Raspberry Pi
Contents
Purchase
Download Operating System
If you want to use your RPi with a monitor, keyboard and mouse download the "with desktop" version.
Flashing SD Card
Headless Setup
To use a RPi headless (without monitor, keyboard and mouse) you must first inject your WiFi details then enable SSH. This is done by simply creating 2 files in the boot partition of the SD card. The boot partition of the SD card is FAT32 so you should be able to access it no matter what operating system you are using.
WiFi Configuration
Create the following file on the SD card.
/boot/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=AU
network={
ssid="Your WiFi Name"
psk="Your Password"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}
SSH Configuration
Create a blank file called ssh in the boot directory of the SD card. This will enable SSH when the Raspberry Pi boots.
/boot/ssh
Setup Access Point
If you are setting this up after previously adding a wpa_supplicant.conf file, be sure to remove the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf file.
Update and upgrade apt-get
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Install Dnsmasq
sudo apt-get install hostapd dnsmasq -y
Set a static IP address
sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf
Append:
interface wlan0 static ip_address=192.168.1.4/24 denyinterfaces wlan0
Rename the default Dnsmasq config file
sudo mv /etc/dnsmasq.conf /etc/dnsmasq.conf.orig
Create a new Dnsmasq config file
sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.conf
Configure the DHCP server
interface=wlan0 dhcp-range=192.168.4.2,192.168.4.20,255.255.255.0,24h
Access point config
sudo nano /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Append:
interface=wlan0 hw_mode=g channel=7 wmm_enabled=0 macaddr_acl=0 auth_algs=1 ignore_broadcast_ssid=0 wpa=2 wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK wpa_pairwise=TKIP rsn_pairwise=CCMP ssid=<NETWORK NAME> wpa_passphrase=<PASSWORD>
Tell the AP where to find the config file
sudo nano /etc/default/hostapd
Find
DAEMON_CONF=""
and replace with
DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"
FTP Server
mkdir /home/pi/ftp chmod a+rwx /home/pi/ftp
sudo apt-get install vsftpd
sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf
anonymous_enable=NO local_enable=YES write_enable=YES local_umask=022 chroot_local_user=YES
user_sub_token=$USER local_root=/home/$USER/ftp
