Production best practices

Last validated: May 23, 2025

Deployment checklist \ \ Your checklist to ensure a successful Tailscale deployment. Key and secret management \ \ Manage the various types of keys and secrets for your tailnet. Scanning for exposed Tailscale secrets \ \ Find out how Tailscale partners scan for exposed Tailscale secrets and provide notifications to help prevent fraudulent access. Admin account with passkey login \ \ Proactively set up an admin user that can log in to your tailnet with a passkey, to mitigate against a future SSO lockout. Performance best practices \ \ Get the most performance out of your Tailscale deployment. AWS reference architecture \ \ Deploy Tailscale to Amazon Web Services (AWS) with best practices, security, and production readiness in mind. Azure reference architecture \ \ Deploy Tailscale to Microsoft Azure with best practices, security, and production readiness in mind. Google Cloud Platform reference architecture \ \ Deploy Tailscale to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) with best practices, security, and production readiness in mind.

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