Posts about tailscale

How to get around the Plex Pass requirement for Plex remote access by using Tailscale
May 17, 2025
Beginning April 29th, 2025 the pricing for Plex Pass increased at the same time that remote access got paywalled behind it. That means you can no longer stream your own content outside of your home network, like say on your phone or tablet while at work or on vacation, without paying for Plex Pass. You can bypass the Plex Pass requirement by using Tailscale to remotely access your Plex server from your other devices.
How to use Pi-hole from anywhere with Tailscale
September 25, 2024
Tailscale is my new homelab toy. I've been using it to access my media on the go, to connect to a VPS for sharing my Plex library with family, and now for on-the-go adblocking on my phone, tablet and laptop -- here's how.
How to expose Plex to share your library with others from behind CGNAT using Tailscale and a free Oracle Cloud instance
September 3, 2024
I wrote before about sharing my Plex library via Cloudflare Tunnel, but that is technically against their TOS and liable to get your account in trouble. So I switched to using a free-tier Oracle VM, securely connecting it to my home network via Tailscale, and exposing Plex via reverse proxy on the VM. It works like a charm!
Comprehensive guide to setting up Tailscale to securely access your home network from anywhere
June 25, 2024
Accessing self-hosted services from outside the home can be a challenge, especially when dealing with CGNAT and having to forward ports from the router. It can be complex to manage and potentially dangerous to your home network's privacy and security if not done right, but Tailscale makes it easy to set up encrypted peer-to-peer connections between devices across different networks. In this guide I will explain how I use Tailscale as a VPN for secure remote access to my home network.