Pi Companion

A portable linux companion for my iPad Pro.

Getting Started

Burn the latest raspbian lite image onto an SD Card. Balena etcher is a reasonable tool on windows for this.

Create an empty file called ssh in the boot dir of the new SD.

Create a file called wpa-supplicant.conf in the boot dir of the new SD with the WiFi connection details. It's possible to configure multiple networks to try in order. Something like:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=GB

network={
  priority=30
  ssid="Phone"
  psk="???"
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
  id_str="phone"
}

network={
  priority=50
  ssid=“Home"
  psk="???"
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
  id_str="home"
}

Boot the device, then reboot the device for all initial setup to take effect.

Run the following commands:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install ansible

Now run the following command to bootstrap the instance:

sudo ansible-playbook pi-companion.yml