Setup NanoPi NEO PLUS2, with SSH over wifi ​

Flashing Image ​

1. Visit: https://wiki.friendlyelec.com/wiki/index.php/NanoPi_NEO_Plus2#Get_Image_Files
2. Download the file h5_sd_friendlycore-focal_4.14_arm64_20210615.img.zip - 385 MB
3. Flash the OS image to a SD Card - Recommended: Balena Etcher

Wifi ​

1. Disconnet and connect the SDCard, so boot, rootfs, and userdata shows up

2. Place the file /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/SSID_NAME.nmconnection under rootfs mounting point.

   WARNING

   Replace SSID_NAME and WIFI_PASSWORD with proper values

   properties

   # /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/SSID_NAME.nmconnection
   
   [connection]
   id=SSID_NAME
   uuid=aec33f43-d86c-4a88-affa-283e704262d9  # change this to any other valid UUID v4
   type=wifi
   interface-name=wlan0
   
   [wifi]
   mode=infrastructure
   ssid=SSID_NAME
   
   [wifi-security]
   key-mgmt=wpa-psk
   psk=WIFI_PASSWORD
   
   [ipv4]
   dns=1.1.1.1;
   method=auto
   
   [ipv6]
   addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
   method=auto

   # /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/SSID_NAME.nmconnection
   
   [connection]
   id=SSID_NAME
   uuid=aec33f43-d86c-4a88-affa-283e704262d9  # change this to any other valid UUID v4
   type=wifi
   interface-name=wlan0
   
   [wifi]
   mode=infrastructure
   ssid=SSID_NAME
   
   [wifi-security]
   key-mgmt=wpa-psk
   psk=WIFI_PASSWORD
   
   [ipv4]
   dns=1.1.1.1;
   method=auto
   
   [ipv6]
   addr-gen-mode=stable-privacy
   method=auto

3. Change the permissions to 0600:

   sudo chmod 0600 /media/wesley/rootfs/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/SSID_NAME.nmconnection

   sudo chmod 0600 /media/wesley/rootfs/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/SSID_NAME.nmconnection

SSH ​

1. Create the .ssh, e.g:

   sudo mkdir  /media/wesley/rootfs/root/.ssh/

   sudo mkdir  /media/wesley/rootfs/root/.ssh/

2. Create .ssh/authorized_keys with your Pubkey added to it, e.g:

   sudo cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> /media/wesley/rootfs/root/.ssh/authorized_keys

   sudo cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> /media/wesley/rootfs/root/.ssh/authorized_keys

Boot and login ​

1. Inject the microsd in the board and power on.
2. Wait a few seconds and go to your Router's page, in network page check for the new device connected: NanoPi-NEO-Plus2.
3. ssh root@NanoPi-NEO-Plus2, or use the IP address.