alex.īefore we get started it is worth generating a new machine-id: $ cat /etc/machine-id \ Upon initial login the password is changed and you add a normal user-account i.e. The username is root and the password is 1234. So I used nmap as root to discover the Tinkerboard on my home network: sudo nmap -sP 192.168.0.0/24 - look for the manufacturer info of "Asustek". On the RPi mdns allows the address of a host to be found through "hostname.local". SetupĪ note on discovery - it seems that mdns is not running by default. Having looked this up on Google I found the nightly build contained the fix to turn on the missing module. I initially used the stable image but had to swap to the nightly build due to a missing kernel module for Kubernetes networking. The stable build on the download page contains a full desktop, but if you want to run the board headless (like I do) then you can find a smaller image on the "other downloads" link. Rather than trying TinkerOS I flashed Armbian's release of Ubuntu 16.04.03. While Android may use forms of containerisation under the hood it doesn't mix with Docker containers. I've also read that Android is available but that doesn't interest us here. The board's standard OS is TinkerOS - a Linux variant of Debian 9. You will probably want to buy at least two or three so that you can create a networked cluster.įor a full list of features read Asus' site for detailed specifications. Note: Just like the Raspberry Pi Zero - (at Amazon UK at least) these are limited to one per person, but you can buy from multiple stores. That does add up quickly - imagine building an 8-node cluster at those prices. On the cost front this was around 50% more expensive than a Raspberry Pi Model 3 which is normally 30-35GBP - the Tinkerboard can be had at the moment at a reduced price of 46.99GBP but retails at 51.99GBP. It seems like you can't quite have everything you want. I would have also liked to have seen USB 3.0 or an on-board SATA connector. These three points combined are what interested me in this board. You also get a heat-sink included and a warning that the board can run quite hot. The Asus Tinkerboard looks like a Raspberry Pi and has a similar form-factor, but it's a much more powerful board than the Raspberry Pi with double the RAM and potentially 10x more Ethernet bandwidth available. Well here are my first impressions with the board as I try to get Docker and Kubernetes up and running. I've spent many hours playing with both 32-bit and 64-bit ARM System-on-Chip (SoC) boards, so you may be wondering why I ordered another - the Asus Tinkerboard.
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