Installed Tailscale to be able to listen to my music files away from home, and found that it’s so much more! But what is Tailscale?
Tailscale is a zero-config, mesh VPN service based on the WireGuard protocol that securely connects devices across different networks without requiring complex firewall configurations. It creates a peer-to-peer “tailnet,” allowing computers, servers, and cloud instances to communicate directly as if they were on the same local network.
So, you can access all your stuff remotely, solving the problem of the insecurities of WD “Cloud Access” at a stroke. You then also have a secure VPN (even more insecure if you use NextDNS as a nameserver) which you can use abroad for all those useful VPN functions. Tailscale has a free tier which allows 3 users and up to 100 devices! And you can access your files as if you were sitting at home. It gives your NAS a dedicated unique IP which can be accessed via encryption from anywhere, you can SSH into the box as well.
I installed it using this guide I found on Reddit:
Tailscale on MyCloud EX2 Ultra - Persistent : r/Tailscale
So you could too! The method used in the guide is to parasitise one of the available apps that you don’t use, but maybe it could also go in a Docker container (I haven’t tried this, I’m using the iTunes app which I don’t need).
Have fun!
