# Possible to setup via CLI?

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/possible-to-setup-via-cli/13884>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [October 8, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/possible-to-setup-via-cli/13884 "2023-10-08T19:51:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![puccaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@puccaso](https://community.umbrel.com/u/puccaso)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/possible-to-setup-via-cli/13884/1 "2023-10-08T19:51:45Z")

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Hello everyone,

so, for after about 6 years using balenacloud to manage my devices, i’m chosen to try out umbrel. on my local machine, its great and i love it.

but i have a remote machine that i need help with.  
i have ssh access to the box, and i’ve installed umbrel.  
i tried to get to the url using elinks in the terminal but it wants javascript…

is there anyway i can enable tailscale app in the cli, this way i can remote in via the gui?  
oor maybe i can enable the Tor onion url via the command line somehow?

any help would be greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![usernameisJim](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/usernameisjim/32/3309_2.png) [@usernameisJim](https://community.umbrel.com/u/usernameisJim)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/possible-to-setup-via-cli/13884/2 "2023-10-09T00:21:33Z")

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May I ask you are not able to or why you don’t want to use the Umbrel’s dashboard GUI at umbrel.local?

You could manually install tailscale,

```auto
sudo ~/umbrel/scripts/app install tailscale

```

To my knowledge would need to then install tailscale on the device you’re connecting from or you can see your Umbrel’s tailscale IP on the interface to interact with it here: [Tailscale](https://login.tailscale.com/admin/machines)

I’m sorry if that doesn’t answer your question or hope it gets you in the right direction, feel free to provide any further details

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**Author:** ![puccaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@puccaso](https://community.umbrel.com/u/puccaso)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/possible-to-setup-via-cli/13884/3 "2023-10-09T19:54:34Z")

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Hello @usernameisJim,

Thanks for this! I am going to try it out.  
Why can’t i use the UI@umbrel.local, because the host is in a different country.

I guess my next task will be to actually setup tailscale on the remote host without a gui either…

thanks again!

kindly,

puc

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**Author:** ![smolgrrr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/smolgrrr/32/2825_2.png) [@smolgrrr](https://community.umbrel.com/u/smolgrrr)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/possible-to-setup-via-cli/13884/4 "2023-10-10T02:57:05Z")

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As you mentioned above, I would recommend accessing the GUI via the Tor address in that case.

If you don’t have it already, you should be able to find it with the following command:  
`cat ~/umbrel/tor/data/web/hostname`

If you use Jim’s command above, you should also be able to access the tailscale dashboard with the following address:  
`cat ~/umbrel/tor/data/app-tailscale/hostname`

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**Author:** ![puccaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@puccaso](https://community.umbrel.com/u/puccaso)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/possible-to-setup-via-cli/13884/5 "2023-10-10T16:25:07Z")

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gonna give that a try too!

you all are dope!

kindly,  
puc