Headless Armbian Setup

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This page may be outdated. For up to date documentation and for a more consistent experience across different single board computers, we recommend to instead setup DietPi Setup.

Armbian is an operating system that runs on many boards including but not limited to:

• Orange Pi

• Odroid

This document focuses on the setup without using a monitor or keyboard.

Downloading Armbian

You can go here to download Armbian for your specific device https://armbian.hosthatch.com/archive/.

Connecting to a network

Many devices do not have built in WiFi, so you will have to connect them to Ethernet. Even if it does have built in WiFi, there is not a way that I know of to set up a WiFi connection without a keyboard and monitor. You can setup WiFi later.

Using SSH

Armbian enables SSH by default, so as long as you know your IP from your router, you can SSH into it.

ssh root@YOUR IP

The password is by default, 1234. It will ask you to change it on first login.

Connect to WiFi

If you have a USB adapter or your device has built in WiFi, use the armbian-config command to configure the WiFi. Once WiFi is setup, you can unplug your Ethernet connection.