To access some of the lower level aspects of the Raspberry Pi’s config you can use the built in command vcgencmd. This is a useful on the command line but to easily access it in a program you need to parse the output. I am planning to use this command to store data like the
I want to be able to access my Raspberry Pi Cluster and log onto any node without entering a password. To do this I can set up as passwordless SSH key. Generating a SSH Key To generate a SSH key you can use the command ssh-keygen. Once you have ran this you will get the
The Raspberry Pi doesn’t come with its own power supply so you need to decide how to power it. The recommendation from the Raspberry Pi website is that they have “found that purchasing a 2.5A power supply from a reputable retailer will provide you with ample power to run your Raspberry Pi”. After doing some research
Something I want to do with my Raspberry Pi Cluster is mount a hard drive and share it like a windows share. To do this I am going to set up Samba on a Raspberry Pi. Installing the required packages To run samba as a service we need to install a couple packages. Running the
Here I suggest some recommended steps to install Raspbian on top of their install guide. Choosing an OS for the Raspberry Pi One of the main ways to install a Raspberry Pi OS is to download a disk image called NOOBS. This lets you choose to easily install a number of different OS’s. If you want to
This blog post describes how to set up free SSL certificates on a Web Host Manager CPanel server. This requires root access to the server, if you don’t have access to this then you must ask your service provider to install it for you. What is Let’s Encrypt? Let’s Encrypt is in their own words