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tailscale — A private WireGuard network service. Some subcommands such as `up` have their own usage documentatio

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Problem

How to use the tailscale command: A private WireGuard network service. Some subcommands such as up have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://tailscale.com/kb/1080/cli>.

Solution

tailscale — A private WireGuard network service. Some subcommands such as up have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://tailscale.com/kb/1080/cli>.

Allow the current user to operate on the Tailscale daemon:

sudo tailscale set --operator $USER

Connect to Tailscale:

tailscale up

Disconnect from Tailscale:

tailscale down

Display all devices connected to Tailscale (with their IP addresses):

tailscale status

Ping a peer node at the Tailscale layer and display which route it took for each response:

tailscale ping {{ip|hostname}}

Analyze the local network conditions and display the result:

tailscale netcheck

Start a web server for controlling the Tailscale daemon:

tailscale web

Display a shareable identifier to help diagnose issues:

tailscale bugreport

Code Snippets

Allow the current user to operate on the Tailscale daemon

sudo tailscale set --operator $USER

Connect to Tailscale

tailscale up

Disconnect from Tailscale

tailscale down

Display all devices connected to Tailscale (with their IP addresses)

tailscale status

Ping a peer node at the Tailscale layer and display which route it took for each response

tailscale ping {{ip|hostname}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/tailscale

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