Merge pull request #790 from mike-lloyd03/reverse-proxy

Add reverse proxy documentation

docs/README.md

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 - [Running headscale in a container](running-headscale-container.md)
 - [Running headscale on OpenBSD](running-headscale-openbsd.md)
+- [Running headscale behind a reverse proxy](reverse-proxy.md)
 
 ## Misc
 

docs/reverse-proxy.md

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+# Running headscale behind a reverse proxy
+
+Running headscale behind a reverse proxy is useful when running multiple applications on the same server, and you want to reuse the same external IP and port - usually tcp/443 for HTTPS.
+
+### WebSockets
+
+The reverse proxy MUST be configured to support WebSockets, as it is needed for clients running Tailscale v1.30+.
+
+WebSockets support is required when using the headscale embedded DERP server. In this case, you will also need to expose the UDP port used for STUN (by default, udp/3478). Please check our [config-example.yaml](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/main/config-example.yaml).
+
+### TLS
+
+Headscale can be configured not to use TLS, leaving it to the reverse proxy to handle. Add the following configuration values to your headscale config file.
+
+```yaml
+server_url: https://<YOUR_SERVER_NAME> # This should be the FQDN at which headscale will be served
+listen_addr: 0.0.0.0:8080
+metrics_listen_addr: 0.0.0.0:9090
+tls_cert_path: ""
+tls_key_path: ""
+```
+
+## nginx
+
+The following example configuration can be used in your nginx setup, substituting values as necessary. `<IP:PORT>` should be the IP address and port where headscale is running. In most cases, this will be `http://localhost:8080`.
+
+```Nginx
+map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
+    default      keep-alive;
+    'websocket'  upgrade;
+    ''           close;
+}
+
+server {
+    listen 80;
+	listen [::]:80;
+
+	listen 443      ssl http2;
+	listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
+
+    server_name <YOUR_SERVER_NAME>;
+
+    ssl_certificate <PATH_TO_CERT>;
+    ssl_certificate_key <PATH_CERT_KEY>;
+    ssl_protocols TLSv1.2 TLSv1.3;
+
+    location / {
+        proxy_pass http://<IP:PORT>;
+        proxy_http_version 1.1;
+        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
+        proxy_set_header Host $server_name;
+        proxy_redirect http:// https://;
+        proxy_buffering off;
+        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
+        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $http_x_forwarded_proto;
+        add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains" always;
+    }
+}
+```