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Tailscale package for Synology NAS
Synology NAS package for Tailscale based on precompiled static binaries.
Disclaimer
You use everything here at your own risk. Make sure you have other network paths to your NAS before installing this, in case something goes wrong.
Issue Tracker
File issues at: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues
This repo's issue tracker is disabled. (And all historical issues have been moved so the old URLs redirect)
Installation
- Download precompiled releases from the page for SPKs for your platform.
- In the Synology DSM web admin UI, open the Package Center.
- Press the Manual install button and provide the SPK file.
- Follow the wizard until done.
- At this point
tailscaledshould be up and running. - SSH into the machine, and run
sudo tailscale upso you can authenticate.
NOTE: If there is no SPK for your platform, you have to compile it yourself using the instructions below.
Upgrading
If upgrading to version v1.10.0, you may end up with duplicate installations of Tailscale. This is a known side effect of some metadata changes that were made in v1.10.0 in preparation of the installation package to be listed in the Synology Package Center. It is recommended to uninstall the old Tailscale package first before upgrading to v1.10.0. Please note that your devices Tailscale IP may change when v1.10.0 is installed.
Compatibility
The current package is confirmed to be working in different Synology models and architectures.
The package is created based on Tailscale static binaries, and if your NAS has any of the supported architectures (x86, x86_64, arm, arm64) it should just work.
If in doubt, check the synology model list for the matching architecture.
Making packages
This project builds Synology packages "by hand", based on pre-compiled tailscale static binaries.
You can build the packages using make
git clone https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-synology.git
cd tailscale-synology/
make
If everything worked you should have a directory called spks that contains your SPK files.
NOTE: For building on macOS the GNU core utilites are required. Homebrew users can run
brew install coreutilsand set thePATHvariable accordingly.
Credits and References
- Thanks to @nirev for creating this project and transferring it to Tailscale's GitHub org.
- https://haugene.github.io/docker-transmission-openvpn/synology-nas/ for the /dev/net/tun thing
- Package structure: Synology Package Developer Guide
- Official Package building tool: pkgscripts-ng
- The package building process was originally based on synology-wireguard
If you need to compile a synology package, check it out.
Documentation
Source Files