Merge branch 'main' into ts2021-implementation

docs/running-headscale-container.md

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ not work with alternatives like [Podman](https://podman.io). The Docker image ca
 1. Prepare a directory on the host Docker node in your directory of choice, used to hold `headscale` configuration and the [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/) database:
 
 ```shell
-mkdir ./headscale && cd ./headscale
+mkdir -p ./headscale/config
-mkdir ./config
+cd ./headscale
 ```
 
 2. Create an empty SQlite datebase in the headscale directory:
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ touch ./config/config.yaml
 ```
 
 Modify the config file to your preferences before launching Docker container.
+Here are some settings that you likely want:
+
+```yaml
+server_url: http://your-host-name:8080 # Change to your hostname or host IP
+# Listen to 0.0.0.0 so it's accessible outside the container
+metrics_listen_addr: 0.0.0.0:9090
+# The default /var/lib/headscale path is not writable in the container
+private_key_path: /etc/headscale/private.key
+# The default /var/lib/headscale path is not writable  in the container
+db_path: /etc/headscale/db.sqlite
+```
 
 4. Start the headscale server while working in the host headscale directory:
 
@@ -61,6 +72,8 @@ docker run \
 
 ```
 
+Note: use `0.0.0.0:8080:8080` instead of `127.0.0.1:8080:8080` if you want to expose the container externally.
+
 This command will mount `config/` under `/etc/headscale`, forward port 8080 out of the container so the
 `headscale` instance becomes available and then detach so headscale runs in the background.
 
@@ -87,7 +100,8 @@ curl http://127.0.0.1:9090/metrics
 6. Create a namespace ([tailnet](https://tailscale.com/kb/1136/tailnet/)):
 
 ```shell
-docker exec headscale -- headscale namespaces create myfirstnamespace
+docker exec headscale \
+  headscale namespaces create myfirstnamespace
 ```
 
 ### Register a machine (normal login)
@@ -101,7 +115,7 @@ tailscale up --login-server YOUR_HEADSCALE_URL
 To register a machine when running `headscale` in a container, take the headscale command and pass it to the container:
 
 ```shell
-docker exec headscale -- \
+docker exec headscale \
   headscale --namespace myfirstnamespace nodes register --key <YOU_+MACHINE_KEY>
 ```
 
@@ -110,7 +124,7 @@ docker exec headscale -- \
 Generate a key using the command line:
 
 ```shell
-docker exec headscale -- \
+docker exec headscale \
   headscale --namespace myfirstnamespace preauthkeys create --reusable --expiration 24h
 ```