ZeroUI - ZeroTier Controller Web UI - is a web user interface for a self-hosted ZeroTier network controller.
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This project is highly inspired by ztncui and was developed to address the current limitations of applying the self-hosted network controllers. Some ztncui problems cannot be fixed because of the core architecture of the project. ZeroUI tries to solve them and implements the following features:
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Frontend:
Backend:
Deploy:
The recommended method to install ZeroUI is by using Docker and Docker Compose. To install Docker and Docker Compose on your system, please follow the installation guide from the official Docker documentation.
For HTTPS setup you will need a domain name.
The most simple one-minute installation. Great for the fresh VPS setup.
- Download the
docker-compose.yml
fileorwget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dec0dOS/zero-ui/main/docker-compose.yml
curl -L -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dec0dOS/zero-ui/main/docker-compose.yml
- Replace
example.com
with your domain name indocker-compose.yml
- Pull the images
docker-compose pull
- Run the containers
docker-compose up -d --no-build
- Check if everything is okay (CTRL-C to stop log preview)
docker-compose logs -f
- Disable your firewall for the following ports:
80/tcp
,443/tcp
and9993/udp
- on ubuntu/debian with ufw installed:
ufw allow 80/tcp ufw allow 443/tcp ufw allow 9993/udp
- or you may use the old good iptables:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 9993 -j ACCEPT
- on ubuntu/debian with ufw installed:
- Navigate to
https://YOURDOMAIN.com/app/
. Now you could use your ZeroUI instance with HTTPS support and automated certificate renewal.
To disable HTTPS, please remove https-proxy from
docker-compose.yml
, setZU_SECURE_HEADERS
tofalse
and change zero-ui portexpose
toports
.
Advanced manual setups are also supported. Check the following environment variables as a reference:
Name | Default value | Description |
---|---|---|
NODE_ENV | unset | You could learn more here |
LISTEN_ADDRESS | 0.0.0.0 |
Express server listen address |
ZU_SERVE_FRONTEND | true |
You could disable frontend serving and use ZeroUI instance as REST API for your ZeroTier controller |
ZU_SECURE_HEADERS | true |
Enables helmet |
ZU_CONTROLLER_ENDPOINT | http://localhost:9993/ |
ZeroTier controller API endpoint |
ZU_CONTROLLER_TOKEN | from /var/lib/zerotier-one/authtoken.secret |
ZeroTier controller API token |
ZU_DEFAULT_USERNAME | unset (docker-compose.yml : admin) |
Default username that will be set on the first run |
ZU_DEFAULT_PASSWORD | unset (docker-compose.yml : zero-ui) |
Default password that will be set on the first run |
ZU_DATAPATH | data/db.json |
ZeroUI data storage path |
ZU_DISABLE_AUTH | unset | If set to true, automatically log in all users. This is useful if ZeroUI is protected by an authentication proxy |
ZeroUI could be deployed as a regular nodejs web application, but it requires ZeroTier controller that is installed with zerotier-one
package. More info about the network controller you could read here.
Controller setup tips
If you are using the existing controller on the host, it may be necessary to allow connection from the Docker container. You could do it in two ways:
- Allowing controller management from any IP address:
echo "{\"settings\": {\"portMappingEnabled\": true,\"softwareUpdate\": \"disable\",\"allowManagementFrom\": [\"0.0.0.0/0\"]}}" > /var/lib/zerotier-one/local.conf
Warning: don't forget to block connections to 9993/TCP from WAN. Direct controller API does not mean to be exposed to WAN, it should be proxified via ZeroUI backend.
- Adding
network_mode: "host"
to zero-ui in docker-compose.yml.
More info is provided in the following discussion.
After installation, log in with your credentials that are declared with ZU_DEFAULT_USERNAME and ZU_DEFAULT_PASSWORD.
Currently, almost all main ZeroTier Central features are available. Refer to the roadmap for more information.
For the screenshots, please refer to the screenshots.
To get the latest version just run
docker-compose pull && docker-compose up -d --no-build
in the folder where docker-compose.yml
is located. Backup is not required as your data is saved in Docker volumes but recommended.
You could also set up watchtower for automatic updates.
docker run -d \
--name watchtower \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
--restart always \
containrrr/watchtower \
--cleanup --include-restarting \
zu-main zu-controller
The easiest way to create your ZeroUI data backup is to use the following commands:
docker run --rm --volumes-from zu-controller -v $(pwd):/backup ubuntu tar cvf /backup/backup-controller.tar /var/lib/zerotier-one
docker run --rm --volumes-from zu-main -v $(pwd):/backup ubuntu tar cvf /backup/backup-ui.tar /app/backend/data
See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).
- Top Feature Requests (Add your own votes using the 👍 reaction)
- Top Bugs (Add your own votes using the 👍 reaction)
- Newest Bugs
Please try to create bug reports that are:
- Reproducible. Include steps to reproduce the problem.
- Specific. Include as much detail as possible: which version, what environment, etc.
- Unique. Do not duplicate existing opened issues.
- Scoped to a Single Bug. One bug per report.
First off, thanks for taking the time to contribute! Contributions are what makes the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make will benefit everybody else and are greatly appreciated.
- Fork the project
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feat/amazing_feature
) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'feat: add amazing_feature'
) - Push to the branch (
git push origin feat/amazing_feature
) - Open a Pull Request
ZeroUI uses conventional commits, so please follow the guidelines.
Run yarn commit
to open TUI that follows conventional commits guidelines.
To set up a development environment, please follow these steps:
- Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/dec0dOS/zero-ui.git
- Install packages
yarn install && yarn installDeps
- Start the development server
yarn dev
- Navigate to http://localhost:3000
It is also required to install ZeroTier controller. On Linux installing zerotier-one
package is enough, other platforms require some tweaking. Firstly you should get the controller token. On macOS, you could find it with the following command:
sudo cat "/Library/Application Support/ZeroTier/One/authtoken.secret"
After you could start ZeroUI development environment:
ZU_CONTROLLER_TOKEN=TOKEN_FROM_authtoken.secret yarn dev
For other platforms, please refer to ZeroTier manual.
Reach out to me at one of the following places:
- GitHub Discussions
- Email in GitHub profile
ZeroUI follows good practices of security, but 100% security cannot be assured. ZeroUI is provided "as is" without any warranty. Use at your own risk.
For enterprise support, a more reliable and scalable solution, please use ZeroTier Central.
For more information and to report security issues, please refer to our security documentation.
ZeroUI is not affiliated or associated with or endorsed by ZeroTier Central or ZeroTier, Inc.
See LICENSE for more information.