Tailscale on Ugreen NAS

🔍 What Tailscale Does

• Zero‑config VPN: Devices automatically discover each other and connect securely, no manual IP setup required.
• Mesh networking: Every device talks directly to others, forming a resilient peer‑to‑peer network.
• Identity integration: Works with identity providers (Google, Microsoft, Okta, etc.) for authentication.
• Cross‑platform: Runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and even NAS devices.
• Exit nodes & routing: You can route all traffic through one device (like a home server) or advertise subnet routes.
• MagicDNS: Provides human‑friendly names for devices instead of IP addresses.

🚀 Docker Installation Steps

I have two NVME SSDs installed in my DXP2800, mirrored, that I use to hold apps and docker containers. It's configured as /volume2. All of my docker containers are run from /volume2/docker

1. In the Ugreen NAS app, open the App Center
2. Search for "Docker"
3. Install Docker

📁 Setup Tailscale

Go to Tailscale's website and create an account. Then setup your docker directories.

	mkdir /volume2/docker
	mkdir /volume2/docker/tailscale

🧾 Docker Compose File

In /volume2/docker/tailscale create docker-compose.yml

	services:
	  tailscale:
	    image: tailscale/tailscale:latest
	    container_name: tailscale
	    network_mode: host
	    privileged: true
	    volumes:
	      - ./tailscale:/var/lib/tailscale
	    environment:
	      - TS_STATE_DIR=/var/lib/tailscale
	    command: tailscaled --state=/var/lib/tailscale/tailscaled.state --socket=/var/run/tailscale/tailscaled.sock &
		     tailscale up --accept-dns=true --accept-routes=true
	    restart: unless-stopped 

▶️ Start Tailscale

From within /volume2/docker/tailscale run:

Now run docker exec -it tailscale tailscale up That will give you a link to browse to to register the Ugreen NAS with Tailscale.

📜 View Logs

Check the status

You should see your Ugreen NAS listed.

🌐 Access Web Interface

Go to Tailscale's website. You should see your Ugreen NAS listed.