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* [management, client] Add management-controlled client metrics push Allow enabling/disabling client metrics push from the dashboard via account settings instead of requiring env vars on every client. - Add MetricsConfig proto message to NetbirdConfig - Add MetricsPushEnabled to account Settings (DB-persisted) - Expose metrics_push_enabled in OpenAPI and dashboard API handler - Populate MetricsConfig in sync and login responses - Client dynamically starts/stops push based on management config - NB_METRICS_PUSH_ENABLED env var overrides management when explicitly set - Add activity events for metrics push enable/disable * Remove log line * [management] Fix peer update test for MetricsConfig in NetbirdConfig Update TestUpdateAccountPeers assertions: NetbirdConfig is no longer nil in peer update responses since it now carries MetricsConfig even when STUN/TURN config is absent. * Regenerate proto files with protoc v7.34.1 * [management] Read metrics push setting in Postgres account query getAccountPgx omitted settings_metrics_push_enabled from its hand-written SELECT and Scan, so the toggle was always read back as false on Postgres and never reached clients. * [client] Fix metrics push getting stuck off after engine restart Engine restarts (backoff retries within the same login session) cancel e.ctx, which the push goroutine's lifetime was tied to. The goroutine died silently but ClientMetrics.push stayed non-nil since only an explicit stop clears it, so the next UpdatePushFromMgm call saw a "push already running" state and never restarted it. Give the Engine its own metricsCtx sourced from ConnectClient.ctx, which outlives engine restarts, so handleMetricsUpdate stops tying the push to the wrong-scoped context. Additionally make ClientMetrics.push an atomic.Pointer that the push goroutine clears via CompareAndSwap on exit, so the tracked state can never drift from the goroutine's actual lifetime regardless of which context a future caller passes in. * [management] Regenerate OpenAPI types with oapi-codegen v2.7.1 types.gen.go was regenerated with a stale local v2.6.0 binary, causing the CI git-diff check against generate.sh's pinned v2.7.1 to fail.
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🤖 NetBird Agent Network (Beta)
Identity-aware access control for AI agents — keyless access to LLM APIs and private resources over the encrypted NetBird tunnel. See
agent-network/or read the docs at netbird.ai.
NetBird combines a configuration-free peer-to-peer private network and a centralized access control system in a single platform, making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home.
Connect. NetBird creates a WireGuard-based overlay network that automatically connects your machines over an encrypted tunnel, leaving behind the hassle of opening ports, complex firewall rules, VPN gateways, and so forth.
Secure. NetBird enables secure remote access by applying granular access policies while allowing you to manage them intuitively from a single place. Works universally on any infrastructure.
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Self-host NetBird (video)
Key features
Quickstart with NetBird Cloud
- Download and install NetBird at https://app.netbird.io/install.
- Follow the steps to sign up with Google, Microsoft, GitHub or your email address.
- Check the NetBird admin UI.
Quickstart with self-hosted NetBird
This is the quickest way to try self-hosted NetBird. It should take around 5 minutes to get started if you already have a public domain and a VM. Follow the Advanced guide with a custom identity provider for installations with different IdPs.
Infrastructure requirements:
- A Linux VM with at least 1 CPU and 2 GB of memory.
- The VM should be publicly accessible on TCP ports 80 and 443 and UDP port 3478.
- A public domain name pointing to the VM.
Software requirements:
- Docker with the Compose plugin (Compose v2 or higher). See the Docker installation guide.
Steps
- Download and run the installation script:
export NETBIRD_DOMAIN=netbird.example.com; curl -fsSL https://github.com/netbirdio/netbird/releases/latest/download/getting-started.sh | bash
A bit on NetBird internals
- Every machine in the network runs the NetBird agent, which manages WireGuard.
- Every agent connects to the Management Service, which holds network state, manages peer IPs, and distributes updates to agents.
- Agents use ICE (via pion/ice) to discover connection candidates for peer-to-peer connections.
- Candidates are discovered with the help of STUN servers.
- Agents negotiate a connection through the Signal Service, exchanging end-to-end encrypted messages with candidates.
- When NAT traversal fails (e.g. mobile carrier-grade NAT) and a direct p2p connection isn't possible, the system falls back to a Relay Service and a secure WireGuard tunnel is established through it.
See a complete architecture overview for details.
Community projects
- NetBird installer script
- netbird-tui - terminal UI for managing NetBird peers, routes, and settings
- caddy-netbird - Caddy plugin that embeds a NetBird client for proxying HTTP and TCP/UDP traffic through NetBird networks
Note: The main branch may be in an unstable or even broken state during development.
For stable versions, see releases.
Support acknowledgement
In November 2022, NetBird joined the StartUpSecure program sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of the Federal Republic of Germany. Together with the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, NetBird brings security best practices and simplicity to private networking.
Acknowledgements
We build on open-source technologies like WireGuard®, Pion ICE, and Rosenpass. We greatly appreciate the work these projects are doing, and we'd love it if you could support them too (e.g., by starring or contributing).
Legal
This repository is licensed under the BSD-3-Clause license, which applies to all parts of the repository except for the directories management/, signal/ and relay/. Those directories are licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 (AGPLv3). See the respective LICENSE files inside each directory.
WireGuard and the WireGuard logo are registered trademarks of Jason A. Donenfeld.