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Setup Netplan with WiFi settings on Ubuntu
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| # Setup Netplan with WiFi settings on Ubuntu | |
| # This should be copied to the target system with Rpi Imager etc. | |
| # Usage: sudo setup-wifi-netplan-ubuntu.sh --ssid <SSID> --password <PASSWORD> | |
| dump_netplan_config() { | |
| echo "Setting WiFi SSID to \"$1\"." | |
| echo "Setting WIFI password to \"$2\"." | |
| local cfg="50-cloud-init.yaml" | |
| truncate -s 0 $cfg | |
| cat << EOF >> $cfg # I hate YAML :/ | |
| network: | |
| version: 2 | |
| wifis: | |
| wlan0: | |
| dhcp4: true | |
| access-points: | |
| "$1": | |
| password: "$2" | |
| ethernets: | |
| eth0: | |
| optional: true | |
| dhcp4: true | |
| EOF | |
| chmod 600 $cfg | |
| cp -f $cfg /etc/netplan | |
| } | |
| main() { | |
| local ssid="SSID_NETWORK" | |
| local pass="password" | |
| while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do | |
| case "$1" in | |
| -s|--ssid) | |
| ssid="$2" | |
| shift 2 | |
| ;; | |
| -p|--password) | |
| pass="$2" | |
| shift 2 | |
| ;; | |
| *) | |
| echo "Unknown option: $1" | |
| exit 1 | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| dump_netplan_config "$ssid" "$pass" | |
| netplan apply | |
| } | |
| main "$@" |
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