Headscale: self-host your own Tailscale
Run your own Tailscale control server on a VPS. Install headscale from the official .deb, set server_url before you start it, then join your first node.
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WireGuard vs Tailscale vs Headscale
Tailscale is WireGuard plus a control plane. What that coordination server buys you, what it costs you, and which of the three belongs on your VPS.
WireGuard vs OpenVPN: which to self-host
WireGuard wins for almost every self hoster on speed, config size and audit surface. Here is the evidence, and the four cases where OpenVPN still wins.
wg-easy: WireGuard with a web UI in Docker
Run WireGuard behind the wg-easy web UI with Docker Compose: the ports, NET_ADMIN, the sysctls that matter, and QR code onboarding for phones.
VPS vs VPN: what is the difference?
A VPS is a computer you rent. A VPN is an encrypted tunnel for your traffic. What each one does, what each costs, and how one can host the other.
Fix DNS over WireGuard: three failure modes
Your WireGuard tunnel is up but names do not resolve, or the queries leak to the local router. Find which of the three DNS failures you have, and fix it.
Self-host a WireGuard VPN on your VPS
Set up WireGuard on your own Linux VPS: key generation, wg0.conf, IP forwarding, NAT, AllowedIPs semantics, DNS, and the handshake failures that bite.