Setting Up Tailscale VPN on a Raspberry Pi for Remote Access
Setting Up Tailscale VPN on a Raspberry Pi for Remote Access Tailscale creates a private mesh VPN using WireGuard — zero port forwarding, zero complicated config. Access any device in your tailnet from anywhere. Why Tailscale No port forwarding required Works through CGNAT Free tier: 100 devices Works on iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux Installation bash curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh sudo tailscale up Open the authentication link on your phone or computer. Verify bash tailscale status tailscale ip -4 SSH from any tailnet device: ssh [email protected] Subnet Routing Route traffic for your whole home network: bash sudo tailscale up --advertise-routes=192.168.1.0/24 Approve in Tailscale admin console. Now any tailnet device can reach any home device. Exit Node Route all internet traffic through home: bash sudo tailscale up --advertise-exit-node Enable on your phone in Tailscale settings when traveling. Auto-Start bash sudo systemctl status tailscaled Service starts automatically on boot.
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