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Restructure headscale documentation (#2163 )

* Setup mkdocs-redirects

* Restructure existing documentation

* Move client OS support into the documentation

* Move existing Client OS support table into its own documentation page
* Link from README.md to the rendered documentation
* Document minimum Tailscale client version

* Reuse CONTRIBUTING.md" in the documentation

* Include "CONTRIBUTING.md" from the repository root
* Update FAQ and index page and link to the contributing docs

* Add configuration reference

* Add a getting started page and explain the first steps with headscale

* Use the existing "Using headscale" sections and combine them into a
  single getting started guide with a little bit more explanation.
* Explain how to get help from the command line client.
* Remove duplicated sections from existing installation guides

* Document requirements and assumptions

* Document packages provided by the community

* Move deb install guide to official releases

* Move manual install guide to official releases

* Move container documentation to setup section

* Move sealos documentation to cloud install page

* Move OpenBSD docs to build from source

* Simplify DNS documentation

* Add sponsor page

* Add releases page

* Add features page

* Add help page

* Add upgrading page

* Adjust mkdocs nav

* Update wording

Use the term headscale for the project, Headscale on the beginning of a
sentence and `headscale` when refering to the CLI.

* Welcome to headscale

* Link to existing documentation in the FAQ

* Remove the goal header and use the text as opener

* Indent code block in OIDC

* Make a few pages linter compatible

Also update ignored files for prettier

* Recommend HTTPS on port 443

Fixes: #2164

* Use hosts in acl documentation

thx @efficacy38 for noticing this

Ref: #1863

* Use mkdocs-macros to set headscale version once

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Connecting a Windows client

This documentation has the goal of showing how a user can use the official Windows Tailscale client with headscale.

!!! info "Instructions on your headscale instance"

An endpoint with information on how to connect your Windows device
is also available at `/windows` on your running instance.

Installation

Download the Official Windows Client and install it.

Configuring the headscale URL

Open a Command Prompt or Powershell and use Tailscale's login command to connect with your headscale instance (e.g https://headscale.example.com):

tailscale login --login-server <YOUR_HEADSCALE_URL>

Follow the instructions in the opened browser window to finish the configuration.

Troubleshooting

Unattended mode

By default, Tailscale's Windows client is only running when the user is logged in. If you want to keep Tailscale running all the time, please enable "Unattended mode":

Click on the Tailscale tray icon and select Preferences
Enable Run unattended
Confirm the "Unattended mode" message

Failing node registration

If you are seeing repeated messages like:

[GIN] 2022/02/10 - 16:39:34 | 200 |    1.105306ms |       127.0.0.1 | POST     "/machine/redacted"

in your headscale output, turn on DEBUG logging and look for:

2022-02-11T00:59:29Z DBG Machine registration has expired. Sending a authurl to register machine=redacted

This typically means that the registry keys above was not set appropriately.

To reset and try again, it is important to do the following:

Shut down the Tailscale service (or the client running in the tray)
Delete Tailscale Application data folder, located at C:\Users\<USERNAME>\AppData\Local\Tailscale and try to connect again.
Ensure the Windows node is deleted from headscale (to ensure fresh setup)
Start Tailscale on the Windows machine and retry the login.

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