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1.0 Initial Installation


*PAT= placeholder name

  1. Download Tailscale and make an account on user’s system
  2. Create new Ubuntu Server VM on the Proxmox server
    • Create a VM on the top right of the Proxmox GUI
  3. Configurations
    • General Settings (Check advanced)
      • Click Start at boot
      • Node: pve
      • Resource Pool: Personal
      • VM ID: # (any number unless following a certain convention)
      • Name: pat-tailnet
      • Tags: tailnet, pat

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

  • System Settings

    • Check off qemu-guest-agent

  • Disks Settings

    • Disk Size (GiB): 16

  • CPU Settings

    • Sockets: 1

    • Cores: 1

  • Memory Settings

    • Memory (MiB): 1024-2048

  • Network Settings

    • Bridge: vmbr0

  • Confirm
      • Start after created

      • Finish

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