Building My Private Remote-Access Homelab: Debian, Tailscale, SSH, SCP, and a Webcam

I turned a second Debian laptop into a private doorway to my Hawaii homelab. Using Tailscale, SSH, Video4Linux, FFmpeg, and SCP, I remotely controlled my main Debian workstation, triggered its Logitech webcam, captured a 1080p photograph, and transferred it back to the laptop—the same basic workflow I could use while traveling in Spain.
