Setup and config ClusterHat?

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samueldl

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Oct 13, 2016, 6:35:22 AM10/13/16
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Good morning.

Can anyone explain me step by step how to configure the Raspberry Controller and one Raspberry Zero?

It would be nice to have a guide to all the steps.

Chris Burton

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Oct 14, 2016, 7:16:50 AM10/14/16
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Hi,

Download the Controller and P1 images from http://clusterhat.com/setup-software (under the "Simple" heading).

Write the Controller and P1 images to the appropriate SD cards and put into Pis.

Connect Ethernet cable, power up controller Pi which should obtain an IP from the DHCP server on your local network.

You should now be able to low into the controller ( username:pi password:raspberry ).
- Using a keyboard/mouse/HDMI
- SSH using the hostname "controller.local" if you have Zeroconf on the machine you're connecting from (https://learn.adafruit.com/bonjour-zeroconf-networking-for-windows-and-linux/overview) or you can look in the DHCP leases on your router.

Once logged in you can turn on the Pi Zero by issuing the command "clusterhat on p1"

After a few seconds the Pi Zero will  power up and bridge to the Ethernet on the Pi Zero.

You should then be able to SSH into the Pi Zero using the hostname "p1.local" from the Controller Pi or from the local network (assuming you have Zeroconf as above). Or you can also log into it using serial from the Controller by using "minicom p1" (which should show you the IP address on the login screen).

Once they're both up and accessible you can install any software/etc. as you would normally with a networked cluster.

If there's anything you can't figure out or get stuck with either reply here or open a ticket (https://secure.8086.net/portal/submitticket.php?step=2&deptid=1).

Chris.

samueldl

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Oct 14, 2016, 7:34:42 AM10/14/16
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Hi Chris

I've noticed that steps are already published.

Chris Burton

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Oct 14, 2016, 7:49:44 AM10/14/16
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Hi,

On Friday, 14 October 2016 12:34:42 UTC+1, samueldl wrote:
Hi Chris

I've noticed that steps are already published.

Sorry I thought you meant the general setting up of the Cluster HAT not how the stock images are modified to work with the Cluster HAT.

The create scripts on the site and are very similar to the ones I use to convert the stock images for the Cluster HAT (mostly just changes for paths/NAS access) and they're designed to be ran on a Pi with the image files in a local directory.

Chris. 

samueldl

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Oct 14, 2016, 8:03:18 AM10/14/16
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Thanks Chris.

The script is what I needed. I want to understand to make modifications and testing.


El jueves, 13 de octubre de 2016, 12:35:22 (UTC+2), samueldl escribió:
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