Raspberry Pi Setup without a Monitor

Windows

1. Get the Raspberry Pi Imager tool
2. Use it to put the Raspbian image on your Raspberry Pi's SD card
3. Take out the SD card, then put it back in.
4. Open File Explorer, go to the View tab in the menu, and check the box that says "File name extensions"
5. Make a new empty text file and name it "ssh" (remove the ".txt" part)
6. If you want to connect to Wi-Fi, make another file named "wpa_supplicant.conf".

(wpa_supplicant.conf)

                
country=DE
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
    scan_ssid=1
    ssid="your_wifi_ssid"
    psk="your_wifi_password"
}
                
            

MacOS & Linux

for linux (debian) based distros

                
sudo apt install rpi-imager
                
            

for MacOS click here

enable networking and ssh

                
mount /dev/...1 /mnt # "lsblk" to list drives
cd /mnt

touch ssh # create empty file named "ssh"
cat <<EOF > wpa_supplicant.conf
country=DE
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
    scan_ssid=1
    ssid="your_wifi_ssid"
    psk="your_wifi_password"
}
EOF
                
            

That's it!

If you have questions left contact me at contact@phoenixthrush.com and have fun with your Raspberry Pi!