lollipopcloud/armbian/base_setup.md

Base Setup

Fundamental setup after first boot/reboot.

Pro Tip

sudo -sHu root is a handy trick when doing a lot of administrative stuff at the command line

Upgrade Packages

apt update
apt upgrade
systemctl reboot

Install Useful Tools

apt install htop nload iotop tmux screen vim nano links wget exfat-utils ntfs-3g gdisk lvm2 cryptsetup busybox

ENABLE Automatic Update Download

Note: this is for more persistent/permanently online lollipops

/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02-armbian-periodic

• Change APT::Periodic::Enable "0"; to APT::Periodic::Enable "1";
• Change APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "21"; to APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";

DISABLE Automatic Update Downloads

Note: this is to save bandwidth, time, etc when travelling

/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades

• Change APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; to APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
• Change APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1"; to APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";

Tweak OpenSSH Config

Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Make sure the following are set and/or adjusted.

• PermitRootLogin no

Restart the service

systemctl restart sshd

Networking

See network_manager.md for details on getting online after running the above commands for how to get online and configure routing.