cmd/k8s-operator,k8s-operator: Allow the use of multiple tailnets (#18344)

This commit contains  the implementation of multi-tailnet support within the Kubernetes Operator

Each of our custom resources now expose the `spec.tailnet` field. This field is a string that must match the name of an existing `Tailnet` resource. A `Tailnet` resource looks like this:

```yaml
apiVersion: tailscale.com/v1alpha1
kind: Tailnet
metadata:
  name: example  # This is the name that must be referenced by other resources
spec:
  credentials:
    secretName: example-oauth
```

Each `Tailnet` references a `Secret` resource that contains a set of oauth credentials. This secret must be created in the same namespace as the operator:

```yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: example-oauth # This is the name that's referenced by the Tailnet resource.
  namespace: tailscale
stringData:
  client_id: "client-id"
  client_secret: "client-secret"
```

When created, the operator performs a basic check that the oauth client has access to all required scopes. This is done using read actions on devices, keys & services. While this doesn't capture a missing "write" permission, it catches completely missing permissions. Once this check passes, the `Tailnet` moves into a ready state and can be referenced. Attempting to use a `Tailnet` in a non-ready state will stall the deployment of `Connector`s, `ProxyGroup`s and `Recorder`s until the `Tailnet` becomes ready.

The `spec.tailnet` field informs the operator that a `Connector`, `ProxyGroup`, or `Recorder` must be given an auth key generated using the specified oauth client. For backwards compatibility, the set of credentials the operator is configured with are considered the default. That is, where `spec.tailnet` is not set, the resource will be deployed in the same tailnet as the operator. 

Updates https://github.com/tailscale/corp/issues/34561
This commit is contained in:
David Bond
2026-01-21 12:35:44 +00:00
committed by GitHub
parent e30626c480
commit 2cb86cf65e
31 changed files with 1737 additions and 71 deletions
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
/proxyclass.yaml
/proxygroup.yaml
/recorder.yaml
/tailnet.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ rules:
- apiGroups: ["tailscale.com"]
resources: ["dnsconfigs", "dnsconfigs/status"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update"]
- apiGroups: ["tailscale.com"]
resources: ["tailnets", "tailnets/status"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update"]
- apiGroups: ["tailscale.com"]
resources: ["recorders", "recorders/status"]
verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "update"]
@@ -181,6 +181,14 @@ spec:
items:
type: string
pattern: ^tag:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$
tailnet:
description: |-
Tailnet specifies the tailnet this Connector should join. If blank, the default tailnet is used. When set, this
name must match that of a valid Tailnet resource. This field is immutable and cannot be changed once set.
type: string
x-kubernetes-validations:
- rule: self == oldSelf
message: Connector tailnet is immutable
x-kubernetes-validations:
- rule: has(self.subnetRouter) || (has(self.exitNode) && self.exitNode == true) || has(self.appConnector)
message: A Connector needs to have at least one of exit node, subnet router or app connector configured.
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ spec:
items:
type: string
pattern: ^tag:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$
tailnet:
description: |-
Tailnet specifies the tailnet this ProxyGroup should join. If blank, the default tailnet is used. When set, this
name must match that of a valid Tailnet resource. This field is immutable and cannot be changed once set.
type: string
x-kubernetes-validations:
- rule: self == oldSelf
message: ProxyGroup tailnet is immutable
type:
description: |-
Type of the ProxyGroup proxies. Supported types are egress, ingress, and kube-apiserver.
@@ -1680,6 +1680,14 @@ spec:
items:
type: string
pattern: ^tag:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$
tailnet:
description: |-
Tailnet specifies the tailnet this Recorder should join. If blank, the default tailnet is used. When set, this
name must match that of a valid Tailnet resource. This field is immutable and cannot be changed once set.
type: string
x-kubernetes-validations:
- rule: self == oldSelf
message: Recorder tailnet is immutable
x-kubernetes-validations:
- rule: '!(self.replicas > 1 && (!has(self.storage) || !has(self.storage.s3)))'
message: S3 storage must be used when deploying multiple Recorder replicas
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
annotations:
controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.17.0
name: tailnets.tailscale.com
spec:
group: tailscale.com
names:
kind: Tailnet
listKind: TailnetList
plural: tailnets
shortNames:
- tn
singular: tailnet
scope: Cluster
versions:
- additionalPrinterColumns:
- jsonPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
name: Age
type: date
- description: Status of the deployed Tailnet resources.
jsonPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type == "TailnetReady")].reason
name: Status
type: string
name: v1alpha1
schema:
openAPIV3Schema:
type: object
required:
- metadata
- spec
properties:
apiVersion:
description: |-
APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object.
Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and
may reject unrecognized values.
More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources
type: string
kind:
description: |-
Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents.
Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to.
Cannot be updated.
In CamelCase.
More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
type: string
metadata:
type: object
spec:
description: |-
Spec describes the desired state of the Tailnet.
More info:
https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
type: object
required:
- credentials
properties:
credentials:
description: Denotes the location of the OAuth credentials to use for authenticating with this Tailnet.
type: object
required:
- secretName
properties:
secretName:
description: |-
The name of the secret containing the OAuth credentials. This secret must contain two fields "client_id" and
"client_secret".
type: string
loginUrl:
description: URL of the control plane to be used by all resources managed by the operator using this Tailnet.
type: string
status:
description: |-
Status describes the status of the Tailnet. This is set
and managed by the Tailscale operator.
type: object
properties:
conditions:
type: array
items:
description: Condition contains details for one aspect of the current state of this API Resource.
type: object
required:
- lastTransitionTime
- message
- reason
- status
- type
properties:
lastTransitionTime:
description: |-
lastTransitionTime is the last time the condition transitioned from one status to another.
This should be when the underlying condition changed. If that is not known, then using the time when the API field changed is acceptable.
type: string
format: date-time
message:
description: |-
message is a human readable message indicating details about the transition.
This may be an empty string.
type: string
maxLength: 32768
observedGeneration:
description: |-
observedGeneration represents the .metadata.generation that the condition was set based upon.
For instance, if .metadata.generation is currently 12, but the .status.conditions[x].observedGeneration is 9, the condition is out of date
with respect to the current state of the instance.
type: integer
format: int64
minimum: 0
reason:
description: |-
reason contains a programmatic identifier indicating the reason for the condition's last transition.
Producers of specific condition types may define expected values and meanings for this field,
and whether the values are considered a guaranteed API.
The value should be a CamelCase string.
This field may not be empty.
type: string
maxLength: 1024
minLength: 1
pattern: ^[A-Za-z]([A-Za-z0-9_,:]*[A-Za-z0-9_])?$
status:
description: status of the condition, one of True, False, Unknown.
type: string
enum:
- "True"
- "False"
- Unknown
type:
description: type of condition in CamelCase or in foo.example.com/CamelCase.
type: string
maxLength: 316
pattern: ^([a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(\.[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?)*/)?(([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9])$
x-kubernetes-list-map-keys:
- type
x-kubernetes-list-type: map
served: true
storage: true
subresources:
status: {}
@@ -206,6 +206,14 @@ spec:
pattern: ^tag:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$
type: string
type: array
tailnet:
description: |-
Tailnet specifies the tailnet this Connector should join. If blank, the default tailnet is used. When set, this
name must match that of a valid Tailnet resource. This field is immutable and cannot be changed once set.
type: string
x-kubernetes-validations:
- message: Connector tailnet is immutable
rule: self == oldSelf
type: object
x-kubernetes-validations:
- message: A Connector needs to have at least one of exit node, subnet router or app connector configured.
@@ -3135,6 +3143,14 @@ spec:
pattern: ^tag:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$
type: string
type: array
tailnet:
description: |-
Tailnet specifies the tailnet this ProxyGroup should join. If blank, the default tailnet is used. When set, this
name must match that of a valid Tailnet resource. This field is immutable and cannot be changed once set.
type: string
x-kubernetes-validations:
- message: ProxyGroup tailnet is immutable
rule: self == oldSelf
type:
description: |-
Type of the ProxyGroup proxies. Supported types are egress, ingress, and kube-apiserver.
@@ -4950,6 +4966,14 @@ spec:
pattern: ^tag:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$
type: string
type: array
tailnet:
description: |-
Tailnet specifies the tailnet this Recorder should join. If blank, the default tailnet is used. When set, this
name must match that of a valid Tailnet resource. This field is immutable and cannot be changed once set.
type: string
x-kubernetes-validations:
- message: Recorder tailnet is immutable
rule: self == oldSelf
type: object
x-kubernetes-validations:
- message: S3 storage must be used when deploying multiple Recorder replicas
@@ -5059,6 +5083,148 @@ spec:
subresources:
status: {}
---
apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
kind: CustomResourceDefinition
metadata:
annotations:
controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.17.0
name: tailnets.tailscale.com
spec:
group: tailscale.com
names:
kind: Tailnet
listKind: TailnetList
plural: tailnets
shortNames:
- tn
singular: tailnet
scope: Cluster
versions:
- additionalPrinterColumns:
- jsonPath: .metadata.creationTimestamp
name: Age
type: date
- description: Status of the deployed Tailnet resources.
jsonPath: .status.conditions[?(@.type == "TailnetReady")].reason
name: Status
type: string
name: v1alpha1
schema:
openAPIV3Schema:
properties:
apiVersion:
description: |-
APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object.
Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and
may reject unrecognized values.
More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources
type: string
kind:
description: |-
Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents.
Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to.
Cannot be updated.
In CamelCase.
More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
type: string
metadata:
type: object
spec:
description: |-
Spec describes the desired state of the Tailnet.
More info:
https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
properties:
credentials:
description: Denotes the location of the OAuth credentials to use for authenticating with this Tailnet.
properties:
secretName:
description: |-
The name of the secret containing the OAuth credentials. This secret must contain two fields "client_id" and
"client_secret".
type: string
required:
- secretName
type: object
loginUrl:
description: URL of the control plane to be used by all resources managed by the operator using this Tailnet.
type: string
required:
- credentials
type: object
status:
description: |-
Status describes the status of the Tailnet. This is set
and managed by the Tailscale operator.
properties:
conditions:
items:
description: Condition contains details for one aspect of the current state of this API Resource.
properties:
lastTransitionTime:
description: |-
lastTransitionTime is the last time the condition transitioned from one status to another.
This should be when the underlying condition changed. If that is not known, then using the time when the API field changed is acceptable.
format: date-time
type: string
message:
description: |-
message is a human readable message indicating details about the transition.
This may be an empty string.
maxLength: 32768
type: string
observedGeneration:
description: |-
observedGeneration represents the .metadata.generation that the condition was set based upon.
For instance, if .metadata.generation is currently 12, but the .status.conditions[x].observedGeneration is 9, the condition is out of date
with respect to the current state of the instance.
format: int64
minimum: 0
type: integer
reason:
description: |-
reason contains a programmatic identifier indicating the reason for the condition's last transition.
Producers of specific condition types may define expected values and meanings for this field,
and whether the values are considered a guaranteed API.
The value should be a CamelCase string.
This field may not be empty.
maxLength: 1024
minLength: 1
pattern: ^[A-Za-z]([A-Za-z0-9_,:]*[A-Za-z0-9_])?$
type: string
status:
description: status of the condition, one of True, False, Unknown.
enum:
- "True"
- "False"
- Unknown
type: string
type:
description: type of condition in CamelCase or in foo.example.com/CamelCase.
maxLength: 316
pattern: ^([a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(\.[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?)*/)?(([A-Za-z0-9][-A-Za-z0-9_.]*)?[A-Za-z0-9])$
type: string
required:
- lastTransitionTime
- message
- reason
- status
- type
type: object
type: array
x-kubernetes-list-map-keys:
- type
x-kubernetes-list-type: map
type: object
required:
- metadata
- spec
type: object
served: true
storage: true
subresources:
status: {}
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
@@ -5141,6 +5307,16 @@ rules:
- list
- watch
- update
- apiGroups:
- tailscale.com
resources:
- tailnets
- tailnets/status
verbs:
- get
- list
- watch
- update
- apiGroups:
- tailscale.com
resources: