Tailscale Exit Node with AWS CDK and Deno

This repository automates the creation of a Tailscale exit node in your chosen AWS region using the AWS CDK. You will need:

• Deno
• Tailscale Auth Key

To create a Tailscale exit node, run the following commands:

This script will create a new Tailscale exit node in sa-east-1 to adjust and change the exit node name, change the stacks array in main.ts file.

deno task bootstrap --profile profile
TAILSCALE_AUTH_KEY=your_key deno task deploy --profile profile

To destroy the Tailscale exit node, run the following command:

deno task destroy --profile profile

Note: Replace profile with your AWS profile configured in the AWS credentials file (.aws/credentials).

Thanks to @scottgerring and your blog post: https://blog.scottgerring.com/posts/automating-tailscale-exit-nodes-on-aws/