Ansible playbook to deploy Tailscale with SSH and Exit Node enabled on 1 or more machines. This is a great way to self-host your own VPN, but keep it easy for all of your devices. Exit Nodes can easily be switched in the Tailscale apps.

Supported operating systems:

• Debian / Ubuntu
• CentOS / RedHat
• Rocky Linux / AlmaLinux
• Amazon Linux 2023 / Amazon Linux 2
• Fedora
• Arch Linux
• OpenSUSE
• Oracle Linux
• Raspbian

From ansible-role-tailscale

1. Clone this playbook with git clone https://github.com/itsnebulalol/tailscale-deploy && cd tailscale-deploy
2. Install Ansible
3. Run ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml --force
4. Edit hosts with your server info, add as many servers as you need
5. Get a Tailscale auth key from here
6. Run the playbook with TAILSCALE_KEY="key goes here" ansible-playbook -i hosts main.yml

Lastly, enable Exit Node in the route settings in the Tailscale dashboard for the machine(s):

For more information, read here.

• Matrix Docker Ansible Deploy for hosts file and other references
• artis3n for ansible-role-tailscale