Install Raspbian on the microSD card.

If you want to run your machine in a headless mode, it is very convenient to setup the following things:

Install Anydesk in a headless mode.

That’s an awesome way to connect to your Raspberry Pi via internet without any issues. It is free for the personal use and gives you a lot of tools.

1. Download the package (or see the instructions here):

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt full-upgrade
   wget https://download.anydesk.com/rpi/anydesk_6.1.1-1_armhf.deb
   

2. Install anydesk

   sudo dpkg -i anydesk_6.1.1-1_armhf.deb
   sudo apt-get install -f
   

   You will probably need these dependencies:

   sudo apt install libminizip1 libegl1-mesa
   

3. Fix the absense of the physical screen (display_server_not_supported error):

   Run in the terminal:

   sudo nano /boot/config.txt
   

   And uncomment the hdmi_force_hotplug=1 line:

   

   
   

4. Check everything:

   anydesk
   anydesk --get-id
   anydesk --version
   

   

   Here is the link to the command line commands for AnyDesk. The most important one is setting password for the access. You will probably need to reboot Raspberry Pi.

   Congratulations! Now you anydesk server will run after reboot and you will be able to connect to it and transfer files remote control even over the internet (not in the local network).

Back up your google drive cloud storage to local HDD daily.

rclone utility is a great way to deal with this task. All instructions worked like a charm. Scheduling is done using crontab.

sudo crontab -e

![0 6 * * /sbin/shutdown -r now 0 3 * * sh ~/backup_from_drive.sh

It means, that Raspberry Pi reboots each morning at 6:00; and backs up each night at 3:00.](https://merkulov.top/Other/Notes/My_raspberry_PI_home_setup/Screenshot_2022-05-29_at_16.24.11.png)

![rclone sync remote_macbook: /media/pi/HDD/Backups/drive_macbook -P

Backup script could include several folders, cloud providers or some logging utilities.](https://merkulov.top/Other/Notes/My_raspberry_PI_home_setup/Screenshot_2022-05-29_at_16.23.18.png)

Install Docker

Now it’s super easy 😀:

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh
pip install docker compose