Raspberry-Pi-Setup

How I set up my pi's.

Operating System

Raspbian Stretch with desktop and recommended software
Flash the SD card using Etcher (for Mac OS)

Raspi-Config

configure basic settings
sudo raspi-config

• change password
• connect to wifi
• set hostname
• SSH enabled
• I2C or SPI enabled if needed for HATs
• expand filesystem
• finish and reboot

full usage guide at raspberrypi.org

SSH

Passwordless SSH from my computer to the pi's

• check for ssh keys on your computer in ~/.ssh
• if none, generate them
  ssh-keygen
• send ssh public key to the pi from your computer
  ssh-copy-id <PI-USERNAME>@<PI-IP-ADDRESS>
• now ssh to your pi!
  ssh <PI-USERNAME>@<PI-IP-ADDRESS>

full ssh guide at raspberrypi.org

Pi Hostname Alias

add an alias for the pi's hostname

• on your computer, use sudo to edit /etc/hosts
• add <PI-IP-ADRESS> <ALIAS> to the file
• now the alias is linked to the IP address
• now ssh to your pi with the alias!
  ssh <PI-USERNAME>@<ALIAS>

SCP

• copy file to the raspberry pi
  scp <FILE> <PI-USERNAME>@<PI-IP-ADDRESS>:<PATH>

GitHub

clone relevant github directory as new folder
git init
git clone <REPO>