tailscale Command Examples

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