Headscale is a self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control plane. It allows you to create and manage your own network of trusted devices without relying on a third-party service. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Headscale on Kali Linux Latest.
Before we begin, you will need the followings:
First, we need to install some dependencies required to build and run Headscale. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade
sudo apt install -y git build-essential curl wget
Headscale is written in the Go programming language, so we need to install it. You can download and install the latest version of Go from the official website. However, for this tutorial, we will install Go from the Kali Linux repositories using the following command:
sudo apt install -y golang
We need to clone the Headscale repository from Github, so run the following command to clone it:
git clone https://github.com/juanfont/headscale.git
This will download the Headscale source code to your machine.
Now that we have downloaded the source code, we need to build the Headscale binary. Navigate to the directory where the source code is located and run the following command:
cd headscale
go build -v .
This will compile the Headscale binary and create an executable file. You will see a file named headscale in the same directory.
To properly run Headscale, we need to create a configuration file. You can use the following command to create a default configuration file:
./headscale -init -host {{your_domain_name_or_public_ip}}
Replace {{your_domain_name_or_public_ip}} with your own domain name or public IP address. This will create a configuration file named headscale.yml in the current directory.
Now that we have a configuration file, we can start the Headscale service. Run the following command:
sudo ./headscale -config headscale.yml -root
This will start the Headscale service as a root user. The -config flag tells Headscale which configuration file to use, and the -root flag tells it to start as a root user.
With Headscale running, you can now connect your devices to your new network. To do this, install the Tailscale client on your devices and log in with your Tailscale account. You should now see your self-hosted Headscale network in your Tailscale account's dashboard.
Headscale is a powerful tool for creating and managing your own network of trusted devices. With this tutorial, you should now be able to install Headscale on Kali Linux Latest and start creating your own network. Happy networking!
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