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3.0 Tailscale Setup 💽

Initial Installation

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

  2. Create Ubuntu Server VM on Proxmox server

  1. General Settings (Check advanced)

    1. Click Start at boot

    2. Node: pve

    3. Resource Pool: Personal

    4. VM ID: # (leave default)

    5. Name: bob-ricochet

    6. Tags: tailnet, bob

  1. OS Settings

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

  1. System Settings

    1. Check off qemu-guest-agent

  1. Disks Settings

    1. Disk Size (GiB): 16

  1. CPU Settings

    1. Sockets: 1

    2. Cores: 1

  1. Memory Settings

    1. Memory (MiB): 1024-2048

  1. Network Settings

    1. Bridge: vmbr0

  1. Confirm

    1. Start after created

    2. Finish

  1. During the OS install:

    1. Use DHCP

    2. Install OpenSSH server and add user’s Github SSH key