I have tested the following setup on a Raspberry Pi 5 with a 64-bit quad-core Cortex-A76 processor and 8GB RAM.
Raspberry Pi OS Lite #
The Raspberry Pi OS Lite version is the lightweight version of the Raspberry Pi OS (Debian Booksworm port) without the graphical desktop environment.
Raspberry Pi Imager #
- Use the Raspberry Pi Imager to install the OS onto the MicroSD Card
# Download Raspberry Pi Imager
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
- Define the hardware, select the OS and select the micro SD card
- Edit settings
- Define a user & pw and the locale settings
- Enable SSH
- Wait till the setup has finished
Login & Root #
- Use the in the setup defined user to ssh into the Raspberry Pi
In Raspberry Pi OS the root user does not have a password set by default for security reasons. This means you cannot directly log in as root or switch to the root user using the su (substitute user) command without a password. Instead, the preferred way to perform tasks as the root user is by using the sudo command.
Optional it’s possible to define a password for the root user with the following command: sudo passwd root
NeoVIM #
# Install NeoVIM
sudo apt install neovim -y
# Open file in neoVIM
nvim filename
# Change default editor
sudo update-alternatives --config editor
Networking: NMCLI #
The latest version of Raspberry Pi OS Lite uses nmcli to configure the network.
Find the connection name #
# List network interfaces / status
nmcli dev status
# Shell output:
DEVICE TYPE STATE CONNECTION
eth0 ethernet connected Wired connection 1
Static IPv4 Address #
- Define a static IPv4 address
# Define a static IPv4 address
sudo nmcli con mod "Wired connection 1" ipv4.addresses 192.168.10.20/24 ipv4.gateway 192.168.10.1 ipv4.dns "1.1.1.1,8.8.8.8" ipv4.method manual
Apply Changes #
# Apply changes
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager
# Alternative: Reboot to apply the settings
sudo reboot
DHCP #
- Reset to DHCP
# Set to DHCP
sudo nmcli con mod "Wired connection 1" ipv4.method auto
VLAN #
# Create a VLAN interface eth0.99 on top of eth0 with VLAN ID 99
sudo nmcli con add type vlan con-name eth0.99 ifname eth0.99 dev eth0 id 99
# Configure the IP Address
sudo nmcli con mod eth0.99 ipv4.addresses 10.10.99.11/24 ipv4.gateway 10.10.99.1 ipv4.dns "1.1.1.1,8.8.8.8" ipv4.method manual
# Enable the interface
sudo nmcli con up eth0.99
# Delete VLAN interface
sudo nmcli connection delete eth0.99
Install Docker & Docker Compose #
- Installation script
#!/bin/bash
# REF:https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/debian/#install-using-the-repository
# Add Docker's official GPG key:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
# Add the repository to Apt sources:
echo \
"deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
"$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin -y
- Install Docker & Docker Compose
# Create a file and insert script
vi install-docker.sh
# Change file mode to executable
chmod +x install-docker.sh
# Run installation script
./install-docker.sh
# Add user "username" to the Docker group
sudo adduser username docker
# Check Docker version
docker --version
Appendix #
Wattage #
My Raspberry Pi 5 (64-bit quad-core Cortex-A76 processor / 8GB RAM) running Raspberry Pi OS Lite is using 3,5 watt in idle.
Links #
# Download Raspberri Pi Imager
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
# Download ISO
https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/operating-systems/#raspberry-pi-os-64-bit