Refactor Debian/Ubuntu package

Move files for packaging outside the docs directory into its own
packaging directory. Replace the existing postinstall and postremove
scripts with Debian maintainerscripts to behave more like a typical
Debian package:

* Start and enable the headscale systemd service by default
* Does not print informational messages
* No longer stop and disable the service on updates

This package also performs migrations for all changes done in previous
package versions on upgrade:

* Set login shell to /usr/sbin/nologin
* Set home directory to /var/lib/headscale
* Migrate to system UID/GID

The package is lintian-clean with a few exceptions that are documented
as excludes and it passes puipars (both tested on Debian 12).

The following scenarious were tested on Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04,
Debian 11, Debian 12:

* Install
* Install same version again
* Install -> Remove -> Install
* Install -> Purge -> Install
* Purge
* Update from 0.22.0
* Update from 0.26.0

See: #2278
See: #2133
Fixes: #2311
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Florian Preinstorfer 2025-05-16 17:59:57 +02:00 committed by nblock
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# Packaging
We use [nFPM](https://nfpm.goreleaser.com/) for making `.deb`, `.rpm` and `.apk`.
This folder contains files we need to package with these releases.

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[Unit]
After=syslog.target
After=network.target
Description=headscale coordination server for Tailscale
X-Restart-Triggers=/etc/headscale/config.yaml
[Service]
Type=simple
User=headscale
Group=headscale
ExecStart=/usr/bin/headscale serve
ExecReload=/usr/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/headscale
ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/headscale /var/run
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_CHOWN
CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE CAP_CHOWN
LockPersonality=true
NoNewPrivileges=true
PrivateDevices=true
PrivateMounts=true
PrivateTmp=true
ProcSubset=pid
ProtectClock=true
ProtectControlGroups=true
ProtectHome=true
ProtectHostname=true
ProtectKernelLogs=true
ProtectKernelModules=true
ProtectKernelTunables=true
ProtectProc=invisible
ProtectSystem=strict
RemoveIPC=true
RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_UNIX
RestrictNamespaces=true
RestrictRealtime=true
RestrictSUIDSGID=true
RuntimeDirectory=headscale
RuntimeDirectoryMode=0750
StateDirectory=headscale
StateDirectoryMode=0750
SystemCallArchitectures=native
SystemCallFilter=@chown
SystemCallFilter=@system-service
SystemCallFilter=~@privileged
UMask=0077
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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#!/bin/sh
# Determine OS platform
# shellcheck source=/dev/null
. /etc/os-release
HEADSCALE_EXE="/usr/bin/headscale"
BSD_HIER=""
HEADSCALE_RUN_DIR="/var/run/headscale"
HEADSCALE_HOME_DIR="/var/lib/headscale"
HEADSCALE_USER="headscale"
HEADSCALE_GROUP="headscale"
HEADSCALE_SHELL="/usr/sbin/nologin"
ensure_sudo() {
if [ "$(id -u)" = "0" ]; then
echo "Sudo permissions detected"
else
echo "No sudo permission detected, please run as sudo"
exit 1
fi
}
ensure_headscale_path() {
if [ ! -f "$HEADSCALE_EXE" ]; then
echo "headscale not in default path, exiting..."
exit 1
fi
printf "Found headscale %s\n" "$HEADSCALE_EXE"
}
create_headscale_user() {
printf "PostInstall: Adding headscale user %s\n" "$HEADSCALE_USER"
useradd -r -s "$HEADSCALE_SHELL" -d "$HEADSCALE_HOME_DIR" -c "headscale default user" "$HEADSCALE_USER"
}
create_headscale_group() {
if command -V systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
printf "PostInstall: Adding headscale group %s\n" "$HEADSCALE_GROUP"
groupadd -r "$HEADSCALE_GROUP"
printf "PostInstall: Adding headscale user %s to group %s\n" "$HEADSCALE_USER" "$HEADSCALE_GROUP"
usermod -a -G "$HEADSCALE_GROUP" "$HEADSCALE_USER"
fi
if [ "$ID" = "alpine" ]; then
printf "PostInstall: Adding headscale group %s\n" "$HEADSCALE_GROUP"
addgroup -S "$HEADSCALE_GROUP"
printf "PostInstall: Adding headscale user %s to group %s\n" "$HEADSCALE_USER" "$HEADSCALE_GROUP"
addgroup "$HEADSCALE_USER" "$HEADSCALE_GROUP"
fi
}
create_run_dir() {
printf "PostInstall: Creating headscale run directory \n"
mkdir -p "$HEADSCALE_RUN_DIR"
printf "PostInstall: Modifying group ownership of headscale run directory \n"
chown "$HEADSCALE_USER":"$HEADSCALE_GROUP" "$HEADSCALE_RUN_DIR"
}
summary() {
echo "----------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo " headscale package has been successfully installed."
echo ""
echo " Please follow the next steps to start the software:"
echo ""
echo " sudo systemctl enable headscale"
echo " sudo systemctl start headscale"
echo ""
echo " Configuration settings can be adjusted here:"
echo " ${BSD_HIER}/etc/headscale/config.yaml"
echo ""
echo "----------------------------------------------------------------------"
}
#
# Main body of the script
#
{
ensure_sudo
ensure_headscale_path
create_headscale_user
create_headscale_group
create_run_dir
summary
}

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#!/bin/sh
# Determine OS platform
# shellcheck source=/dev/null
. /etc/os-release
if command -V systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Stop and disable headscale service"
systemctl stop headscale >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
systemctl disable headscale >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
echo "Running daemon-reload"
systemctl daemon-reload || true
fi
echo "Removing run directory"
rm -rf "/var/run/headscale.sock"

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sudo nano /etc/headscale/config.yaml
```
1. Copy [headscale's systemd service file](../../packaging/headscale.systemd.service) to
`/etc/systemd/system/headscale.service` and adjust it to suit your local setup. The following parameters likely need
1. Copy [headscale's systemd service file](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/main/packaging/systemd/headscale.service)
to `/etc/systemd/system/headscale.service` and adjust it to suit your local setup. The following parameters likely need
to be modified: `ExecStart`, `WorkingDirectory`, `ReadWritePaths`.
1. In `/etc/headscale/config.yaml`, override the default `headscale` unix socket with a path that is writable by the