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On an ARM board

Pre-requisites​

  • An ARM board with at least 512MB RAM
  • A power supply (either an adapter or a USB cable) for your board;
  • A microSD card: 16GB capacity (at least), class "A1" highly recommended (such as this SanDisk A1 card);
  • A reasonable ISP, preferably with a good and unlimited upstream bandwidth
  • An ethernet cable (RJ-45) to connect your server to your router.
  • A computer to read this guide, flash the image and access your server.
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Each ARM board is different and there might be specific instructions for your board.

Please follow the Armbian documentation first!

Download the Armbian image​

You should download the Armbian Bookworm (Debian 12) image from your vendor's or Armbian's website.

armbian logo Armbian Download page

Flash the Armbian image​

Now that you downloaded the image of Armbian, you should flash it on a microSD card

Download Etcher for your operating system and install it.

Plug your SD card, select your image and click "Flash"

Etcher

Power up the board​

  • Put the SD card in your board
  • Connect your board to your home router via Ethernet
  • If you want to follow the initial boot, connect a screen and keyboard on your board.
  • Power up the board

Connect to the board​

Next you need to find the local IP address of your server to connect as root user via SSH with the temporary password 1234 (see the Armbian doc).

ssh root@192.168.x.xxx

Run the install script​

  • Open a command line prompt on your server (either directly or through SSH)
  • Make sure you are root (or type sudo -i to become root)
  • Run the following command:
curl https://install.yunohost.org | bash
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You might need to first install curl and ca-certificates by running:

apt install curl ca-certificates
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Always ensure there's an s at the end of https.

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For advanced users concerned with the curl | bash approach: consider reading "Is curl|bash insecure?" on Sandstom's blog, and possibly this discussion on Hacker News.