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Tailscale exit node on Fly.io
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fly.toml
app = "fly-scale"
[env]
PATH="/usr/local/bin"
TS_EXTRA_ARGS="--hostname=fly --advertise-exit-node"
[build]
image = "tailscale/tailscale:stable"
[deploy]
strategy="immediate"
[mounts]
source="ts_data"
destination="/var"
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FlyIO+Tailscale.md

How to setup Tailscale exit note on fly.io

Install and authenticate your flyctl

$ brew install flyctl
$ flyctl auth login

Create a fly.io app from the provided fly.toml file

$ flyctl launch --copy-config

Set the TS_AUTH_KEY env var for the current app.

$ flyctl secrets set TS_AUTH_KEY=tskey-xxxxx

Create a volume to persist tailscale db.

$ fly volumes create ts_data --region fra --size 1

Re-deploy, if you change some settings

$ flyctl deploy
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