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How to Run Headscale with Docker

Headscale is a free, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server: it gives you a private WireGuard mesh network without depending on Tailscale's cloud or its plan limits. This guide brings it up with Docker Compose in its version 0.29.2, prepares the config.yaml file, registers the first node and adds a web panel with headscale-ui.

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How to Set Up a WireGuard VPN with wg-easy in Docker

wg-easy is the simplest way to self-host a WireGuard VPN: a single container that bundles the server and a web panel to create clients in one click. This guide brings it up with Docker Compose in its version 15, completes the first-run setup wizard on port 51821 and connects your first device with a QR code.

Technology

Mesh networks with WireGuard without losing your mind

WireGuard is simple over a single link, but hand-building a multi-node mesh quickly turns into a tangle of keys and routes. Patterns that work, when pure WireGuard earns its keep, and when it is worth leaning on Tailscale or Headscale instead.

Technology

Headscale: the free alternative to Tailscale

Headscale es una reimplementación libre del plano de control de Tailscale. Con la versión 0.25 estable, es una opción sensata para mallas WireGuard privadas sin depender de la plataforma comercial. Cuento cómo, cuándo y dónde duele.

Technology

Nebula: Slack’s overlay VPN explained

Nebula es una VPN peer-to-peer liberada por Slack en 2019 que ha ido madurando sin mucho ruido. Explico cómo funciona, cuándo tiene sentido frente a WireGuard o Tailscale, y qué aprendí desplegándola entre varios nodos.