Raspberry Pi Blog
Q&A LetsTrust TPM
This is a series of questions and answers for our LetsTrust TPM module. If you have an industrial project, and are looking at 100+ units, we’re happy to work with you to modify the product, if necessary. Contact us for details. Is there the possibility to support the TPM module on the Linux Kernel 3.1?…
WeiterlesenWLAN password Anonymebox 3B+
Usually the WLAN password for the Anonymebox 3B+ is set to a random password during manufacturing. It is shipped to you with a silver label, carrying the WLAN password on it which is set. If you order the image, or upgrade from an earlier Anonymebox firmware, there is a default password which is set. The…
WeiterlesenAlpine 3.9.0 initramfs init changes
Alpine 3.9.0 ships a new version of the init script in it’s initramfs. left: Alpine 3.9.0, right: Alpine 3.8.2 There are a number of interesting changes: better and earlier networking support for the boot process, with an additional kernel parameter for cmdline.txt: BOOTIF, allowing you to specify the device interface you want to use for…
WeiterlesenUsing nuitka compiler for python3 on Alpine Linux ARMHF (musl)
Motivation pidoctor is written in Python (as there was no easy way to get Crystal to work on ARMHF / musl). This means a dependency on Python – which adds overhead. I suspect that this overhead is the reason that pidoctor will not run on 256 MB Raspberry Pi’s – because the RAM is exhausted…
WeiterlesenDebugging the Alpine boot process
As discussed in my previous post, Alpine Linux goes through several stages when it boots. Just after mounting the boot media, and scanning it for apkovl’s (with nlplug-findfs), there is an option for you to get a console, by setting $SINGLEMODE to yes. Setting SINGLEMODE to yes is easy, you simply add the word “single”…
WeiterlesenSetting up envoy as a front proxy on Docker with communication to other Docker containers
I have already existing containers which I want to use envoy as a proxy & https manager in front of. I am learning to use envoy, and am sharing some of my learnings here, as documentation is a bit confusing to start with. My already existing container is called “taxgod” – it runs a Crystal…
WeiterlesenAlpine boot process on the Raspberry Pi
Today we will have a look at the Alpine Linux boot process on a Raspberry Pi in some detail. The picture shows the contents of a “virgin” SD card with the Alpine image, which has not been booted yet. This picture shows the contents of the boot folder. Initial boot Stages on the Raspberry Pi…
WeiterlesenPiDoctor, a free online tool to check Raspberry Pi computers
PiDoctor is a free online tool to check Raspberry Pi computers and display the information in an clear way to users. PiDoctor is part of picockpit.com, a growing collection of tools to support Raspberry Pi single board computer users. Leipzig, January 10, 2019 – pi3g e.K., an approved Reseller of Raspberry Pi computers for Germany,…
Weiterlesennlplug-findfs documentation
nlplugfs-findfs usage: %s [options] DEVICE options: -a OUTFILE add paths to found apkovls to OUTFILE -b OUTFILE add found boot repositories to OUTFILE -c CRYPTDEVICE run cryptsetup luksOpen when CRYPTDEVICE is found -h show this help -H HEADERDEVICE use HEADERDEVICE as the LUKS header -k CRYPTKEY path to keyfile -m CRYPTNAME use CRYPTNAME name for…
WeiterlesenIntroducing PiCockpit and PiDoctor – how to test your Raspberry Pi and get information about it
We strive to make the Raspberry Pi even easier to use for everyone. Introducing PiCockpit To this end today we are introducing our new platform PiCockpit. PiCockpit will be extended over time with useful tools for Raspberry Pi users and administrators. We start out with two tools to help the Raspberry Pi community: PiDoctor –…
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