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Using Tailscale with an OrbStack VM on macOS

by highpost on 5/25/2026, 10:10:08 PM

Here&#x27;s an example of how to build an Ubuntu VM using OrbStack on macOS and then connect to the VM through Tailscale SSH using an auth key stored in Apple Keychain.<p>For example, I can create a VM on my Mac mini at home that hosts a git repo or even a Forgejo server. A colleague in my Tailnet can then connect to this VM to clone, push or pull source code changes from a coffeeshop or airliner while not exposing the rest of my Mac mini.

https://github.com/highpost/tailscale-macos-vm

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