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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: tailscale-operator
+  namespace: tailscale
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRole
+metadata:
+  name: tailscale-operator
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: [""]
+    resources: ["pods", "services", "endpoints", "namespaces", "events", "configmaps"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["apps"]
+    resources: ["deployments", "daemonsets"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["tailscale.com"]
+    resources: ["*"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch"]
+  - apiGroups: ["networking.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["ingressclasses"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+---
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name: tailscale-operator
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: tailscale-operator
+subjects:
+  - kind: ServiceAccount
+    name: tailscale-operator
+    namespace: tailscale