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My agent joined my home server over Tailscale and set itself up as my homelab control point

He joined the AI’s cloud computer to his Tailscale network and gave it SSH access to a restricted user on his home Ubuntu box. After a series of proceed replies from him, the AI set the rest up itself. It can now run commands and browser work through his own hardware, and he uses it as the control point for his homelab: Docker, VMs, his NAS and Proxmox. The setup uses a dedicated non sudo user and SSH keys, with no open ports.

How it works

  1. Join the AI’s VM to his Tailscale network
  2. Give it SSH access as a restricted user on the home Ubuntu box
  3. The AI sets up the rest after a series of proceed replies
  4. It now runs commands and browser work through his hardware for Docker, VMs, NAS and Proxmox

Why it’s worth knowing

Once the agent can reach his own hardware safely, its cloud computer becomes just the control point and his machines do the work.

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