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# Official releases
Official releases for headscale are available as binaries for various platforms and DEB packages for Debian and Ubuntu.
Both are available on the [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/releases).
## Using packages for Debian/Ubuntu (recommended)
It is recommended to use our DEB packages to install headscale on a Debian based system as those packages configure a
user to run headscale, provide a default configuration and ship with a systemd service file. Supported distributions are
Ubuntu 20.04 or newer, Debian 11 or newer.
1. Download the [latest headscale package](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/releases/latest) for your platform (`.deb` for Ubuntu and Debian).
```shell
HEADSCALE_VERSION="" # See above URL for latest version, e.g. "X.Y.Z" (NOTE: do not add the "v" prefix!)
HEADSCALE_ARCH="" # Your system architecture, e.g. "amd64"
wget --output-document=headscale.deb \
"https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/releases/download/v${HEADSCALE_VERSION}/headscale_${HEADSCALE_VERSION}_linux_${HEADSCALE_ARCH}.deb"
```
1. Install headscale:
```shell
sudo apt install ./headscale.deb
```
1. [Configure headscale by editing the configuration file](../../ref/configuration.md):
```shell
sudo nano /etc/headscale/config.yaml
```
1. Enable and start the headscale service:
```shell
sudo systemctl enable --now headscale
```
1. Verify that headscale is running as intended:
```shell
sudo systemctl status headscale
```
## Using standalone binaries (advanced)
!!! warning "Advanced"
This installation method is considered advanced as one needs to take care of the headscale user and the systemd
service themselves. If possible, use the [DEB packages](#using-packages-for-debianubuntu-recommended) or a
[community package](./community.md) instead.
This section describes the installation of headscale according to the [Requirements and
assumptions](../requirements.md#assumptions). Headscale is run by a dedicated user and the service itself is managed by
systemd.
1. Download the latest [`headscale` binary from GitHub's release page](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/releases):
```shell
sudo wget --output-document=/usr/local/bin/headscale \
https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/releases/download/v<HEADSCALE VERSION>/headscale_<HEADSCALE VERSION>_linux_<ARCH>
```
1. Make `headscale` executable:
```shell
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/headscale
```
1. Add a dedicated user to run headscale:
```shell
sudo useradd \
--create-home \
--home-dir /var/lib/headscale/ \
--system \
--user-group \
--shell /usr/sbin/nologin \
headscale
```
1. Download the example configuration for your chosen version and save it as: `/etc/headscale/config.yaml`. Adjust the
configuration to suit your local environment. See [Configuration](../../ref/configuration.md) for details.
```shell
sudo mkdir -p /etc/headscale
sudo nano /etc/headscale/config.yaml
```
1. Copy [headscale's systemd service file](../../packaging/headscale.systemd.service) to
`/etc/systemd/system/headscale.service` and adjust it to suit your local setup. The following parameters likely need
to be modified: `ExecStart`, `WorkingDirectory`, `ReadWritePaths`.
1. In `/etc/headscale/config.yaml`, override the default `headscale` unix socket with a path that is writable by the
`headscale` user or group:
```yaml
unix_socket: /var/run/headscale/headscale.sock
```
1. Reload systemd to load the new configuration file:
```shell
systemctl daemon-reload
```
1. Enable and start the new headscale service:
```shell
systemctl enable --now headscale
```
1. Verify that headscale is running as intended:
```shell
systemctl status headscale
```