This post walks you through the process of installing the Raspberry Pi OS, Raspbian, with VirtualBox. I am going to use this at times to test my software running on the OS that the Raspberry Pi Cluster runs.
To set up a Raspberry Pi node I will follow a specific set of steps so that every Pi is set up similarly. For the initial deployment I will follow this once and then clone the SD Card multiple times. If at a later date more are added I will use this guide to follow
For my cluster project I will add a new user to each Raspberry Pi. This is so the user I use for all other systems will be the same on the Raspberry Pi’s. This post describes how to add another user to Raspbian OS.
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