Configure Wifi and SSH on Raspberry Pi – Headless

Want to configure a new Raspbian OS to connect to your wifi and to enable SSH without bothering to plug in a monitor or keyboard?

After imaging the SSD card, plug it back into your computer.

To enable wifi – create a file called wpa_supplicant.conf in the /boot folder:

ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1
country=<Insert 2 letter ISO 3166-1 country code here>

network={
 ssid="<Name of your wireless LAN>"
 psk="<Password for your wireless LAN>"
}

To enable ssh, create an empty file called ssh in the /boot folder.

More information:

• Headless wireless configuration
• SSH configuration (see headless section)

Then boot it up for the first time – wait a while!