Useful commands

Find the IP address of your PiRogue #

On your computer connected to the same network as your PiRogue, run the following command:

ping -c1 pirogue.local

Example of output, in this example, the IP address of the PiRogue is 192.168.0.16:

PING pirogue.local (192.168.0.16) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from pirogue.home (192.168.0.16): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.319 ms

--- pirogue.local ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.319/0.319/0.319/0.000 ms

Connect to your PiRogue with SSH #

This section is largely inspired by the Raspberry Pi official documentation.

You can use SSH to connect to your PiRogue from a Linux desktop, another PiRogue, or from an Apple Mac without installing additional software.

Open a terminal window on your computer replacing <PiRogue IP address> with the IP address of the PiRogue you’re trying to connect to,

ssh -p22 pi@<PiRogue IP address>

When the connection works you will see a security/authenticity warning. Type yes to continue. You will only see this warning the first time you connect.

Next you will be prompted for the password for the pi login: the default password on PiRogue OS is raspberry.

For security reasons it is highly recommended to change the default password on the PiRogue (also, you can not login through ssh if the password is blank). You should now be able to see the PiRogue prompt, which will be identical to the one found on the PiRogue itself.

If you have set up another user on the PiRogue, you can connect to it in the same way, replacing the username with your own, e.g. eben@192.168.1.5

pi@pirogue ~ $

You are now connected to the PiRogue remotely, and can execute commands.

Change the password of user pi #

On your PiRogue, run the following command and answer the different questions:

passwd

Change locale and/or timezone #

On your PiRogue, run the following command:

sudo raspi-config

You should now see something like

 1 System Options         Configure system settings
 2 Display Options        Configure display settings
 3 Interface Options      Configure connections to peripherals
 4 Performance Options    Configure performance settings
 5 Localisation Options   Configure language and regional settings
 6 Advanced Options       Configure advanced settings
 8 Update                 Update this tool to the latest version
 9 About raspi-config     Information about this configuration tool

Use the arrows of your keyboard to navigate through the different options and menus. Select 5 Localisation options by hitting the down arrow of your keyboard. Press Enter to enter the menu. You should now see the following options

 L1 Locale         Configure language and regional settings
 L2 Timezone       Configure time zone
 L3 Keyboard       Set keyboard layout to match your keyboard
 L4 WLAN Country   Set legal wireless channels for your country

Then select either L1 or L2 depending on what you want to change. Press Enter to enter the menu and follow the instructions.

Restart PiRogue services #

On your PiRogue, run the following command:

sudo systemctl restart pirogue*

Restart your PiRogue #

On your PiRogue, run the following command:

sudo reboot

Shutdown your PiRogue #

On your PiRogue, run the following command:

sudo halt