--- title: Tailscale: Share Local Databases Securely Without Cloud... description: Tailscale enables teams to share local databases securely without cloud hosting by creating a private network over the internet. The guide demonstrates setting... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tailscale-share-local-databases-securely-without-cloud-hosting-0drjos0v8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tailscale: Share Local Databases Securely Without Cloud Hosting | daily.dev og:description: Tailscale enables teams to share local databases securely without cloud hosting by creating a private network over the internet. The guide demonstrates setting... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tailscale-share-local-databases-securely-without-cloud-hosting-0drjos0v8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0drJOs0V8.png og:image:alt: Tailscale: Share Local Databases Securely Without Cloud Hosting og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # Tailscale: Share Local Databases Securely Without Cloud Hosting **[WeProDev](https://daily.dev/sources/weprodev)** · [@saadh393](https://daily.dev/saadh393) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tailscale enables teams to share local databases securely without cloud hosting by creating a private network over the internet. The guide demonstrates setting up Tailscale to allow team members to access a local MongoDB instance as if they were on the same LAN, including configuring MongoDB to bind to Tailscale IPs, inviting teammates, and implementing access control lists (ACLs) to restrict which services and ports team members can access. This approach eliminates database sync issues and cloud hosting costs while maintaining security through network-level permissions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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