diff --git a/deployments/tailscale/operator/clusterrole.yaml b/deployments/tailscale/operator/clusterrole.yaml
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+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: tailscale-operator
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["secrets", "configmaps", "services", "pods", "endpoints"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
+    resources: ["deployments", "statefulsets", "daemonsets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: ["networking.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["ingresses"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: ["tailscale.com"]
+    resources: ["*"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]