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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

  • 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: bob-ricochet
  • Tags: tailnet, bob

  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

    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