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

  VERSION=1.2.3 # Version as of Nov 6 2024
  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
  # Now we update the binaries to latests
  ARCH=mipsle # Use `uname -m` to figure out the arch: https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/#static
  TSVERSION=1.80.3
  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

https://github.com/asvow/luci-app-tailscale | https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/#static