feat: reintroduce missing local dns override (fixes #236)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - The docker container now runs in a non-root, distroless image (closes [#255](https://github.com/tale/headplane/issues/255)).
 	- You may need to run `chown -R 65532:65532 <host_path>` on your data directory to ensure the container can write to it.
 - Removing a Split DNS record will no longer make the split domain unresolvable by clients (closes [#231](https://github.com/tale/headplane/issues/231)).
+- Reintroduce the toggle for overriding local DNS settings in the Headscale config (closes [#236](https://github.com/tale/headplane/issues/236)).
 
 ### 0.6.0 (May 25, 2025)
 - Headplane 0.6.0 now requires **Headscale 0.26.0** or newer.

app/components/Switch.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import cn from '~/utils/cn';
 export interface SwitchProps extends AriaSwitchProps {
 	label: string;
 	className?: string;
+	switchClassName?: string;
 }
 
 export default function Switch(props: SwitchProps) {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ export default function Switch(props: SwitchProps) {
 					state.isSelected && 'bg-headplane-900 dark:bg-headplane-950',
 					isFocusVisible && 'ring-2',
 					props.isDisabled && 'opacity-50',
+					props.className,
 				)}
 			>
 				<span
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ export default function Switch(props: SwitchProps) {
 						'bg-white transition duration-50 ease-in-out',
 						'translate-x-0 group-selected:translate-x-full',
 						state.isSelected && 'translate-x-full',
+						props.switchClassName,
 					)}
 				/>
 			</div>

app/routes/dns/components/manage-ns.tsx

@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
-import { Form } from 'react-router';
+import { Info } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Form, useSubmit } from 'react-router';
 import Button from '~/components/Button';
 import Link from '~/components/Link';
+import Switch from '~/components/Switch';
 import TableList from '~/components/TableList';
+import Tooltip from '~/components/Tooltip';
 import cn from '~/utils/cn';
 import AddNS from '../dialogs/add-ns';
 
 interface Props {
 	nameservers: Record<string, string[]>;
+	overrideLocalDns: boolean;
 	isDisabled: boolean;
 }
 
-export default function ManageNS({ nameservers, isDisabled }: Props) {
+export default function ManageNS({
+	nameservers,
+	isDisabled,
+	overrideLocalDns,
+}: Props) {
 	return (
 		<div className="flex flex-col w-2/3">
 			<h1 className="text-2xl font-medium mb-4">Nameservers</h1>
@@ -31,6 +39,7 @@ export default function ManageNS({ nameservers, isDisabled }: Props) {
 						isGlobal={key === 'global'}
 						isDisabled={isDisabled}
 						nameservers={nameservers}
+						overrideLocalDns={overrideLocalDns}
 						name={key}
 					/>
 				))}
@@ -45,6 +54,7 @@ interface ListProps {
 	isGlobal: boolean;
 	isDisabled: boolean;
 	nameservers: Record<string, string[]>;
+	overrideLocalDns: boolean;
 	name: string;
 }
 
@@ -52,6 +62,7 @@ function NameserverList({
 	isGlobal,
 	isDisabled,
 	nameservers,
+	overrideLocalDns,
 	name,
 }: ListProps) {
 	const list = isGlobal ? nameservers.global : nameservers[name];
@@ -59,12 +70,54 @@ function NameserverList({
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	const submit = useSubmit();
 	return (
 		<div className="mb-8">
 			<div className="flex items-center justify-between mb-2">
-				<h2 className="text-md font-medium opacity-80">
+				{isGlobal ? (
-					{isGlobal ? 'Global Nameservers' : name}
+					<div className="flex items-center justify-between w-full">
-				</h2>
+						<h2 className="text-md font-medium opacity-80">
+							Global Nameservers
+						</h2>
+						<div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm">
+							<Tooltip>
+								<Info className="size-4" />
+								<Tooltip.Body>
+									When enabled, use the DNS servers listed below to resolve
+									names outside the tailnet. When disabled (default), devices
+									will prefer their local DNS configuration.
+									<Link
+										to="https://tailscale.com/kb/1054/dns#global-nameservers"
+										name="Tailscale Global Nameservers Documentation"
+									>
+										Learn More
+									</Link>
+								</Tooltip.Body>
+							</Tooltip>
+							<p>Override DNS servers</p>
+							<Switch
+								label="Override local DNS settings"
+								className="h-[15px] w-[23px] p-[2px]"
+								switchClassName="h-[9px] w-[9px]"
+								name="override_dns"
+								defaultSelected={overrideLocalDns}
+								onChange={(v) => {
+									submit(
+										{
+											action_id: 'override_dns',
+											override_dns: v ? 'true' : 'false',
+										},
+										{
+											method: 'POST',
+										},
+									);
+								}}
+							/>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+				) : (
+					<h2 className="text-md font-medium opacity-80">{name}</h2>
+				)}
 			</div>
 			<TableList>
 				{list.length > 0

app/routes/dns/dns-actions.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ export async function dnsAction({
 			return removeRecord(formData, context);
 		case 'add_record':
 			return addRecord(formData, context);
+		case 'override_dns':
+			return overrideDns(formData, context);
 		default:
 			return data({ success: false }, 400);
 	}
@@ -230,3 +232,20 @@ async function addRecord(formData: FormData, context: LoadContext) {
 
 	await context.integration?.onConfigChange(context.client);
 }
+
+async function overrideDns(formData: FormData, context: LoadContext) {
+	const override = formData.get('override_dns')?.toString();
+	if (!override) {
+		return data({ success: false }, 400);
+	}
+
+	const overrideValue = override === 'true';
+	await context.hs.patch([
+		{
+			path: 'dns.override_local_dns',
+			value: overrideValue,
+		},
+	]);
+
+	await context.integration?.onConfigChange(context.client);
+}

app/routes/dns/overview.tsx

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export async function loader({
 		nameservers: config.dns.nameservers.global,
 		splitDns: config.dns.nameservers.split,
 		searchDomains: config.dns.search_domains,
+		overrideDns: config.dns.override_local_dns,
 		extraRecords: context.hs.d,
 	};
 
@@ -84,7 +85,11 @@ export default function Page() {
 				</Notice>
 			)}
 			<RenameTailnet name={data.baseDomain} isDisabled={isDisabled} />
-			<ManageNS nameservers={allNs} isDisabled={isDisabled} />
+			<ManageNS
+				nameservers={allNs}
+				isDisabled={isDisabled}
+				overrideLocalDns={data.overrideDns}
+			/>
 			<ManageRecords records={data.extraRecords} isDisabled={isDisabled} />
 			<ManageDomains
 				searchDomains={data.searchDomains}

app/server/headscale/config-schema.ts

@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export const headscaleConfig = type({
 	dns: {
 		magic_dns: goBool.default(true),
 		base_domain: 'string = "headscale.net"',
+		override_local_dns: goBool.default(false),
 		nameservers: type({
 			global: type('string[]').default(() => []),
 			split: type('Record<string, string[]>').default(() => ({})),