Raspberry Pi initial setup

Ansible playbook for basic raspberrypi headless setup

Usage

Edit the inventory file and fill in the IP address of the raspberry pi you want to setup.

Edit a few vars system_initial_setup.yml to meet your needs:

option	value	description
raspberry_local_autologin	true/false	set tty1 to automatically login as root
raspberry_replace_sshd	true/false	replace openssh with dropbear
raspberry_headless	true/false	turn off the video output
raspberry_hostname	string	device hostname
raspberry_root_password	string	root password
raspberry_user_password	string	pi user password
raspberry_ssh_keys	list of keys	ssh keys to add to root and pi user
raspberry_packages_install	list of packages	additional packages to be installed
raspberry_packages_deinstall	list of packages	packages to be deinstalled
raspberry_services_deactivate	list of services	services to be deactivated

Finally just run ansible-playbook system_initial_setup.yml

Tasks

What does the playbook do?

• set hostname
• expand root filesystem
• deploy bash prompt
• deploy .bashrc file
• add wheel group
• add SSH key
• set up pi user
• set up root user
• passwordless su for pi user
• disable serial console
• local autologin on tty1 (optional)
• install any updates (safe-upgrade)
• remove packages
• install packages
• package cleanup
• stop services
• deactivate services
• turn off video output (optional)
• deploy zram init file
• activate zram
• change tmp directories to tmpfs
• install dropbear (optional)
• activate dropbear (optional)
• stop openssh (optional)
• start dropbear (optional)
• remove openssh (optional)
• reboot device