jrossmanjr / zerocar2w

Raspberry Pi Zero 2w based minidlna car server

ZeroCar2w

Used to deploy a RaspberryPi minidlna server via a hotspot

I use this as a portable server for the kids' iPads while in the car or flying on trips.

• Raspberry Pi Setup:

  • This was built for the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W

  • "Burn" the Raspbian Lite image of your choice to the SD card with another computer using Raspberry Pi Imager

    • https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/

  • Install the SD card to the RPi and boot

  • SSH into the RPi through Putty or Terminal of choice https://bit.ly/2UzWyNA

  • Log in

  • Run these commands below --

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt upgrade -y
    sudo apt install git -y
    git clone https://github.com/jrossmanjr/zerocar2w.git
    cd zerocar/
    sudo bash install.sh
    

    • Fill in data for the prompts

• The installer will prompt you for:

  • SMB Password - so you can connect thru SMB to drop files in
  • SSID Name - Name your WiFi hotspot
  • Hotspot Password - give the hotspot a password to keep freeloaders out of your stuff

• Access to RaspAP (RaspAP info: https://github.com/billz/raspap-webgui )

  • Rebbot after instillation
  • Connect to the hotspot - go to 10.0.0.1 to access the RaspAP interface to change the network settings

• Access Server

  • Use VLC or another DLNA player to access the server when on the hotspot

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Future

• Harden the OS to make it mostly read only -- to help with SD card corruption
• Develop an image that would install os on 4gb of the drive and then make a third partition, filling the drive, that is just for the media

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