1 #+TITLE:Ninfacyzga-01 Setup
2 #+AUTHOR:Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
3 #+EMAIL:baltakatei@gmail.com
6 This document created by [[http://baltakatei.com][Steven Baltakatei Sandoval]] on
7 ~2020-10-07T18:39Z~ under a [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/][CC BY-SA 4.0]] license and last updated on
10 This document contains information regarding setup of the
11 ninfacyzga-01 hardware common to all operation modes. This includes:
13 - Raspberry OS installation
15 - Remote SSH login configuration
18 This document describes hardware and software installation steps
19 common to the various environmental sensing functions of
23 The Raspberry Pi Zero W is the platform in which environment data is
24 gathered, packaged, and stored for further forwarding to a remote
25 repository. The Raspberry OS 10 operating system is used. The device
26 may be equipped with a UPS module in order to allow it to function as
27 a mobile device for short periods of time. The system may use
28 executables such as ~bklog~ to append segments of observed compressed
29 (~gzip~) encrypted (~age~) data to a ~tar~ archive to local disk. This
30 document describes hardware and software configuration procedures
31 generally required by all environment sensing operations.
35 **** Raspberry Pi Zero W
36 See the [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/pi-zero-w/][OEM]] webpage for this product.
38 See the [[https://alchemy-power.com/piz-uptime-2-0/][OEM]] webpage for this product.
41 ~bklog~ : A bash script that saves its stdin stream to a tar file. The
42 file may be compressed by ~gzip~ and encrypted by ~age~. It is an
43 executable file contained within this repository at ~exec/bklog~. It
44 should be copied to ~$HOME/.local/bin~.
46 ~bkgpslog~ : A legacy bash script similar to ~bklog~ but narrower in
47 scope in that it only records output from ~gpspipe~.
49 ~gzip~ : A simple command line app that compresses stdin into a
50 smaller stdout stream.
52 ~age~ : A simple command line app that encrypts stdin against public
53 keys specified in its options. Produces encrypted stdout. Is an
54 executable file contained within this repository at ~exec/age~. It
55 should be copied to ~$HOME/.local/bin~.
58 **** Encryption Method
59 Files produced by the bklog script are encrypted against a set of
60 public keys using [[https://github.com/FiloSottile/age][~age~]], a simple command line encryption tool
61 selected over ~gpg~ because of ~age~'s deliberate lack of
64 The public keys are bech32 strings supplied as options to bkgpslog
65 when called. The secret key should *NOT* be stored in Ninfacyzga-01.
67 If a key pair was generated using ~age-keygen~, then it is an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curve25519][~X25519~]]
68 key pair. See the [[https://age-encryption.org/v1][~age~ Version 1 specification]].
70 An ~ssh-rsa~ or ~ssh-ed25519~ SSH public key string may be used instead of
71 the bech32 public key string produced by ~age-keygen~ for convenience.
73 Help information for ~age~ is available by running ~$ age --help~.
74 ***** Encryption Commands
75 ****** Encryption through ~age~
76 In order to illustrate how ~bklog~ encrypts files, below is an example
77 command illustrating how ~age~ may be used to encrypt a file.
80 $ echo "asdf" | age -r \
81 age1kza7pfshy7xwygf9349zgmk7x53mquvedgw9r98qwyyqhssh830qqjzlsw \
85 The resulting ~secret-file~ is a binary blob with a plaintext header
86 indicating how the blob was encrypted (which version of age was used,
87 which public key was used).
89 ****** Encryption through ~bklog~
90 ~bklog~ may instructed to encrypt files via the ~-e~ and ~-r [pubkey
91 string]~ options. An example is shown below:
94 $ gpspipe -r | bklog -e \
95 -r age1kza7pfshy7xwygf9349zgmk7x53mquvedgw9r98qwyyqhssh830qqjzlsw \
96 -r age1ce3pvzrqfcn2pc6zqzglc8ac8yjk3fzukpy08cesqjjwns53xywqmaq7xw \
97 -r age1pu5usxm743sx7rf22985xv2f4s0luzv6r6yx4fa7p8c2zyvp9fvqus2xr5 \
101 ~bklog~ may be instructed via the ~-e~ and ~-R~ options to watch a
102 directory in order to locate public key strings in its files. ~bklog~
103 reads the first line of each file and interprets it as a public key
106 In this example, the strings beginning with ~age1...~ are
107 bech32-formatted public key strings. Please see the [[*Key Generation][Key Generation]]
108 section for an explanation.
110 Since ~age~ also accepts ~ssh~ public key strings, these may also be
111 used if they are of the following form (no comment).
113 : ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABA…AACAQDLnJbPs7CjwPT+OxXd
115 ***** Decryption Commands
116 Files may be decrypted using a command similar to:
119 cat location.gpx.age | age -d -i key.txt > location.gpx
122 The version of ~age~ used to perform the encryption
124 ** Operating Procedures
127 The device should be supplied with 5V power and an SD card with the
128 latest Raspberry Pi OS image installed. As of 2020-10-07, this will be
129 version 10 (e.g. Raspbian Buster 10).
131 No additional hardware (ex: GPS module, UPS module, thermocouples) is
132 required to perform actions described in this document
135 ***** Install Operating System
136 Install Raspberry Pi OS onto an SD card image. See the Raspberry Pi
137 Foundation [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md][installation instructions]].
139 Note: "Raspberry Pi OS" is the name used by the Raspberry Pi
140 Foundation to refer to their operating system images to be installed
141 on Raspberry Pi hardware. The change was made in order to facilitate
142 education of beginners not familiar with the wordplay between
143 "Raspberry" and "Debian". See [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=275380&sid=1a468f226394ccddf4654a3d3d90cb7d#p1668466][this]] forum post made on 2020-05-28 by
146 ***** Configure Wireless
147 Configure WiFi in order to permit file transfer and remote
148 administration. For a Raspberry Pi W, the WiFi settings may be
149 programmed via a specific text file in the `boot` partition of a
150 freshly installed image of Raspberry OS. Raspberry Pi Foundation
151 instructions [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/headless.md][here]].
153 In summary, create a ~wpa_supplicant.conf~ file containing the
156 ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
161 ssid="<Name of your wireless LAN>"
162 psk="<Password for your wireless LAN>"
166 Replace ~<Name of your wireless LAN>~ with your WiFi network's SSID.
168 Replace ~<Password for your wireless LAN>~ with your WiFi network's
170 ***** Enable Remote SSH Login
171 Configure SSH to permit remote administration via the command line
172 interface. Raspberry Pi Foundation instructions [[https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/README.md][here]].
174 In summary, remote SSH access may be enabled upon initial startup of a
175 freshly installed image of Raspberry Pi OS by making sure an empty
176 file named ~ssh~ is present on the ~boot~ partition.
178 ***** Add SSH public key
179 If the use has an SSH public key, it may be added as a line in
180 ~~/.ssh/authorized_keys~.
182 Follow [[https://superuser.com/a/925859/][these]] directions to set permissions.
185 : $ chmod 644 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
187 ***** Change default passphrase
188 The default username is ~pi~ and the default passphrase is
189 ~raspberry~. Change them to something unique.
193 ***** Update software
194 Update software with distribution repository.
197 : $ sudo apt upgrade -y
198 : $ sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
200 ***** Update hostname
201 A unique hostname is required to uniquely identify the device on the
204 Start up the Raspberry Pi Software Configuration Tool by running:
205 : $ sudo raspi-config
207 - Select `2 Network Options`
208 - Select `N1 Hostname`
210 This document recommends a hostname beginning with the prefix:
213 An example hostname would be ~ninfacyzga-1-2~.
215 ***** Install software
216 ****** ~unattended-upgrades~
217 Make sure to install the ~unattended-upgrades~ package to make sure
218 the latest security patches for packages are installed. See [[https://linux-audit.com/using-unattended-upgrades-on-debian-and-ubuntu/][this page]]
219 for a description of how ~unattended-upgrades~ works.
221 The configuration file is located at:
222 ~/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades~ ([[https://linux-audit.com/using-unattended-upgrades-on-debian-and-ubuntu/][ref]]). Make sure that the
223 following lines are present and not commented out.
226 Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true";
230 Install ~syncthing~ for log file transfer capability.
232 : $ sudo apt install syncthing
235 ~git~ facilitates downloading files from this repository to the
236 device. It may be installed via:
238 : $ sudo apt install git
240 ****** ninfacyzga-01 git repository
241 Create the directory ~/git-OC/~ . Within this directory, run the
242 following commands to clone the ~ninfacyzga-01~ git repository:
243 : $ git clone https://zdv2.bktei.com/gitweb/ninfacyzga-01.git
246 Check out the ~develop~ branch (if the latest changes are desired over
247 those of the ~master~ branch).
248 : $ git checkout --track origin/develop
251 ~age~ is required for encrypting data at rest.
253 Place ~age~ binary (the one compiled for ARM CPU architecture for
254 Linux) in ~$HOME/.local/bin~. A copy of binary may be found within the
257 : $ mkdir ~/.local/bin
258 : $ cp exec/age ~/.local/bin/
260 ***** Disable Swap File
261 Since standard Raspberry OS 10 install involves copying unencrypted
262 file system image to SD card which is mounted by the Raspberry Pi,
263 system memory may be written to disk in the form of a Swap file as
264 described [[https://ideaheap.com/2013/07/stopping-sd-card-corruption-on-a-raspberry-pi/][here]]. In order to reduce the chance that location log data
265 is ever written to disk, swap file functionality must be
266 disabled[fn:ideaheap_20130731_disableswap].
268 Raspbian 10 uses dphys-swapfile to manage a swap file. It may be
269 disabled persistently[fn:rpf_20190702_disableswappersist] by running
270 the following command:
272 : sudo systemctl disable dphys-swapfile.service
274 To view the status of the swap file in Raspbian 10, run ~free -m~:
277 pi@ninfacyzga-01:~$ free -m
278 total used free shared buff/cache available
279 Mem: 432 86 36 21 309 268
283 After disabling the swap file and rebooting:
286 pi@ninfacyzga-01:~$ free -m
287 total used free shared buff/cache available
288 Mem: 432 89 214 3 128 289
292 [fn:ideaheap_20130731_disableswap] Explanation:
293 https://ideaheap.com/2013/07/stopping-sd-card-corruption-on-a-raspberry-pi/
295 [fn:rpf_20190702_disableswappersist] Persistant disabling of swap in
297 https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1490692&sid=5c596a124b7805d6b10dab8d3d7caf16#p1490692
299 ***** Log Transfer Configuration
300 Log files may be shared to other machines via ~syncthing~. See [[https://docs.syncthing.net/][this]]
301 manual for how to set up a shared folder and add Ninfacyzga-01 as a
302 device. Syncthing's directory synchronization capability allows a
303 remote machine to delete files from Ninfacyzga-01 by deleting from the
304 shared folder that they both share.
306 When log files are removed from Ninfacyzga-01 is not within the scope
309 An ~age~ encryption key may be generated like so:
311 $ umask # Gets current umask
312 0022 # Note: This is the default umask for Raspbian 10
313 $ umask 066 # So key.txt will have no perms except for owner (you)
314 $ umask # Confirm umask set to 066
316 $ age-keygen > key.txt
317 Public key: age1pu5usxm743sx7rf22985xv2f4s0luzv6r6yx4fa7p8c2zyvp9fvqus2xr5
319 -rw------- 1 baltakatei baltakatei 184 Jun 29 18:28 key.txt
320 $ umask 0022 # Return umask to default value
325 The resulting public/private keypair data looks like:
328 # created: 2020-06-29T18:01:56Z
329 # public key: age1pu5usxm743sx7rf22985xv2f4s0luzv6r6yx4fa7p8c2zyvp9fvqus2xr5
330 AGE-SECRET-KEY-1NEUU5U2XGZGL9UYWNPU5DL99TGJJHFSN4F2E2WCCSDJJ6L5ZMLESNTVTU0
333 The file ~key.txt~ is not password-protected by default and should be
334 secured like an SSH public key should. The ~$ umask 066~ command run
335 before the ~$ age-keygen > key.txt~ command ensures ~key.txt~ will not
336 be readable, writeable, or executable to anyone except the owner
342 *** Unscheduled Shutdown
343 *** End of Life Disposal
344 See [[file:../setup/README.org][Main Setup]] procedures.
346 LiPo batteries used by the PiZ Uptime 2.0 module should be disposed of
347 properly with their potential ignitability in mind, especially if they
348 are not fully discharged.
350 Consult your local municipality for its "E-Waste Disposal" (or
351 equivalent) policy. Metals used in the Raspberry Pi and related
352 components may be recycled.
354 Take extra precuation if lead solder was used in assembling the
355 electronics. Consumer electronics in early 21st century should use