Easiest way to install Tailscale VPN on Ugreen NAS

The easiest way to run Tailscle on your Ugreen is with Docker. I will show you step by step how to do it, without having to know much about containers. We will use Ugreen docker app which is GUI, so you wont have to type any commands or touch the terminal.

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Step 1: Install Docker from App center on Ugreen

Just click on your app center and look for docker. It takes 2 clicks to install - super easy

Step 2: Pull the image

Image is like your windows install file. Good thing is that you can access docker hub from within the app. Open Docker app, click on Container -> New Container -> Download from Image Page.

On the image page, when you click on Image Database it shows you all the images avalable on docker hub. Search for tailscale and download the offfical image.

Step 3: Create the container

Click on Local tab and it will show the image that you just downloaded. Click on create

Now here we need to change a few settings and we will be done.

In environment variables, we create 2 variables.

• TS_AUTHKEY with the value of authkey you get from your tailscale admin console. This will be used to authorize your machine.
• TS_STATE_DIR with a value of /TS_STAT_DIR. This is the directory that will hold the state of your container so everytime container restarts you dont lose your VPN settings.

And then we mount a volume from host ( ugreen NAS) to your container. Create a Shared directory on your NAS and mount it to your container at the mount point /TS_STATE_DIR. Change the permission to read/write and network mode to Host.

That is it. Click confirm and your container should be up and running. Confirm in your Tailscale portal that the machine is added.