homelab/docs/odin.md

Odin Proxmox Setup

Requirements

• Proxmox VE 8.2 or higher

Installation

1. Flash the Odin Proxmox image to a USB drive.

# writing an ISO image to a USB stick using the dd command
sudo dd if=proxmox-ve_8.2-2.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=1M conv=sync status=progress

2. Boot the Odin Proxmox server.
3. Configure the server with.
   • DISK: btrfs raid0 (raid0)
4. Reboot the server.

Post Installation

1. Login to the server UI.

2. Enable ZFS, done in the Proxmox VE web interface.

3. Make proxmox VLAN aware on UI.

4. Change DNS to 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8

5. Run the following commands:

   curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
   tailscale up --ssh --accept-routes --advertise-exit-node
   zpool import -f yatta
   

6. Login to the tailscale UI.

7. Run ansible playbooks.

   cd ~/homelab/ansible
   make setup-odin
   

8. Enable smart monitoring:

   smartctl -a /dev/sda
   

9. Add cloud images to proxmox UI.

   • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (noble-server-amd64)