Install the OS
Grab the lasted Raspbian Lite OS from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/ and burn it to an SD card. Once burnt, unmount and remount the SD card with the PC, this allows you to access the removal drive, now named ‘Boot’.
Enable ssh
SSH is disabled by default. Place a blank text file with the name ssh onto the root of the SD card:
- Load a Notepad/++
- Save, usual a filetype of any
- Name the file ssh and save
- Close the file
Add WiFi before boot
To add network info you need to create a file called wpa_supplicant.conf and place that in the root SD card .
- Load a Notepad/++
- Copy/Past the below code into a new blank file, updating the relivant info.
- Save, with a filename of wpa_supplicant.conf ensuring the file type is not .txt
country=GB
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
ssid="NETWORK-NAME"
psk="NETWORK-PASSWORD"
}