install_beaglebone_black_wireless_source.md

Installation on a Beaglebone Black Wireless from Source

1. Download Debian Stretch IoT Image
2. Flash image to micro sd card with Balena Etcher and insert into beaglebone
3. Connect to beaglebone wifi access point (SSID: BeagleBone-XXXX, PWD: BeagleBone)
4. Login to beaglebone

ssh [email protected]  # password: temppwd

5. Change the password to something more secure

passwd  # default password is temppwd --> for non-secure images just use `openag12`

5. Expand the file system

df -h /  # view current partition size
sudo /opt/scripts/tools/grow_partition.sh
sudo reboot
df -h /  # View updated partition size

6. Copy & paste get_wifi_ssids_beaglebone.sh and join_wifi_beaglebone.sh scripts onto device

cd ~
nano get_wifi_ssids_beaglebone.sh  # Paste in code from script (see link)
nano join_wifi_beaglebone.sh  # Paste in code from script (see link)
chmod +x get_wifi_ssids_beaglebone.sh join_wifi_beaglebone.sh

7. Connect beaglebone to wifi network

./get_wifi_ssids_beaglebone.sh
sudo ./join_wifi_beaglebone.sh <wifi-ssid> <wifi-password>
ping google.com  # verify network is connected

8. Install remote sublime for easy remote text editing

sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/subl https://raw.github.com/aurora/rmate/master/rmate && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/subl

9. Update & Upgrade Software

sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
# When prompted, choose to not use the robotics cape and select none for the initial boot program

10. Clone project repository

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/OpenAgInitiative/openag-device-software.git

11. Install the software in preferred runtime mode

cd ~/openag-device-software
sudo -H -u debian ./install.sh --<runtime-mode>  # either --development or --production

12. Verify the install

ps aux | grep autossh  # for both production and development
ps aux | grep python  # for production only
./run.sh  # for development only