FlyDog SDR

# Build Raspbian

FlyDog SDR provides an image of Raspbian with FlyDog SDR already integrated, or you can build Raspbian with FlyDog SDR already integrated.

# GitHub Actions

To use GitHub Actions for cloud builds, you need to have a GitHub account.

Go to github.com/flydog-sdr/raspbian-builder (opens new window) and fork the project to your account

# Custom Configuration

The values in the config file are described below.

variables description
IMG_NAME Mirror name
RELEASE Debian version code
TARGET_HOSTNAME Specify the hostname
FIRST_USER_NAME Specify the username
FIRST_USER_PASS Specify the user password
ENABLE_SSH Enable SSH
LOCALE_DEFAULT Default Locale
KEYBOARD_KEYMAP Default keyboard layout
TIMEZONE_DEFAULT Default time zone

# Triggering the Build Process

Go to the Actions page and enable the GitHub Actions feature.

Enable GitHub Actions

There are two ways to trigger the build process, and each build takes about 40 minutes.

# Build manually

Go to the Actions page, select Build FlyDog SDR Image from the Workflows form, expand the Run workflow menu, and run the workflow to trigger the build.

Run workflow

# Daily build

Edit the .github/workflows/build.yml file, uncomment the schedule field and commit.

on:
  schedule:
  - cron: 0 20 * * * *
  push:
    branches:
      - branches: master
  workflow_dispatch:

Thereafter, the build will be triggered automatically at 20:00 UTC each day.

To specify that builds are automatically triggered at other times, please refer to the Crontab expression given in crontab.guru (opens new window).

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