Fresh Raspberry Pi setup with Ubuntu 16.04 server

ubuntuPi-setup.md

Raspberry Pi ssh as access point

Still under construction

Steps

1. Download from Official Ubuntu website or (Ubuntu Pi Flavour Maker)[https://ubuntu-pi-flavour-maker.org/download/]
2. Flash to SD card.
3. If downloaded from Official website, follow instructions before inserting sd card and booting.
4. Plug Raspberry Pi in, SSH using ssh ubuntu@ip-address-here with password ubuntu, change password.
5. Change username. Instructions here sudo adduser myUserName, sudo usermod -aG sudo myUserName && sudo userdel ubuntu ref
6. Setup locale by editing .bashrc

export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8

sudo reboot 7. change serverName in /etc/hostname && 127.0.1.1 serverName in /etc/hosts 8. Update the software

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

9. setup RPi3B wifi and update bootloaders from Official Ubuntu website then sudo reboot
10. Install dhcpcd sudo apt-get install dhcpcd5
11. Install iwconfig sudo apt install wireless-tools and check if wlan0 is enabled. If not, troubleshoot
12. go through this to set up RPi as an access point in a standalone network

Using Ubuntu Mate might be easier

1. install ubuntu mate 16.04 for raspberry pi
2. install docker
3. set up ssh and wifi config
   To connect to a wifi through nmcli

useful links

Resources

https://medium.com/a-swift-misadventure/how-to-setup-your-raspberry-pi-2-3-with-ubuntu-16-04-without-cables-headlessly-9e3eaad32c01

For future works

https://hologram.io/raspberry-pi-on-cellular-2/

notes

https://www.raspberrypi.org/learning/networking-lessons/lesson-3/plan/

adding/ fixing naming of networking deviceshttps://askubuntu.com/questions/767786/changing-network-interfaces-name-ubuntu-16-04

https://askubuntu.com/questions/762846/how-to-create-wifi-hotspot-in-ubuntu-16-04-since-ap-hotspot-is-no-longer-working