okay, in this video, it is finally time to set up persistent storage on our tails device.
this is a very important step, so be sure to follow along closely.
and if you have any questions, of course, let me know.
we'll hop on over to our tails instance to take a look at what configuring persistent storage might look like.
and here on our tails install, it's very easy to 1st set up persistent storage.
there's a checkbox right here or a radio.
there's a button right here where we can actually create persistent storage.
and that's really all we need to do is just select that and click start tails.
and once tails actually boots, you now should see a new window talking about persistent storage a bit more.
in this case, you'll notice it's saying i can't create it because we're on a usb stick or we're not on a usb stick.
we are on a virtual machine.
so it's important to remember that if you're on a virtual machine, it's going to have some issues.
now, there are some potential ways around this, but when you're testing tails on a virtual machine, there's really not a need for persistent storage because you're already on a machine.
you have storage there, there's things you can do.
so i just wanted to make sure to showcase this.
now what we'll actually do is we'll launch our physical computer with the usb installed and we'll take a look at that setup screen.
so let's do that now.
okay, and here on our actual physical laptop with the usb set up, we see a different type of persistent storage screen.
no longer is the air showing on the bottom and we can actually click continue here to get working on our persistent storage.
so we'll go ahead and click continue.
it will ask for a passphrase.
now it is incredibly important that you make this passphrase a good passphrase.
if you want additional info on how to make good passphrases, we have a separate course on encryption and cryptography, but really, you should know the basics of creating a passphrase.
don't make it a password, make it a passphrase.
in this case, we'll use something really simple.
this is just a test set up.
so we can just say tails is the very best os.
i think that's how i did it correctly there.
tails is the very best os.
there we go.
and that's all we need to do.
now it recommends these seven random words.
that's also a good methodology if you would like that, but we'll just stick with what we have.
tails is the very best os.
and we'll create the persistent storage.
now what it is going to do now is on the actual usb stick, it's going to make a partition.
it's going to start up the luke's encryption.
it's going to take some time to do those operations, but once it is ready to go, you should see the complete screen here in just a moment.
and while this is working, it's important to note that this is why it's useful to have a usb with a little bit more memory than needed.
if you have something like an eight gig usb, tails takes a few gigs of that, so you don't have a lot of room for your persistent storage volume.
so if you want to be able to save more stuff or configure more items, it's suggested to get a larger usb.
most usb these days are very cheap, 64 gig, 128 gig, you can even get terabyte usbs, i believe now.
those would be good if you really expect to store a lot of files, folders, configuration items, etc.
so keep that in mind when it comes to your volume size depends on the usb that you're running on.
and another thing to note, how fast this happens also depends on how fast your usb is.
if you're plugged into a usb 30. port with a usb 30. compatible usb, a lot of these operations, especially when it comes to formatting, are going to be a lot faster.
so keep that in mind when you're considering usbs as well to potentially use for tails.
and there we go.
assuming everything worked correctly, your persistent storage will show here as unlocked.
there's some helpful info here about how to make a backup.
and then there's some more info here on the settings with persistent storage.
and we'll go into those settings in the next video.
for now, at this point, you have created your persistent storage and you are ready to start storing stuff on tails.
if you have any questions, of course, let me know.
otherwise, we'll see you in the next one.