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1.0 Initial Installation 💽

*PAT= placeholder name

  1. Download Tailscale and make an account on user’s system

  2. Create Ubuntu Server VM on Proxmox server

    • Create a VM on the top right of the ProxMox GUI

  1. General Settings (Check advanced)

    • Click Start at boot
    • Node: pve
    • Resource Pool: Personal
    • VM ID: # (leave default)
    • Name: pat-ricochet
    • Tags: tailnet, pat

  1. OS Settings

    • ISO Image: ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso

  1. System Settings

    • Check off qemu-guest-agent

  1. Disks Settings

    • Disk Size (GiB): 16

  1. CPU Settings

    • Sockets: 1

    • Cores: 1

  1. Memory Settings

    • Memory (MiB): 1024-2048

  1. Network Settings

    • Bridge: vmbr0

  1. Confirm

    • Start after created

    • Finish

  2. During the OS install:
    • Use DHCP
    • Install OpenSSH server and add user’s Github SSH key