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Learn OpenVLAN, properly

Guided paths instead of a wiki you drown in. Pick your role, follow the track.

Learning paths

Path · 45 min

First tailnet

Install on two devices, enable MagicDNS, ping across the mesh. The five-minute version of how-it-works, hands on.

  • ✓Install clients
  • ✓Join devices
  • ✓Names & ping
Path · 2 h

IT rollout

From pilot to company-wide: IdP connection, MDM deployment, ACL basics, and the legacy VPN exit.

  • ✓SSO + SCIM setup
  • ✓Device approval
  • ✓Migration waves
Path · 3 h

Infrastructure mesh

Subnet routers, Kubernetes operator, ephemeral CI nodes, and Terraform-managed ACLs.

  • ✓Subnet routers
  • ✓K8s operator
  • ✓Config as code

Concept tutorials

ACLs from first principles

Write rules people can read: groups, tags, ports, and the deny-default mindset.

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Exit nodes, safely

Advertise, approve, route — and what to double-check before you send all traffic through one.

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Identity for machines

Tags and auth keys for fleets and pipelines; rotating what shouldn't live forever.

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Funnel vs. tailnet-only

When publishing to the public internet is right — and how to scope it tightly.

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Deeper dives

Learn by doing

Every path assumes a free tailnet — spin one up and follow along.