--- title: "Build Your Own VPN With Tailscale" url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-own-vpn-with-tailscale-ctckofnoi source_url: https://milanjovanovic.tech/blog/build-your-own-vpn-with-tailscale type: article source: "Milan Jovanović" published: 2026-07-06T15:45:27.074Z updated: 2026-07-06T15:45:48.453Z tags: ["docker", "postgresql", "networking", "tailscale"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build Your Own VPN With Tailscale **[Milan Jovanović](https://daily.dev/sources/milanjovanovic)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tailscale lets you connect your servers, PCs, and other machines into a private encrypted mesh network (tailnet) built on WireGuard, so internal services like databases, dashboards, and admin panels are never exposed to the public internet. The guide walks through installing Tailscale on two VPS instances, binding Docker services (Postgres, Grafana, a .NET API) to tailnet IPs instead of 0.0.0.0, closing all public firewall ports including SSH, and connecting services across machines using stable private addresses. The result is zero open ports visible to the internet while retaining full internal connectivity from any device on the tailnet. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Build Your Own VPN With Tailscale](https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-own-vpn-with-tailscale-h7ufd7plh) · Milan Jovanović · 6 upvotes · 0 comments - [Tailscale replaced my entire networking setup, and I finally stopped dreading new services](https://daily.dev/posts/tailscale-replaced-my-entire-networking-setup-and-i-finally-stopped-dreading-new-services-taswqwfah) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop opening firewall ports and start using identity](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-opening-firewall-ports-and-start-using-identity-xyrc1lkyd) · All Things Open · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#tailscale](https://daily.dev/tags/tailscale) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/build-your-own-vpn-with-tailscale-ctckofnoi)