I am pretty sure our PiKVM boxes were one of the very first things Brian McMoses and I were excited about loading up with Tailscale. The PiKVM is already such a fantastic piece of gear, and Tailscale makes it so much more versatile.
Just came here to say, I am one of the authors of that Toshiba TC358743 linux kernel and so glad to have played a small part in enabling this crucial piece of this product.
At first I was like cool, but Meshcentral is the cheaper and easier option. Which is what I currently use to manage all the machines in my tailnet. But being able to go into the bios and also boot of a iso from the pi is next Level. Awesome demo!
Thank you Alex for the video overall, but also for your diligence in covering these nuanced edge-casey issues for specific hardware that would be real sticking points for someone new to doing some of this.
Thanks for a terrific post, Alex. I would add the following: run edid dongles to head into the tesmart, it solves so many video problems, and you can even break out to a hdmi splitter for local monitor and control. As you noted, the tesmart is great but configuring it is no fun (get on a 193.168. 1.10 network, etc) . Using wakeonlan and controlling some shelly "smart" plus/hardware switches as a backstop for machines that really dont want to reboot. Finally, stick the tesmaft, pikvm, and a machine or so on a ups and you're really hands on keyboard from anywhere.
I'd really appreciate a bit deeper dive into using Tailscale with docker. The existing video is good, but it seems like the shared network namespace is a hard requirement. I'd like to be able to expose more complex docker networks. Maybe have a proxy service like Caddy with domains to expose a Gitea service *and* a Drone CI/CD service?
For exit node, should I use a Pi 5 or a mac mini m1? Previously I tried a pi 4 as an exit node but it struggled and gave me high latency and packet loss.
I already have a PiKVM for my unRaid server using the Geekworm kit. It works flawlessly. I have another pi running HassOS and acting as a subnet router so this isn't strictly necessary for me but it's good to know it's an option. Can you post the link to the TESmart switcher?
v4 pro handles a lot of the weirdness for you. power splitter, atx control and hdmi passthrough would be the big ones to pay attention with a diy approach. but it must be said, the diy approach will get you a very long way for a lot less $
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I am pretty sure our PiKVM boxes were one of the very first things Brian McMoses and I were excited about loading up with Tailscale. The PiKVM is already such a fantastic piece of gear, and Tailscale makes it so much more versatile.
Absolutely! Remotely accessing PiKVM is near the top of my list of favorite real-world uses for Tailscale.
I want to see that list Brian!
Just came here to say, I am one of the authors of that Toshiba TC358743 linux kernel and so glad to have played a small part in enabling this crucial piece of this product.
Thank for you the work you have done! -Alex
At first I was like cool, but Meshcentral is the cheaper and easier option.
Which is what I currently use to manage all the machines in my tailnet.
But being able to go into the bios and also boot of a iso from the pi is next Level.
Awesome demo!
Thank you Alex for the video overall, but also for your diligence in covering these nuanced edge-casey issues for specific hardware that would be real sticking points for someone new to doing some of this.
Alex thanks for all these videos, every one is top notch 👌
I had heard of --now before this video, but I didn't know that you could do --now after the service name. Nice tip!
Thank you for this excellent tutorial. it's just what I needed !
Thanks for a terrific post, Alex. I would add the following: run edid dongles to head into the tesmart, it solves so many video problems, and you can even break out to a hdmi splitter for local monitor and control. As you noted, the tesmart is great but configuring it is no fun (get on a 193.168. 1.10 network, etc) . Using wakeonlan and controlling some shelly "smart" plus/hardware switches as a backstop for machines that really dont want to reboot. Finally, stick the tesmaft, pikvm, and a machine or so on a ups and you're really hands on keyboard from anywhere.
I bought a couple based on the TechnoTim video but I haven't needed them yet! They remain safely in the drawer just in case though. -Alex
The fact that all of this software is free blows my mind.
I'd really appreciate a bit deeper dive into using Tailscale with docker. The existing video is good, but it seems like the shared network namespace is a hard requirement. I'd like to be able to expose more complex docker networks. Maybe have a proxy service like Caddy with domains to expose a Gitea service *and* a Drone CI/CD service?
Does this one cover it? Or are you asking something more specific? We covered Caddy and custom domains in it.
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Excellent video love Tailscale and your videos Alex thanks for detailed breakdown
@Tailscale Good video matey 🤓👏🏼 keep going 🤓
This is the setup I’ve been using and it’s great
Very interesting usage scenario. GEEK!
Awesome video!!
Hopefully you will do a video about tailscale ssh and acls
ACLs is on the way, and we already have an SSH video out in the wild!
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i've never been able to set up tls certificates! will try to use tailscale serve tomorrow to get them up and running on my pihole and my synology nas
Brilliant video, thanks! New subscriber too, of course.
Instead of splitting the USB-C, you could power the Pi with a PoE hat. The utronics mini version keeps the camera connector nicely accessible.
Great idea! Looks to be about $22 or so? Is that the one?
@@Tailscale £24.90 Inc vat back here. I haven't used it but PiHut is sound in their offerings
Tailscale the everything! lol. Now we just need an easier way to keep it running on the steam deck for some remote gaming 😁
this is gold thanks mate
Such a bloody good video...
I love your videos, how about do Tailscale with OpenWRT?
For exit node, should I use a Pi 5 or a mac mini m1? Previously I tried a pi 4 as an exit node but it struggled and gave me high latency and packet loss.
Its very difficult to get the pre-built PiKVM in India
wait, hold on. Is this the Alex from the self hosted podcast? Is i you Alex? My head has just gone to a time space vortex, can't believe it.
Everybody gets a little woozy the first time they go through hyperspace.
- Alex
I already have a PiKVM for my unRaid server using the Geekworm kit. It works flawlessly. I have another pi running HassOS and acting as a subnet router so this isn't strictly necessary for me but it's good to know it's an option. Can you post the link to the TESmart switcher?
The links are in the description :)
@@Tailscale I think you missed that one. The only links are for the pi and pi accessories.
Oops! Fixed now. Just checking you're paying attention ;)
Is a PiKVM v4 Pro required for anything mentioned in this video or can you achieve everything he demonstrates with the PiKVM v4 Mini? Or even a v3?
v4 pro handles a lot of the weirdness for you. power splitter, atx control and hdmi passthrough would be the big ones to pay attention with a diy approach. but it must be said, the diy approach will get you a very long way for a lot less $
I'd also pronounce it as system-c-t-l, just like the first time you said it in that fragment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
does anyone know if the certs will auto-renew or if there are steps that I need to take to renew?
You could add a systemd timer to restart the relevant services every 30 days which should pickup the auto renew as required.
Can you please create a video to install tailscale on blikvm v4 H616?
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Can you please create a video to install tailscale on blikvm v4 H616?
Can you please create a video to install tailscale on blikvm v4 H616?
Can you please create a video to install tailscale on blikvm v4 H616?