* docs: clarify Windows client updates need no user admin on the service path
The 'update needs admin' confusion comes from mixing two paths. Clarify both:
- auto-update: accepting a prompted update is installed by the NetBird
service (system privileges), not the logged-in user, so no admin rights
are needed. Only the manual download-link path is a per-machine install
that requires elevation.
- Windows install: silent install/upgrade needs an elevated (SYSTEM)
context, which RMM/MDM tools provide; a standard user gets 1625. Add an
Updating section: the same installer upgrades in place (no separate
update package), pushed via the same RMM/MDM tool; downgrades are blocked.
All claims lab-verified 2026-08-20 (WS2022, v0.76.0 -> v0.77.0).
* docs: qualify elevation context and warn install-only deploy jobs skip upgrades
- Not every deployment configuration runs as SYSTEM; a user-context job
fails with 1625. Say the job must run elevated.
- The GPO deployment script exits when NetBird is already installed, so it
is install-only. Warn that upgrades need an upgrade-capable job.
* docs: correct downgrade behavior per installer and address review on update section
The MSI (WiX MajorUpgrade) blocks downgrades; the NSIS EXE has no version
check and will downgrade. Stop teaching 1603 as a downgrade signature,
add same-installer-type guidance, service-restart warning, rollback path,
Automatic Updates version floors and Latest Version pinning conflict.
Match the page's EXE-first order and <VERSION> placeholder.
* docs: state Force Automatic Updates version scope (server and clients)
* docs: promote update section to top level and fix Automatic Updates note placement
* docs: standardize on "NetBird client" over "agent" for the client software
* docs: address review feedback
- fix "a software" grammar and use lowercase "NetBird client"
- define routing peer as a peer whose client bridges, keeping peer and client distinct
- correct kernel-space claim: the kernel WireGuard data path is what runs in the kernel
- clarify which address the application uses to reach the SOCKS5 proxy from a separate container
* docs: move MDM deployment guides under Manage > Peers
The five fleet-deployment guides (GPO, macOS .pkg, Jamf Pro, Kandji,
Intune) lived under Integrations, but nothing in them integrates with
NetBird's platform — they are peer onboarding at scale, which lives
under Peers. The label also collided with Access Control's
'Integrate MDM & EDR', which uses MDM in the opposite sense.
- Move pages from /manage/integrations/mdm-deployment/ to
/manage/peers/mdm-deployment/ with a permanent wildcard redirect
- Re-point legacy /how-to redirects directly at the new paths
- Move the nav group under Peers as 'MDM Deployment'; remove the
now-empty Integrations group
- Update internal links
* docs: link full GPO deployment guide from MDM integration page
* docs: show setup-key secret wiring and replica naming for k8s routing peers
Fold the two verified-novel bits from the Access Infrastructure
autoscaling tutorial before purging it:
- Replace the 'use a secret' Note with the actual kubectl create
secret + secretKeyRef wiring (matches what the NetBird operator
injects for routing peers)
- In the HA section, note that removing the static NB_HOSTNAME lets
each replica register under its pod name (client falls back to
os.Hostname(), which is the pod name in Kubernetes)
* docs: purge redundant Access Infrastructure tutorials
The four pages under Manage > Peers > Access Infrastructure were
2024-era SEO tutorials that duplicated canonical feature docs and
carried outdated claims (pre-rewrite SSH model without the built-in
SSH server, a Docker section that never actually enrolls the
container with a setup key, CrowdStrike presented as the only EDR
integration, stale v0.29 output and vintage-UI screenshots).
Cross-checked each page against its canonical counterpart; nothing
novel remained (the two useful Kubernetes snippets were folded into
the routing-peers use case in the previous commit).
- Delete the four pages and their screenshot directory
- Remove the Access Infrastructure nav group
- Redirect each URL to its canonical replacement:
secure-remote-webserver-access -> /manage/peers/ssh
setup-keys-add-servers-to-network -> /manage/peers/register-machines-using-setup-keys
access-internal-resources-from-autoscaled-environments -> /use-cases/kubernetes
peer-approval-for-remote-worker-access -> /manage/peers/approve-peers
- Re-point the legacy /how-to redirects at the same targets to avoid
redirect chains
* docs: reorder Peers nav into enrollment, approval, day-2 flow
Group the five enrollment methods first (Add Peers, Setup Keys,
Bootstrap via Config File, MDM Deployment, Browser Client), then the
Approve Peers admission gate, then running-peer features (SSH, Lazy
Connections, Remote Jobs) and Auto Update last. Approve Peers
previously sat between two enrollment pages.
* docs: cross-link DNS aliases and internal DNS pages, fix tutorial inaccuracies
The two pages solve adjacent problems (NetBird-hosted records vs
forwarding to existing internal DNS) but never pointed at each other.
Add a which-page-do-I-need Note to each.
Also fix defects in the DNS Aliases tutorial found while cross-checking
it against the Custom Zones reference and dashboard source:
- 'Keep this enabled' implied search domain is on by default; it is
off by default (DNSZoneModal.tsx: enable_search_domain ?? false)
- Step 3 said 'wildcard resource' but the steps add exact-name domain
resources
- Wrong alt text ('Delete DNS Zone') on the zone-config screenshot
- Add missing meta description and a link to the Custom Zones
reference
* docs: align MSP portal page with 2026 partner program, rename For Partners nav
Cross-checked the MSP portal page against the 2026 MSP/MSSP Partner
Program document:
- Point the application link at netbird.io/use-cases/msp (the program's
canonical page) instead of a demo-form URL displayed as netbird.io/msp
- State tenant plan options (Team or Business) and the post-trial
minimum (Team plan with one user)
- Mention CSV/PDF usage export alongside the API
- Clarify the 3-day trial for existing accounts brought in as tenants:
it is a window to subscribe the tenant under the MSP account
- Add a subtle msp@netbird.io contact line at the bottom
Also rename the For Partners nav entries by deliverable instead of
audience (the section header already says who it's for): MSP Portal,
Distributor Portal, Deploy with Acronis.
* docs: update CLAUDE.md for agent-network, proxy.js, and tooling gaps
Audited every claim against the current repo. Stack, routing, security,
and convention claims all still hold; four gaps had accumulated:
- Add agent-network/ to the content structure list
- Document src/proxy.js in URL Routing: /api data requests must be
rewritten there because the config rewrite loses data-request context
on client-side navigation (Next.js #39669) and strips pageProps
- Add npm run lint:mdx; note npm run gen requires a Go toolchain
- Note fenced mermaid code blocks render as diagrams
* docs: address review findings on PR #906
- Move the MDM deployment screenshot directories to match the new page
paths; the URL rewrite had updated MDX image references without
moving the assets, breaking all Intune/Jamf/Kandji images
- Normalize pre-existing double slashes in Jamf and Kandji image URLs
- Align the routing-peers secret example with bootstrap-via-config-file
(same secret name, so both now use the NB_SETUP_KEY data key)
- DNS aliases: include the routing peer's group in the zone's
distribution groups. Verified in client source: the DNS route
interceptor (priority 100) outranks local zone records (priority 75)
and never falls through, so clients forward routed-domain queries to
the routing peer, which must receive the zone to answer
* Reference the config-file bootstrap workflow from install and peer pages
Link Bootstrap peers via config file from the setup-key sections of the
Linux, Windows, macOS, and Docker install pages, from the Setup Keys
page, and from the Kubernetes routing-peers guide. The page was only
reachable from the sidebar, so this surfaces the unattended deployment
workflow where headless and at-scale enrollment is already discussed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
* Clarify the Kubernetes example demonstrates setup-key enrollment
The manifest passes a setup key but does not mount a pre-populated
config, so reword the cross-link: the example enrolls with a setup key,
and the bootstrap guide covers the additional config-file step.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add silent installation section to the Windows install page covering
the AUTOSTART MSI property and the fixed EXE silent install default.
Update Intune and Acronis deployment guides to mention autostart.
