Packages and Binaries:
tailscale
Secure connectivity platform
This package contains the tailscaled daemon and the tailscale CLI tool. The
tailscaled daemon runs on Linux.
Installed size: 47.09 MB
How to install: sudo apt install tailscale
Dependencies:
- libc6
tailscale
root@kali:~# tailscale -h
The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard.
USAGE
tailscale [flags] <subcommand> [command flags]
For help on subcommands, add --help after: "tailscale status --help".
This CLI is still under active development. Commands and flags will
change in the future.
SUBCOMMANDS
up Connect to Tailscale, logging in if needed
down Disconnect from Tailscale
set Change specified preferences
login Log in to a Tailscale account
logout Disconnect from Tailscale and expire current node key
switch Switch to a different Tailscale account
configure Configure the host to enable more Tailscale features
syspolicy Diagnose the MDM and system policy configuration
netcheck Print an analysis of local network conditions
ip Show Tailscale IP addresses
dns Diagnose the internal DNS forwarder
status Show state of tailscaled and its connections
metrics Show Tailscale metrics
ping Ping a host at the Tailscale layer, see how it routed
nc Connect to a port on a host, connected to stdin/stdout
ssh SSH to a Tailscale machine
funnel Serve content and local servers on the internet
serve Serve content and local servers on your tailnet
version Print Tailscale version
web Run a web server for controlling Tailscale
file Send or receive files
bugreport Print a shareable identifier to help diagnose issues
cert Get TLS certs
lock Manage tailnet lock
licenses Get open source license information
exit-node Show machines on your tailnet configured as exit nodes
update Update Tailscale to the latest/different version
whois Show the machine and user associated with a Tailscale IP (v4 or v6)
drive Share a directory with your tailnet
systray Run a systray application to manage Tailscale
appc-routes Print the current app connector routes
completion Shell tab-completion scripts
FLAGS
--socket value
path to tailscaled socket (default /var/run/tailscale/tailscaled.sock)
tailscaled
root@kali:~# tailscaled -h
Usage of tailscaled:
-bird-socket string
path of the bird unix socket
-cleanup
clean up system state and exit
-config string
path to config file, or 'vm:user-data' to use the VM's user-data (EC2)
-debug string
listen address ([ip]:port) of optional debug server
-encrypt-state
encrypt the state file on disk; when not set encryption will be enabled if supported on this platform; uses TPM on Linux and Windows, on all other platforms this flag is not supported
-hardware-attestation
use hardware-backed keys to bind node identity to this device when supported
by the OS and hardware. Uses TPM 2.0 on Linux and Windows; SecureEnclave on
macOS and iOS; and Keystore on Android. Only supported for Tailscale nodes that
store state on filesystem.
-no-logs-no-support
disable log uploads; this also disables any technical support
-outbound-http-proxy-listen string
optional [ip]:port to run an outbound HTTP proxy (e.g. "localhost:8080")
-port value
UDP port to listen on for WireGuard and peer-to-peer traffic; 0 means automatically select (default 0)
-socket string
path of the service unix socket (default "/var/run/tailscale/tailscaled.sock")
-socks5-server string
optional [ip]:port to run a SOCK5 server (e.g. "localhost:1080")
-state string
absolute path of state file; use 'kube:<secret-name>' to use Kubernetes secrets or 'arn:aws:ssm:...' to store in AWS SSM; use 'mem:' to not store state and register as an ephemeral node. If empty and --statedir is provided, the default is <statedir>/tailscaled.state. Default: /var/lib/tailscale/tailscaled.state
-statedir string
path to directory for storage of config state, TLS certs, temporary incoming Taildrop files, etc. If empty, it's derived from --state when possible.
-tun string
tunnel interface name; use "userspace-networking" (beta) to not use TUN (default "tailscale0")
-verbose int
log verbosity level; 0 is default, 1 or higher are increasingly verbose
-version
print version information and exit
Updated on: 2026-Jun-17