Connecting an Android client

Goal

This documentation has the goal of showing how a user can use the official Android Tailscale client with headscale.

Installation

Install the official Tailscale Android client from the Google Play Store or F-Droid.

Configuring the headscale URL

Open the app and select the settings menu in the upper-right corner
Tap on Accounts
In the kebab menu icon (three dots) in the upper-right corner select Use an alternate server
Enter your server URL (e.g https://headscale.example.com) and follow the instructions