Devuan Jessie (beta) on a Raspberry Pi 2 as LAN router with WiFi uplink.
Featuring dnsmasq
, openntpd
and the simple webfsd
HTTP server. As I don't need a full-grown mail server on the LAN, exim4-daemon-light
is configured to only deliver local mail, which will be served by dovecot-imapd
to mail clients on the LAN. Finally, the RPi's underclocking capabilities will be enabled to save idle CPU cycles.
Image used: devuan_jessie_1.0.0-beta_armhf_raspi2.img.xz
from files.devuan.org.
Basic setup
xzcat
the image to an SD card and boot the Pi with connected WiFi adapter and ethernet. Connect via wired LAN, login with ssh
(root:toor) and adjust the defaults with the command raspi-config
. Create an unprivileged user "piuser
" and change the root password:
$ adduser piuser
$ passwd
Disable ssh
root login and restart sshd
to apply the changes:
### File: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PermitRootLogin no
Hint: Connect with ssh
as the new user and su
before logging off from the current root shell.
Configuring apt
Add Devuan's security repository:
### File: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie-security main
deb-src http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ jessie-security main
Avoid the automatic installation of recommended packages:
### File /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01norecommends
APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
Update the system:
$ apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Install additional software:
$ apt-get install dnsmasq wireless-tools iptables-persistent \
dovecot-imapd exim4-daemon-light webfsd cpufrequtils \
openntpd
Local mail transport
Create a mail alias to forward root's mail to the newly created unprivileged user:
$ echo "root: piuser" >> /etc/aliases
To configure exim4
, run "dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config
" and change the respective options to:
"local delivery only; not on a network"
"Maildir format in home directory"
Test local mail delivery:
$ echo test | mailx -s test1 postmaster@localhost
Network setup
Enable port forwarding:
### File: /etc/sysctl.conf
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
Configure the network interfaces:
### File: /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.21.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.21.0
broadcast 192.168.21.255
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid $WIFI_SSID
wpa-psk $WIFI_PASSWD
Note: SSID and passphrase for wlan0
need to be defined.
Disable IPv6 by blacklisting the IPv6 kernel module:
$ echo "install ipv6 /bin/true" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
Configure iptables
with some basic NAT and filtering rules:
### File: /etc/iptables/rules.v4
*nat
#-A PREROUTING -i wlan0 -p tcp --dport 10022 -j DNAT --to 192.168.21.10:22
-A POSTROUTING -o wlan0 -j MASQUERADE
COMMIT
*filter
:INPUT DROP [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
#-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 8000 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -j DROP
-A FORWARD -i eth0 -o wlan0 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
#-A FORWARD -p tcp -d 192.168.21.10 --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
-A FORWARD -j DROP
COMMIT
NOTE: Rules for webfsd
listening at port 8000 and ssh
port forwarding from the WAN interface to 192.168.21.10 are commented out.
Optionally, change the IPv6 default rules:
### File: /etc/iptables/rules.v6
*filter
:INPUT DROP [0:0]
:FORWARD DROP [0:0]
:OUTPUT DROP [0:0]
COMMIT
Configure the dnsmasq
DHCP and DNS server:
### File: /etc/dnsmasq.conf
domain-needed
bogus-priv
no-resolv
local=/lan/
interface=eth0
listen-address=192.168.21.1
expand-hosts
domain=lan
dhcp-range=192.168.21.100,192.168.21.150,24h
Add some nearby DNS servers (See here for a full OpenNic DNS server list.)
### File: /etc/dnsmasq.d/10opennic
server=$IP1
server=$IP2
server=...
Define static DHCP leases:
### File: /etc/dnsmasq.d/20static_leases
dhcp-host=00:11:22:33:44:55,$HOSTNAME,192.168.21.10,24h
dhcp-host=01:11:22:33:44:55,$HOSTNAME,192.168.21.11,24h
As a workaround for the RPi's lack of a hardwareclock, add the -s
flag to the DAEMON_OPTS
variable in /etc/default/openntpd
.
To apply the previously made changes and turn the RPi from DHCP client to server / router mode, run:
$ sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
$ iptables-restore < /etc/iptables/rules.v4
$ ip6tables-restore < /etc/iptables/rules.v6
$ /etc/init.d openntpd restart
$ /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart
Note: To unload the IPv6 kernel module, a reboot may be necessary.
Now it's time to take the RPi off the LAN and connect your workstation, again wired, directly to your new RPi2 Devuan router. Log back in:
$ ssh piuser@192.168.21.1
$ su -
If everything went fine, you can now ping
LAN and WAN from the Pi, as well as access the WAN from within the LAN.
The webfsd
http server
There's not much configuration needed to bring webfsd
up:
### File: /etc/webfsd.conf
web_root="/path/to/export/"
web_port="8000"
web_user="www-data"
web_group="www-data"
web_extras="-4 -b user:pass"
Start the daemon:
$ /etc/init.d/webfs restart
Sufficient file permissions given, the content of $web_root
will now be served at port 8000 on all interfaces; login with user:pass
.
Setting up the dovecot
IMAP server
Generate a self-signed SSL certificate:
$ openssl genrsa -out /etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.key 1024
$ openssl req -new -x509 -key /etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.key \
-out /etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem -days 365
Some minimal configuration:
### File: /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf AND/OR /etc/dovecot/conf.d/*
disable_plaintext_auth = yes
auth_mechanisms = plain
listen = 192.168.21.1
mail_location = maildir:~/Maildir
protocols = "imap"
ssl_cert = </etc/dovecot/dovecot.pem
ssl_key = </etc/dovecot/private/dovecot.key
By disabling any auth_mechanisms
but plain
while setting disable_plaintext_auth
, SSL/TLS login will be forced. Note: This won't prevent misconfigured clients from sending unencrypted passwords. To start the server, run "/etc/init.d/dovecot restart
".
CPU underclocking
(This might void the RPi's warranty.)
Mount the boot partition:
$ mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/
Edit / create the following file; the values here have proven to not cause instabilities:
### File: /mnt/config.txt
arm_freq=800
arm_freq_min=100
core_freq=300
core_freq_min=75
sdram_freq=400
over_voltage=0
Although cpufrequtils
defaults to the governor ondemand, it can be explicitely defined or changed by creating the following file; avilable governors are listed in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors
.
### File: /etc/default/cpufrequtils
GOVERNOR="ondemand"
Reboot to activate and watch the changes in /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu[0-3]/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq
.
Automatic system update
To keep the new Devuan system up to date, I let cron
execute my update-script every four hours: Open/edit the crontab with the command "cronatb -e
".
### File: root crontab (/var/spool/cron/crontabs/root)
25 */4 * * * PATH='/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin' /path/to/safe-upgrade.sh
Testing
Test the upgrade script and mail transport, e.g. by downgrading the tzdata
package, then running safe-upgrade.sh
and receiving the upgrade log with an IMAP client (StartTLS/Port143 or SSL/Port993 with piuser
login credentials) over the new LAN.
Final steps
Delete the content of /var/cache/apt/archives
, then "dd if=/dev/zero
" the free space on the SD card, shut down the Pi and pull a disk image!