Reset Tailscale State

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Reset Tailscale State

Tailscale has a special “.state” file.

1. Stop the tailscaled service
2. Remove the file - /var/lib/tailscale/tailscaled.state
3. Restart the tailscaled service

 
sudo systemctl status stop tailscaled
 
sudo rm /var/lib/tailscale/tailscaled.state
 
sudo systemctl status start tailscaled
 
# If you haven't already enabled
# sudo systemctl status enable --now tailscaled

Ansible tasks

- name: Stop tailscaled service
	ansible.builtin.service:
		name: tailscaled
		state: stopped
 
- name: Remove tailscale state file
	ansible.builtin.file:
		path: /var/lib/tailscale/tailscaled.state
		state: absent
 
- name: Start tailscaled service
	ansible.builtin.service:
		name: tailscaled
		state: started