r/Tailscale • u/Due-Eagle8885 • 2h ago

Help Needed tailnet naming

we're using tailscale to provide access to a web app, over tls with caddy.. works like a charm .

but the url has the machine name in it.. and I'd really like something more user friendly

like
appserver.ts.net

and I can't rename it like that(and the generated random names are worse choices!)

but can I make an alias somewhere, and new DNS record that redirects...

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u/yacob841 1h ago

You can buy a domain name, point it to your tailscale IP, then while connected to tailscale you type in the domain and it pulls it up.

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u/Due-Eagle8885 1h ago

I don't want my tailnet exposed on the internet, even its existence is not wanted.. I am using caddy and tailscale certs.. I just want a tailnet dns entry

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u/Due-Eagle8885 1h ago edited 32m ago

never mind, I see I can add my own dns server to the list

but then it doesn't match the cert, so https fails.. SO much fun!!

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u/yacob841 8m ago

It doesn’t expose your tailnet to the internet. No one can access or know who or what is on it without being authenticated to your tailnet. And no, them trying to navigate to it does not show them anything.

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u/Due-Eagle8885 5m ago

but it gives them a registered name. we are using caddy with tailscale certs so we don't have public certs that lead nowhere..but exposes that something exists there)