1.0 Installation

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Materials / Pre-Setup

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 (Refer to Create a VM in How to: Proxmox)

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VM Customization Options

These settings are applicable to the Proxmox server at the Raspberry Pi Club - disregard "General" if you're in a home lab environment unless specifically highlighted

• 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
    

Last Updated: 2/19/2025
BY: Lilian & Vivian