Tailscale Serve Systemd Service

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This service runs tailscale serve to serve a web endpoint via Tailscale.

Systemd Unit Syntax

[Unit]
Description=Serve Nextcloud backend through Tailscale
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/bin/tailscale serve --bg http://127.0.0.1:11000

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
    

Explanation

• Description: Human-readable description of the service.
• After: Waits for network to be up before starting.
• Type=oneshot: Runs the command once and exits.
• ExecStart: Command to execute (runs Tailscale serve in the background).
• WantedBy: Defines when the service should start (multi-user target = normal boot).

How to Run as Daemon

# Reload systemd config
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

# Enable service at boot
sudo systemctl enable tailscale-web.service

# Start service now
sudo systemctl start tailscale-web.service

# Check status
sudo systemctl status tailscale-web.service
    

This page is just a static explanation of the service syntax.