: call to mustBackend in path where SetLocalBackend should've been called")
}
return lb
}
// waiterSet is a set of callers waiting on something. Each item (map value) in
// the set is a func that wakes up that waiter's context. The waiter is responsible
// for removing itself from the set when woken up. The (*waiterSet).add method
// returns a cleanup method which does that removal. The caller than defers that
// cleanup.
//
// TODO(bradfitz): this is a generally useful pattern. Move elsewhere?
type waiterSet set.HandleSet[context.CancelFunc]
// add registers a new waiter in the set.
// It aquires mu to add the waiter, and does so again when cleanup is called to remove it.
// ready is closed when the waiter is ready (or ctx is done).
func (s *waiterSet) add(mu *sync.Mutex, ctx context.Context) (ready <-chan struct{}, cleanup func()) {
ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
hs := (*set.HandleSet[context.CancelFunc])(s) // change method set
mu.Lock()
h := hs.Add(cancel)
mu.Unlock()
return ctx.Done(), func() {
mu.Lock()
delete(*hs, h)
mu.Unlock()
cancel()
}
}
// wakeAll wakes up all waiters in the set.
func (w waiterSet) wakeAll() {
for _, cancel := range w {
cancel() // they'll remove themselves
}
}
func (s *Server) awaitBackend(ctx context.Context) (_ *ipnlocal.LocalBackend, ok bool) {
lb := s.lb.Load()
if lb != nil {
return lb, true
}
ready, cleanup := s.backendWaiter.add(&s.mu, ctx)
defer cleanup()
// Try again, now that we've registered, in case there was a
// race.
lb = s.lb.Load()
if lb != nil {
return lb, true
}
<-ready
lb = s.lb.Load()
return lb, lb != nil
}
// serveServerStatus serves the /server-status endpoint which reports whether
// the LocalBackend is up yet.
// This is primarily for the Windows GUI, because wintun can take awhile to
// come up. See https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/6522.
func (s *Server) serveServerStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
ctx := r.Context()
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
var res struct {
Error string `json:"error,omitempty"`
}
lb := s.lb.Load()
if lb == nil {
w.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
if wait, _ := strconv.ParseBool(r.FormValue("wait")); wait {
w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
lb, _ = s.awaitBackend(ctx)
}
}
if lb == nil {
res.Error = "backend not ready"
}
json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(res)
}
func (s *Server) serveHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
ctx := r.Context()
if r.Method == "CONNECT" {
if envknob.GOOS() == "windows" {
// For the GUI client when using an exit node. See docs on handleProxyConnectConn.
s.handleProxyConnectConn(w, r)
} else {
http.Error(w, "bad method for platform", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
}
return
}
// Check for this method before the awaitBackend call, as it reports whether
// the backend is available.
if r.Method == "GET" && r.URL.Path == "/server-status" {
s.serveServerStatus(w, r)
return
}
lb, ok := s.awaitBackend(ctx)
if !ok {
// Almost certainly because the context was canceled so the response
// here doesn't really matter. The client is gone.
http.Error(w, "no backend", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
return
}
var ci *ipnauth.ConnIdentity
switch v := r.Context().Value(connIdentityContextKey{}).(type) {
case *ipnauth.ConnIdentity:
ci = v
case error:
http.Error(w, v.Error(), http.StatusUnauthorized)
return
case nil:
http.Error(w, "internal error: no connIdentityContextKey", http.StatusInternalServerError)
return
}
onDone, err := s.addActiveHTTPRequest(r, ci)
if err != nil {
if ou, ok := err.(inUseOtherUserError); ok && localapi.InUseOtherUserIPNStream(w, r, ou.Unwrap()) {
w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
s.blockWhileIdentityInUse(ctx, ci)
return
}
http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusUnauthorized)
return
}
defer onDone()
if strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/localapi/") {
lah := localapi.NewHandler(lb, s.logf, s.backendLogID)
lah.PermitRead, lah.PermitWrite = s.localAPIPermissions(ci)
lah.PermitCert = s.connCanFetchCerts(ci)
lah.ConnIdentity = ci
lah.ServeHTTP(w, r)
return
}
if r.URL.Path != "/" {
http.NotFound(w, r)
return
}
if envknob.GOOS() == "windows" {
// TODO(bradfitz): remove this once we moved to named pipes for LocalAPI
// on Windows. This could then move to all platforms instead at
// 100.100.100.100 or something (quad100 handler in LocalAPI)
s.ServeHTMLStatus(w, r)
return
}
io.WriteString(w, "
TailscaleTailscale
This is the local Tailscale daemon.\n")
}
// inUseOtherUserError is the error type for when the server is in use
// by a different local user.
type inUseOtherUserError struct{ error }
func (e inUseOtherUserError) Unwrap() error { return e.error }
// checkConnIdentityLocked checks whether the provided identity is
// allowed to connect to the server.
//
// The returned error, when non-nil, will be of type inUseOtherUserError.
//
// s.mu must be held.
func (s *Server) checkConnIdentityLocked(ci *ipnauth.ConnIdentity) error {
// If clients are already connected, verify they're the same user.
// This mostly matters on Windows at the moment.
if len(s.activeReqs) > 0 {
var active *ipnauth.ConnIdentity
for _, active = range s.activeReqs {
break
}
if active != nil {
chkTok, err := ci.WindowsToken()
if err == nil {
defer chkTok.Close()
} else if !errors.Is(err, ipnauth.ErrNotImplemented) {
return err
}
// Always allow Windows SYSTEM user to connect,
// even if Tailscale is currently being used by another user.
if chkTok != nil && chkTok.IsLocalSystem() {
return nil
}
activeTok, err := active.WindowsToken()
if err == nil {
defer activeTok.Close()
} else if !errors.Is(err, ipnauth.ErrNotImplemented) {
return err
}
if chkTok != nil && !chkTok.EqualUIDs(activeTok) {
var b strings.Builder
b.WriteString("Tailscale already in use")
if username, err := activeTok.Username(); err == nil {
fmt.Fprintf(&b, " by %s", username)
}
fmt.Fprintf(&b, ", pid %d", active.Pid())
return inUseOtherUserError{errors.New(b.String())}
}
}
}
if err := s.mustBackend().CheckIPNConnectionAllowed(ci); err != nil {
return inUseOtherUserError{err}
}
return nil
}
// blockWhileIdentityInUse blocks while ci can't connect to the server because
// the server is in use by a different user.
//
// This is primarily used for the Windows GUI, to block until one user's done
// controlling the tailscaled process.
func (s *Server) blockWhileIdentityInUse(ctx context.Context, ci *ipnauth.ConnIdentity) error {
inUse := func() bool {
s.mu.Lock()
defer s.mu.Unlock()
_, ok := s.checkConnIdentityLocked(ci).(inUseOtherUserError)
return ok
}
for inUse() {
// Check whenever the connection count drops down to zero.
ready, cleanup := s.zeroReqWaiter.add(&s.mu, ctx)
<-ready
cleanup()
if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
return err
}
}
return nil
}
// localAPIPermissions returns the permissions for the given identity accessing
// the Tailscale local daemon API.
//
// s.mu must not be held.
func (s *Server) localAPIPermissions(ci *ipnauth.ConnIdentity) (read, write bool) {
switch envknob.GOOS() {
case "windows":
s.mu.Lock()
defer s.mu.Unlock()
if s.checkConnIdentityLocked(ci) == nil {
return true, true
}
return false, false
case "js":
return true, true
}
if ci.IsUnixSock() {
return true, !ci.IsReadonlyConn(s.mustBackend().OperatorUserID(), logger.Discard)
}
return false, false
}
// userIDFromString maps from either a numeric user id in string form
// ("998") or username ("caddy") to its string userid ("998").
// It returns the empty string on error.
func userIDFromString(v string) string {
if v == "" || isAllDigit(v) {
return v
}
u, err := user.Lookup(v)
if err != nil {
return ""
}
return u.Uid
}
func isAllDigit(s string) bool {
for i := range len(s) {
if b := s[i]; b < '0' || b > '9' {
return false
}
}
return true
}
// connCanFetchCerts reports whether ci is allowed to fetch HTTPS
// certs from this server when it wouldn't otherwise be able to.
//
// That is, this reports whether ci should grant additional
// capabilities over what the conn would otherwise be able to do.
//
// For now this only returns true on Unix machines when
// TS_PERMIT_CERT_UID is set the to the userid of the peer
// connection. It's intended to give your non-root webserver access
// (www-data, caddy, nginx, etc) to certs.
func (s *Server) connCanFetchCerts(ci *ipnauth.ConnIdentity) bool {
if ci.IsUnixSock() && ci.Creds() != nil {
connUID, ok := ci.Creds().UserID()
if ok && connUID == userIDFromString(envknob.String("TS_PERMIT_CERT_UID")) {
return true
}
}
return false
}
// addActiveHTTPRequest adds c to the server's list of active HTTP requests.
//
// If the returned error may be of type inUseOtherUserError.
//
// onDone must be called when the HTTP request is done.
func (s *Server) addActiveHTTPRequest(req *http.Request, ci *ipnauth.ConnIdentity) (onDone func(), err error) {
if ci == nil {
return nil, errors.New("internal error: nil connIdentity")
}
lb := s.mustBackend()
// If the connected user changes, reset the backend server state to make
// sure node keys don't leak between users.
var doReset bool
defer func() {
if doReset {
s.logf("identity changed; resetting server")
lb.ResetForClientDisconnect()
}
}()
s.mu.Lock()
defer s.mu.Unlock()
if err := s.checkConnIdentityLocked(ci); err != nil {
return nil, err
}
mak.Set(&s.activeReqs, req, ci)
if len(s.activeReqs) == 1 {
token, err := ci.WindowsToken()
if err != nil {
if !errors.Is(err, ipnauth.ErrNotImplemented) {
s.logf("error obtaining access token: %v", err)
}
} else if !token.IsLocalSystem() {
// Tell the LocalBackend about the identity we're now running as,
// unless its the SYSTEM user. That user is not a real account and
// doesn't have a home directory.
uid, err := lb.SetCurrentUser(token)
if err != nil {
token.Close()
return nil, err
}
if s.lastUserID != uid {
if s.lastUserID != "" {
doReset = true
}
s.lastUserID = uid
}
}
}
onDone = func() {
s.mu.Lock()
delete(s.activeReqs, req)
remain := len(s.activeReqs)
s.mu.Unlock()
if remain == 0 && s.resetOnZero {
if lb.InServerMode() {
s.logf("client disconnected; staying alive in server mode")
} else {
s.logf("client disconnected; stopping server")
lb.ResetForClientDisconnect()
}
}
// Wake up callers waiting for the server to be idle:
if remain == 0 {
s.mu.Lock()
s.zeroReqWaiter.wakeAll()
s.mu.Unlock()
}
}
return onDone, nil
}
// New returns a new Server.
//
// To start it, use the Server.Run method.
//
// At some point, either before or after Run, the Server's SetLocalBackend
// method must also be called before Server can do anything useful.
func New(logf logger.Logf, logID logid.PublicID, netMon *netmon.Monitor) *Server {
if netMon == nil {
panic("nil netMon")
}
return &Server{
backendLogID: logID,
logf: logf,
netMon: netMon,
resetOnZero: envknob.GOOS() == "windows",
}
}
// SetLocalBackend sets the server's LocalBackend.
//
// It should only call be called after calling lb.Start.
func (s *Server) SetLocalBackend(lb *ipnlocal.LocalBackend) {
if lb == nil {
panic("nil LocalBackend")
}
if !s.lb.CompareAndSwap(nil, lb) {
panic("already set")
}
s.mu.Lock()
s.backendWaiter.wakeAll()
s.mu.Unlock()
// TODO(bradfitz): send status update to GUI long poller waiter. See
// https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/6522
}
// connIdentityContextKey is the http.Request.Context's context.Value key for either an
// *ipnauth.ConnIdentity or an error.
type connIdentityContextKey struct{}
// Run runs the server, accepting connections from ln forever.
//
// If the context is done, the listener is closed. It is also the base context
// of all HTTP requests.
//
// If the Server's LocalBackend has already been set, Run starts it.
// Otherwise, the next call to SetLocalBackend will start it.
func (s *Server) Run(ctx context.Context, ln net.Listener) error {
defer func() {
if lb := s.lb.Load(); lb != nil {
lb.Shutdown()
}
}()
runDone := make(chan struct{})
defer close(runDone)
// When the context is closed or when we return, whichever is first, close our listener
// and all open connections.
go func() {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
case <-runDone:
}
ln.Close()
}()
systemd.Ready()
hs := &http.Server{
Handler: http.HandlerFunc(s.serveHTTP),
BaseContext: func(_ net.Listener) context.Context { return ctx },
ConnContext: func(ctx context.Context, c net.Conn) context.Context {
ci, err := ipnauth.GetConnIdentity(s.logf, c)
if err != nil {
return context.WithValue(ctx, connIdentityContextKey{}, err)
}
return context.WithValue(ctx, connIdentityContextKey{}, ci)
},
// Localhost connections are cheap; so only do
// keep-alives for a short period of time, as these
// active connections lock the server into only serving
// that user. If the user has this page open, we don't
// want another switching user to be locked out for
// minutes. 5 seconds is enough to let browser hit
// favicon.ico and such.
IdleTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
ErrorLog: logger.StdLogger(logger.WithPrefix(s.logf, "ipnserver: ")),
}
if err := hs.Serve(ln); err != nil {
if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
return err
}
return err
}
return nil
}
// ServeHTMLStatus serves an HTML status page at http://localhost:41112/ for
// Windows and via $DEBUG_LISTENER/debug/ipn when tailscaled's --debug flag
// is used to run a debug server.
func (s *Server) ServeHTMLStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
lb := s.lb.Load()
if lb == nil {
http.Error(w, "no LocalBackend", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
return
}
// As this is only meant for debug, verify there's no DNS name being used to
// access this.
if !strings.HasPrefix(r.Host, "localhost:") && strings.IndexFunc(r.Host, unicode.IsLetter) != -1 {
http.Error(w, "invalid host", http.StatusForbidden)
return
}
w.Header().Set("Content-Security-Policy", `default-src 'none'; frame-ancestors 'none'; script-src 'none'; script-src-elem 'none'; script-src-attr 'none'`)
w.Header().Set("X-Frame-Options", "DENY")
w.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
st := lb.Status()
// TODO(bradfitz): add LogID and opts to st?
st.WriteHTML(w)
}