Lastcast on Raspberry Pi

Install Raspbian

Download Raspbian Lite: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/

Install Operating System Image: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md

Setup

Once booted run:

sudo raspi-config

• Change password
• Set to autologin
• Tell boot to wait for network
• Change hostname

Connect to network

Source: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/wireless-cli.md

Edit the configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

The file should look like this:

Ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev

Update_config=1

network={

       ssid="YOUR_SSID"

       psk="YOUR_PASSWORD"

}

Update YOUR_SSID and YOUR_PASSWORD with correct details

Update system with following command:

sudo wpa_cli reconfigure

Check its working with following command:

ifconfig wlan0

Static IP Address

Source: https://www.modmypi.com/blog/how-to-give-your-raspberry-pi-a-static-ip-address-update

Start by editing the dhcpcd.conf file

sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

Scroll all the way to the bottom of the file and add the following code (include the /24 after the static ip):

interface wlan0

static ip_address=192.168.0.9/24

static routers=192.168.0.1

static domain_name_servers=8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4

Test with:

ifconfig wlan0

Install lastcast

Install pyton3 and python3-pip:

sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip

Install netifaces

sudo pip3 install netifaces==0.10.4

Install lastcast (https://github.com/erik/lastcast):

sudo pip3 install lastcast

Configure lastcast

lastcast --wizard

Run lastcast

lastcast

Automatically run at startup

Source: http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2015/10/how-to-autorun-a-python-script-on-boot-using-systemd/

Create service file:

sudo touch /etc/systemd/system/lastcast.service

Update permissions:

sudo chmod 664 /etc/systemd/system/lastcast.service

Edit service file:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/lastcast.service

Add the following to the empty file:

[Unit]

Description=Lastcast Server

After=multi-user.target

[Service]

Type=simple

User=pi

ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/lastcast

Restart=on-failure

RestartSec=10

KillMode=process

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

Notify systemd that a new lastcast.service file exists and tell it to start it during the boot sequence:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl enable lastcast.service

You can start the service manually:

sudo systemctl start lastcast.service

Restart the system:

sudo reboot

Check the status of the service:

sudo systemctl status lastcast.service