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Tailscale VPN Setup

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Tailscale is a mesh VPN software that uses WireGuard technology. It also include other fun features like Tailscale Funnel.

allows you to publicly expose your machine's local services without needing to purchase a domain & set up port forwarding. It hosts your machine's domain on their Funnel Servers. The Funnel Server accepts requests & sends a TCP proxy to your machine where TLS cert is terminated. Simple, secure & only requires a few short commands.

Requirements

  • Enable in the .

  • Open the page in the admin console and click the Add Funnel to policy button

  1. Download Tailscale from the or

  2. Login from the top right menu icon & enable start on login from preferences

  3. Add alias for the Tailscale CLI to your shell configuration by entering the command below into terminal.

echo 'alias tailscale="/Applications/Tailscale.app/Contents/MacOS/Tailscale"' | sudo tee -a ~/.zshrc

Alternatively, you can use /Applications/Tailscale.app/Contents/MacOS/Tailscale <command>

  1. Proxy requests to BlueBubbles's local web server on the default port 1234. Make sure to check your setup in case a different port is being used. Supported serve ports are 443, 8443, or 10000.

tailscale serve --bg --https=443 1234

  1. Enable the funnel to route proxy traffic over Tailscale funnel servers. Again, supported ports are 443, 8443, or 10000 - match with what you chose in Step 4. Replace port 1234 with your BlueBubble's local web server.

tailscale funnel --bg --https=443 1234

  1. Check the funnel status with the following - you should see (Funnel on):

tailscale serve status

  1. Finally, copy the entire URL that you see in step 6 to the BlueBubbles Proxy Service drop-down menu:

https://machine-name.example.ts.net:443/

Thanks to @bobspop in Discord for creating this guide. Updated by @ampersandru

Tailscale Funnel
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Introduction to Tailscale funnel