arnolddustin / pi-dotnetcore

A library for .NET Core 2.0 applications and services for the RaspberryPi.

pi-dotnetcore

A library for .NET Core applications and services for the RaspberryPi.

Current features include a dependency-injectable adapter for working with the RaspberryPi's GPIO pins.

Getting Started Guide

Getting started from scratch with a new, out-of-the-box RaspberryPi.

Part 1: Prepare the RaspberryPi

1. If your RaspberryPi came with a pre-installed microSD card, skip ahead to step 3.
2. Download and install the RaspberryPi operating system software (NOOBS) on a microSD card. Full instructions can be found here.
3. Boot up your RaspberryPi
4. During initial bootup, configure the wifi settings for the device.
5. From the NOOBS screen, install Raspbian Stretch Lite

Security Information: The default username on the device is pi and the default password is raspberry. It is strongly recommendended to change the default password at this point.

Part 2: Enabling ssh on the RaspberryPi

1. Connect a keyboard to the RaspberryPi
2. Boot up the device
3. Login to terminal
4. Run the Raspbian configuration tool: sudo raspi-config
5. Select Interfacing Options
6. Navigate to SSH
7. Enable ssh then exit the configuration tool

• optional: configure passwordless ssh access

Part 3: Install .NET Core on the RaspberryPi

1. Connect to the RaspberryPi via SSH: ssh pi@raspberrypi and enter your password
2. Install prerequisite packages: sudo apt-get install curl libunwind8 gettext

• Download the .NET Runtime: curl -sSL -o dotnet.tar.gz https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/Runtime/release/2.0.0/dotnet-runtime-latest-linux-arm.tar.gz
• Extract the .NET Runtime sudo mkdir -p /opt/dotnet && sudo tar zxf dotnet.tar.gz -C /opt/dotnet
• Make the dotnet command available from anywhere: sudo ln -s /opt/dotnet/dotnet /usr/local/bin

References

• installing dotnetcore on raspbian https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/david/2017/07/20/setting_up_raspian_and_dotnet_core_2_0_on_a_raspberry_pi/
• raspberry pi GPIO pinouts https://pinout.xyz/
• running a web server on the pi http://alexdberg.blogspot.com/2012/11/creating-public-web-server-on-raspberry.html