/raspberrypi-setup

Raspberry Pi Setup

Preparations

  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Change hostname

  • Replace hostname here: sudo nano /etc/hosts
  • Replace hostname here: sudo nano /etc/hostname
  • Commit changes: sudo /etc/init.d/hostname.sh
  • Reboot: sudo reboot

Users

  • Change password: passwd
  • New user: sudo adduser bob
  • Add user as sudoer:
    • From a sudoer account: sudo visudo
    • Insert bob ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL into the file opened
  • Add new user to video group to be able to access the camera:
    • usermod -a -G video bob

Node.js

  • Download installation script for Debian: curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | bash -
    • More installation scripts here
    • Note: if it does not work without sudo, use the following command: sudo curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | bash -
  • sudo su
  • apt-get install -y nodejs

WLAN

  • sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
    • Content:
    auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-scan-ssid 1
network={
    ssid="<SSID>"
    psk="<KEY>"
}
gateway <IPROUTER>
  • sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
    • Content:
    source-directory /etc/network/interfaces.d
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-scan-ssid 1
wpa-ssid "<SSID>"
wpa-psk "<KEY>"
pre-up iw dev wlan0 set power_save off
post-down iw dev wlan0 set power_save on
  • sudo ifdown wlan0 && sudo ifup wlan0

Mount Raspberry Pi via SSH

sshfs pi@raspberrypi:/home/pi/Documents/ raspberrypi-001/

Take photos

raspistill -o image2.jpg
raspistill -t 30000 -tl 2000 -o image%04d.jpg