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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