Setting up Tailscale on Raspberry Pi (Buster)
Tailscale can run on Raspberry Pi boards running Raspbian. Packages are available in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants.
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Install the
apt-transport-https
pluginsudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
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Add Tailscale’s package signing key and repository
curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/raspbian/buster.gpg | sudo apt-key add - curl -fsSL https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/raspbian/buster.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list
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Install Tailscale
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install tailscale
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Authenticate and connect your machine to your Tailscale network
sudo tailscale up
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You’re connected! You can find your Tailscale IPv4 address by running:
tailscale ip -4
If the device you added is a server or remotely-accessed device, you may want to consider disabling key expiry to prevent the need to periodically re-authenticate.
To try upcoming Tailscale features, you can also install Tailscale from the unstable track. However, as the name suggests, you should expect more bugs and unfinished features on that track.