Setup Raspberry PI

  1. Getting Things Ready
    Download Raspberry Pi Imager from the Official Website for the right Operating System (Windows, Mac Os, Linux) is supported.
    Prepare a SD Card at least 32 Gb. The Sd card need to be formated, so make sure no important data is stored.
  2. Let's get started
    First of all check which Raspberry model you deal with. Actually the most recent model is the raspberry pi 5, you can checkout the models.
    You need the model to install the right firmware. With the Raspberry pi imager you can install #TODO list from Image
  3. Formating SD-Card
    This step is depending on the operating System on windows:
    on mac os:
    on Ubuntu -
  4. Choose the right Image
    For a server i recommend the Raspberry Pi OS without graphical environment. For a Raspberry pi used for desktop work, the Enviroment is more user friendly.
  5. Download the image and install it on the raspberry pi, make sure that you set up connect via ssh, a username, a password and if used a WLan name and password. For stabilty LAN might be a better option.
    After the installation and the verify passed, you can insert the SD card in your Raspberry pi and power it on. If you have problems removing the SD card, you can tape it with teserfilm. To easy pull it out.
  6. Find out your Ip Adress for the raspberry pi, you can do that by checking with the router connection page or you can use thirdparty-software
  7. If you found the IP Adress of the Raspberry pi, you can connect locally in the same network with the device using ssh and a terminal application.
ssh username@ip-adress

then you can type your chosen password.

  1. Now You should be in the home directory of the raspberry pi
  2. You can now performa an update and install the software you like. you can checkout my other blogs to get an overview how to connect from any network your raspberry pi using Cloudflare tunnels.