Tailscale

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Tailscale /config Path

Zero-config mesh VPN built on WireGuard — securely connect your devices without port forwarding or firewall changes.


Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/tailscale`
Daemonless	daemonless/tailscale
Source	tailscale/tailscale
Website	tailscale.com

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest` / `pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Most users — recommended.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

Podman AppJail Bastille

Compose CLI Ansible

services:
  tailscale:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/tailscale:latest"
    container_name: tailscale
    environment:
      - TS_AUTHKEY=tskey-auth-xxxx  # Tailscale Auth Key for automatic login — create one at https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/keys
      - TS_EXTRA_ARGS=--advertise-exit-node  # Additional arguments for tailscale up
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/tailscale:/config"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

podman run -d --name tailscale \
  -e TS_AUTHKEY=tskey-auth-xxxx \
  -e TS_EXTRA_ARGS=--advertise-exit-node \
  -v /path/to/containers/tailscale:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/tailscale:latest

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

- name: Deploy tailscale
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: tailscale
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/tailscale:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      TS_AUTHKEY: "tskey-auth-xxxx"
      TS_EXTRA_ARGS: "--advertise-exit-node"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/tailscale:/config"

Save as tailscale-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook tailscale-deploy.yaml.

Director CLI

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=tailscale
TS_AUTHKEY=tskey-auth-xxxx
TS_EXTRA_ARGS=--advertise-exit-node

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  tailscale:
    name: tailscale
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - TS_AUTHKEY: !ENV '${TS_AUTHKEY}'
        - TS_EXTRA_ARGS: !ENV '${TS_EXTRA_ARGS}'
    volumes:
      - TAILSCALE_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  TAILSCALE_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/tailscale'

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/tailscale:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -e TS_AUTHKEY=tskey-auth-xxxx \
  -e TS_EXTRA_ARGS=--advertise-exit-node \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/tailscale /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/tailscale:latest tailscale

Save the files above, then run sh run.sh.

Experimental

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

Compose CLI

services:
  tailscale:
    name: tailscale
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/tailscale:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - TS_AUTHKEY=tskey-auth-xxxx
      - TS_EXTRA_ARGS=--advertise-exit-node
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/tailscale:/config"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

bastille create -O \
  --env TS_AUTHKEY=tskey-auth-xxxx \
  --env TS_EXTRA_ARGS=--advertise-exit-node \
  --volume /path/to/containers/tailscale /config \
  tailscale ghcr.io/daemonless/tailscale:latest inherit

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`TS_AUTHKEY`	`tskey-auth-xxxx`	Tailscale Auth Key for automatic login — create one at https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/keys
`TS_EXTRA_ARGS`	`--advertise-exit-node`	Additional arguments for tailscale up

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	State directory (tailscaled.state)

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: root (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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