Proxmox virtual machines and Meshnet (nordvpn)?

Hey people,

I was curious to see if anyone had a similar issue (probably I am doing something wrong?) but I have some trouble figuring out how to use Meshnet on a VM.

I have Proxmox installed and also added nordvpn with meshnet on the host so I can access proxmox outside my local network, and it works just fine. Now, I created a container and added NextCloud but I was unable to figure out how to access it outside of my local network with meshnet running on the host. After giving up, I tried the VM approach, so I created an Ubuntu VM, installed immich and NextCloud, added nordvpn to it so I can use Meshnet but it still doesn't seem to work when I try to connect from outside my local network using the meshnet name or IP I have for that VM.

The network between the host (proxmox) and the VM is bridged, I can see in my router the VM just fine, in nordvpn I can also see the meshnet device etc. I even tried to forward ports, disable the firewars on both host and vm etc, no joy.

As much as I searched online I barely found any solutions and now I am considering alternatives if I don't figure out how to fix it.

Any insight or help is welcome, thanks!