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I'm currently running Tailscale at home, but will switch to Headscale once they get iOS support sorted out. It's magical. It's well on the way towards being a

I'm currently running Tailscale at home, but will switch to Headscale once they get iOS support sorted out. It's magical. It's well on the way towards being a critical piece of infrastructure in my mind.

lifty 4y ago
is there any chance they will be able to fix it? as far as I know the iOS client does not support setting a custom control server.
- guu 4y ago
  That’s correct. The open issue is here: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/1572 https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/1572
- mr337 4y ago
  So far doesn't look like it unless you go the MDM route, which I guess is aimed mainly at enterprise users. https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/5431 https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/5431
  - Handytinge 4y ago
    Wow, that's a pretty bullshit sounding response from tailscale. "We don't want to overcrowd the settings". It's ok to say "we'd prefer our users used our paid auth, rather than self host auth and use the fruits of our labour for the app". No need to be so opaque about it.
  - GekkePrutser 4y ago
    You can add profiles with Apple configurator 2. You don't have to go the full MDM route. It's quite easy. I think the problem is though that the iOS client doesn't support configuring this option in the profile (whether installed via configurator or MDM) either.
yamrzou 4y ago
Same. I recently started using it for a personal project, and was amazed how much it simplifies the access and management of the infrastructure. I'm also using it to SSH into my home PC. No need to open router ports, configure dynamic IP, or whatever. Just setup tailscale, and I can simply do ssh user@homepc thanks to MagicDNS.
Spooky23 4y ago
I felt the same way until Tailscale mysteriously stopped working one day for iOS. There’s no way to troubleshoot. A bunch of forum posters reported the same issue after an update, but no solution for a few months.
- syntaxing 4y ago
  As in tailscale stopped working or headscale?
- bradfitz 4y ago
  (Tailscale engineer here) What's the bug? I hadn't heard about this. Metrics show no drop in iOS control plane connections.
  - matthewaveryusa 4y ago
    I've been using tailscale for a couple years. wrt ios every couple of weeks all traffic on my phone stops and I need to open the tailscale app and toggle the active switch for traffic to start flowing again. I don't have that problem with my other devices.
    - colonelxc 4y ago
      I've actually had that happen on Android, seemed to somehow kill even all non-tailscale traffic too
      - matthewaveryusa 4y ago
        The way it works on phones is these apps operate as full VPN due to how network permissions for apps are handled. When you turn on tailscale, tailscale will pass through traffic it doesn’t need to touch. that’s also why you can’t have two vpn apps running at the same time.
  - Spooky23 4y ago
    Here’s the post i put up on the forum. https://forum.tailscale.com/t/difficulty-with-ios-tailscale-client/3011 https://forum.tailscale.com/t/difficulty-with-ios-tailscale-... Other posts had some troubleshooting guidance that wasnt effective. Note that it only failed on iOS. Still using it on my Debian boxes. If you could point me at anything I would be very grateful. I’m using some other VPN container now that i don’t like!

lifty 4y ago

is there any chance they will be able to fix it? as far as I know the iOS client does not support setting a custom control server.

guu 4y ago
That’s correct. The open issue is here: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/1572 https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/1572
mr337 4y ago
So far doesn't look like it unless you go the MDM route, which I guess is aimed mainly at enterprise users. https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/5431 https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/5431
- Handytinge 4y ago
  Wow, that's a pretty bullshit sounding response from tailscale. "We don't want to overcrowd the settings". It's ok to say "we'd prefer our users used our paid auth, rather than self host auth and use the fruits of our labour for the app". No need to be so opaque about it.
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  You can add profiles with Apple configurator 2. You don't have to go the full MDM route. It's quite easy. I think the problem is though that the iOS client doesn't support configuring this option in the profile (whether installed via configurator or MDM) either.

yamrzou 4y ago

Same. I recently started using it for a personal project, and was amazed how much it simplifies the access and management of the infrastructure. I'm also using it to SSH into my home PC. No need to open router ports, configure dynamic IP, or whatever. Just setup tailscale, and I can simply do ssh user@homepc thanks to MagicDNS.

Spooky23 4y ago

I felt the same way until Tailscale mysteriously stopped working one day for iOS. There’s no way to troubleshoot. A bunch of forum posters reported the same issue after an update, but no solution for a few months.

syntaxing 4y ago
As in tailscale stopped working or headscale?
bradfitz 4y ago
(Tailscale engineer here) What's the bug? I hadn't heard about this. Metrics show no drop in iOS control plane connections.
- matthewaveryusa 4y ago
  I've been using tailscale for a couple years. wrt ios every couple of weeks all traffic on my phone stops and I need to open the tailscale app and toggle the active switch for traffic to start flowing again. I don't have that problem with my other devices.
  - colonelxc 4y ago
    I've actually had that happen on Android, seemed to somehow kill even all non-tailscale traffic too
    - matthewaveryusa 4y ago
      The way it works on phones is these apps operate as full VPN due to how network permissions for apps are handled. When you turn on tailscale, tailscale will pass through traffic it doesn’t need to touch. that’s also why you can’t have two vpn apps running at the same time.
- Spooky23 4y ago
  Here’s the post i put up on the forum. https://forum.tailscale.com/t/difficulty-with-ios-tailscale-client/3011 https://forum.tailscale.com/t/difficulty-with-ios-tailscale-... Other posts had some troubleshooting guidance that wasnt effective. Note that it only failed on iOS. Still using it on my Debian boxes. If you could point me at anything I would be very grateful. I’m using some other VPN container now that i don’t like!