Configuring a Raspberry Pi

Assumes you're using Raspbian Jessie with Pixel or newer.

Ansible Configuration

Command Examples

Assuming you are in the inventories directory of this project when running from the terminal.

Basic Ping Test Using Ansible Command Line

ansible pis -i tinkurpi -m ping -u pi --ask-pass

Basic Ping Test Using An Ansible Playbook

Simulate Running the Playbook

ansible-playbook ../playbooks/setup_pi.yaml -s -C -i tinkurpi --ask-pass

Running the Playbook

ansible-playbook ../playbooks/setup_pi.yaml -s -i tinkurpi --ask-pass

Playbook to Configure Pi

ansible-playbook ../playbooks/setup_pi.yaml -s -i tinkurpi --ask-pass

Dashboard Configuration

List of Chromium Command Line Switches.

Launch Chromium Browser in Kiosk Mode w/ URL at Startup

In ~/.config/lxsession/LXDE-pi/autostart add @chromium-browser URL URL URL --kiosk

See Autostart reference for all commmands.

Exit Chromium Browser

Ctrl + W

To Do

Run Python script Add @/usr/bin/python /home/pi/example.py