BeagleBone Black Debian image initial steps

This article details initial steps of a BeagleBone Black with a Debian image. For this setup I am using a 5V adapter for power and connecting the Ethernet port to my local LAN.

• With power and Ethernet connected the BeagleBone is set to automatically run DHCP. You can ping the hostname of 'beaglebone' to show the connectivity

$ ping beaglebone

PING beaglebone.lan (192.168.1.155) 56(84) bytes of data.

64 bytes from beaglebone.lan (192.168.1.155): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.964 ms

64 bytes from beaglebone.lan (192.168.1.155): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.630 ms

• Next ssh as root (there is no password set)

$ ssh root@beaglebone

• Set a password for root :

# passwd

• Update to the latest builds

# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade

• Set the correct Timezone

# dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

• Confirm correct date

# date

• Check that the web server is listening on port 80

# netstat -an | grep -i 80

tcp6 0 0 :::8080 :::* LISTEN

tcp6 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN

• In a web browser (not IE) open the IP address of your Beaglebone to display the default page
• Enjoy your Beaglebone!