Documentation
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Here are some good articles to start with:
What is Tailscale?
Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. It …
Getting Started with Tailscale
Welcome! Follow the steps below to create your own private Tailscale network. Step 1: Sign up for an account You can sign up for a Tailscale …
Subnet routers and traffic relay nodes
Tailscale works best when the client app is installed directly on every client, server, and VM in your organization. That way, traffic is …
DNS in Tailscale
Tailscale provides each device on your network with a unique IP address that stays the same no matter where your devices are. However, IP …
Inviting others to your network
Tailscale networks are based on your email address domain name. If you signed up as [email protected], only users with an @example.com email …
How Tailscale works
People often ask us for an overview of how Tailscale works. We’ve been putting off answering that, because we kept changing it! But now …