Tailscale Setup Guide: Self-Hosted and UniFi Integration
Tailscale is a modern VPN built on WireGuard with automatic mesh networking. For complete self-hosting, use Headscale—an open-source Tailscale control server implementation. UniFi Devices: If you run UniFi hardware (Dream Machine, Dream Router, etc.), install Tailscale directly on your gateway: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 # Install the latest version of Tailscale on UniFi OS 2.x+ curl -sSLq https://raw.github.com/SierraSoftworks/tailscale-udm/main/install.sh | sh # Start Tailscale tailscale up # Advertise routes to your local network tailscale up --advertise-routes=10.0.0.0/24 --advertise-exit-node The installation automatically restarts after UniFi updates, runs via systemd on UniFi OS 2.x+, and supports Tailscale SSH. It works on UniFi Dream Machine, Dream Router, Cloud Key Gen 2, and similar devices. ...