How do I deploy traefik-tailscale on Railway?

You can deploy traefik-tailscale on Railway by clicking the "Deploy Now" button on this page. Railway will automatically set up all the necessary services and configurations for you.

What are the system requirements?

Railway handles all the infrastructure requirements. You only need a web browser to deploy and manage your application.

Is this template free to use?

Yes, this template is free to use within your existing Railway account.

Can I customize this template?

Yes, you can fully customize this template. After deployment, you will have full control of what you've deployed in your Railway project.

How do I get support for this template?

You can get support through our community forum: empathetic-serenity-a49c6dd5, or join our Discord community for more assistance.

Deploy and Host Traefik + Tailscale with Railway

This template is a lightweight, containerized networking stack that combines Tailscale and Traefik to expose your Railway-hosted services securely over your Tailnet. It enables encrypted remote access, automatic TLS via Tailscale certificates, and a unified reverse-proxy layer without needing public internet ingress.

About Hosting

Hosting this template on Railway provides an elegant way to manage secure, private entrypoints for your applications. This template deploys a Tailscale node with kernel-level networking and a Traefik sidecar container sharing the same network namespace. Together, they provide Tailnet ingress, dynamic routing, automatic TLS certificates, and domain mapping from custom subdomains to Tailscale service endpoints. With persistent storage for Tailscale state and Traefik configuration, the setup can run continuously and automatically reconnect to your Tailnet after restarts.

Common Use Cases

Securely exposing internal services over a Tailscale private network
Using Traefik as a full-featured reverse proxy for Railway applications
Gaining automatic TLS certificates through Tailscale without DNS management

Dependencies for empathetic-serenity Hosting

A Tailscale Auth Key (preferably reusable/ephemeral depending on your needs)
A Tailscale domain name used by Traefik for certificate issuance

Deployment Dependencies

Tailscale Auth Key docs: https://tailscale.com/kb/1085/auth-keys
Traefik v3 Documentation: https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/
Tailscale Certificates: https://tailscale.com/kb/1153/tailscale-cert

Why Deploy empathetic-serenity on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying empathetic-serenity on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.