Setup Base Image (Raspberry Pi 4)

After Raspi Flash touch ssh file on rootfs
Login as pi / raspberry
Run sudo raspi-config
- Update 8: Get latest configuration tool
- Network Options 2: Hostname -> myNode
- Boot Options 3: Choose Desktop / CLI -> Console
- Boot Options 3: Wait for Network at Boot
- Localisation 4: I2 -> US -> Central
- Localisation 4: I4 -> US
- Advanced 7: Expand Filesystem
- Advanced 7: Memory Split -> 16
- Exit by selecting , and as no reboot is necessary

Add admin user

sudo useradd -p $(openssl passwd -1 bolt) -m -s /bin/bash admin
sudo adduser admin sudo

Update OS

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Install some basics
```
sudo apt-get -y install tmux
```
Reboot
```
sudo reboot
```
Log back in as admin
Delete pi user
```
sudo deluser pi
sudo rm -rf /home/pi
```
Install Log2Ram (Armbian has own solution)

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/azlux/log2ram/archive/v1.2.2.tar.gz -O log2ram.tar.gz
tar -xvf log2ram.tar.gz
mv log2ram-* log2ram
cd log2ram
chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install.sh
cd ~

Sync

sync
sudo shutdown -h now

Make image now (if imaging)

Final results:
- Image with SSH access
- Root user disabled
- Default user admin with password bolt

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