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Running Tails in Qubes
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Tails is the amnesic incognito live system. Its aims are preserving privacy and anonymity.
[Tails](https://tails.boum.org) is the amnesic incognito live system. It is a live operating system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity.
To run Tails under Qubes:
1. Read about [creating and using HVM qubes](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hvm/)
2. Download and verify Tails from http://tails.boum.org in a qube, (saved as `/home/user/Downloads/tails.iso` on qube "isoVM" for purposes of this guide).
2. Download and verify Tails from [https://tails.boum.org](https://tails.boum.org) in a qube, (saved as `/home/user/Downloads/tails.iso` on qube "isoVM" for purposes of this guide).
3. Create a HVM
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6. Once the Tails qube has started, configure networking in the qube.
- Check the IP address allocated to the qube - either from GUI Manager, or ```qvm-ls -n Tails``` in Konsole. (E.g. 10.137.1.101 with gateway 10.137.1.1)
- Check the IP address allocated to the qube - either from GUI Manager, or ```qvm-ls -n Tails``` in Konsole. (E.g. `10.137.1.101` with gateway `10.137.1.1`)
- In the Tails qube, open systems menu in top-right corner. Select "Wired Settings", and change IPv4 configuration from "Automatic (DHCP)" to "Manual".
- Enter the Address: 10.137.1.101 in our example.
- Enter the Netmask: 255.255.255.0
- Enter the Gateway: 10.137.1.1 in our example.
- Enter DNS: 10.137.1.1 in our example.
- Enter the Address: `10.137.1.101` in our example.
- Enter the Netmask: `255.255.255.0`
- Enter the Gateway: `10.137.1.1` in our example.
- Enter DNS: `10.137.1.1` in our example.
- Click "Apply". You should now see "Connected".
7. Use Tails as normal.
## Usage Notes
###Display issues:
### Display issues:
**Black screen on start up.**
This was reported with earlier versions of Tails: I believe the problem is now fixed.
If you do encounter this problem, you can try to constrain display settings by appending vga codes to the Tails boot parameters.
(If you do not know the codes, append vga=999, and a helpful prompt will appear.)
(If you do not know the codes, append `vga=999`, and a helpful prompt will appear.)
N.B Tails 2.3 does not appear to honour the vga code.
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This seems to arise because Tails sizes to the height of the screen, but there is a title bar at the top of the window.
Either remove the title bar altogether, or move the window upwards using ALT+drag.
###Persistent Volume
### Persistent Volume
The persistence tools will not work because Tails has not been launched from USB.
The HVM disk(s) can be configured and mounted from within Tails to provide persistent storage.
###Shutdown
### Shutdown
The Tails qube will not shut down cleanly.
Kill it from the GUI Manager or ```qvm-kill Tails``` in Konsole.
###Security
### Security
You will probably want to implement [MAC spoofing](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/anonymizing-your-mac-address/).
Read [the warnings](https://tails.boum.org/doc/advanced_topics/virtualization/) from the Tails team about operating in a virtual machine.