Create Wi-Fi AP using NetworkManager

Author: okalachev

builder/assets/init_rpi.sh

@@ -16,25 +16,15 @@
 set -e # Exit immidiately on non-zero result
 
 NEW_SSID='clover-'$(head -c 100 /dev/urandom | xxd -ps -c 100 | sed -e "s/[^0-9]//g" | cut -c 1-4)
-echo "--- Setting SSID to ${NEW_SSID}"
-# TODO: Use wpa_cli insted direct file edit
-# FIXME: We rely on raspberrypi-net-mods to copy our file to /etc/wpa_supplicant.
-# This is not very reliable, but seems to fix our rfkill problem.
-cat << EOF >> /boot/wpa_supplicant.conf
-ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
-update_config=1
-country=GB
-network={
-    ssid="${NEW_SSID}"
-    psk="cloverwifi"
-    mode=2
-    proto=WPA RSN
-    key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
-    pairwise=CCMP
-    group=CCMP
-    auth_alg=OPEN
-}
-EOF
+echo "--- Creating Wi-Fi AP with SSID=${NEW_SSID}"
+nmcli con add type wifi ifname wlan0 mode ap con-name clover ssid $NEW_SSID autoconnect true
+nmcli con modify TEST-AP 802-11-wireless.band bg
+# nmcli con modify TEST-AP 802-11-wireless.channel 6
+nmcli con modify TEST-AP ipv4.method shared ipv4.address 192.168.11.1/24
+nmcli con modify TEST-AP ipv6.method disabled
+nmcli con modify TEST-AP wifi-sec.key-mgmt wpa-psk
+nmcli con modify TEST-AP wifi-sec.psk "cloverwifi"
+systemctl disable dnsmasq # disable dnsmasq to avoid conflicts with NetworkManager's dnsmasq
 
 NEW_HOSTNAME=$(echo ${NEW_SSID} | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 echo "--- Setting hostname to $NEW_HOSTNAME"