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/usr/bin/tailscaled

The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

From tailscale 1.104.5-r1 (os), captured 2026-11-07 by running tailscaled --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage of /usr/bin/tailscaled:
  -bird-socket string
    	path of the bird unix socket
  -cleanup
    	clean up system state and exit
  -config string
    	path to config file, or 'vm:user-data' to use the VM's user-data (EC2); prefix with 'optional:' to boot unconfigured when the source is absent instead of failing
  -debug string
    	listen address ([ip]:port) of optional debug server
  -encrypt-state
    	encrypt the state file on disk; when not set encryption will be enabled if supported on this platform; uses TPM on Linux and Windows, on all other platforms this flag is not supported
  -hardware-attestation
    	use hardware-backed keys to bind node identity to this device when supported
    	by the OS and hardware. Uses TPM 2.0 on Linux and Windows; SecureEnclave on
    	macOS and iOS; and Keystore on Android. Only supported for Tailscale nodes that
    	store state on filesystem.
  -no-logs-no-support
    	disable log uploads; this also disables any technical support
  -outbound-http-proxy-listen string
    	optional [ip]:port to run an outbound HTTP proxy (e.g. "localhost:8080")
  -port value
    	UDP port to listen on for WireGuard and peer-to-peer traffic; 0 means automatically select (default 0)
  -socket string
    	path of the service unix socket (default "/var/run/tailscale/tailscaled.sock")
  -socks5-server string
    	optional [ip]:port to run a SOCK5 server (e.g. "localhost:1080")
  -state string
    	absolute path of state file; use 'kube:<secret-name>' to use Kubernetes secrets or 'arn:aws:ssm:...' to store in AWS SSM; use 'mem:' to not store state and register as an ephemeral node. If empty and --statedir is provided, the default is <statedir>/tailscaled.state. Default: /tmp/.local/share/tailscale/tailscaled.state
  -statedir string
    	path to directory for storage of config state, TLS certs, temporary incoming Taildrop files, etc. If empty, it's derived from --state when possible.
  -syslog
    	log to the system syslog daemon instead of stderr
  -syspolicy-file string
    	path to a JSON syspolicy file applied as a device-scope policy source; empty disables (default "/etc/tailscale/syspolicy.json")
  -tun string
    	tunnel interface name; use "userspace-networking" (beta) to not use TUN (default "tailscale0")
  -verbose int
    	log verbosity level; 0 is default, 1 or higher are increasingly verbose
  -version
    	print version information and exit
Options (18)
OptionDescriptionSource
-bird-socket stringpath of the bird unix sockethelp
-cleanupclean up system state and exithelp
-config stringpath to config file, or 'vm:user-data' to use the VM's user-data (EC2);help
-debug stringlisten address ([ip]:port) of optional debug serverhelp
-encrypt-stateencrypt the state file on disk;help
-hardware-attestationuse hardware-backed keys to bind node identity to this device when supported by the OS and hardware.help
-no-logs-no-supportdisable log uploads;help
-outbound-http-proxy-listen stringoptional [ip]:port to run an outbound HTTP proxy (e.g. "localhost:8080")help
-port valueUDP port to listen on for WireGuard and peer-to-peer traffic;help
-socket stringpath of the service unix socket (default "/var/run/tailscale/tailscaled.sock")help
-socks5-server stringoptional [ip]:port to run a SOCK5 server (e.g. "localhost:1080")help
-state stringabsolute path of state file;help
-statedir stringpath to directory for storage of config state, TLS certs, temporary incoming Taildrop files, etc.help
-sysloglog to the system syslog daemon instead of stderrhelp
-syspolicy-file stringpath to a JSON syspolicy file applied as a device-scope policy source;help
-tun stringtunnel interface name;help
-verbose intlog verbosity level;help
-versionprint version information and exithelp

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