The EASIEST VPN for Home Assistant – Tailscale Install



In this video we are taking a look at one of the easiest ways to get remote access to your Home Assistant, so that you can access no matter where in the world you are! The best part about Tailscale with Home Assistant is that it doesn’t require any port forwarding (meaning it can be used with a CGNat), networking knowledge or firewall rules to be configured, Tailscale just works and can be up and running in just a matter of minutes!

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0:00 – Intro
0:33 – What is Tailscale?
1:00 – Other methods
1:39 – Pros and Cons of Tailscale
2:29 – Install on Home Assistant
3:48 – Install Tailscale client
4:45 – Outro

22 comments
  1. Would this work for port forwarding on an Ethereum Node to get outside CGNAT? I thought the Node needs peer connections which aren't available unless you have a VPN that is outside your ISP.

  2. I can connect to my HA machine remotely using my iPhone and an SSH app, but I cannot navigate to the user interface on my phone's browser. What am I doing wrong?

  3. Superb. I had wireguard from your previous video but seems temperamental. When I eventually need it it doesn't seem to work. Might be my ISP router as thats a pain to log in to to even get to the settings.

  4. i hate wireguard with a firey passion. Never could get it to work! I tried following 5 different guides, installed on HA, Unraid (plugin), unraid docker container.. No joy at all. I wish they still had the openvpn container. Atleast that worked!! I would go back to that in a heartbeat. I am going to try this one. When I replace my router i'm going to make sure i'm not locked into venders for ddns.

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