dedicatedpi.md

Setting up a dedicated Pi

If you have a Pi sitting around and you want to set up a dedicated TimeTracker station, this guide is for you.

Initial Setup

Flash your SD card with Raspbian Lite. This is the only Pi image that TimeTracker is tested with, other images probably work just fine but I won't be testing or fixing for other images.

Log into your Pi. The default username is pi with password raspberry

raspi-config

You will need to make a few configuration changes to your Pi. Run sudo raspi-config.

• Go into the network options and connect to Wi-Fi (if applicable)
• Go into the boot options and enter Desktop / CLI. Select Console Autologin.
• Go into Localisation Settings and set your locale accordingly. You will probably need to change the keyboard layout (the default is UK). You need to set the timezone correctly as well.
• Select Finish.

Run the configuration script

I've written a script to do the majority of the configuration for you. Run curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tweirtx/timetracker/master/pi.sh | bash to run this script. It will take a while, especially on older Pis, so you might want to do something else for a while.

You will eventually be asked whether or not you want to autostart. This will insert a TimeTracker invocation into the startup scripts of your Pi. Enter y and press enter for that option, or enter n and press enter to manually start TimeTracker yourself on boot.

Reboot

Run sudo reboot to reboot your Pi. It should automatically start TimeTracker if you configured that.

General usage

If you've opted for autoloading, the Pi will automatically boot into a timetracker console upon boot. To escape to a normal shell, press CTRL and C at the same time. You will then be dropped into a normal Linux terminal.

Configuration

Drop into a Linux shell using the CTRL C command as mentioned above. Run nano config timetracker/config.json to edit the config file.