Right click in File Explorer and select New > Text Document and change the filename to ssh.

SSH access can be enabled by adding an empty file called ssh or ssh.txt under the root of the SD card. We will add two files to enable SSH (for remote access) and to set up the network credentials. The SD card drive should be visible on your system with the name boot. Steps to flash the Raspbian image Headless setup with WiFi It takes a couple of minutes so wait until the process is finished. Make sure that you have selected the correct drive!

Click “Select image” and select the Raspbian Lite.

Insert the SD card to the card reader, unzip the downloaded Raspbian image file and open Etcher. It is compatible with Windows/Mac/Linux and has a similar interface on all platforms so these instructions apply to them all. This is a simple to use program for flashing system images on external drives and flash cards. If you want to hook it up to a monitor then feel free to choose a desktop version. Card reader Download and flash Raspbian on the SD cardįirst, go to the download page for Raspbian and get the latest version of Raspbian Stretch Lite as we will be using the Pi headless.USB-charger (recommended 2A output or more).Raspberry Pi (preferrably version 2 or above).Make sure that you have the following components available: If you already have the Rapsbian OS installed you can skip ahead to the remote access setup. This works as the “standard installation” for future blog posts. Sure every other blog has instructions on installing Raspbian but I like to have an internal resource where to link to. You will also learn how to set up SSH forwarding so that you can access web pages that might be served in your private network without exposing them to the outside world.

In this blog post we will set up a Raspberry Pi home server and configure it to be accessible from the internet via SSH.

Raspberry pi home media server