Installing Headscale on Void Linux

Headscale is an open-source self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale SDN (software defined networking) for peer-to-peer VPN. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Headscale on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Go programming language (version 1.16 or later)
• Git

Step 1: Clone Headscale Repository

First, we need to clone the Headscale repository from GitHub. To do this, open a terminal window and run the following command:

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

This will create a new directory called headscale containing the Headscale source code.

Step 2: Build Headscale

Now that we have the source code, we need to build Headscale. To do this, go to the headscale directory that was created in the previous step and run the following command:

go build ./cmd/headscale

This command will build the headscale binary and place it in the current directory.

Step 3: Install Headscale

Now that we have built the headscale binary, we can install it. To do this, run the following command:

sudo install headscale /usr/local/bin/

This will copy the headscale binary to the /usr/local/bin/ directory, making it accessible system-wide.

Step 4: Verify Installation

Finally, we can verify that Headscale is installed correctly and running by running the following command:

headscale version

This command should output the version of Headscale installed on your system.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Headscale on Void Linux. You can now use it to set up your own peer-to-peer VPN.