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.
📌 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