Quick & Easy: PiKVM Setup using Windows

Write image to microsd card

• Download image for you device
• Open Raspberry Pi Imager
• Select Choose OS
• Select Use Custom and your pikvm img.xz file
• then choose storage and select SD card you want to use
• Write

Configure First Boot

• create pikvm.txt in PIBOOT drive in File Explorer
• copy the below content into it and save

FIRST_BOOT=1
WIFI_ESSID="yourwifi"
WIFI_PASSWD="yourpassword"

Find IP of PiKVM
go into your router and check devices if there is a pikvm and connect to its ip
ssh root@pikvm or ssh root@192.168.1.2 (root is password)

Setup Permanent WiFi on PiKVM

• rw (make filesystem writeable)
• cat /etc/systemd/network/wlan0.network(check if everything is correct)
• wpa_passphrase yourwifinetwork 'wifipassword' > /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-wlan0.conf
• systemctl enable wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service(enables wifi)
• systemctl status wpa_supplicant@wlan0.service (check status of wifi)

Set timezone

• timedatectl status
• timedatectl list-timezones (find correct in this list)
• timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Oslos

Set password on PiKVM

• passwd root (set root password)
• kvmd-htpasswd set admin (set admin password and enable pikvm http server)
• systemctl restart kvmd kvmd-nginx
• reboot wait for it to boot up
• go to http://pikvm or http://ipofpikvm
• Login wth admin and password you set withkvmd-htpasswd