Install Raspian

May 13, 2016

Download Raspian from here and install it according their instructions.

Locales

dpkg-reconfigure locales
de_CH.UTF-8... done

Keyboard

To configure the console keyboard:

dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
service keyboard-setup restart

Update firmware

After installation boot your pi and update firmware and packages:

rpi-update
reboot
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

vi /etc/default/rcS
# automatically repair filesystems with inconsistencies during boot
FSCKFIX=yes

Network

We’d like to use ipv6.

modprobe ipv6

Be sure, that ipv6 is loaded until pi’s next reboot:

echo "ipv6" >>/etc/modules

Add FQDN to hosts file:

vi /etc/hosts
127.0.1.1       moni.domain.tld moni

Configure WLAN

wpa_passphrase sid passasdf

Copy psk="" part of wpa_passphrase’s out:

vi /etc/network/interfaces
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
	wpa-ssid sid
	wpa-psk <Copy content of psk="" here>

Central Regulatory Domain Agent für kabellose Geräte:

apt-get install crda

SSH

Permit only ssh key login:

grep PasswordAuthentication /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PasswordAuthentication no

Time and logging

Set time:

dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
apt-get install ntpdate

Enable syslog:

apt-get install rsyslog
update-rc.d rsyslog enable

Enable system e-mails:

apt-get install ssmtp

Configuration according to ssmtp.conf.

Enable anacron jobs:

apt-get install anacron

Enjoy!