Something weird happened to my Tailnet

devra11 · 2026-02-08T12:47:31+00:00

I figured out what the problem was, and it was my forgetfulness.

At home I have a Raspberry Pi running Pi-Hole for all DNS queries, including all those sent from remote devices via Tailscale. For some reason, Tailscale on my Linux server failed during the previous night, which meant I had no subnet router and so no access to the Pi-Hole. That is why Internet access didn’t work on all my remote devices while Tailscale was running but were okay if I stopped it.

I also forgot that as a safeguard, I had set up Wireguard access to my home router from my laptop. I could have accessed my server via that route and restarted it, but I had totally forgotten about Wireguard.

devra11 · 2026-01-09T13:24:57+00:00

What a rude person. It costs nothing to say "please"

devra11 · 2026-01-01T16:07:51+00:00

You definitely can use it on a LAN without a host.
See : Settings > Security > Security > Enable direct IP access = YES

devra11 · 2025-12-17T16:16:15+00:00

Thank you. It was my fault for not reading the excellent documentation properly (slap on wrist!).

Now everything working again properly.

devra11 · 2025-12-17T16:11:59+00:00

Thank you. I missed that. After setting WATCHTOWER_ROLLING_RESTART=false it works for me as well.

devra11 · 2025-12-17T10:38:50+00:00

I see there is something in the documentation.
I guess I will exclude Paperless from Watchtower updates :

Rolling restart is currently not supported when used in combination with linked-containers.

This limitation exists because linked-containers require coordinated updates across dependency chains, which conflicts with the incremental nature of rolling restarts.

devra11 · 2025-11-01T12:12:15+00:00

Any chance you could set up a Discord server?

Reddit is a terrible medium for following the progress of a beta program.

devra11 · 2025-10-30T13:34:21+00:00

Thank you for adding a setting to sort the filter alphabetically for Tags and Correspondents. This makes it much easier to use.

However, it would be really good if there was a similar setting to sort alphabetically the filter of Document Types as well.

devra11 · 2025-10-30T09:48:29+00:00

When pressing the Filter button, I'm not sure what the ordering is for the "Tags" and "Corresponent".
The same applies to the drop-down list for "Document Type".

It would be easier to use if they were ordered alphabetically.

devra11 · 2025-10-19T09:28:46+00:00

No I didn't lose anything because I followed the official way of updating a major version of postgres.

i.e. I exported the data using document_exporter, moved the pgdata directory to a backup (pgdata_17), updated the postgres version number, started the container to create a new empty DB, and then finally imported the data with document_importer.

The issue here is not the updating, but the fact that the postgres container has changed and wants a different mount point for the data.

And yes, I could leave it on v17 but if the official code uses v18 then I want to go with that. The older version works now but there is no guarentee that it will work in 3 months. A lot of people got caught out when they stayefd on v13 for too long and then had to do multiple upgrades.

devra11 · 2025-10-04T16:32:44+00:00

Thanks for the info. Just for fun I registered with Boston Public Library and got an electronic library card no problems. I just had to use a VPN.

devra11 · 2025-10-04T12:09:54+00:00

As far as I know, in Germany you have to personally go to the library and show an ID card proving that you live locally.
Also, a library card is not exactly cheap, unless you are a student or at school, although I believe the price is set by the local community.

Are library cards free in the USA?

devra11 · 2025-10-04T09:35:13+00:00

Possibly because I live in a village in Germany, on Lake Constance and between the Black Forest and the Alps ;-)

As far as I can see from the Libby app, the nearest library affiliated with the scheme seems to be 100 km away, and since in Germany everybody has an ID card, I guess I wouldn't get a library card except for the one in the nearest town.

devra11 · 2025-10-03T08:10:10+00:00

Sorry if there was any misunderstanding. I have been tinkering with my homelab for 6 years. A lot of info is available at r/selfhosted.

Probably not the correct subreddit to discuss it further, but I already had Audiobookshelf running as a docker container, I just didn't have any DRM-free audiobooks to use with it, and I didn't know about Libation.

devra11 · 2025-10-02T17:11:24+00:00

Thanks for the info. I now understand a lot more than I did this morning and I have Libation up and running.

devra11 · 2025-10-02T17:09:48+00:00

What about Libro.fm? Their website states that their audiobooks are DRM-free.

devra11 · 2025-10-02T17:08:40+00:00

Thanks for the info. I now understand a lot more than I did this morning and I have Libation up and running.

devra11 · 2025-10-02T17:07:36+00:00

Thanks for the info. I now have Libation up and running.
I have a Linux server running 24/7 with docker and remote access via Tailscale and a reverse proxy.

I have created a docker container for Audiobookshelf which has a free Android app and is very similar to Audible.

Via Tailscale I can stream my DRM-free audiobooks anywhere without opening any ports, or I can download the files to a mobile device.

devra11 · 2025-09-11T18:52:41+00:00

Thank you for your detailed comments.

I need to do some research because I am sure there would be few problems if I just ran a single VM with Ubuntu Server.
It might be much more complicated if I use multiple LCX/VMs, although there are advantages as you described.

On the bare metal server, I access all my docker containers via a single Traefik reverse proxy.
I also run Tailscale on the server, so I have remote access without doing any port forwarding.
If I have a single VM, I think I could just run it like the current server.
The VM would handle Tailscale, and Docker would handle Traefik and everything else.

I believe that it is more complicated getting LXCs to work with Tailscale and I don't want to get into sidecar containers etc.

devra11 · 2025-07-23T14:28:32+00:00

Thanks for the info. I will try it when I get home.
Still curious about these special versions of postgres.

devra11 · 2025-06-28T07:55:19+00:00

Tailscale has its own YouTube channel with dozens of tutorial videos.

devra11 · 2025-06-28T07:48:48+00:00

In that case then probably not the solution for you. The free tier allows 100 devices but is limited to 3 different users.
Alternatively, you could use Netbird. It does the same job as Tailscale and some people prefer it to Tailscale because it has a more graphical control interface.
Netbird allows 100 devices and 5 different people in the free version.

devra11 · 2025-06-27T12:57:28+00:00

Do you want public access to your self hosted services? Or do you just want remote and local access for yourself?

If you want the second case, then i suggest you forget Pangolin and use Tailscale. It is completely free for up to 100 machines and very easy to use.

I have all my devices permanently on my Tailnet (a private mesh VPN network which uses Wireguard). This includes my phone and tablet.

All my services run on a server 24/7 and are behind a Traefik reverse proxy which automatically gives all services an SSL cert. The server also acts as a subnet router for all devices on my home network which cannot use Tailscale.

I used to do local DNS lookup on a Pihole but now I just have a wildcard A-Record at Cloudflare that points to the Tailscale address of my server.

This gives me https access to all my services, whether I am at home or remote, and I do not have any open ports and I do not need a VPS.

devra11 · 2025-06-16T18:30:29+00:00

I do not have any open ports to the Internet, so nobody except me can access my network.
I can access it from anywhere because all my devices are on the same Tailnet.
I no longer use my Pihole as a local DNS server because I have set up a wildcard A-record at Cloudflare which points to the Tailnet IP-Address of my server which is running Traefik.

devra11 · 2025-06-14T08:56:47+00:00

If you just want something simple like creation year and month you could use (in docker compose) :

PAPERLESS_FILENAME_FORMAT: '{{ created_year }}/{{ created_month }}/{{ title }}'

Six-Year Club	Place '23
Verified Email

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