Install Tailscale on Oracle Linux 8

Packages are available for x86 and ARM CPUs, in both 32-bit and 64-bit variants.

Add the Tailscale repository and install Tailscale:

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/oracle/8/tailscale.repo
sudo dnf install tailscale

Use systemctl to enable and start the service:
```
sudo systemctl enable --now tailscaled
```
Connect your machine to your Tailscale network and authenticate in your browser:
```
sudo tailscale up
```
Visit the admin console and authorize your new endpoint. If you signed in with a @gmail.com address, it is automatically authorized. (You will need to occasionally reauthenticate unless you disable key expiry.)
Obtain your Tailscale IP address
```
ip addr show tailscale0
```
Check out Next Steps for steps on verifying that even a single endpoint is working. With multiple endpoints, simple pings are a good way to start.

If you want to use this device as an exit node or subnet router, you may need to also allow masquerading in firewalld. This is a temporary workaround until we fix this known issue.

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-masquerade

Last updated Feb 21, 2025