Ever want to dig into Tailscale but haven't had time? If that's you, then join us in this workshop where you will learn the basics of Tailscale and get some hands-on experience deploying Tailscale into cloud resources on AWS. Participants will learn how to deploy Tailscale locally and into an AWS environment using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, OpenTofu, etc.). You will also learn how to configure Tailscale for various use cases like Subnet Routing and Exit Nodes, as well as implement fine-grained access controls with Tailscale ACLs and Grants, and lastly learn how to integrate Tailscale with AWS services (like RDS databases) for secure private access over the public internet by leveraging WireGuard under the hood, powered by Tailscale.
Prerequisites
- Laptop capable of running SSH and command-line tools
- AWS account with permissions to create resources like EC2 instances, VPCs, and RDS databases, etc.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, OpenTofu, or Cloud Init) is helpful, but not required.
- Foundational AWS and networking knowledge is encouraged
