Tailscale allows Gitpod CDE workspaces to access private private resources such as databases, S3 buckets, local services, etc.

Demo

Tailscale setup:

• Signup for a new A Tailscale account
• Navigate to your Tailscale Machines tab and copy the IP address of the example hello application

• Verify that reaching the example Tailscale hello application via ping fails.

Gitpod workspace

• Click the button below to start a new development environment:

• Login to your Tailscale account when prompted from the Gitpod workspace terminal:

To authenticate, visit:
        https://login.tailscale.com/a/XXXXXXXXXXXX

• Verify that reaching the example Tailscale hello application via ping succeeds.