Raspberry Pi, Embedded Linux & IoT System Administration
Comprehensive guide to Single-Board Computing with Raspberry Pi, headless OS installation, embedded Linux environments (Alpine Linux), containerized workloads with Docker, remote SSH administration, and networking configuration.
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Course content
3 sections • 7 lectures • 35 min total length
Requirements
- • Basic familiarity with Linux command-line terminal commands
- • A Raspberry Pi board (Zero W, 3B+, 4B, or 5) or interest in single-board computing
- • A MicroSD card (8GB+) and a computer with a card reader
Description
Raspberry Pi and Single-Board Computers (SBCs) have revolutionized computing, robotics, home automation, and Internet of Things (IoT) hardware deployments. These credit-card sized ARM computers provide immense flexibility for running embedded servers, security appliances, and network monitoring tools.
This course takes you through essential hardware setup, headless operating system deployment without needing an external monitor or keyboard, managing minimal embedded Linux distributions (Alpine Linux), containerizing services with Docker, and setting up remote tunneling with Ngrok.
What You Will Learn:
- Understanding Raspberry Pi hardware architectures, ARM processors, and the Raspberry Pi Zero W essentials pack.
- Headless setup: configuring Wi-Fi credentials and enabling SSH on the SD card before first boot.
- Remotely discovering your Raspberry Pi IP address on local subnets and establishing secure SSH sessions.
- Working with lightweight embedded Linux: deploying Alpine Linux with minimal memory footprints.
- Installing and managing Docker container runtimes on resource-constrained embedded systems.
- Configuring local point-to-point LAN connections and direct ethernet networking.
- Deploying Ngrok tunnels to expose local Raspberry Pi web applications and SSH ports securely to the internet.
- Futuristic real-time system monitoring interfaces with eDEX-UI.