Making client authentication mode configurable

app.go

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	TLSCertPath         string
 	TLSKeyPath          string
+    TLSClientAuthMode   string
 
 	ACMEURL   string
 	ACMEEmail string
@@ -644,12 +645,29 @@ func (h *Headscale) getTLSSettings() (*tls.Config, error) {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(h.cfg.ServerURL, "https://") {
 			log.Warn().Msg("Listening with TLS but ServerURL does not start with https://")
 		}
+
+        // Leaving flexibility here to support other authentication modes
+        // if desired.
+        var client_auth_mode tls.ClientAuthType
+        msg := "Client authentication (mTLS) "
+        if(h.cfg.TLSClientAuthMode == "disabled"){
+            log.Warn().Msg(msg + "is disabled")
+            client_auth_mode = tls.NoClientCert
+        }else if (h.cfg.TLSClientAuthMode == "relaxed"){
+            log.Warn().Msg(msg + "is relaxed. Client certs will be required but will not be verified.")
+            client_auth_mode = tls.RequireAnyClientCert
+        }else{
+            log.Warn().Msg(msg + "is enforced. Disable or relax in the configuration file.")
+            client_auth_mode = tls.RequireAndVerifyClientCert
+        }
+
 		tlsConfig := &tls.Config{
-			ClientAuth:   tls.RequireAnyClientCert,
+			ClientAuth:   client_auth_mode,
 			NextProtos:   []string{"http/1.1"},
 			Certificates: make([]tls.Certificate, 1),
 			MinVersion:   tls.VersionTLS12,
 		}
+
 		tlsConfig.Certificates[0], err = tls.LoadX509KeyPair(h.cfg.TLSCertPath, h.cfg.TLSKeyPath)
 
 		return tlsConfig, err

cmd/headscale/cli/utils.go

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func LoadConfig(path string) error {
 
 	viper.SetDefault("tls_letsencrypt_cache_dir", "/var/www/.cache")
 	viper.SetDefault("tls_letsencrypt_challenge_type", "HTTP-01")
+    viper.SetDefault("tls_client_auth_mode", "disabled")
 
 	viper.SetDefault("ip_prefix", "100.64.0.0/10")
 
@@ -80,6 +81,12 @@ func LoadConfig(path string) error {
 		!strings.HasPrefix(viper.GetString("server_url"), "https://") {
 		errorText += "Fatal config error: server_url must start with https:// or http://\n"
 	}
+
+    auth_mode := viper.GetString("tls_client_auth_mode")
+    if (auth_mode != "disabled" && auth_mode != "enforced"){
+        errorText += "Invalid tls_client_auth_mode supplied. Accepted values: disabled, enforced."
+    }
+
 	if errorText != "" {
 		//nolint
 		return errors.New(strings.TrimSuffix(errorText, "\n"))
@@ -251,6 +258,7 @@ func getHeadscaleConfig() headscale.Config {
 
 		TLSCertPath: absPath(viper.GetString("tls_cert_path")),
 		TLSKeyPath:  absPath(viper.GetString("tls_key_path")),
+        TLSClientAuthMode: viper.GetString("tls_client_auth_mode"),
 
 		DNSConfig: dnsConfig,