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I’ve been begrudgingly using Tailscale because it’s so damn simple, but hate that I have to authenticate through Google. I recently noticed they’ve added a “sig

I’ve been begrudgingly using Tailscale because it’s so damn simple, but hate that I have to authenticate through Google. I recently noticed they’ve added a “sign in with GitHub option,” but I don’t see any easy way to migrate my account (and nodes). Many of the clients are PiHoles I’ve sent off to my family as gifts, so physical access is a PITA. The only way I’ve found to reliably clear the Tailscale settings is to `apt purge Tailscale`, which would cause me to lose Tailscale SSH access. Looking at the hassle of the remote reinstall- I’m thinking to SSH in with Tailscale, then establish a reverse SSH tunnel to maintain remote access - I think I may finally give Innernet [0] a go. [0] https://github.com/tonarino/innernet https://github.com/tonarino/innernet

Serow225 5y ago
You can also use Microsoft now (both "personal" accounts like used for Xbox/Outlook and "Enterprise" accounts like Microsoft365 and other AAD based accounts) I'm sure if you asked them about switching auth methods they would help with that.
- nemosaltat 5y ago
  That’s a good point. I’ve sent them an email and I’ll see what they say. EDIT: since I’m still in the edit window, here’s what Tailscale came back with (great response time!). >We can fairly easily switch between auth providers where the usernames are an email address, like Microsoft or Google or Okta. >For GitHub the username is different, GitHub uses your Profile name. Any email addresses associated with your GitHub profile are not available. >Unfortunately there isn't a straightforward way to migrate an existing Tailnet with its devices from Google to GitHub. We generally recommend making a new Tailnet with GitHub and re-authenticate devices using GitHub one at a time. For remote devices, this is more challenging. >If you want to try it, a suggestion: 1. you can create a Reusable authkey at https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/authkeys https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/authkeys for the new GitHub Tailnet 2. Over ssh to a node currently on the Google Tailnet, you can: `tailscale up --force-reauth --authkey=tskey-0123456789abcdef` 3. You'll lose the SSH session. The device will make a new Node key and be issued a new IP address on the new GitHub Tailnet. 4. You can look up its new IP address on https://login.tailscale.com/admin/machines https://login.tailscale.com/admin/machines of the GitHub Tailnet, and should be able to ssh to the new address.

Serow225 5y ago

You can also use Microsoft now (both "personal" accounts like used for Xbox/Outlook and "Enterprise" accounts like Microsoft365 and other AAD based accounts) I'm sure if you asked them about switching auth methods they would help with that.

nemosaltat 5y ago
That’s a good point. I’ve sent them an email and I’ll see what they say. EDIT: since I’m still in the edit window, here’s what Tailscale came back with (great response time!). >We can fairly easily switch between auth providers where the usernames are an email address, like Microsoft or Google or Okta. >For GitHub the username is different, GitHub uses your Profile name. Any email addresses associated with your GitHub profile are not available. >Unfortunately there isn't a straightforward way to migrate an existing Tailnet with its devices from Google to GitHub. We generally recommend making a new Tailnet with GitHub and re-authenticate devices using GitHub one at a time. For remote devices, this is more challenging. >If you want to try it, a suggestion: 1. you can create a Reusable authkey at https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/authkeys https://login.tailscale.com/admin/settings/authkeys for the new GitHub Tailnet 2. Over ssh to a node currently on the Google Tailnet, you can: `tailscale up --force-reauth --authkey=tskey-0123456789abcdef` 3. You'll lose the SSH session. The device will make a new Node key and be issued a new IP address on the new GitHub Tailnet. 4. You can look up its new IP address on https://login.tailscale.com/admin/machines https://login.tailscale.com/admin/machines of the GitHub Tailnet, and should be able to ssh to the new address.