Configure Cluster

Now you have to configure the cluster:

Assign name to each IP number. I suggest names as follows:

MASTER, SLAVE1, SLAVE2, SLAVE3

Go to: Desktop / Preferences/ RaspBerry Pi Configuration:

Remember to press OK

For easy access to all 4 boards from another computer we use VNCviewer:

Remember to press OK

From Desktop press: ALT + CTRL + T for entering Terminal mode:

$hostname -i

Write down name given and associated IP number. You need the information for connection remotely.

From your controlling / remote computer we can now access each board individually after downloading VNCviewer.

https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/

Technical consideration is whether to disable desktop in order to improve performance. My answer is NO. The Desktop only requires approx. 35 Kb running.

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