Tailscale with Gitpod

Tailscale allows Gitpod CDE workspaces to access private private resources such as databases, S3 buckets, local services, etc.

Demo

Tailscale setup:

Signup for a new A Tailscale account
Navigate to your Tailscale Machines tab and copy the IP address of the example hello application

Verify that reaching the example Tailscale hello application via ping fails.

Gitpod workspace

Click the button below to start a new development environment:

Login to your Tailscale account when prompted from the Gitpod workspace terminal:

To authenticate, visit:
        https://login.tailscale.com/a/XXXXXXXXXXXX

Verify that reaching the example Tailscale hello application via ping succeeds.