How to update to the latest Tailscale version?

McDing

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.

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.

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!

mhache

@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.

McDing

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

McDing

Upgrade to Tailscale 1.66.0 worked perfectly.

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

pfsenseuser1

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

mhache

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

pfsenseuser1

@mhache That did it!

Thanks!!

Tylast

@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!

McDing

@Tylast Here are the referenced URLs

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

Hope that helps :)

Tylast

@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!

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

ericreiss

@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.

ericreiss

OK, correction the "pkg version" command says it is now at 1.68.1 even though I said not to complete install but the package manager still stays 1.56.1

elvisimprsntr

@ericreiss

package manager GUI will still show old version.

just restart tailscale service and show tailscale status page. it should show new version at bottom.

ericreiss

@elvisimprsntr I actually reboot.

You are correct, package manager shows 1.56.1 but at the bottom of the Status tab on the VPN | Tailscale page, it shows 1.68.1.

And when SSHed into it using "pkg version" shows it as 1.68.1

elvisimprsntr

@ericreiss

Just upgraded to 1.68.2

Working great!

ericreiss

@elvisimprsntr Still no guts and therefore no glory.

Eventually I will give it a try.

elvisimprsntr

@ericreiss

Unfortunately, the previous Issue 15281 was just closed as resolved for pfSense+

Opened new Issue 15619 for CE

elvisimprsntr

Just upgraded CE 2.7.2 to 1.70.0. Now all my clients are on same version.

pkg add -f https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/latest/All/tailscale-1.70.0.pkg

tailscale version
1.70.0
  go version: go1.22.5

elvisimprsntr

Upgraded 2.7.2 CE to 1.72.0

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

pkg add -f https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/All/tailscale-1.72.0.pkg

tailscale version
1.72.0
  go version: go1.22.5