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How to Install Tailscale on FreeBSD

Tailscale.com’s download page doesn’t list if it’s available for FreeBSD. But it does work on FreeBSD (tested on Release 14). Here’s how: Install the package: pkg install tailscale Edit /etc/rc.conf to add tailscaled_enable="YES" Run service tailscaled start. If you get an error, reboot. After reboot, run tailscale login. Grab the url, copy paste in a browser and approve the connection. You can now ssh into the machine from another ’tailscaled’ machine from within your LAN or outside your home/office. How to update Tailscale # Once installed, when you run the command tailscale on FreeBSD as root, you get a list of all the commands. Use tailscale update to update.

Create Your Own Secure Network Accessible Over the Internet Using Tailscale

It’s 2024 and there’s a fantastic tool available that can connect Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD machines together into a single network. Of course, that’s possible using samba, ssh, nfs or a whole range of other tools but tailscale makes the process super easy and very quick. And for upto three users, you can have a network of upto one hundred machines, free!