To setup a web server on the Raspberry Pi Zero W, I downloaded Apache: sudo apt-get install apache2 -y Open Putty, type your Raspberry Pi Zero’s IP address (or just raspberrypi.local), leave the port as 22 and then click open. I just like using the Pi's IP address, that's all Now if you don’t want to use nmap, you can just use raspberrypi.local as the host name for your device. My Raspberry Pi Zero’s address is 192.168.1.31! Here’s my results for nmap (we have a number of computers in the network): Once nmap is installed, we can run the following command in the Windows command line on a computer. Enabling ssh only takes creating an empty file named ssh without any extension.Īfter setting up WiFi and enabling SSH, we should be able to connect to the Raspberry Pi Zero W using Putty.īut first, I need to know the IP address of my Raspberry Pi Zero W. Next, we need to enable SSH which is disabled by default. See how to Setup Bluetooth on the Raspberry Pi Zero Enabling SSH Supply your own WiFi name and password on the ssid and psk fields above. Inside this file, write the following: ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev

On Windows, the partition where the image is mounted is named boot.Ĭreate a text file inside boot and named it wpa_supplicant.text. Setting up WiFi Connectionįor the Raspberry Pi Zero W to connect to WiFi on boot, we need to add a file named wpa_nf on the SD card image.

When the image has been written, there is a need to setup WiFi and SSH for us to connect to the Raspberry Pi Zero W using a terminal program like Putty. Using Win32 Disk Image is straightforward: If you love working on a terminal screen (like me), go for the “Raspbian Stretch Lite” image.Īfter downloading, write the image (.img) file to your 8GB microSD card using Win32 Disk Imager. If you need a gui, you go for the “Raspbian Stretch with Desktop” image. As of this writing (February 2018), the latest image is Raspbian Stretch. See how the Raspberry Pi Zero compares to the PocketBeagleĪs for the image, you can download the latest from here. I had no problem powering up the Pi Zero W from my computer’s USB port. You need at least a micro-usb cable to power-up the board, like the older versions. The Raspberry Pi Zero W has two micro-usb ports, one mini HDMI port, the usual GPIO pins (but with no pins soldered), micro-SD card slot and display connector.

Pi zero setup