Requesting Tailscale access

How to request just-in-time access to Tailscale devices and network resources through P0 via Slack, Teams, Webex, the P0 CLI, or the P0 dashboard.

Requesting from P0 app

1. Open up the P0.app and navigate to the Access Management page.

2. Click on Request Access.

1. Click the dropdown for Resource and select Tailscale.

2. Select your Organization and Device.

3. Enter Reason access is needed and Requested access duration. Both are optional.

Once you make the request, an approver can navigate to the Access Management page, select Approve, and approve the request for a specific time period.

To revoke access, an approver can navigate to the Access Management page, Prior Approval tab, and click Revoke.

Requesting from P0 CLI

You must install the P0 CLI package on your computer before you request access using P0 CLI.

1. Open your computer’s terminal.

2. Run the command with the following parameters to request access to a specific device in Tailscale:

p0 request tailscale grant {hostname | IP address | node ID | node key} --organization {organization}

Once you make the request, an approver can run the following command to give access to the specific device:

p0 request tailscale grant {hostname | IP address | node ID | node key} --reason {reason}