Lightweight server monitoring on your tailnet with Beszel
Blog post from Tailscale
Beszel is a lightweight server monitoring tool, ideal for providing basic metrics like temperatures and disk usage on servers connected to a Tailscale network. It operates on Linux through Docker or systemd and on Macs using launchd, though it presents challenges when running on Windows, which are addressed in a separate blog post. The tool is particularly useful for GPU monitoring, whether for gaming or AI model execution, and its integration with Tailscale simplifies network management by allowing the addition of any host globally. The blog post emphasizes the importance of monitoring systems to prevent server issues, comparing Beszel to more complex solutions like Prometheus and Grafana. Additionally, the author teases an upcoming YouTube video on a new Tailscale client metrics feature for direct integration with Prometheus.