pycharm

My PyCharm setup for remote Raspberry Pi configuration hosted on Mac Book Pro.

This repository contains instructions and bash scripts I use to configure new Raspberry Pi servers. My process is still too manual but its getting better. I use Raspbery Pi Imager to copy the latest image to a SD card. I enable SSH and set up Wi-Fi on the SD card while its still in my laptop. After booting the Pi for the first time I run sudo raspi-config to setup passwords, host names, time zone, etc.

I strongly recommend creating a newuser, logout of pi; login to the newuser account and delete the pi user to improve your security.

At this point you should clone pycharm into the newuser user home directory. Run the ./pycharm.sh bash script to get upgrades and set up file sharing on the network.

At this point you need to git clone your applications.

On the Mac

Flash the latest Raspberry Pi image to an SD card and then update the mounted boot drive
Download and run the Raspberry Pi Image Installer at https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
Reinsert the SD card to get it recognized as boot disk

cd /Volumes/boot
touch ssh

Edit the wpa supplicant file

vi wpa_supplicant.conf

Edit SSID and PASSWORD for your network

country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
network={
ssid="SSID"
psk="PASSWORD"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
}

Unmount the SD card; insert into your Raspberry Pi and boot. I like to use a monitor until I get everything up and running. I enable vnc to access the server.

First step on your Pi

Do the basic stuff like timezone, pi password, update, etc.
Run raspi-config from the Preferences menu

Preferences > Raspberry Pi Configuration

Change hostname; enable VNC, SPI, I2C; add memory to graphics

Lets add some security starting with a new user

Create a newuser and password

sudo useradd -m newuser -G sudo
sudo passwd newuser

Add a no password required for newuser at the bottom

sudo visudo
newuser ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

Logout and login as the newuser
Remove the pi user and /home/pi:

sudo deluser -remove-home pi

Download the GitHub repositiory git clone pycharm

https://github.com/parttimehacker/pycharm.git

Make pycharm.sh executable and run the script

cd pycharm
chmod +x *.sh
./pycharm.sh

NOTE - Raspberry pi buster release has an issue with netatalk. You need to add home to the conf

sudo vi /etc/netatalk/afp.conf

Add the following at the bottom

[Homes]
  basedir regex = /home

It is a good idea to reboot and test the network

Setup VNC to elminate the need for an HDMI cable and monitor

Open VNC

Menu > Options > Security
Encryption > Prefer off
Authentication > VNC password
Menu > Options > Users & Permissions
Password xxx and confirm

Test from Mac Book Pro

Create PyCharm project on Mac Book Pro

Next step is to build the environment

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