Guide to install latest version of tailscale on OpenWRT

openwrt_tailscale_updated.md

Prerequisites

Tailscale is a heavy program, you most likely need to configure ex_root to be able to install it.

https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/extroot_configuration

Installation

• Install with Frontend:
  • https://github.com/asvow/luci-app-tailscale
  • https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/#static

    VERSION=1.1.3 # Version as of Nov 19 2024
    ARCH=arm # Use `uname -m` to figure out the arch: https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/#static
    TSVERSION=1.76.6
    wget -O luci-app-tailscale.ipk https://github.com/asvow/luci-app-tailscale/releases/download/v${VERSION}/luci-app-tailscale_${VERSION}_all.ipk
    opkg update
    opkg install ./luci-app-tailscale.ipk
    service tailscale stop
    cd /tmp
    wget https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/tailscale_${TSVERSION}_${ARCH}.tgz
    tar -xvzf tailscale_${TSVERSION}_${ARCH}.tgz
    cp tailscale_${TSVERSION}_${ARCH}/tailscale /usr/sbin/tailscale
    cp tailscale_${TSVERSION}_${ARCH}/tailscaled /usr/sbin/tailscaled
    service tailscale start
    reboot