VIVARIUM - RASPBERRY PI HOME

BUILD 2

Setting Up the Raspberry Pi Part 2

Now that we have a Raspberry Pi running Raspian we're almost finished! Just a few more steps to finish.



STEP 1

With your Raspberry Pi connected to your network router and booted up you may now use SSH to login to finsih setup


STEP 2

Open a terminal on a local computer and enter ssh pi@your-ip-address use the default password or the password you chose earlier


STEP 3

Upgrade your operating system by entering sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
When asked to install updates type y press enter to confirm.


STEP 4

Install LAMP by entering sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5-mysql build-essential git-core
When asked to install, type y press enter to confirm.


STEP 5

You will be required to create a MySQL password for the root user.


STEP 6

You may now vist your website at your Raspberry Pi's local IP address


STEP 7

Install PHP5 module for Apache2
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5


STEP 8

Install Wiring Pi
sudo git clone git://git.drogon.net/wiringPi
cd wiringPi
sudo ./build



STEP 9

Install the DHT22 Sensor drivers. Type cd ~ to return to your home directory
sudo git clone https://github.com/technion/lol_dht22
cd lol_dht22
sudo ./configure
sudo make install



STEP 10 (OPTIONAL)

If you have a USB WI-FI dongle, insert it into one of the USB ports on your Raspberry Pi
At the command prompt, type
sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf and add the following to the bottom of the file
Be sure to change the SSID and PSK to match your WI-FI network


network={
ssid="your-wifi-ssid"
psk="your-wifi-password"
}

Press Ctrl+X to save, y to confirm and finally press Enter.
Enter
sudo reboot


FINISHED

You now have your Raspberry Pi configured and ready to go. In the next section we will install the sensors, database and Raspberry Pi Vivarium controller software.