tailscale

Installation
SKILL.md

Identity

  • Unit: tailscaled.service
  • CLI: tailscale (client commands) + tailscaled (daemon)
  • Config: /etc/default/tailscaled (daemon flags); ACLs managed via Tailscale admin console (HuJSON)
  • State: /var/lib/tailscale/
  • Logs: journalctl -u tailscaled
  • Install: curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh (review before running) or package repo at pkgs.tailscale.com

Key Operations

Goal Command
Authenticate / bring up tailscale up
Authenticate headless tailscale up --authkey=<key>
Check status tailscale status
Show Tailscale IP tailscale ip -4
Ping a peer tailscale ping <peer-name-or-ip>
Bring interface down tailscale down
Deauthenticate device tailscale logout
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Mar 18, 2026