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Issue #12 • Save time by using the Raspberry Pi Imager's hidden feature
📰 The Self-Hosting Blog • Issue #12
Happy Monday! Here's your weekly dose of self-hosting goodies!
First up, let me tell you about a huge time saver that I have recently found out about. We all know and love the Raspberry Pi Imager.
We can quickly download a multitude of images direct from the application, without having to dig through the internet for the latest version of Ubuntu Server.
![](https://theselfhostingblog.com/content/images/2021/05/Peek-2021-05-02-20-24.gif)
It's pretty awesome. Now, what's this time saver?
Well, you can now forget having to eject and re-insert your SD Card just to add your .ssh
and wpa_supplicant.conf
files to get set up. You can do this all from the Raspberry Pi Imager application!
But how? There's no interface other than the three main CTA buttons?!
CTRL + SHIFT + X
- There we go, the secret is out.
![](https://theselfhostingblog.com/content/images/2021/05/Peek-2021-05-02-20-29.gif)
As you can see from the above demo, you can configure your host name, enable SSH, specify your SSH Key or provide a custom password for the PI user and even configure your WIFI SSID and Password. All from the Raspberry Pi Imager!
Hopefully you'll find this as useful as I have!
Have a great week!
Ed
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