Tailscale
Tailscale lets you securely access your service’s web applications through a private network. Once set up, you can open apps like Deluge from your own devices without public ports.
Prerequisites
- A personal email address (Gmail, Outlook, etc.).
- Do not use custom domains since Tailscale treats them as business accounts.
- Access to your UCP to view your service details (host, SSH port, username).
- An SSH client on your computer.
Initial Setup
- Create a Tailscale account
- Go to Tailscale and sign up with your personal email.
- Do not use custom domains since Tailscale treats them as business accounts.
- Download and set up Tailscale on the computer or phone you will use to connect (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android).
- In the Tailscale Admin console, create an authentication key.
- Take note of the auth key for the next step.
- Next, connect to your Ultra service via SSH.
- Install Tailscale by executing the following command:
- Make sure to replace
<your_auth_key_here>with the authentication key you previously noted down.
app-tailscale install -p <your_auth_key_here>
- After installation, your Ultra service should appear in your Tailscale Admin devices list.
Test Connection
- Open your Tailscale Admin Console and verify your service shows as connected.
- Open your apps over the Tailscale IP
- Copy the Tailscale IP for your service from the Admin page.
- Visit your app using the IP and port in your browser.
http://100.xxx.xxx.xxx:port- (Optional) Ping test
- From your computer while connected to Tailscale.
ping 100.xxx.xxx.xxxTroubleshooting Information
“app-tailscale: command not found”
Make sure you are SSH’d into the correct service.
Device not showing in Tailscale Admin
- Reattempt the installation with a fresh auth key.
- Confirm you are logged into the same Tailscale account on your device and in the Admin console.
Cannot open apps in the browser
Use the Tailscale IP with http:// and the correct port. Hostnames are not supported.
Auth key errors
Some keys are single-use or expire quickly. Generate a new key and try again.
Connectivity drops after some time
- Reconnect your local Tailscale client.
- Check Tailscale service status.
app-tailscale status- If needed, restart the Tailscale service.
app-tailscale restartLimitations
- Only HTTP over Tailscale IP is available.
- Hostnames are not supported.
- HTTPS certificates are not supported.
- Exit node functionality is not available.
- Filebrowser does not work.
- rTorrent does not work.
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