Hi guys,
Firstly - i LOVE zerotier and I only learnt about it last night.
I have installed it on a few machines with different OS’s - all good.
I installed it a QNAP TS-453b with firmware QTS 5.0.1.2145 Build 20220903 without issues and connected.
I then went to install it on a QNAP TS-453pro with same firmware and it would not install with the error message: Failed to install ZeroTier. Downgrade QTS to 5.0.0 or an older compatible version
I have read the single thread here about this issue but what I don’t get is that it works on one unit but not the other- near same hardware and exactly the same firmware?
Is there anything we can learn from this?
I really don’t want to mess around with dockers to make it work as that defeats the benefits and my view of the zerotier.
Anyway, just thought I would share that info incase there is something there to learn from - I am happy to dig deeper with guidance.
GREAT work developers - love it and so surprised I did not learn about it till last night
Br MC
I just upgraded to the latest update on a similar x64 QNAP, rebooted and now Zerotier will not work.
Removing Zerotier as it was greyed out, I tried reinstalling it and have the exact same problem.
Likewise in the logs…
Failed to install ZeroTier. Downgrade QTS to 5.0.0 or an older compatible version
this is accurate information. Zerotier with QTS 5.0.0 or QuTS 5.0.0 works perfectly. Once an update is done to QuTS 5.0.1 or QTS 5.0.1, Zerotier no longer works.
This was posted as a fix, but the description is not clear to me, and I have not been able to get this to work - (my stupidity, and too brief of an explanation) -
hi this is simpler and better and works (only x64 cant test others)
use docker first install QVPN for the tun driver
Hi marqueMC - the whole point of Zerotier is to be able to VPN into your QNAP without opening up any ports on your internet router. If you don’t open up any ports on your internet router (and use Zerotier for VPN) - then there is no risk of Ransomware like Deadbolt or QLocker. This is why I am anxious for this to be addressed.
Hello -
I was excited to post a new “fix” for Zerotier and QTS 5.0.1, but it appears to not be working.
This is new at QNAPClub
you download the package, and manually install it in The QNAP App Center. This installs Zerotier 1.10.1. It certainly appears to install properly, and light up “yellow/orange” in the App center. But now, when you ssh into The QNAP, so you can activate this with your Zerotier Network ID -
no matter what command you type in, in terminal - for example
Zerotier-cli -v
Zerotier-cli -h
zerotier-cli join NetworkIDNumber
you get the same error in terminal -
-sh: Zerotier-cli: command not found
I installed the package and it did install no problems.
After I SSH’ed into the QNAP NAS I could find the installed files here - /opt/0Tier1/
and the exec file here - /opt/0Tier1/var/lib/zerotier-one/zerotier-cli
Tried many ways to launch zerotier-cli but I noticed…
Which leads me to think maybe the zerotier-cli is not correctly copied?
Maybe I’m missing something but after installing it on a RaspberryPI today, I remember there being 3 different exec’s?
By the way I tried ./zerotier.one from different directories within /opt/0Tier1/ but nothing worked for me.
Will have a longer look tomorrow when I got time, otherwise I’m going to try tailscale.
I am replying only because I do not want ZeroTier to close this thread. Wonderful people like Cubicgarden, and marqueMC have been very active in addressing this issue. QNAP QTS 5.0.1 is not working with the ZeroTier 1.8.4 “official version” or the 1.10.1 version that can be found on the QNAPClub website. I hope that someone at Zerotier takes note of this. I have seen somewhere else that someone wrote - “just run it in a VM” - this is NOT an acceptable answer. It should work, just like it was running before, with QTS 5.0.0.
Thank you all for your participation. You are all great.
Bob Zelin
Thank you bobzelin, I’m confident zerotier will fix it but when is the question.
I just happen to be traveling quite a bit in the next month and VPN access to the NAS is essential (especially with ransomware everywhere).
I still have Zerotier installed on all my machines including Android devices but installed Tailscale on everything except my Raspberrypi’s (couldn’t get it working).
The longer I use Tailscale, the more chance I’ll stop using Zerotier.
I guess I wasn’t paying for Zerotier but may have considered it later once I hit the free limits.
Hi Martin -
thank you for your hard work on this, but this is not working.
I will explain in detail.
I have QTS 5.0.1 installed on a QNAP TS-251+ test system, which is an x86_64 system.
With Zerotier 1.8.4 installed and QTS 5.0.0, Zerotier worked perfectly ( I retested it again yesterday).
I go to
and manually install Zerotier 1.10.1_x86_64.qpkg
It installs and “appears” to be running, but when you ssh into The QNAP all commands come back
with “zerotier-cli: command mount found”
I was more than anxious to test your fix this morning.
Again, I am running QTS 5.0.1 on a TS-251+ with Zerotier 1.10.1
I ssh into The QNAP, and one by one, enter the commands that you have shown us.
once we get to
/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/zerotier/zerotier.sh start
it returns -
“No such file or directory”
so this is NOT starting Zerotier, and of course, any Zerotier-cli commands entered
after that return “command not found”.
Thank you for your hard work, but it’s still not working.
