Connecting via SSH

Your instance runs on a private network inside the homelab. To connect via SSH, you'll need to install Tailscale on your instance and use it to reach the instance from your machine.

Step-by-step

1. Install Tailscale

SSH into your instance via the web terminal, then install Tailscale:

curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
sudo tailscale up

Follow the Tailscale auth URL to connect your instance to your tailnet.

2. Find the IP

Run this on your instance to find its Tailscale IP:

tailscale ip -4

3. SSH from your machine

From any machine on your tailnet:

ssh user@100.x.x.x

Replace with your instance's Tailscale IP and your username.

Note: If you added an SSH public key during creation, it's already installed on your instance. Otherwise, you can add it via the web terminal.