This Docker Compose configuration sets up Netbox with Tailscale as a sidecar container to securely access your Network layout over a private Tailscale network. By using Tailscale in a sidecar configuration, you can enhance the security and privacy, ensuring that they are only accessible within your Tailscale network.
Netbox exists to empower network engineers. Since its release in 2016, it has become the go-to solution for modeling and documenting network infrastructure for thousands of organizations worldwide. As a successor to legacy IPAM and DCIM applications, NetBox provides a cohesive, extensive, and accessible data model for all things networked.
In this setup, the tailscale-netbox service runs Tailscale, which manages secure networking for the Netbox application. The netbox application uses the Tailscale network stack via Docker's network_mode: service: configuration. This setup ensures that your Netbox application is only accessible through the Tailscale network (or local as well, if preferred).