Tailscale for Cloud GPU (RunPod/Vast.ai)

Connect to your cloud GPU instances via SSH using Tailscale mesh VPN.

Why Tailscale?

• Direct SSH - No port forwarding or exposed services
• Persistent IP - Same IP even after pod restarts
• Secure - End-to-end encrypted, no public exposure
• Works anywhere - Bypasses NAT and firewalls

Quick Setup (Cloud Instance)

Run in JupyterLab terminal or RunPod SSH:

curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | bash && /usr/sbin/tailscaled --tun=userspace-networking --state=/workspace/tailscale.state & sleep 5 && tailscale up --ssh