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# Frequently Asked Questions
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## What is the design goal of headscale?
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Headscale aims to implement a self-hosted, open source alternative to the [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/)
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control server.
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Headscale's goal is to provide self-hosters and hobbyists with an open-source
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server they can use for their projects and labs.
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It implements a narrow scope, a _single_ Tailnet, suitable for a personal use, or a small
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open-source organisation.
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## How can I contribute?
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Headscale is "Open Source, acknowledged contribution", this means that any
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contribution will have to be discussed with the Maintainers before being submitted.
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Please see [Contributing](contributing.md) for more information.
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## Why is 'acknowledged contribution' the chosen model?
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Both maintainers have full-time jobs and families, and we want to avoid burnout. We also want to avoid frustration from contributors when their PRs are not accepted.
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We are more than happy to exchange emails, or to have dedicated calls before a PR is submitted.
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## When/Why is Feature X going to be implemented?
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We don't know. We might be working on it. If you're interested in contributing, please post a feature request about it.
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Please be aware that there are a number of reasons why we might not accept specific contributions:
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- It is not possible to implement the feature in a way that makes sense in a self-hosted environment.
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- Given that we are reverse-engineering Tailscale to satisfy our own curiosity, we might be interested in implementing the feature ourselves.
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- You are not sending unit and integration tests with it.
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## Do you support Y method of deploying headscale?
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We currently support deploying headscale using our binaries and the DEB packages. Visit our [installation guide using
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official releases](../setup/install/official.md) for more information.
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In addition to that, you may use packages provided by the community or from distributions. Learn more in the
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[installation guide using community packages](../setup/install/community.md).
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For convenience, we also [build Docker images with headscale](../setup/install/container.md). But **please be aware that
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we don't officially support deploying headscale using Docker**. On our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/c84AZQhmpx)
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we have a "docker-issues" channel where you can ask for Docker-specific help to the community.
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## Which database should I use?
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We recommend the use of SQLite as database for headscale:
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- SQLite is simple to setup and easy to use
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- It scales well for all of headscale's usecases
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- Development and testing happens primarily on SQLite
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- PostgreSQL is still supported, but is considered to be in "maintenance mode"
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The headscale project itself does not provide a tool to migrate from PostgreSQL to SQLite. Please have a look at [the
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related tools documentation](../ref/integration/tools.md) for migration tooling provided by the community.
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## Why is my reverse proxy not working with headscale?
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We don't know. We don't use reverse proxies with headscale ourselves, so we don't have any experience with them. We have
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[community documentation](../ref/integration/reverse-proxy.md) on how to configure various reverse proxies, and a
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dedicated "reverse-proxy-issues" channel on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/c84AZQhmpx) where you can ask for
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help to the community.
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## Can I use headscale and tailscale on the same machine?
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Running headscale on a machine that is also in the tailnet can cause problems with subnet routers, traffic relay nodes, and MagicDNS. It might work, but it is not supported.
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