# SOLVED: Headscale error: "Could not connect: context deadline exceeded"
**URL:** https://forum.yunohost.org/t/solved-headscale-error-could-not-connect-context-deadline-exceeded/31901
**Category:** Support apps
**Tags:** vpnserver, english
**Created:** [November 9, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/solved-headscale-error-could-not-connect-context-deadline-exceeded/31901 "2024-11-09T12:19:59Z")
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### Author:  [@mowie](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/mowie)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/solved-headscale-error-could-not-connect-context-deadline-exceeded/31901/1 "2024-11-09T12:19:59Z")
**What type of hardware are you using** : VPS bought online
**What YunoHost version are you running** : 11.3.0.2
**What app is this about** : Headscale
### Describe your issue
Hey,
i found the same issue here: [Problème d'ajout d'utilisateur dans Headscale](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/probleme-dajout-dutilisateur-dans-headscale/31043) but the thread is already closed. I could only find little help elsewhere, thats why i thought it might be helpful to others to open a new thread with the solution. (Even though posting a reply to the thread above seems better. Maybe a moderator can fix this?)
# Headscale error: “Could not connect: context deadline exceeded” solved it as follows:
## Can’t run “headscale”?
Use “\_\_INSTALL\_DIR/headscale” instead
(thanks to the yunohost admin doc: “To call Headscale’s program, use sudo -u bash \_\_INSTALL\_DIR/headscale followed by its parameters.”)
## NOTE: “sudo -u bash” is NOT working!
Yunohost admin doc help (“To call Headscale’s program, use sudo -u bash \_\_INSTALL\_DIR/headscale followed by its parameters.”) did not work for me. I guess the user is missing?
Try: “sudo” without “-u bash”.
(Or) Try: “sudo -u headscale”
> **Full error message**
>
> “sudo: unknown user: bash”)
## Can’t find the “\_\_INSTALL\_DIR”?
Try: “/var/www/headscale/”
## Get “Error loading config”?
Try passing the path to the config file: “\_\_INSTALL\_DIR/headscale/config.yaml”
(Example: “-c /var/www/headscale/config.yaml”)
(Thanks to [Problème d'ajout d'utilisateur dans Headscale](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/probleme-dajout-dutilisateur-dans-headscale/31043) )
> **Full error message**
>
> Error loading config error="fatal error reading config file: Config File "config" Not Found in "[/etc/headscale /root/.headscale /home/yunoadmin]".)
## Get “Could not connect”?
Try: “headscale serve” before running your headscale command:
- “sudo mkdir /var/run/headscale” (not sure if this is needed)
- “sudo /var/www/headscale/headscale -c /var/www/headscale/config.yaml serve”
> **Full error message**
>
> “Could not connect: context deadline exceeded error=“context deadline exceeded””)
### Share relevant logs or error messages
Error messages shared in the post. Hope that is ok 🙂
Cheers
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### Author:  [@tituspijean](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/tituspijean)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/solved-headscale-error-could-not-connect-context-deadline-exceeded/31901/2 "2024-11-09T13:04:11Z")
I would need to update that piece of documentation. The best way to do so now is:
```auto
yunohost app shell headscale
# that opens a shell in the app's context
./headscale -c config.yaml [your command]
```
Edit: done in v0.23.0~ynh2. 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.yunohost.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.yunohost.org/t/solved-headscale-error-could-not-connect-context-deadline-exceeded/31901/3 "2024-11-24T13:04:45Z")
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