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title: Tailscale
description: "Tailscale is a VPN service that makes devices and applications accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Tailscale enables encrypted point-to-point connections using the open source WireGuard protocol, which ensures that only devices on the private network can communicate…"
url: "https://lucidum.io/docs/tailscale/"
updated: "2024-06-29"
category: Connectors / List of Connectors / T
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# Tailscale

Tailscale is a VPN service that makes devices and applications accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. Tailscale enables encrypted point-to-point connections using the open source WireGuard protocol, which ensures that only devices on the private network can communicate with each other.

## Configuring the Connector for Tailescale

To configure Lucidum to ingest data from Tailscale:

1. Log in to Lucidum.
2. In the left pane, click **Connector**.
3. In the **Connector** page, click **Add Connector**.
4. Scroll until you find the Connector you want to configure. Click **Connect**. The **Settings** page appears.
5. In the **Settings** page, enter the following:

   - **URL ***(required)*: The URL of the Tailscale API
   - **API Key ***(required)*: Tailscale API key
   - ***Verify SSL***. For future use.
6. To test the configuration, click **Test**.

   - If the connector is configured correctly, Lucidum displays a list of services that are accessible with the connector.
   - If the connector is not configured correctly, Lucidum displays an error message.

## API Documentation

API version V2

[https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/blob/main/api.md#device-get](https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/blob/main/api.md#device-get)