Update system
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Modify these Settings to Suit
sudo raspi-config
Localisation Options > Change Locale
Localisation Options > Change Timezone
Localisation Options > Change Keyboard Layout
Localization Options > Change Wi-fi Country
Download Kiwix Server
https://www.kiwix.org/en/downloads/kiwix-serve/
Copy link for GNU/Linux ARM (32bits)
wget (paste in url)
Decompress Kiwix Server
tar -zxvf kiwix-tools_linux-armhf.tar.gz
Install Kiwix Binaries
sudo mv kiwix-tools_linux-armhf-3.0.3/* /usr/local/bin/
Download Zim File
https://wiki.kiwix.org/wiki/Content_in_all_languages
Copy to server using scp
Copy to /var/local/
sudo mv wikipedia_en_simple_all_nopic_2020-02.zim /var/local/
Create Kiwix Service
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/kiwix.service
Paste this in file:
[Unit] Description=Kiwix Service After=network.target [Service] Type=simple User=root Group=root ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/kiwix-serve /var/local/wikipedia_en_simple_all_nopic_2020-02.zim -p 80 Restart=always RestartSec=3 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
Control-o to save and control-x to exit (use this to exit and save nano)
Enable and Start Kiwix Service
sudo systemctl enable kiwix
sudo systemctl start kiwix
Assign Static IP to wlan0
sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf
interface wlan0
static ip_address=192.168.1.1/24
nohook wpa_supplicant
Commit Changes to dhcpcd
sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl restart dhcpcd
Install dnsmasq (DNS and DHCP Server)
sudo apt install dnsmasq
Make Backup of dnsmasq.conf
sudo mv /etc/dnsmasq.conf /etc/dnsmasq.conf.orig
Edit dnsmasq.conf
sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.conf
interface=wlan0 dhcp-range=192.168.1.2,192.168.1.254,255.255.255.0,24h address=/#/192.168.1.1
Install hostapd (WiFi Access Point Software)
sudo apt install hostapd
Edit hostapd.conf
sudo nano /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Config for Password Protected WiFi Access Point
interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 ssid=kiwix hw_mode=g channel=6 wmm_enabled=0 macaddr_acl=0 auth_algs=1 wpa=2 wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK rsn_pairwise=CCMP wpa_passphrase=password
Config for Open WiFi Access Point
interface=wlan0 driver=nl80211 ssid=kiwix hw_mode=g channel=6
Additional Online Resources for WiFi Setup
https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/wireless/access-point-routed.md
https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/plain/hostapd/hostapd.conf
Enable WiFi Setup
sudo nano /etc/default/hostapd
DAEMON_CONF="/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf"
Commit Changes to hostapd and dnsmasq
sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl unmask hostapd sudo systemctl enable hostapd dnsmasq sudo systemctl start hostapd dnsmasq
Enable Read Only System (Optional)
sudo raspi-config
Advanced Options > Overlay FS
Choose “Yes” to enable overlay file system and/or “Yes” to write protect boot partition.