Headscale Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Run your own Tailscale control server with HTTPS and persistent storage handled by xCloud. Enrol devices with the standard Tailscale clients while your own server coordinates the tailnet — device traffic never passes through it.

Deploy your Headscale

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

From Sign-Up to a Live Headscale Install In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting a Tailscale-compatible control server normally means a domain, a certificate and careful key management before a single device can join. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Headscale from the OneClick catalog, and choose a domain carefully — enrolled devices store it, so changing it later means re-enrolling them.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Headscale v0.29.5 image with embedded SQLite, and publish the Control Server URL over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Create A User And Enrol Devices
Create a user and a pre-auth key with the headscale command in the container, as shown in the post-install message, then run tailscale up --login-server https://<your domain> --authkey <key> on each device.

Everything Headscale Does, On Your Own Server

Headscale runs in full here — the same self-hosted control-plane coordination as any Tailscale-compatible server, on infrastructure you control.

Self-Hosted Control Plane For A WireGuard Mesh
A self-hosted control plane for a private WireGuard mesh network, using the official Tailscale clients.
Direct Device-To-Device Connections
Devices connect to each other directly or through relays; device traffic does not pass through the control server.
Pre-Auth Keys Or Admin Approval To Join
Join devices with short-lived pre-auth keys or administrator approval — a wrong key was confirmed not to enrol in QA.
Single Container, Embedded SQLite
No database or cache sidecar — just one container with an embedded SQLite database.
Very Light Footprint
About 14 MiB of RAM measured with two enrolled clients.
Restart-Safe Devices And Keys
Users, device keys and the database live in a persistent volume; enrolled devices came back online with the same keys and IPs after an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your Private Networking 24/7

Managed hosting for Headscale, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Headscale v0.29.5 deployed instantly
Embedded SQLite, no sidecar database
Pre-auth key or admin-approval enrolment
Restart-safe device keys and IPs
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Headscale hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More enrolled devices, more headroom.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Headscale alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account.

Docker hosting

Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Headscale on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Own Your Tailnet?

Headscale on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is Headscale?

Headscale is an open-source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server for one tailnet. This template deploys version v0.29.5.

What is the license?

BSD 3-Clause, per the upstream repository.

What runs alongside it?

Nothing. It is a single container with embedded SQLite — no database or cache sidecar.

How do I sign in?

There is no web console. Devices enrol with a pre-auth key or administrator approval, and you manage the server with the headscale command-line tool inside the container.

Does traffic go through my server?

No. Devices connect to each other directly or through relays; Headscale only coordinates the tailnet, it does not carry the traffic.

What does xCloud configure automatically?

The domain and the HTTPS route for the Control Server URL. There is an optional public STUN UDP port for the embedded relay, off by default, which you open yourself if enabled.

Can every device reach every other device?

Yes, by default — with no access policy set, every device can reach every other. Set a policy before enrolling devices you do not fully trust.

Can I put a login page in front of the domain?

No. Do not put Basic Auth in front of the domain, because Tailscale clients cannot answer it.

What should I back up?

The headscale_data volume, which holds the SQLite database, the control-protocol private key and, if enabled, the relay key. Stop the container first so the SQLite files stay consistent.

Backups in xCloud

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Headscale?

No. The template pins Headscale v0.29.5 by immutable digest; a catalog re-sync affects new installations only. To upgrade, bump the readable tag and digest together after reading the upstream release notes.

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 128 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk as a floor. This page sells the 6 GB tier, comfortable headroom above that floor.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.