Automatically Update Tailscale on the Synology NAS platform

Description

This script automatically updats Tailscale on Synology NAS from the Tailscale website

1. Save the Script to Your NAS

Download the script and place it into a location of your choosing. As an example, if you are using the "admin" account for system administration tasks, you can place the script within that accounts home folder; such as in a nested directory location like this:

/home/scripts/bash/tailscale/syno.tailscaleupdate/update_tailscale.sh

-or-

/homes/admin/scripts/bash/tailscale/syno.tailscaleupdate/update_tailscale.sh

2. Setup a Scheduled Task in the DSM

1. Open the DSM web interface
2. Open the Control Panel
3. Open Task Scheduler
   1. Click Create -> Scheduled Task -> User-defined script
   2. Enter Task: name as 'Syno.Tailscale Update', and leave User: set to 'root'
   3. Click Schedule tab and configure per your requirements
   4. Click Task Settings tab
   5. Enter 'User-defined script' similar to: 'bash /home/scripts/bash/tailscale/syno.tailscaleupdate/update_tailscale.sh' ...if using the above script placement example. '/volume1' is the default storage volume on a Synology NAS. You can determine your script directory's full pathname by looking at the Location properties of the folder with the File Station tool in the DSM:
      1. Right-click on the folder containing the script and choose Properties
      2. Copy the full directory path from the Location field
4. Click OK