Netbird
NetBird is an open-source VPN management platform built on top of WireGuard making it easy to create secure private networks for your organization or home. It is very similar to Tailscale, and has very similar features.
Netbird can be self-hosted.
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Initial network setup
[htps://app.netbird.io/ Sign up] for an account, and then install netbird on each of your devices. By signing up for an account, a virtual network will be created automatically.
Installation
Join the network
The netbird service is installed as a template unit. Create a default instance:
# systemctl enable --now netbird@main.service
Then join the network:
# netbird up
If communication with the management server is successful, it will print a URL. Open it in a browser and sign in with your account credentials if needed. Follow the prompt on the browser, after which a success message will be printed on the console.
Just like Tailscale, it is possible to use a setup key to add a node:
# netbird up --setup-key 2CA35F84-3D54-4997-884D-FE72864ACFD7
Troubleshooting
Network inaccessible
One possible cause is conflict with Tailscale. By default, the Tailscale service will create firewall entries to filter traffic within the virtual network. All traffic originating from Tailscale's subnet must come from Tailscale's network interface. However, Tailscale and Netbird both use the same 100.64.0.0/10
subnet, thus Tailscale traffic will work fine, but Netbird traffic will be completely blocked.
This is the offending rule:
-A ts-input -s 100.64.0.0/10 ! -i tailscale0 -j DROP
Removing this rule on all affected nodes resolves the issue. However, this is not a permanent solution. Instead, disable the iptables rules entirely:
# tailscale up --netfilter-mode off
A better solution would be to use different subnets for Tailscale and Netbird, but at the moment they are not supported: