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Self-hosted: keep the dashboard and API private - #1101
New page: Self-hosted → Maintenance → Keep the Self-Hosted Dashboard and API Private (src/pages/selfhosted/maintenance/private-management-plane.mdx, plus its navigation entry). It covers:
which endpoints must stay public for clients (Management, Signal, /relay, /oauth2, STUN, and on Enterprise /flow.FlowService/), with what breaks if each one is blocked;
which can be restricted to allowlisted addresses or NetBird (the dashboard, /api, /ws-proxy/, /management.ProxyService/);
a Traefik file-provider config that does the split with ipAllowList routers;
optional public exceptions (the invite link, SSO on NetBird Proxy services, SCIM from a cloud identity provider);
allowlist pitfalls with routing peers and exit nodes, and a load balancer with PROXY protocol in front of Traefik;
reaching the private dashboard over NetBird through a route rather than DNS;
checks to run after setup.
selfhosted/external-reverse-proxy.mdx: one sentence linking the new page.
selfhosted/selfhosted-quickstart.mdx: TCP 80 is optional. The quickstart's Traefik gets and renews its certificate through TLS-ALPN-01 on 443; without port 80, only the HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect stops working.
selfhosted/migration/enable-reverse-proxy.mdx: a warning for servers upgraded with migrate-to-enterprise.sh. When the script's PostgreSQL step has run, the server uses config.yaml.enterprise, and a proxy token created with --config /etc/netbird/config.yaml goes into the old SQLite store. The proxy then fails with invalid token.
Mechanism and sources (v0.82.0)
combined/cmd/root.go: one netbird-server process serves gRPC, /ws-proxy/, /relay, /oauth2 and the API, with no check on the request's source address. That leaves the reverse proxy as the only place where the split can be made.
client/grpc/dialer_generic.go (!js build): installed clients never use /ws-proxy/. Only the browser client behind browser SSH and RDP does.
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Documentation
Added a self-hosted maintenance guide covering dashboard and API access controls, Traefik configuration, verification, and remote administration.
Added navigation to the guide and a link from the reverse-proxy documentation.
Clarified which configuration file to use for token commands after migration when the running server uses a different file.
Updated self-hosted quick-start network requirements: TCP port 443 and UDP port 3478 must be publicly accessible. Port 80 must be free for Traefik; it need not be publicly accessible with built-in Traefik. Other reverse proxies may have different certificate requirements.
…oxy token after Enterprise migration
- New page selfhosted/maintenance/private-management-plane: which endpoints
must stay public for clients, which can be restricted to allowlisted
addresses or NetBird, and the Traefik routers that make the split.
- external-reverse-proxy: link to the new page.
- selfhosted-quickstart: TCP 80 is optional (TLS-ALPN-01 on 443).
- enable-reverse-proxy: create the proxy token against config.yaml.enterprise
after migrate-to-enterprise.sh switched the server to it.
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The documentation adds instructions for restricting access to self-hosted dashboard and administrative endpoints while preserving client connectivity. It also updates navigation, proxy migration token instructions, and quickstart port requirements.
Changes: Self-hosted proxy documentation
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Endpoint model and Traefik routing src/pages/selfhosted/maintenance/private-management-plane.mdx, src/components/NavigationDocs.jsx, src/pages/selfhosted/external-reverse-proxy.mdx
The guide describes endpoint access rules, Traefik routing, and optional public routes. Navigation and the external reverse-proxy page link to the guide.
Administrator access and verification src/pages/selfhosted/maintenance/private-management-plane.mdx
The guide documents load-balancer address handling, routing-peer access, and verification checks.
Ports and token configuration src/pages/selfhosted/selfhosted-quickstart.mdx, src/pages/agent-network/quickstart.mdx, src/pages/selfhosted/migration/enable-reverse-proxy.mdx
The quickstarts update port requirements and describe the built-in proxy’s certificate flow. The migration guide explains how to identify the active server configuration path for token operations.
netbirdio/docs#891: Documents reverse-proxy routes for combined-container deployments, which this change references while adding management-endpoint restrictions.
Suggested reviewers:emrcbrn, techhuttv, jnfrati
Merge Risk: Low · previous review c9479
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A rabbit checks the routes at night, The dashboard stays beyond the gate. The clients travel on their way, While ports and proxy rules stay straight. A config path keeps tokens right, And docs guide every hop today.
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- Around line 156-160: Update the documentation around the Traefik `rule` for
the `/invite` exception to warn that, when `AUTH_CLIENT_SECRET` is set, exposing
this route publicly can expose the configured secret in a dashboard JavaScript
bundle. Advise deployments that must keep the secret private to keep the invite
exception internal.
- Around line 128-133: Update the dashboard service references in both dashboard
routers, including private-dashboard, to use the configured Docker-provider
service name netbird-dashboard@docker; preserve the admin-only middleware on the
private router.
- Around line 105-110: Update the Traefik examples around the admin-only and
deny-all middleware to state that readers must replace websecure with their
configured HTTPS entrypoint and letsencrypt with their configured certificate
resolver throughout the examples, so the routers match their existing
configuration.
Review comments at @src/pages/selfhosted/migration/enable-reverse-proxy.mdx:
- Line 86: Update the migration instructions around the `list` and `revoke`
commands so administrators select the token config based on the migrated
server’s actual startup arguments, including when the command is not an exact
match. Do not default to `config.yaml` for every other output; ensure the
selected config matches the server’s active PostgreSQL-backed configuration.
Review comments at @src/pages/selfhosted/selfhosted-quickstart.mdx:
- Line 17: Update the self-hosted quickstart’s default Traefik port guidance to
distinguish public access from local availability: port 80 need not be publicly
accessible, but it must be free on the host because the default installation
binds it. Preserve the existing explanation of port 443 and certificate handling
for alternative reverse proxies.
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- Line 73: Update the warning in the dashboard static-files discussion to refer
to the dashboard container’s effective AUTH_CLIENT_SECRET, including values
supplied by Compose environment overrides, rather than only dashboard.env;
preserve the guidance to keep invite routes internal when that value is
nonempty.
- Line 148: Clarify the existing-Traefik guidance around the generated labels:
when adding ProxyService to the original gRPC router, set the netbird-grpc
router priority to 100 so it stays below the private-proxy-service allowlist
router. Keep the change limited to the relevant setup instructions.
- Line 148: Update the Traefik dashboard service guidance in the quickstart
example and step 3 to direct readers to check their active labels and use the
matching service name; deployments using the labels in configuration-files.mdx
must use netbird-dashboard@docker. Preserve the existing instructions for
choosing the entrypoint and certificate resolver.
- Line 148: Update the port 80 guidance and recap in the Traefik setup
instructions to distinguish the quickstart’s built-in resolver from an existing
Traefik resolver: clarify that port 80 must remain publicly reachable when the
existing resolver uses HTTP-01, so certificates can be issued and renewed.
- Line 25: Update the external relay port guidance in this section to document
the relay’s advertised port and enabled transports, rather than implying every
external relay uses 443. Retain TCP 443 in the requirements when certificate
validation requires it, and keep the existing UDP 3478 STUN guidance.
- Line 25: Update the external relay guidance in this section to require
enabling and verifying STUN on each reused external relay before directing
clients to it; clarify that exposing UDP 3478 alone does not enable STUN.
Preserve the existing port and setup-link guidance.
- Line 25: Update the external relay guidance to require configuring
server.stuns with the external STUN addresses, alongside
server.relays.addresses, before closing UDP 3478 on the original server. Make
clear that external STUN configuration is needed for clients to retain direct
NAT traversal.
Review comments at @src/pages/selfhosted/migration/enable-reverse-proxy.mdx:
- Line 86: Update the token creation, listing, and revocation instructions to
use the active config path supplied to the server with --config, rather than
directing operators to config.yaml or assuming config.yaml.enterprise; preserve
the existing guidance for cases where no custom path is configured.
- Line 86: Update the migration instructions before the token commands to check
both the container entrypoint and `Config.Cmd` for the active config argument;
do not rely on `Config.Cmd` alone. Select the `config.yaml.enterprise` token
commands when the active config is enterprise, and use the existing fallback
only when it is not.
- Line 78: Update the `config.yaml.enterprise` guidance to recommend using the
active server configuration for token creation and management, but make the
SQLite-to-PostgreSQL explanation conditional on an actual migration. Clarify
that enabling traffic flow may create the enterprise configuration without
changing storage when PostgreSQL was already in use.
Review comments at @src/pages/selfhosted/selfhosted-quickstart.mdx:
- Line 17: Update the Agent Network quickstart’s port requirement to say public
TCP port 80 is optional because the bundled setup uses it only for HTTP-to-HTTPS
redirects, while still requiring port 80 to be free on the VM. Preserve the
existing requirements for other ports.
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- Line 152: Update the Traefik guidance for private-dashboard to cover
public-invite-page when enabled in step 3. Instruct users to set both routers to
the dashboard service name from the Docker Compose service label, followed by
@docker, preserving the documented name variations for the two Traefik setups.
Review comments at @src/pages/selfhosted/migration/enable-reverse-proxy.mdx:
- Line 78: Update the reverse-proxy migration instructions to tell
administrators that when `--config` appears more than once, the server uses the
last value; use that effective config path consistently in the `create`, `list`,
and `revoke` commands.
- Around line 75-78: Update the migration guidance around the `docker inspect`
command to explain how to determine the effective config path when a shell
wrapper shows `$CONFIG_PATH` instead of its resolved value. Direct
administrators to inspect the running server’s wrapper or environment to
identify the actual config file, then use that path consistently in the
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- Line 75: Update the `docker top netbird-server` process listing to show the
complete server command without truncation before the administrator selects the
config; use the untruncated procps options on hosts that support them.
- Line 75: Update the reverse-proxy migration instructions so the netbird-server
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- Line 78: Update the token-management instructions around the `netbird-server`
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running server, not merely the same config path. Account for startup-script
overrides when `server.store.dsn` is empty, and establish how the CLI receives
the server’s selected database settings before directing users to create, list,
or revoke tokens.
- Line 78: Update the `netbird-server` command guidance in the reverse-proxy
migration instructions to resolve relative `--config` paths against the running
server’s working directory and use the resulting absolute path in the token
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src/pages/selfhosted/maintenance/private-management-plane.mdx, plus its navigation entry). It covers:/relay,/oauth2, STUN, and on Enterprise/flow.FlowService/), with what breaks if each one is blocked;/api,/ws-proxy/,/management.ProxyService/);ipAllowListrouters;selfhosted/external-reverse-proxy.mdx: one sentence linking the new page.selfhosted/selfhosted-quickstart.mdx: TCP 80 is optional. The quickstart's Traefik gets and renews its certificate through TLS-ALPN-01 on 443; without port 80, only the HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect stops working.selfhosted/migration/enable-reverse-proxy.mdx: a warning for servers upgraded withmigrate-to-enterprise.sh. When the script's PostgreSQL step has run, the server usesconfig.yaml.enterprise, and a proxy token created with--config /etc/netbird/config.yamlgoes into the old SQLite store. The proxy then fails withinvalid token.Mechanism and sources (v0.82.0)
combined/cmd/root.go: onenetbird-serverprocess serves gRPC,/ws-proxy/,/relay,/oauth2and the API, with no check on the request's source address. That leaves the reverse proxy as the only place where the split can be made.client/grpc/dialer_generic.go(!jsbuild): installed clients never use/ws-proxy/. Only the browser client behind browser SSH and RDP does.management/server/http/handler.go: the invite endpoints and/api/reverse-proxy/callbackneed no login.infrastructure_files/getting-started.sh: the quickstart's Traefik routers and priorities, and thetlschallengecertificate resolver.infrastructure_files/migrate-to-enterprise.sh: runsdocker compose up -dwithout-f, and switches the server toconfig.yaml.enterprisewhen the PostgreSQL step runs.client/internal/dns/handler_chain.goandclient/internal/dns/mgmt/mgmt.go: the client answers its own server's name from a cache that outranks custom zones and nameservers and refreshes every 5 minutes.Verified on NetBird v0.82.0 (Community, and Enterprise after
migrate-to-enterprise.sh), Traefik v3.7.14 and the embedded identity provider, with Linux and Windows clients.Summary by CodeRabbit