CLI Commands

Complete reference for tailscale-manager commands.

Usage

tailscale-manager [command] [options]

Running without arguments opens the interactive menu.

Commands

Core

Command	Description
install	Interactive Tailscale installation
update	Update Tailscale to the latest version
uninstall	Remove Tailscale and all related files
status	Show current installation and service status

Installation Variants

Command	Description
install-quiet	Non-interactive installation (for scripting)
install-version <ver>	Install a specific Tailscale version
download-only	Download binary without installing

Version Management

Command	Description
list-versions [n]	List available Small binary versions (default: 10)
list-official-versions [n]	List available Official versions (default: 20)

Network Configuration

Command	Description
setup-firewall	Configure tailscale0 interface and firewall zone
net-mode [auto|tun|userspace|status]	Get or set networking mode

Script Management

Command	Description
self-update	Update the manager script to the latest version
sync-scripts	Sync all runtime scripts with the latest version
auto-update [on|off|status]	Manage binary auto-update cron job

Other

Command	Description
help	Show help message

Service Commands

Tailscale integrates with OpenWrt's procd init system:

/etc/init.d/tailscale start     # Start the service
/etc/init.d/tailscale stop      # Stop the service
/etc/init.d/tailscale restart   # Restart the service
/etc/init.d/tailscale enable    # Enable at boot
/etc/init.d/tailscale disable   # Disable at boot

Tailscale Native Commands

After installation, the standard Tailscale CLI is available:

tailscale status                               # Check connection status
tailscale up                                   # Connect to Tailscale network
tailscale down                                 # Disconnect
tailscale set --advertise-routes=192.168.1.0/24 # Advertise subnet
tailscale up --advertise-exit-node             # Advertise as exit node