

I had the same considerations when I self-hosted headscale as the controller for accessing my VPS. However, I figured that it shouldn’t be a big deal, and there’s no chance of someone registering rogue devices on your mesh, because, even though any device can request enrollment to Tailscale, ultimately you need to execute a command in your headscale server to confirm the enrollment/account creation, so there shouldn’t be that much of a problem leaving the web server exposed.
You can, you can create a profile based on a sensor. I had to install the it87 driver for Linux to identify the case cooling fans I had.