did some sysadmin work today; got my long-running personal VM updated from #debian bookworm to trixie; switched from ZNC to Soju for IRC bouncing; removed goofy self-signed TLS certs for a bunch of services and moved them to only be on #tailscale. very relaxing.

#Tailscale might be one of the most usefull pieces of sofware I added to my daily use in the last few years.

IT IS SO EASY to get a bunch of different devices with different OSs into one Network securely without fidgeting with VPN setup.

If I needed to give my grandma acces to a NFS rn, we could probably figure it out.

#sysadmin #linux

At #RSAC2026? Missing good coffee?

Drop by Tailscale’s Peer-to-Pour Cafe at Sextant Coffee Roasters, just steps from Moscone, for free coffee, sweet treats, custom swag, keycap fidgets, and chats with the team. Open Tues Mar 24, 8:00-5:00 and Wed Mar 25, 8:00-4:30 for badge holders. Plus: demos, expo swag, raffles, and more all week.

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#RSAC #RSAC2026 #Cybersecurity #ZeroTrust #Networking #Tailscale

Egen infrastruktur vs. molntjänster – känns igen?

"Person 1: Egna servrar är så bra.
Person 2: Men det är stor risk för nedtid. Jag gillar virtuella servrar.
Person 1: Man får väl bara se till att hålla dem uppe.
Person 2: Men du, varför är det rött runt din Tailscale slutnod "pfSense"?
Person 1: För routern ligger nere.
Person 2: Touché!"

#Selfhosted #Tailscale #pfSense #Sysadmin #ITHumor

https://almeidapaulopt.github.io/tsdproxy/

otra forma de poner #tailscale en #docker , esta te permite ahorrar poner un sidecar por contenedor. sino un global.

TSDPRoxy

TSDProxy is a proxy for tailscale

#tailscale and #termux.
This is very cool. I feel like I've just unlocked a new level of hacker nerd.

Progress on the #frankenscope. Since all the software is networked, I just moved the scanning stack onto a cube PC. The machine is connected via one of our edge routers to 5G, and sits in a #tailscale/#headscale network.

That turns it into a fully remote operated #microscope. I can explore the slide, mark an extent, start a scan and monitor the progress.

Currently I am still tuning the scanning process, which seems to be ever so slightly running away from what should be a mechanical endstop. Then some traveling, and still crossing fingers for some more content to #setzkasten soon.

One pretty cool thing about this is that because I have my whole network on Tailscale (including my phone) and am running a Pihole DNS server for that Tailnet I can internally use my local IP address for my Mastodon server, so when I use Mastodon myself everything stays inside the home.

#mastoadmin #tailscale #SelfHosting

Using Pi-hole as a DNS Server for my Tailnet - blog.thms.uk

Use Pi-hole as a DNS server across your entire Tailnet with Tailscale, without forcing all traffic through an exit node. Ad blocking and internal DNS everywhere.

blog.thms.uk
A conversation started with:
“Is there an AirDrop for Windows?”
My answer was Tailscale, though that undersells it a bit.
What I like most is that it replaced several annoying parts of remote access for me:
• less messing with port forwarding
• less dealing with unreliable sync tools
• less thinking about network setup in general
Now I mostly just connect to the machine I need, by name, and keep moving.
I wrote up how I use it here:
https://taylorarndt.substack.com/p/you-should-be-using-tailscale
#Tailscale #Networking #SelfHosting
You Should Be Using Tailscale

You Should Be Using Tailscale

Taylor’s Substack
What’s up, home? Part 140: Monitor Tailscale with Zabbix https://whatsuphome.fi/whatsuphome/part140 #whatsuphome #zabbix #tailscale #claude #monitoring
Part 140: Monitor Tailscale with Zabbix | What's up, home?

I monitor my home with Zabbix & Grafana and do some weird experiments with them. Want to know how to monitor your Apple Watch with Zabbix? Your surroundings? AI? You got it here.

What's up, home?