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    How to update to the latest Tailscale version?

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      McDing @cmcdonald
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      Hi all,

      Now that we have been running 23.01 on FreeBSD 14 for a while, I was wondering if there's any chance the Tailscale package might get updated more frequently. The packager manager version is still on 1.36 (~7 versions behind). While there is the workaround posted further up, I wouldn't mind staying the package manager path for convenience purposes. Or is the workaround now the 'official' way to get the latest version?

      @cmcdonald seems to post commits to the latest version on https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commits/devel/security/tailscale but I am just not sure what pace of updates we can expect on the package version going forward.

      Does anyone have more insights on this? :)

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        blong
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        Yes, it would be great if the package is being updated more frequently. The latest versions do have some great improvements.

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          pfsenseuser1
          last edited by pfsenseuser1

          https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/commit/e7239a68a37609bd793832946b646fbb59055135

          When does 1.40.0 get pushed out to our boxes?

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            blong
            last edited by

            Hopefully soon.
            Some very good improvements in the latest version.

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              pfsenseuser1 @pfsenseuser1
              last edited by

              @cmcdonald hate to ping you but was wondering if this was gonna get pushed out package wise!

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                juanzelli @pfsenseuser1
                last edited by

                @pfsenseuser1 It appears to be part of the updates in the 23.05 Beta

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                  dopeytree @juanzelli
                  last edited by dopeytree

                  @juanzelli current version is now 1.48.2 do you think we will see any updates soon?

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                    juanzelli @dopeytree
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                    @dopeytree In the latest dev build (23.09.a.20230920.1314), I see this version

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                      McDing
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                      I haven't tried the 'bypass' installation mentioned earlier yet, but the default package seems so far behind in versions now that I would like to try it out.

                      My old Netgate SG-4860 unit is now running the pfSense 24.03 release on FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT. I was looking at Freshports, which seems to indicate I could run Tailscale 1.66.1_1.

                      freshports.png

                      Most links for Tailscale FreeBSD versions listed further above seem to be sourced from pkgs.org, however on that site, there is no FreeBSD 15 for Tailscale, only 1.66.0 for FreeBSD 14.

                      pkgs.png

                      From which source would I be able to download the latest ports listed on Freshports?

                      Apologies but if there is any link on Freshports directly I simply cannot find it.

                      Any help greatly appreciated!

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                        mhache @McDing
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                        @McDing

                        You can simply use the one for FreeBSD 14:

                        pkg add -f https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.66.0.pkg

                        Works perfectly.

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                          McDing @mhache
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                          @mhache Many Thanks! Will try that one then. :)

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                            McDing @McDing
                            last edited by

                            Upgrade to Tailscale 1.66.0 worked perfectly. 👍

                            In case anyone else encounters the FreeBSD mismatch error below, all worked perfectly fine nevertheless. :)

                            screenshot.png

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                              pfsenseuser1 @McDing
                              last edited by

                              Awesome just updated. Locally it looks all good

                              Screenshot 2024-05-20 at 12.25.10.png

                              Doesnt seem to show up on the tailscale admin interface

                              Screenshot 2024-05-20 at 12.26.11.png

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                                mhache @pfsenseuser1
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                                @pfsenseuser1 Restart the service in pfSense. When it reconnect, it will update the version in the Tailscale admin panel.

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                                  pfsenseuser1 @mhache
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                                  @mhache That did it!

                                  Thanks!!

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                                    Tylast @McDing
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                                    @McDing For some reason, I can't seem to find that 1st chart from FreshPorts you posted. What's the direct URL for that?
                                    Thanks!

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                                      McDing @Tylast
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                                      @Tylast Here are the referenced URLs

                                      https://www.freshports.org/security/tailscale
                                      https://pkgs.org/download/tailscale

                                      Hope that helps :)

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                                        Tylast @McDing
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                                        @McDing Thanks! It appears that I DID have the correct URLs. For some reason, that table was NOT displaying this morning. Now it is. Strange. Thanks again!

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                                          elvisimprsntr
                                          last edited by elvisimprsntr

                                          I see there were some Tailscale client security updates in recent weeks.

                                          https://tailscale.com/security-bulletins

                                          So I updated CE 2.7.2 to tailscale 1.68.1

                                          pkg add -f https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.68.1.pkg
                                          
                                          tailscale version
                                          1.68.1
                                            go version: go1.22.4
                                          
                                          

                                          Seems to be working.

                                          @cmcdonald

                                          Can Netgate roll the official package?

                                          Issue 15281

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                                            ericreiss @elvisimprsntr
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                                            @elvisimprsntr said in How to update to the latest Tailscale version?:

                                            https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.68.1.pkg

                                            I tried to upgrade and here was the result:

                                            [24.03-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg add -f https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.68.1.pkg
                                            Fetching tailscale-1.68.1.pkg: 100% 10 MiB 10.1MB/s 00:01
                                            Installing tailscale-1.68.1...
                                            pkg: wrong architecture: FreeBSD:14:amd64 instead of FreeBSD:15:amd64
                                            package tailscale is already installed, forced install
                                            Extracting tailscale-1.68.1: 100%
                                            [24.03-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.home.arpa]/root: pkg add -f https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:15:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.68.1.pkg
                                            Fetching tailscale-1.68.1.pkg: 100% 10 MiB 10.1MB/s 00:01
                                            Installing tailscale-1.68.1...
                                            Newer FreeBSD version for package tailscale:
                                            To ignore this error set IGNORE_OSVERSION=yes

                                            • package: 1500019
                                            • running kernel: 1500012
                                              Ignore the mismatch and continue? [y/N]: N
                                              package tailscale is already installed, forced install
                                              Extracting tailscale-1.68.1: 100%

                                            First it complained the wrong Architecture so I changed the 14 to 15.
                                            It then gave me this message:
                                            Newer FreeBSD version for package tailscale:

                                            I responded No and it says it still did something. I don't see a change and rebooted to make sure. Yes, no change.

                                            This was on my Intel PC , not the 6200MAX.

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