Hi !
With the new Raspberry Pi Imager, the installation of an OS for a Raspberry Pi is much more easier than earlier days. We even have the chance to install several different Ubuntu versions, Desktop, Server and Core.
This is cool, however it does not fit with the Azure IoT Edge prerequisites for an Ubuntu/Linux installation. I make some tests with Ubuntu Server 20.10 and Azure IoT, and they didn’t work. The current supported version is Ubuntu Server 18.04.
Install Ubuntu 18.04.5
After a quick search I found a working version in the Ubuntu repository:
Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS (Bionic Beaver) (see references)
After the version is installed, it comes out of the box with SSH enabled. So, once I detected the device IP in my network, I SSHed with this device.
Note: there is no raspi-config here. So simple actions like Wifi configuration are tricky. Lucky us, internet have answers for almost everything.
The command [] also works to display current OS information.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ hostnamectl
Static hostname: ubuntu
Icon name: computer
Machine ID: 6fcd625f39104d699f50b8de729f34ba
Boot ID: 712910e5c2df43969db5384756225408
Operating System: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-1028-raspi
Architecture: arm64
Finally, as a GUI person, a cooler option is to use [neofetch]. You may need to install it with
sudo apt install neofetch
And later, some magic !
Update Ubuntu
Now it was time to update the OS. Standard command
sudo -- sh -c 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade -y; apt-get dist-upgrade -y; apt-get autoremove -y; apt-get autoclean -y'
and it took a lot !
And now all the steps from the official Install Azure IoT Edge for Linux works!
References
- Install or uninstall Azure IoT Edge for Linux
- Ubuntu images, for modern Raspberry Pi boards (Pi 2, Pi 3 and Pi 4)
Happy coding!
Greetings
El Bruno
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Dev posts for Raspberry Pi
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- How to install .Net Core 3.1 in a Raspberry Pi 4
- Installing Visual Studio Code in a Raspberry Pi 4, run as root, fix black screen
- How to install .Net Core in a Raspberry Pi 4 and test with Hello World
- Build and Run C# NetCore projects in a Raspberry Pi 4 with Visual Studio Code
- Let’s do some Git dev in Raspberry Pi 4 (GitHub and Azure DevOps!)
- Install OpenCV
- Install Python 🐍 Virtual Environments in Raspberry Pi
- Setup SSH passwordless access to remote work with Docker 🐳
- Manage Docker 🐳 as a non-root user
- Build Docker 🐳 images from Visual Studio Code remotely using a Raspberry Pi
Tools and Apps for Raspberry Pi
- Where is my Task Manager in RaspberryPi? Let’s try htop
- Multi-monitor 📺 in Raspberry Pi 4 rocks !
- Double Commander on RaspberryPi4, because files are important
- How to install Docker 🐳 in a Raspberry Pi 4
- Installing Visual Studio Code in a Raspberry Pi
- Installing Visual Studio Code in a Raspberry Pi, run as root, fix black screen (Updated)
- 6 commands to install OpenCV for Python 🐍 in a Raspberry Pi 4
Setup the device
- 1st Setup without monitor 📺: auto connect to WiFi 📶, enable SSH, update and more
- Setup without monitor: enable VNC
- How to enable auto start with HDMI safe mode
- Running a Python 🐍 script in a Python Virtual Environment on reboot / startup
- Setup Wifi on Ubuntu
Hardware
- Ice Tower, the best cooler 🧊 for your device! From 70C to <40C in a 60 minutes process running at 100% in all 4 cores
- Intel Neural Stick 2, Performance differences in Face Recognition using OpenVino
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El Bruno 