raspberrypi.md

Raspberrypi setup

• Add exFat reading capabilities

• Add support to samba server

  • Add entry for every single mounted drive

  # smb config
  > sudo apt-get install samba samba-common-bin
  > mkdir /home/pi/shared
  > sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf
  # Add config
  > sudo smbpasswd -a pi
  > sudo systemctl restart smbd

• Setting AFP

• Plex

  • Setup Plex for pi4
  • Setup Plex for pi4
  • Setup permission issues 1
  • Setup permission issues 2
  • use plex user

  # plex config
  > sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
  > curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | sudo apt-key add -
  > echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list
  > sudo apt-get update
  > sudo apt install plexmediaserver
  > sudo reboot

Because Linux is very strict about permissions, being the multi-user system it is, it assumes these unclaimed devices are temporary so mounts them and grants exclusive access to your username only.

The moment we log in, it asserunmaintanablets this exclusive-lock as it mounts the drives, leaving user plex locked out. No amount of permissions values will allow Plex to see the contents.

To work through this security, we must properly manage the media devices by mounting them in a location where Plex can have access

# Plex setup
# Identify the disk(s) you want to add in the graphical disk manager
> df

# Once identified the disk name run blkid to extract the information needed
> sudo blkid /dev/sdb2
# /dev/sdb2: LABEL="Media" UUID="5DE2-BDCA" TYPE="exfat" PARTUUID="153700ac-00ef-44d3-9f86-e03d8c0bf744"

# create directory where you'll mount the SSD and change ownership
> mkdir home/pi/Plex
> sudo chown -R plex:plex Plex/media
# Try with pi user

# mount the drive
> sudo mount /dev/sdb2 home/pi/Plex

# create an entry to mount the drive every time the system reboots
> sudo vi /etc/fstab
> /dev/sdb2 /home/pi/Plex exfat defaults 0 0

# add entry to samba config so the drive can be found
> sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf

[Plex media]
Comment = Plex media folder
Path = /home/pi/Shared/Plex
Browseable = yes
Writeable = Yes
only guest = no
create mask = 0777
directory mask = 0777
Public = yes
Guest ok = yes
read only = no
valid users = pi

> sudo systemctl restart smbd
> sudo reboot

df output

df alternative with nicer output
sudo lsblk -o UUID,NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL,MODEL

Static ip

> sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

# interface eth0

# static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24
# static routers=192.168.0.1
# static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1

# interface wlan0

# static ip_address=192.168.0.200/24
# static routers=192.168.0.1
# static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1

> sudo reboot

ExpressVpn

Tutorial

Issues

# Not connecting to internet

> expressvpn preferences set force_vpn_dns false
> sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

# change DNS to cloudflare's one
# static domain_name_servers=1.1.1.1

Torrenting

Tutorial

ssh configs

• ssh-keygen -t rsa on client

# ~/.ssh/config on client
Host pi-1
  User pi
  HostName 192.168.50.15
  IdentityFile  ~/.ssh/pi-1

• cat pi-1.pub >> /home/pi/.ssh/authorized_keys on server