Can't run Tailscale

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Hi.
I cannot make Tailscale work.

I tried installing both QNAP store version (1.40.x from 2023) and their own website version (1.96.x), but when I try to open the app from QNAP UI both of them higlhight the same error:

GET http://<my NAS local host>.local/cgi-bin/qpkg/Tailscale/index.cgi/api/auth - 401 Error: Get "http://<my NAS local host>.local/cgi-bin/authLogin.cgi?sid=twq2jv26": dial tcp: lookup <my NAS local host>.local on 127.0.1.1:53: no such host

My web server is running on 8080, and login and QNAP UI stuff is on port 80.

QTS 5.2.6.3229, Intel

Could please someone help?

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Anyway, fixed by connecting via SSH and running

/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/Tailscale/tailscale up

That produced a tailscale login link, that helped me link the NAS to my account.

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Maybe you can check out this link for the setup.

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Hi. Sure, I tried to go by this tutorial, but the app installed on the NAS never loads - I cannot login.

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@beshur FYI, on my end here are the steps that were successful to setup Tailscale in my TS-253Be 4GB:

  • Installed the old 1.40 package from QNAP app center
  • In SSH, executed /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/Tailscale/tailscale login
    • pasted the provided URL in a browser & authenticated
  • Stopped Tailscale package
  • Downloaded the up to date package from Tailscale Packages - stable track
  • Manually installed/updated the package
  • Started Tailscale package
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Hopefully to save somebody else some brief headache: The issue for me was connecting to my NAS via the .local address instead of the IP. Worked flawlessly when I used the IP. If you are not connected to the box that way, try that first before messing with SSH logins etc.