How To Install Headscale on OpenSUSE Latest

Headscale is an open-source implementation of the Tailscale protocol that provides a peer-to-peer VPN for remote networking. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Headscale on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin the installation process, make sure your system satisfies the following requirements:

  • OpenSUSE Latest is installed and the system is up-to-date.
  • You have root or sudo user privileges.
  • You have a stable internet connection.

Step 1 - Install Go

Firstly, you need to install the Go programming language as Headscale is written in Go. To install Go on OpenSUSE Latest, follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal and type the following command to download Go version 1.16:
wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.16.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
  1. Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.16.5.linux-amd64.tar.gz
  1. Add the Go binaries to your system's PATH by editing the ~/.bashrc file using your favorite text editor and adding the following lines:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
  1. Reload the ~/.bashrc file to apply the changes:
source ~/.bashrc
  1. Verify that the Go installation is successful by running the following command:
go version

You should see the output similar to this:

go version go1.16.5 linux/amd64

Step 2 - Install git

Headscale is hosted on Github, so you need to install git to clone the repository. To install git on OpenSUSE Latest, run the following command:

sudo zypper install git

Step 3 - Clone Headscale

Now that you have installed Go and git, you can clone the Headscale repository. To clone the repository, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/juanfont/headscale

Step 4 - Build and install Headscale

After cloning the Headscale repository, navigate to the repository directory using the following command:

cd headscale

Now, build the Headscale binary using the following command:

make

The above command should create a binary file named headscale in the cmd/headscale directory. Copy this binary to the /usr/local/bin directory using the following command:

sudo cp cmd/headscale/headscale /usr/local/bin/

Step 5 - Run Headscale

Before running Headscale, you need to make sure that the wg-quick command-line utility is installed. To install it, run the following command:

sudo zypper install wireguard-tools

Now, create a configuration file for Headscale using the following command:

sudo headscale --init -type router -advertise-addr <your-server-ip>

Replace <your-server-ip> with the actual IP address of your OpenSUSE Latest server.

The above command will create a configuration file named headscale.ini. You can edit this file to customize the configuration as per your needs.

Finally, start Headscale using the following command:

sudo headscale --config ./headscale.ini

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Headscale on OpenSUSE Latest. Now, you can use Headscale to create a secure, peer-to-peer VPN for your remote networking needs.