Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a remarkable piece of technology that enabled a whole slew of budget-friendly projects and allowed people to get extremely clever without having to break the bank.
Useful commands
Projects I have completed
Retro-Pie
Homebridge Server
PiVPN
ADSB-Receiver Project / DUMP1090
Pi-Star
Digital Signage
Components to consider
Linux Tips/Tricks
OS Upgrades
apt update && upgrade
Modify all repos under /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
Most should just need an OS release name change. Check specific apps resources, or just change it and see if it pulls on apt update.
After done,
apt update && upgrade apt full-upgrade
NetDisco
Anytime OS gets major upgrade, will need to rebuild. See troubleshooting section on GitHub.
Remove ~/perl5 dir, run the installer, don’t copy the deploy yaml, run the deploy. Y to all. Start up services
Public Key Authentication
https://www.ssh.com/ssh/keygen/
https://christitus.com/ssh-guide/
https://stribika.github.io/2015/01/04/secure-secure-shell.html (outdated but useful)
https://medium.com/@jasonrigden/hardening-ssh-1bcb99cd4cef
Summary
RSA-4096 and ED25519 are the only protocols to be using that are considered “secure” currently. Get initial keys set up, then copy the other keys over using a master machine, or if starting from scratch, get as many keys on before turning off password auth Public key goes into /home/user/.ssh/authorized_keys . Do this for each user you want to sign in as. Ideally, stick to one and sign in to other user after sign in (su - user) Run ssh-audit and find where you can improve
macOS/Linux
Before you begin, on the home folder of each user you are going to remote into, run the following
- ssh-keygen -t rsa
- ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id.rsa.pub user@remoteserver
- above may not work depending on your setup. It will most backend work for you
- If the above does not work:
- scp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@remoteserver:~
- cat ~/id_rsa.pub » ~/.ssh/authorized_keys