// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS // SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause // Package clientupdate implements tailscale client update for all supported // platforms. This package can be used from both tailscaled and tailscale // binaries. package clientupdate import ( "archive/tar" "bufio" "bytes" "compress/gzip" "context" "encoding/json" "errors" "fmt" "io" "maps" "net/http" "os" "os/exec" "path" "path/filepath" "regexp" "runtime" "strconv" "strings" "github.com/google/uuid" "tailscale.com/clientupdate/distsign" "tailscale.com/types/logger" "tailscale.com/util/cmpver" "tailscale.com/util/winutil" "tailscale.com/version" "tailscale.com/version/distro" ) const ( CurrentTrack = "" StableTrack = "stable" UnstableTrack = "unstable" ) func versionToTrack(v string) (string, error) { _, rest, ok := strings.Cut(v, ".") if !ok { return "", fmt.Errorf("malformed version %q", v) } minorStr, _, ok := strings.Cut(rest, ".") if !ok { return "", fmt.Errorf("malformed version %q", v) } minor, err := strconv.Atoi(minorStr) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("malformed version %q", v) } if minor%2 == 0 { return "stable", nil } return "unstable", nil } // Arguments contains arguments needed to run an update. type Arguments struct { // Version can be a specific version number or one of the predefined track // constants: // // - CurrentTrack will use the latest version from the same track as the // running binary // - StableTrack and UnstableTrack will use the latest versions of the // corresponding tracks // // Leaving this empty is the same as using CurrentTrack. Version string // Logf is a logger for update progress messages. Logf logger.Logf // Stdout and Stderr should be used for output instead of os.Stdout and // os.Stderr. Stdout io.Writer Stderr io.Writer // Confirm is called when a new version is available and should return true // if this new version should be installed. When Confirm returns false, the // update is aborted. Confirm func(newVer string) bool // PkgsAddr is the address of the pkgs server to fetch updates from. // Defaults to "https://pkgs.tailscale.com". PkgsAddr string // ForAutoUpdate should be true when Updater is created in auto-update // context. When true, NewUpdater returns an error if it cannot be used for // auto-updates (even if Updater.Update field is non-nil). ForAutoUpdate bool } func (args Arguments) validate() error { if args.Confirm == nil { return errors.New("missing Confirm callback in Arguments") } if args.Logf == nil { return errors.New("missing Logf callback in Arguments") } return nil } type Updater struct { Arguments track string // Update is a platform-specific method that updates the installation. May be // nil (not all platforms support updates from within Tailscale). Update func() error } func NewUpdater(args Arguments) (*Updater, error) { up := Updater{ Arguments: args, } if up.Stdout == nil { up.Stdout = os.Stdout } if up.Stderr == nil { up.Stderr = os.Stderr } var canAutoUpdate bool up.Update, canAutoUpdate = up.getUpdateFunction() if up.Update == nil { return nil, errors.ErrUnsupported } if args.ForAutoUpdate && !canAutoUpdate { return nil, errors.ErrUnsupported } switch up.Version { case StableTrack, UnstableTrack: up.track = up.Version case CurrentTrack: if version.IsUnstableBuild() { up.track = UnstableTrack } else { up.track = StableTrack } default: var err error up.track, err = versionToTrack(args.Version) if err != nil { return nil, err } } if up.Arguments.PkgsAddr == "" { up.Arguments.PkgsAddr = "https://pkgs.tailscale.com" } return &up, nil } type updateFunction func() error func (up *Updater) getUpdateFunction() (fn updateFunction, canAutoUpdate bool) { switch runtime.GOOS { case "windows": return up.updateWindows, true case "linux": switch distro.Get() { case distro.Synology: return up.updateSynology, true case distro.Debian: // includes Ubuntu return up.updateDebLike, true case distro.Arch: if up.archPackageInstalled() { // Arch update func just prints a message about how to update, // it doesn't support auto-updates. return up.updateArchLike, false } return up.updateLinuxBinary, true case distro.Alpine: return up.updateAlpineLike, true } switch { case haveExecutable("pacman"): if up.archPackageInstalled() { // Arch update func just prints a message about how to update, // it doesn't support auto-updates. return up.updateArchLike, false } return up.updateLinuxBinary, true case haveExecutable("apt-get"): // TODO(awly): add support for "apt" // The distro.Debian switch case above should catch most apt-based // systems, but add this fallback just in case. return up.updateDebLike, true case haveExecutable("dnf"): return up.updateFedoraLike("dnf"), true case haveExecutable("yum"): return up.updateFedoraLike("yum"), true case haveExecutable("apk"): return up.updateAlpineLike, true } // If nothing matched, fall back to tarball updates. if up.Update == nil { return up.updateLinuxBinary, true } case "darwin": switch { case version.IsMacAppStore(): // App store update func just opens the store page, it doesn't // support auto-updates. return up.updateMacAppStore, false case version.IsMacSysExt(): return up.updateMacSys, true default: return nil, false } case "freebsd": return up.updateFreeBSD, true } return nil, false } // Update runs a single update attempt using the platform-specific mechanism. // // On Windows, this copies the calling binary and re-executes it to apply the // update. The calling binary should handle an "update" subcommand and call // this function again for the re-executed binary to proceed. func Update(args Arguments) error { if err := args.validate(); err != nil { return err } up, err := NewUpdater(args) if err != nil { return err } return up.Update() } func (up *Updater) confirm(ver string) bool { switch cmpver.Compare(version.Short(), ver) { case 0: up.Logf("already running %v; no update needed", ver) return false case 1: up.Logf("installed version %v is newer than the latest available version %v; no update needed", version.Short(), ver) return false } if up.Confirm != nil { return up.Confirm(ver) } return true } const synoinfoConfPath = "/etc/synoinfo.conf" func (up *Updater) updateSynology() error { if up.Version != "" { return errors.New("installing a specific version on Synology is not supported") } // Get the latest version and list of SPKs from pkgs.tailscale.com. dsmVersion := distro.DSMVersion() osName := fmt.Sprintf("dsm%d", dsmVersion) arch, err := synoArch(runtime.GOARCH, synoinfoConfPath) if err != nil { return err } latest, err := latestPackages(up.track) if err != nil { return err } spkName := latest.SPKs[osName][arch] if spkName == "" { return fmt.Errorf("cannot find Synology package for os=%s arch=%s, please report a bug with your device model", osName, arch) } if !up.confirm(latest.SPKsVersion) { return nil } if err := requireRoot(); err != nil { return err } // Download the SPK into a temporary directory. spkDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "tailscale-update") if err != nil { return err } pkgsPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", up.track, spkName) spkPath := filepath.Join(spkDir, path.Base(pkgsPath)) if err := up.downloadURLToFile(pkgsPath, spkPath); err != nil { return err } // Install the SPK. Run via nohup to allow install to succeed when we're // connected over tailscale ssh and this parent process dies. Otherwise, if // you abort synopkg install mid-way, tailscaled is not restarted. cmd := exec.Command("nohup", "synopkg", "install", spkPath) // Don't attach cmd.Stdout to Stdout because nohup will redirect that into // nohup.out file. synopkg doesn't have any progress output anyway, it just // spits out a JSON result when done. out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput() if err != nil { if dsmVersion == 6 && bytes.Contains(out, []byte("error = [290]")) { return fmt.Errorf("synopkg install failed: %w\noutput:\n%s\nplease make sure that packages from 'Any publisher' are allowed in the Package Center (Package Center -> Settings -> Trust Level -> Any publisher)", err, out) } return fmt.Errorf("synopkg install failed: %w\noutput:\n%s", err, out) } if dsmVersion == 6 { // DSM6 does not automatically restart the package on install. Do it // manually. cmd := exec.Command("nohup", "synopkg", "start", "Tailscale") out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("synopkg start failed: %w\noutput:\n%s", err, out) } } return nil } // synoArch returns the Synology CPU architecture matching one of the SPK // architectures served from pkgs.tailscale.com. func synoArch(goArch, synoinfoPath string) (string, error) { // Most Synology boxes just use a different arch name from GOARCH. arch := map[string]string{ "amd64": "x86_64", "386": "i686", "arm64": "armv8", }[goArch] if arch == "" { // Here's the fun part, some older ARM boxes require you to use SPKs // specifically for their CPU. See // https://github.com/SynoCommunity/spksrc/wiki/Synology-and-SynoCommunity-Package-Architectures // for a complete list. // // Some CPUs will map to neither this list nor the goArch map above, and we // don't have SPKs for them. cpu, err := parseSynoinfo(synoinfoPath) if err != nil { return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get CPU architecture: %w", err) } switch cpu { case "88f6281", "88f6282", "hi3535", "alpine", "armada370", "armada375", "armada38x", "armadaxp", "comcerto2k", "monaco": arch = cpu default: return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported Synology CPU architecture %q (Go arch %q), please report a bug at https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/new/choose", cpu, goArch) } } return arch, nil } func parseSynoinfo(path string) (string, error) { f, err := os.Open(path) if err != nil { return "", err } defer f.Close() // Look for a line like: // unique="synology_88f6282_413j" // Extract the CPU in the middle (88f6282 in the above example). s := bufio.NewScanner(f) for s.Scan() { l := s.Text() if !strings.HasPrefix(l, "unique=") { continue } parts := strings.SplitN(l, "_", 3) if len(parts) != 3 { return "", fmt.Errorf(`malformed %q: found %q, expected format like 'unique="synology_$cpu_$model'`, path, l) } return parts[1], nil } return "", fmt.Errorf(`missing "unique=" field in %q`, path) } func (up *Updater) updateDebLike() error { if err := requireRoot(); err != nil { return err } if err := exec.Command("dpkg", "--status", "tailscale").Run(); err != nil && isExitError(err) { // Tailscale was not installed via apt, update via tarball download // instead. return up.updateLinuxBinary() } ver, err := requestedTailscaleVersion(up.Version, up.track) if err != nil { return err } if !up.confirm(ver) { return nil } if updated, err := updateDebianAptSourcesList(up.track); err != nil { return err } else if updated { up.Logf("Updated %s to use the %s track", aptSourcesFile, up.track) } cmd := exec.Command("apt-get", "update", // Only update the tailscale repo, not the other ones, treating // the tailscale.list file as the main "sources.list" file. "-o", "Dir::Etc::SourceList=sources.list.d/tailscale.list", // Disable the "sources.list.d" directory: "-o", "Dir::Etc::SourceParts=-", // Don't forget about packages in the other repos just because // we're not updating them: "-o", "APT::Get::List-Cleanup=0", ) cmd.Stdout = up.Stdout cmd.Stderr = up.Stderr if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return err } cmd = exec.Command("apt-get", "install", "--yes", "--allow-downgrades", "tailscale="+ver) cmd.Stdout = up.Stdout cmd.Stderr = up.Stderr if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return err } return nil } const aptSourcesFile = "/etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list" // updateDebianAptSourcesList updates the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list // file to make sure it has the provided track (stable or unstable) in it. // // If it already has the right track (including containing both stable and // unstable), it does nothing. func updateDebianAptSourcesList(dstTrack string) (rewrote bool, err error) { was, err := os.ReadFile(aptSourcesFile) if err != nil { return false, err } newContent, err := updateDebianAptSourcesListBytes(was, dstTrack) if err != nil { return false, err } if bytes.Equal(was, newContent) { return false, nil } return true, os.WriteFile(aptSourcesFile, newContent, 0644) } func updateDebianAptSourcesListBytes(was []byte, dstTrack string) (newContent []byte, err error) { trackURLPrefix := []byte("https://pkgs.tailscale.com/" + dstTrack + "/") var buf bytes.Buffer var changes int bs := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(was)) hadCorrect := false commentLine := regexp.MustCompile(`^\s*\#`) pkgsURL := regexp.MustCompile(`\bhttps://pkgs\.tailscale\.com/((un)?stable)/`) for bs.Scan() { line := bs.Bytes() if !commentLine.Match(line) { line = pkgsURL.ReplaceAllFunc(line, func(m []byte) []byte { if bytes.Equal(m, trackURLPrefix) { hadCorrect = true } else { changes++ } return trackURLPrefix }) } buf.Write(line) buf.WriteByte('\n') } if hadCorrect || (changes == 1 && bytes.Equal(bytes.TrimSpace(was), bytes.TrimSpace(buf.Bytes()))) { // Unchanged or close enough. return was, nil } if changes != 1 { // No changes, or an unexpected number of changes (what?). Bail. // They probably editted it by hand and we don't know what to do. return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected/unsupported %s contents", aptSourcesFile) } return buf.Bytes(), nil } func (up *Updater) archPackageInstalled() bool { err := exec.Command("pacman", "--query", "tailscale").Run() return err == nil } func (up *Updater) updateArchLike() error { // Arch maintainer asked us not to implement "tailscale update" or // auto-updates on Arch-based distros: // https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/6995#issuecomment-1687080106 return errors.New(`individual package updates are not supported on Arch-based distros, only full-system updates are: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System_maintenance#Partial_upgrades_are_unsupported. you can use "pacman --sync --refresh --sysupgrade" or "pacman -Syu" to upgrade the system, including Tailscale.`) } const yumRepoConfigFile = "/etc/yum.repos.d/tailscale.repo" // updateFedoraLike updates tailscale on any distros in the Fedora family, // specifically anything that uses "dnf" or "yum" package managers. The actual // package manager is passed via packageManager. func (up *Updater) updateFedoraLike(packageManager string) func() error { return func() (err error) { if err := requireRoot(); err != nil { return err } if err := exec.Command(packageManager, "info", "--installed", "tailscale").Run(); err != nil && isExitError(err) { // Tailscale was not installed via yum/dnf, update via tarball // download instead. return up.updateLinuxBinary() } defer func() { if err != nil { err = fmt.Errorf(`%w; you can try updating using "%s upgrade tailscale"`, err, packageManager) } }() ver, err := requestedTailscaleVersion(up.Version, up.track) if err != nil { return err } if !up.confirm(ver) { return nil } if updated, err := updateYUMRepoTrack(yumRepoConfigFile, up.track); err != nil { return err } else if updated { up.Logf("Updated %s to use the %s track", yumRepoConfigFile, up.track) } cmd := exec.Command(packageManager, "install", "--assumeyes", fmt.Sprintf("tailscale-%s-1", ver)) cmd.Stdout = up.Stdout cmd.Stderr = up.Stderr if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return err } return nil } } // updateYUMRepoTrack updates the repoFile file to make sure it has the // provided track (stable or unstable) in it. func updateYUMRepoTrack(repoFile, dstTrack string) (rewrote bool, err error) { was, err := os.ReadFile(repoFile) if err != nil { return false, err } urlRe := regexp.MustCompile(`^(baseurl|gpgkey)=https://pkgs\.tailscale\.com/(un)?stable/`) urlReplacement := fmt.Sprintf("$1=https://pkgs.tailscale.com/%s/", dstTrack) s := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(was)) newContent := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, len(was))) for s.Scan() { line := s.Text() // Handle repo section name, like "[tailscale-stable]". if len(line) > 0 && line[0] == '[' { if !strings.HasPrefix(line, "[tailscale-") { return false, fmt.Errorf("%q does not look like a tailscale repo file, it contains an unexpected %q section", repoFile, line) } fmt.Fprintf(newContent, "[tailscale-%s]\n", dstTrack) continue } // Update the track mentioned in repo name. if strings.HasPrefix(line, "name=") { fmt.Fprintf(newContent, "name=Tailscale %s\n", dstTrack) continue } // Update the actual repo URLs. if strings.HasPrefix(line, "baseurl=") || strings.HasPrefix(line, "gpgkey=") { fmt.Fprintln(newContent, urlRe.ReplaceAllString(line, urlReplacement)) continue } fmt.Fprintln(newContent, line) } if bytes.Equal(was, newContent.Bytes()) { return false, nil } return true, os.WriteFile(repoFile, newContent.Bytes(), 0644) } func (up *Updater) updateAlpineLike() (err error) { if up.Version != "" { return errors.New("installing a specific version on Alpine-based distros is not supported") } if err := requireRoot(); err != nil { return err } if err := exec.Command("apk", "info", "--installed", "tailscale").Run(); err != nil && isExitError(err) { // Tailscale was not installed via apk, update via tarball download // instead. return up.updateLinuxBinary() } defer func() { if err != nil { err = fmt.Errorf(`%w; you can try updating using "apk upgrade tailscale"`, err) } }() out, err := exec.Command("apk", "update").CombinedOutput() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed refresh apk repository indexes: %w, output: %q", err, out) } out, err = exec.Command("apk", "info", "tailscale").CombinedOutput() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed checking apk for latest tailscale version: %w, output: %q", err, out) } ver, err := parseAlpinePackageVersion(out) if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf(`failed to parse latest version from "apk info tailscale": %w`, err) } if !up.confirm(ver) { return nil } cmd := exec.Command("apk", "upgrade", "tailscale") cmd.Stdout = up.Stdout cmd.Stderr = up.Stderr if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed tailscale update using apk: %w", err) } return nil } func parseAlpinePackageVersion(out []byte) (string, error) { s := bufio.NewScanner(bytes.NewReader(out)) for s.Scan() { // The line should look like this: // tailscale-1.44.2-r0 description: line := strings.TrimSpace(s.Text()) if !strings.HasPrefix(line, "tailscale-") { continue } parts := strings.SplitN(line, "-", 3) if len(parts) < 3 { return "", fmt.Errorf("malformed info line: %q", line) } return parts[1], nil } return "", errors.New("tailscale version not found in output") } func (up *Updater) updateMacSys() error { return errors.New("NOTREACHED: On MacSys builds, `tailscale update` is handled in Swift to launch the GUI updater") } func (up *Updater) updateMacAppStore() error { // We can't trigger the update via App Store from the sandboxed app. At // most, we can open the App Store page for them. up.Logf("Please use the App Store to update Tailscale.\nConsider enabling Automatic Updates in the App Store Settings, if you haven't already.\nOpening the Tailscale app page...") out, err := exec.Command("open", "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tailscale/id1475387142").CombinedOutput() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("can't open the Tailscale page in App Store: %w, output: %q", err, string(out)) } return nil } const ( // winMSIEnv is the environment variable that, if set, is the MSI file for // the update command to install. It's passed like this so we can stop the // tailscale.exe process from running before the msiexec process runs and // tries to overwrite ourselves. winMSIEnv = "TS_UPDATE_WIN_MSI" // winExePathEnv is the environment variable that is set along with // winMSIEnv and carries the full path of the calling tailscale.exe binary. // It is used to re-launch the GUI process (tailscale-ipn.exe) after // install is complete. winExePathEnv = "TS_UPDATE_WIN_EXE_PATH" ) var ( verifyAuthenticode func(string) error // or nil on non-Windows markTempFileFunc func(string) error // or nil on non-Windows launchTailscaleAsWinGUIUser func(string) error // or nil on non-Windows ) func (up *Updater) updateWindows() error { if msi := os.Getenv(winMSIEnv); msi != "" { // stdout/stderr from this part of the install could be lost since the // parent tailscaled is replaced. Create a temp log file to have some // output to debug with in case update fails. close, err := up.switchOutputToFile() if err != nil { up.Logf("failed to create log file for installation: %v; proceeding with existing outputs", err) } else { defer close.Close() } up.Logf("installing %v ...", msi) if err := up.installMSI(msi); err != nil { up.Logf("MSI install failed: %v", err) return err } up.Logf("relaunching tailscale-ipn.exe...") exePath := os.Getenv(winExePathEnv) if exePath == "" { up.Logf("env var %q not passed to installer binary copy", winExePathEnv) return fmt.Errorf("env var %q not passed to installer binary copy", winExePathEnv) } if err := launchTailscaleAsWinGUIUser(exePath); err != nil { up.Logf("Failed to re-launch tailscale after update: %v", err) return err } up.Logf("success.") return nil } ver, err := requestedTailscaleVersion(up.Version, up.track) if err != nil { return err } arch := runtime.GOARCH if arch == "386" { arch = "x86" } if !up.confirm(ver) { return nil } if !winutil.IsCurrentProcessElevated() { return errors.New("must be run as Administrator") } tsDir := filepath.Join(os.Getenv("ProgramData"), "Tailscale") msiDir := filepath.Join(tsDir, "MSICache") if fi, err := os.Stat(tsDir); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("expected %s to exist, got stat error: %w", tsDir, err) } else if !fi.IsDir() { return fmt.Errorf("expected %s to be a directory; got %v", tsDir, fi.Mode()) } if err := os.MkdirAll(msiDir, 0700); err != nil { return err } pkgsPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/tailscale-setup-%s-%s.msi", up.track, ver, arch) msiTarget := filepath.Join(msiDir, path.Base(pkgsPath)) if err := up.downloadURLToFile(pkgsPath, msiTarget); err != nil { return err } up.Logf("verifying MSI authenticode...") if err := verifyAuthenticode(msiTarget); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("authenticode verification of %s failed: %w", msiTarget, err) } up.Logf("authenticode verification succeeded") up.Logf("making tailscale.exe copy to switch to...") selfOrig, selfCopy, err := makeSelfCopy() if err != nil { return err } defer os.Remove(selfCopy) up.Logf("running tailscale.exe copy for final install...") cmd := exec.Command(selfCopy, "update") cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), winMSIEnv+"="+msiTarget, winExePathEnv+"="+selfOrig) cmd.Stdout = up.Stderr cmd.Stderr = up.Stderr cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil { return err } // Once it's started, exit ourselves, so the binary is free // to be replaced. os.Exit(0) panic("unreachable") } func (up *Updater) switchOutputToFile() (io.Closer, error) { var logFilePath string exePath, err := os.Executable() if err != nil { logFilePath = filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "tailscale-updater.log") } else { logFilePath = strings.TrimSuffix(exePath, ".exe") + ".log" } up.Logf("writing update output to %q", logFilePath) logFile, err := os.Create(logFilePath) if err != nil { return nil, err } up.Logf = func(m string, args ...any) { fmt.Fprintf(logFile, m+"\n", args...) } up.Stdout = logFile up.Stderr = logFile return logFile, nil } func (up *Updater) installMSI(msi string) error { var err error for tries := 0; tries < 2; tries++ { // TS_NOLAUNCH: don't automatically launch the app after install. // We will launch it explicitly as the current GUI user afterwards. cmd := exec.Command("msiexec.exe", "/i", filepath.Base(msi), "/quiet", "/promptrestart", "/qn", "TS_NOLAUNCH=true") cmd.Dir = filepath.Dir(msi) cmd.Stdout = up.Stdout cmd.Stderr = up.Stderr cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin err = cmd.Run() if err == nil { break } up.Logf("Install attempt failed: %v", err) uninstallVersion := version.Short() if v := os.Getenv("TS_DEBUG_UNINSTALL_VERSION"); v != "" { uninstallVersion = v } // Assume it's a downgrade, which msiexec won't permit. Uninstall our current version first. up.Logf("Uninstalling current version %q for downgrade...", uninstallVersion) cmd = exec.Command("msiexec.exe", "/x", msiUUIDForVersion(uninstallVersion), "/norestart", "/qn") cmd.Stdout = up.Stdout cmd.Stderr = up.Stderr cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin err = cmd.Run() up.Logf("msiexec uninstall: %v", err) } return err } func msiUUIDForVersion(ver string) string { arch := runtime.GOARCH if arch == "386" { arch = "x86" } track, err := versionToTrack(ver) if err != nil { track = UnstableTrack } msiURL := fmt.Sprintf("https://pkgs.tailscale.com/%s/tailscale-setup-%s-%s.msi", track, ver, arch) return "{" + strings.ToUpper(uuid.NewSHA1(uuid.NameSpaceURL, []byte(msiURL)).String()) + "}" } func makeSelfCopy() (origPathExe, tmpPathExe string, err error) { selfExe, err := os.Executable() if err != nil { return "", "", err } f, err := os.Open(selfExe) if err != nil { return "", "", err } defer f.Close() f2, err := os.CreateTemp("", "tailscale-updater-*.exe") if err != nil { return "", "", err } if f := markTempFileFunc; f != nil { if err := f(f2.Name()); err != nil { return "", "", err } } if _, err := io.Copy(f2, f); err != nil { f2.Close() return "", "", err } return selfExe, f2.Name(), f2.Close() } func (up *Updater) downloadURLToFile(pathSrc, fileDst string) (ret error) { c, err := distsign.NewClient(up.Logf, up.PkgsAddr) if err != nil { return err } return c.Download(context.Background(), pathSrc, fileDst) } func (up *Updater) updateFreeBSD() (err error) { if up.Version != "" { return errors.New("installing a specific version on FreeBSD is not supported") } if err := requireRoot(); err != nil { return err } if err := exec.Command("pkg", "query", "%n", "tailscale").Run(); err != nil && isExitError(err) { // Tailscale was not installed via pkg and we don't pre-compile // binaries for it. return errors.New("Tailscale was not installed via pkg, binary updates on FreeBSD are not supported; please reinstall Tailscale using pkg or update manually") } defer func() { if err != nil { err = fmt.Errorf(`%w; you can try updating using "pkg upgrade tailscale"`, err) } }() out, err := exec.Command("pkg", "update").CombinedOutput() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed refresh pkg repository indexes: %w, output: %q", err, out) } out, err = exec.Command("pkg", "rquery", "%v", "tailscale").CombinedOutput() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed checking pkg for latest tailscale version: %w, output: %q", err, out) } ver := string(bytes.TrimSpace(out)) if !up.confirm(ver) { return nil } cmd := exec.Command("pkg", "upgrade", "tailscale") cmd.Stdout = up.Stdout cmd.Stderr = up.Stderr if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed tailscale update using pkg: %w", err) } return nil } func (up *Updater) updateLinuxBinary() error { ver, err := requestedTailscaleVersion(up.Version, up.track) if err != nil { return err } if !up.confirm(ver) { return nil } // Root is needed to overwrite binaries and restart systemd unit. if err := requireRoot(); err != nil { return err } dlPath, err := up.downloadLinuxTarball(ver) if err != nil { return err } up.Logf("Extracting %q", dlPath) if err := up.unpackLinuxTarball(dlPath); err != nil { return err } if err := os.Remove(dlPath); err != nil { up.Logf("failed to clean up %q: %v", dlPath, err) } if err := restartSystemdUnit(context.Background()); err != nil { if errors.Is(err, errors.ErrUnsupported) { up.Logf("Tailscale binaries updated successfully.\nPlease restart tailscaled to finish the update.") } else { up.Logf("Tailscale binaries updated successfully, but failed to restart tailscaled: %s.\nPlease restart tailscaled to finish the update.", err) } } else { up.Logf("Success") } return nil } func (up *Updater) downloadLinuxTarball(ver string) (string, error) { dlDir, err := os.UserCacheDir() if err != nil { dlDir = os.TempDir() } dlDir = filepath.Join(dlDir, "tailscale-update") if err := os.MkdirAll(dlDir, 0700); err != nil { return "", err } pkgsPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/tailscale_%s_%s.tgz", up.track, ver, runtime.GOARCH) dlPath := filepath.Join(dlDir, path.Base(pkgsPath)) if err := up.downloadURLToFile(pkgsPath, dlPath); err != nil { return "", err } return dlPath, nil } func (up *Updater) unpackLinuxTarball(path string) error { tailscale, tailscaled, err := binaryPaths() if err != nil { return err } f, err := os.Open(path) if err != nil { return err } defer f.Close() gr, err := gzip.NewReader(f) if err != nil { return err } defer gr.Close() tr := tar.NewReader(gr) files := make(map[string]int) wantFiles := map[string]int{ "tailscale": 1, "tailscaled": 1, } for { th, err := tr.Next() if err == io.EOF { break } if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed extracting %q: %w", path, err) } // TODO(awly): try to also extract tailscaled.service. The tricky part // is fixing up binary paths in that file if they differ from where // local tailscale/tailscaled are installed. Also, this may not be a // systemd distro. switch filepath.Base(th.Name) { case "tailscale": files["tailscale"]++ if err := writeFile(tr, tailscale+".new", 0755); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed extracting the new tailscale binary from %q: %w", path, err) } case "tailscaled": files["tailscaled"]++ if err := writeFile(tr, tailscaled+".new", 0755); err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("failed extracting the new tailscaled binary from %q: %w", path, err) } } } if !maps.Equal(files, wantFiles) { return fmt.Errorf("%q has missing or duplicate files: got %v, want %v", path, files, wantFiles) } // Only place the files in final locations after everything extracted correctly. if err := os.Rename(tailscale+".new", tailscale); err != nil { return err } up.Logf("Updated %s", tailscale) if err := os.Rename(tailscaled+".new", tailscaled); err != nil { return err } up.Logf("Updated %s", tailscaled) return nil } func writeFile(r io.Reader, path string, perm os.FileMode) error { if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) { return fmt.Errorf("failed to remove existing file at %q: %w", path, err) } f, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, perm) if err != nil { return err } defer f.Close() if _, err := io.Copy(f, r); err != nil { return err } return f.Close() } // Var allows overriding this in tests. var binaryPaths = func() (tailscale, tailscaled string, err error) { // This can be either tailscale or tailscaled. this, err := os.Executable() if err != nil { return "", "", err } otherName := "tailscaled" if filepath.Base(this) == "tailscaled" { otherName = "tailscale" } // Try to find the other binary in the same directory. other := filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(this), otherName) _, err = os.Stat(other) if os.IsNotExist(err) { // If it's not in the same directory, try to find it in $PATH. other, err = exec.LookPath(otherName) } if err != nil { return "", "", fmt.Errorf("cannot find %q in neither %q nor $PATH: %w", otherName, filepath.Dir(this), err) } if otherName == "tailscaled" { return this, other, nil } else { return other, this, nil } } func haveExecutable(name string) bool { path, err := exec.LookPath(name) return err == nil && path != "" } func requestedTailscaleVersion(ver, track string) (string, error) { if ver != "" { return ver, nil } return LatestTailscaleVersion(track) } // LatestTailscaleVersion returns the latest released version for the given // track from pkgs.tailscale.com. func LatestTailscaleVersion(track string) (string, error) { if track == CurrentTrack { if version.IsUnstableBuild() { track = UnstableTrack } else { track = StableTrack } } latest, err := latestPackages(track) if err != nil { return "", err } if latest.Version == "" { return "", fmt.Errorf("no latest version found for %q track", track) } return latest.Version, nil } type trackPackages struct { Version string Tarballs map[string]string TarballsVersion string Exes []string ExesVersion string MSIs map[string]string MSIsVersion string MacZips map[string]string MacZipsVersion string SPKs map[string]map[string]string SPKsVersion string } func latestPackages(track string) (*trackPackages, error) { url := fmt.Sprintf("https://pkgs.tailscale.com/%s/?mode=json&os=%s", track, runtime.GOOS) res, err := http.Get(url) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("fetching latest tailscale version: %w", err) } defer res.Body.Close() var latest trackPackages if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&latest); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("decoding JSON: %v: %w", res.Status, err) } return &latest, nil } func requireRoot() error { if os.Geteuid() == 0 { return nil } switch runtime.GOOS { case "linux": return errors.New("must be root; use sudo") case "freebsd", "openbsd": return errors.New("must be root; use doas") default: return errors.New("must be root") } } func isExitError(err error) bool { var exitErr *exec.ExitError return errors.As(err, &exitErr) }