Before:
$ tailscale ip -4
1.2.3.4
$ tailscale set --exit-node=1.2.3.4
no node found in netmap with IP 1.2.3.4
After:
$ tailscale set --exit-node=1.2.3.4
cannot use 1.2.3.4 as an exit node as it is a local IP address to this machine; did you mean --advertise-exit-node?
The new error message already existed in the code, but would only be
triggered if the backend wasn't running -- which means, in practice,
it would almost never be triggered.
The old error message is technically true, but could be confusing if you
don't know the distinction between "netmap" and "tailnet" -- it could
sound like the exit node isn't part of your tailnet. A node is never in
its own netmap, but it is part of your tailnet.
This error confused me when I was doing some local dev work, and it's
confused customers before (e.g. #7513). Using the more specific error
message should reduce confusion.
Updates #7513
Updates https://github.com/tailscale/corp/issues/23596
Signed-off-by: Alex Chan <alexc@tailscale.com>
Tailscale
Private WireGuard® networks made easy
Overview
This repository contains the majority of Tailscale's open source code.
Notably, it includes the tailscaled daemon and
the tailscale CLI tool. The tailscaled daemon runs on Linux, Windows,
macOS, and to varying degrees
on FreeBSD and OpenBSD. The Tailscale iOS and Android apps use this repo's
code, but this repo doesn't contain the mobile GUI code.
Other Tailscale repos of note:
- the Android app is at https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-android
- the Synology package is at https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-synology
- the QNAP package is at https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-qpkg
- the Chocolatey packaging is at https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale-chocolatey
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go install tailscale.com/cmd/tailscale{,d}
If you're packaging Tailscale for distribution, use build_dist.sh
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