Setting up Tailscale with static binaries (unsupported)
If you would like to try Tailscale on a Linux distribution we don’t yet support, we offer statically-compiled binaries on a best-effort basis.
If you use these binaries, please also drop us a line at info@tailscale.com, so that we can consider adding official support for your distribution.
We offer static binaries for x86 and ARM CPUs, in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants.
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Download the static binaries for your CPU architecture:
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Unpack the archive
tar xvf tailscale_VERSION_ARCH.tgz
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Start tailscaled
sudo tailscaled --state=tailscaled.state
If you want to configure systemd to run tailscaled automatically, a service configuration is available in the
systemd/
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Authenticate and connect your machine to your Tailscale network
sudo tailscale up
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Visit the admin console and authorize your new endpoint. If you signed in with a
@gmail.com
address, it is automatically authorized. (Note: You will need to occasionally reauthenticate unless you disable key expiry.) -
Obtain your Tailscale IP address
ip addr show tailscale0
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Check out Next Steps for steps on verifying that a single endpoint is working. With multiple endpoints, simple pings are a good way to start.