Hey folks! I'm in the middle of migrating our team's remote access setup over to Tailscale and it’s been smooth sailing so far for the actual connections. But as someone who lives and breathes migration planning, I'm thinking ahead to the operational side.
I’ve got our nodes talking to each other, but now I need to *monitor* everything. I want to be proactive, not just reactive when someone says "my connection is slow."
Specifically, I’m looking for practical ways to:
* Check the real-time health/latency of connections between specific nodes.
* See logs for authentication events or connection drops.
* Get alerted if a key node (like our central file server) becomes unreachable over Tailscale.
* Understand if any ACL or tag changes broke something.
I know about `tailscale status` and `tailscale ping` on the command line, which are great for a quick spot check. But what are you all using for ongoing visibility, especially for a team with 20+ devices? Are you feeding logs somewhere central? Using the admin console for certain things, or third-party tools?
Would love to hear your real-world setups and any clever scripts you've put together. A good monitoring checklist is worth its weight in gold during a cutover! 🔧