Tag archive for: raspi-config

How to change the hostname of your Raspberry Pi, running Raspbian, with raspi-config

When you deploy multiple Raspberry Pis in your house, it is a good practice to give each of them a unique hostname. Since the default hostname for Raspbian is raspberrypi, it will be easier to look for the IP address of a new Raspbian installation in this situation.

Given that, let us look at how you can change the hostname of your Raspberry Pi in Raspbian via the Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool (raspi-config).

How to enable SPI master driver in Raspbian using raspi-config

Your Raspberry Pi has the ability to communicate with hardware using the Serial Peripheral Interface specification. However, this master driver is disabled by default.

If you want to use the SPI master driver to communicate with devices, then you will need to enable it.

Let’s look at how we can enable the SPI master driver using the Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool (raspi-config).

How to enable VNC server on Raspbian Stretch with raspi-config

When you have a VNC server enabled on your Raspbian Stretch, you will be able to access your Raspberry Pi from another computer. Furthermore, you will be able to use your Raspberry Pi from a graphical user interface.

Therefore, if you want to enable SSH server on your Raspbian Stretch but is not really comfortable with a command line interface, a VNC server is what you should enable instead.

In such a situation, you can use raspi-config to enable VNC server on Raspbian Stretch. Let see how we can do so.

How to change the timezone on your Raspbian Stretch with raspi-config

When your Raspbian Stretch is reporting the wrong time, chances are it could be using a different timezone than what you expect.

In such a case, you will want to change the timezone on your Raspbian Stretch.

Let us look at how we can change the timezone on our Raspbian Stretch with raspi-config.

How to configure locale settings of Raspbian Stretch with raspi-config

Locales are a framework to switch between multiple languages and allow users to use their language, country, characters, collation order and etc. Therefore, it is an important setting to configure before using your Raspberry Pi.

Given that, let us look at how we can configure locale settings of Raspbian Stretch with raspi-config.

How to change the hostname of your Raspberry Pi via raspi-config in Raspbian Stretch

When you install Raspbian Stretch as the operating system for your Raspberry Pi, the default hostname is raspberrypi.

Since a Raspberry Pi is one of the things that programmers buy, we could deploy several at home.

When you have several Raspberry Pis deployed in your house, you may want them to be identified by hostnames.

So how can we change the hostname of our Raspberry Pi running Raspbian Stretch? This post shows how you can change the hostname of your Raspberry Pi via raspi-config in Raspbian Stretch.

How to change password of the current user in Raspbian Stretch using raspi-config

Especially when you enable SSH server on Raspbian Stretch, you should change the default password of the pi user.

When you want to change the default password of the current user in Raspbian Stretch, you can do it via raspi-config.

In case you need it, this post shows how to change password of the current user in Raspbian Stretch using raspi-config.

How to expand Raspbian Stretch file system via raspi-config

When you need more space for your existing Raspbian Stretch image, you need to rewrite it onto a larger microSD card. In order to use the additional storage space, you need to tell Raspbian Stretch to expand its file system.

In this situation, follow this post to expand Raspbian Stretch file system via raspi-config.

Different ways to enable SSH server on Raspbian Stretch

When you have an SSH server running on your operating system, you will be able configure it remotely. Since the SSH server is such a convenient tool, Raspbian Stretch comes with an SSH server.

When you are looking for a way to configure your Raspberry Pi without attaching a keyboard to it, enabling SSH server on Raspbian Stretch is a viable way.

Given that, this post discusses some ways for us to enable SSH server on Raspbian Stretch.