Geoffrey Vandiest
  • Azure
  • Security

My Azure VM has no SSH port open to the internet. I still manage it from my sofa.

Geoffrey Vandiest

The trick is one of the tools I like very much: Tailscale.

Tailscale page saying 'Authorization successful – You're all set. You can now close this window'.

My AI assistant Zyggy runs on that VM. With Tailscale, my laptop, my phone and the VM are on the same private network, wherever I am. No VPN to configure, no firewall rules to write.

You install it, you log in, and it just works. I almost forgot it was there.

The bots scanning port 22 all day can keep trying. Nobody opens the door.

And it's free for personal use.

First published on LinkedIn.