Tailscale Private Access

Use this when you want to access Vagaris over Tailscale (or a private LAN/VPN) instead of only localhost.

1. Start Vagaris in private authenticated mode

pnpm dev --bind tailnet

Recommended behavior:

• PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_MODE=authenticated
• PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_EXPOSURE=private
• PAPERCLIP_BIND=tailnet

If you want the old broad private-network behavior instead, use:

pnpm dev --bind lan

Legacy aliases still map to authenticated/private + bind=lan:

pnpm dev --authenticated-private
pnpm dev --tailscale-auth

2. Find your reachable Tailscale address

From the machine running Vagaris:

tailscale ip -4

You can also use your Tailscale MagicDNS hostname (for example my-macbook.tailnet.ts.net).

3. Open Vagaris from another device

Use the Tailscale IP or MagicDNS host with the Vagaris port:

http://<tailscale-host-or-ip>:3100

Example:

http://my-macbook.tailnet.ts.net:3100

4. Allow custom private hostnames when needed

If you access Vagaris with a custom private hostname, add it to the allowlist:

vagaris allowed-hostname my-macbook.tailnet.ts.net

5. Verify the server is reachable

From a remote Tailscale-connected device:

curl http://<tailscale-host-or-ip>:3100/api/health

Expected result:

{"status":"ok"}

Troubleshooting

• Login or redirect errors on a private hostname: add it with vagaris allowed-hostname.
• App only works on localhost: make sure you started with vagaris run --bind lan or vagaris run --bind tailnet instead of plain pnpm dev.
• Can connect locally but not remotely: verify both devices are on the same Tailscale network and port 3100 is reachable.