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Raspberry Pi 2 Server Essentials

You're reading from   Raspberry Pi 2 Server Essentials Transform your Raspberry Pi into a multi-purpose web server that supports your entire multimedia world with this practical and accessible tutorial!

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2016
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ISBN-13 9781783985692
Length 174 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Piotr J Kula Piotr J Kula
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi FREE CHAPTER 2. Preparing a Network 3. Configuring Extra Features 4. Using Fast Web Servers and Databases 5. Setting Up the Raspberry Pi as a File Server 6. Setting Up Game Servers 7. Streaming Live HD Video 8. Setting Up the Pi as a Media Center Server 9. Running Your Pi from a Battery's Power Source 10. Windows IoT Core 11. Running Your ownCloud 12. The Internet of Things – Sensors in the Cloud Index

The admin configuration

If you have just logged in as the admin to the dashboard, it is highly recommended to create a user that you will be using for your daily cloud tasks:

  1. In the top-right corner, you will see your admin username and a drop-down menu. Click on it, and then click on Users.
  2. Before creating a user on this page, click on groups and click on + Add Group to create a new user group, for example, users.
  3. Now, you can simply type in your username and password; make sure the new group is ticked, and click on Create:
    The admin configuration

By creating a new group, you can now better manage restrictions or options that you would like to use for anybody under this or other new groups later on.

For example, on this page, you can set quotas for each group.

The server admin

While still logged in as admin, click on the admin user name in the top-right corner, and then click on Admin. You will land on the sharing options page by default.

On this page, you may notice a few security and set up warnings. If you see anything...

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