Configuration

Headscale loads its configuration from a YAML file
It searches for config.yaml in the following paths:
- /etc/headscale
- $HOME/.headscale
- the current working directory
Use the command line flag -c, --config to load the configuration from a different path
Validate the configuration file with: headscale configtest

!!! example "Get the example configuration from the GitHub repository"

Always select the [same GitHub tag](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/tags) as the released version you use to
ensure you have the correct example configuration. The `main` branch might contain unreleased changes.

=== "View on GitHub"

    * Development version: <https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/main/config-example.yaml>
    * Version {{ headscale.version }}: <https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/v{{ headscale.version }}/config-example.yaml>

=== "Download with `wget`"

    ```shell
    # Development version
    wget -O config.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanfont/headscale/main/config-example.yaml

    # Version {{ headscale.version }}
    wget -O config.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanfont/headscale/v{{ headscale.version }}/config-example.yaml
    ```

=== "Download with `curl`"

    ```shell
    # Development version
    curl -o config.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanfont/headscale/main/config-example.yaml

    # Version {{ headscale.version }}
    curl -o config.yaml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/juanfont/headscale/v{{ headscale.version }}/config-example.yaml
    ```

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