Raspiland

This project contains configurations for my Raspberry Pi (RPi)

Pre-requisites

Your machine

• [X] Arch based OS (for example, Manjaro) with yay -Sy rpi-imager wireless_tools yank packages installed
• [X] Python 3.7+ and poetry installed

Raspberry

• [X] Internet connectivity: Ethernet or Wi-Fi
• [X] SSH access enabled

Preparing for RPi OS for installation

Plug-in the SD card

Flash Ubuntu to the SD card

Select Operating System, SD Card and click on WRITE button. Wait for completion of the installation and verification.

Configure Wi-Fi and SSH

echo ''
echo 'Please select your WI-Fi interface and network for RPi to connect to...'
SSID=$(ip link | grep -Po "(?<=^\d:\W).*?(?=:)" | yank | xargs -I % sh -c 'sudo iwlist % scan' | grep -Po "(?<=ESSID:\").*(?=\")" | sort | yank -l) || exit -1
[ -n $SSID ] || exit -1

echo ''
echo "Please, enter the password to connect to ${SSID}"
echo -n 'Password:'
read -s PASSWORD
echo "RPi will connect to ${SSID} network using password ${PASSWORD}."

echo ''
echo 'Please, select where system boot partition is mounted...'
MNT_DIR=$(sudo mount | yank)
[ -n $MTN_DIR ] || exit -1
echo "System boot parition is mounted to ${MNT_DIR}"

echo ''
echo "Creating empty file at ${MNT_DIR}/ssh"
[ -f ${MNT_DIR}/ssh ] || sudo tee -a ${MNT_DIR}/ssh < "" || echo exit -1

echo ''
echo ''
echo "Setting Wi-Fi configuration to ${MNT_DIR}/network-config"
sudo tee -a ${MNT_DIR}/network-config <<EOF
wifis:
  wlan0:
    dhcp4: true
    access-points:
      "${SSID}":
        password: "${PASSWORD}"
EOF

Let’s get started

Check SSH connection

poetry run ansible raspberry -i hosts.ini -m ping

➜  poetry run ansible raspberry -i hosts.ini -m ping
192.168.1.112 | SUCCESS => {
"ansible_facts": {
  "discovered_interpreter_python": "/usr/bin/python"
},
"changed": false,
"ping": "pong"
}

Provision the machine

poetry run ansible-playbook -i hosts.ini site.yaml

PLAY [raspberry] *******************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *************************************************************************************
ok: [192.168.1.112]

TASK [Update all packages to the latest version] ***********************************************************
ok: [192.168.1.112]

TASK [Install additional packages] *************************************************************************
ok: [192.168.1.112]

TASK [Alter user 'ubuntu' to allow access to 'docker'] *****************************************************
ok: [192.168.1.112]

TASK [Rebooting] *******************************************************************************************
changed: [192.168.1.112]

PLAY RECAP *************************************************************************************************
192.168.1.112              : ok=5    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Links

• Ubuntu Raspberry Pi: https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi
• Raspbian: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
• Raspbian SSH: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/
• Raspbian passwordless SSH: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/passwordless.md
• Ansible Documentation: https://docs.ansible.com/

What’s next

Todo file with ideas can be found here