Raspberry Pi OS • Re: Automated deployment of headless Raspberries with Bookworm

Depends on what you want to do. If all you want is to automatically create a user, then the userconf method will work.

If you want to do a lot more configuration, have a look at sdm. With sdm you can prepare an IMG for deployment with any or all of the following...and more.

• Install applications. As many or as few as you want
• System configuration and customization. Enable trim on SSDs, configure/enable/disable services, add users,...
• Network configuration.
• etc etc

sdm enables you to build customized IMGs that you burn to SSD/SD Cards/etc. After the first boot of the system, the system is fully configured and ready to roll. The documentation is pretty complete, and it's easy to get started and then add additional customizations as you learn more and/or your needs change.

Over time, rpi-imager will undoubtedly become more capable, but the challenge with GUI tools is expressing a rich set of capabilities in a GUI. sdm is fully command-line oriented so already has that rich set of capabilities.

Statistics: Posted by bls — Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:54 pm

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