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Access the built-in SSH server

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Border0 + Tailscale is currently in beta.

By default, a Border0 connector has a built-in SSH server. There's no additional configuration required. The built-in SSH server listens only on the tunnel to Border0, so it doesn't listen on port 22 on your connector device. It also won't conflict with any existing SSH services you might already have running on your connector.

Enable the built-in SSH server

You have the option to enable the built-in SSH server when you create a connector. You can also enable or disable the built-in SSH server after you create a connector.

To enable the built-in SSH server for a connector that is already created:

  1. In the Border0 admin portal, open the Connectors page.
  2. Select the connector to configure.
  3. Select Actions.
  4. Select Edit.
  5. In the Connector Configuration page, enable the Enable Built-in SSH Service setting.
  6. Select Submit.

You can now connect to your connector by using the built-in SSH service.

Connect to the connector

To start an SSH session:

  1. In the Border0 admin portal, open the Connectors page.
  2. Select the connector to use for an SSH session.
  3. Select Connect.
  4. Follow the prompts to authenticate.
  5. Successful authentication takes you to the client portal, where you have a web-based SSH session.

SSH username

The SSH server process will run as the user that started the Border0 connector. If this process starts as user root, you can log in as any valid system user, including root.

If you run the process as a non-root user, then SSH requests to this service should always be done as the same system user.