Installing TrueNAS Community Edition on Proxmox 2025

Published at : 18 Dec 2025

Want to run TrueNAS inside your Proxmox homelab? In this video, I’ll walk you through the full process of installing TrueNAS Community Edition (formerly SCALE) as a virtual machine on Proxmox VE.

We’ll cover:
✅ Creating a VM in Proxmox
✅ Downloading and mounting the TrueNAS ISO
✅ Choosing CPU, memory, and disk options
✅ Setting up storage passthrough or virtual disks
✅ Installing TrueNAS CE step by step
✅ Accessing the web UI after installation

By the end, you’ll have a fully functional TrueNAS VM running on your Proxmox server.

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🔗 Important Links:
TrueNAS ISO: https://download.sys.truenas.net/TrueNAS-SCALE-Fangtooth/25.04.2.1/TrueNAS-SCALE-25.04.2.1.iso
Blog Post: https://blog.serversatho.me/i-ran-out-of-sata-ports/

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📌 Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:11 Disclaimer
1:45 Get the TrueNAS ISO
2:25 Create a VM on Proxmox
3:26 Installing TrueNAS in the VM
4:10 Inside our virtualized TrueNAS
4:23 Adding virtual disks to TrueNAS
5:15 Conclusion

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