Restrict root ssh access to a single IP under Raspbian / Debian / Ubuntu
Today I configured a new backup solution that required me to restrict root ssh access to a single IP for the root user.
Category: Raspberry Pi
Install KODI Mediacenter on Raspberry Pi 2 B+
Recently a friend of mine asked me, if it would be possible to get a media center or something like that running on his old flat screen TV, that wasn’t a SmartTV. He wanted a kind of SmartTv-like app system (Add-Ons). So I decided to install KODI Mediacenter on Raspberry Pi 2 B+ that I had […]
Run a DynDNS client under Raspbian
For a home automation project I have to setup a local DynDNS client on my Banana Pi running with Raspian. Here are the steps I’ve taken to run a DynDNS client under Raspbian (will work on other Debian based Linux distributions too): Install ddclient package:
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$>sudo apt-get install ddclient |
This command installs the package and starts the DynDNS configuration wizard. Select […]
Install Arch-Linux on a Raspberry Pi
Arch Linux is a very clean and lightweight Linux distribution. With the following steps you can install it on a SD-Card to run it on a Raspberry Pi: Get the device name (dev-path) of the SD-Card to run the operating system (see Get a list of partitions or List, partitioning and format drives)
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$> sudo fdisk -l |
You should see […]
Adafriut webIDE BETA release
Yeah the next prank from Adafruit! They build up their own web-based development IDE. At the moment it’s only in beta state but I think the chance is very high that it will become very awesome. Right now it runs on Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone and supports Ruby, Python and JavaScript. The genius part is, that the code […]
Set static IP
Sometimes its necessary that your machine gets a static IP-address. For example if you want to run a server or a other service on that machine. On Debian based machines you can do this by: Edit /etc/network/interfaces (f.e.: with nano)
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auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.88.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.88.1 auto wlan0 allow-hotplug wlan0 iface wlan0 inet static address 192.168.99.6 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.88.1 wpa-conf /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf iface default inet dhcp |
In this case we set the IP fix to 192.168.88.6 for both wlan and ethernet. Setup […]
Raspbian default user password (for pi) on Raspberry Pi
The default password for the default user pi on a Raspbian operating system is raspberry. You should change it to a secure password on first connect via ssh. Therefore you can use:
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$> sudo passwd pi |
Install Raspbian on a SD-Card
To install Rasbian on a SD-Card you have to follow these Steps Format SD-Card Fat32 (f.e. with GParted http://gparted.org/) Download Raspbian (or any other operation system) from http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ Extract the downloaded zip-file Find out what is the devicepath of your SD-Card (you can use the df-command or get a list of partitions via linux-list-of-partitions) Execute the […]