Free, private pi-hole hosting with Fly.io and Tailscale
Fly.io offers a generous free tier that you can put to use for pi-hole hosting in a region that you like. You can lock it down from the public using Tailscale.
Tailscale
Private Among Us games on the Tailscale network
Learn how to setup private Among Us games using Impostor and Tailscale. This enables you to host custom games without depending on the official servers.
dnsmasq: Custom DNS resolvers for specific domains
It’s possible to setup custom DNS resolvers for certain domains using a dnsmasq config file. Requests still pass through pihole, for ad-blocking capabilities.
Growing my home lab: Tailscale TLS certificates for each Docker with Caddy
I am starting to grow my home lab with Raspberry Pi, Docker, Caddy and Tailscale. Right now, I have Whoogle, libreddit, pihole and Caddy running on my nodes.
libreddit: Self-hosted reddit on the Tailscale network
I use libreddit, a self-hosted reddit without trackers on my Raspberry Pi. It’s configurable, comes with a beautiful UI and handles subscriptions very well.
Whoogle on the Tailscale network
I deployed an instance of Whoogle on my Tailscale network so that I can make ad-free and tracker-free Google search queries from my desktop and on the go.
Exit nodes: Control internet access using Tailscale ACLs
Tailscale has a new host to control internet access on an exit nodes. Add it to your Tailscale ACLs to allow access only for certain devices.
Hydroxide as a headless bridge for ProtonMail on Tailscale
If you are a ProtonMail user and hope to use third-party IMAP clients on the go, you can set up Hydroxide as a headless bridge on Tailscale.
Taildrop: free, p2p file sharing feature
Tailscale’s new Taildrop feature is amazing. It’s a p2p file sharing system that you can use from anywhere, even from two different networks. Avery’s blog post which is included is a great read as well.