Where will you run Aurono Start?

Use what you have

A Mac laptop or Linux box works for evaluation and light use. Set System Settings → Energy Saver → "Prevent automatic sleeping", keep the lid open, keep it plugged in. Works fine for trying Aurono and for light trading. If you trade often or want always-on confidence, a Pi pays back the €130 quickly.

Prefer Apple? A Mac mini (always-on by design, ~€700+) is the no-compromise alternative for the Apple ecosystem.

Step-by-step install

Five steps from a blank microSD card to Aurono Start running on your Pi. Total active time: about 10 minutes — most of it is waiting for things to write or boot.

1. 1. Flash Raspberry Pi OS to the microSD card

   Download Raspberry Pi Imager (Mac / Windows / Linux). Plug your microSD card into your laptop, open Imager, then:

   • Choose Device → Raspberry Pi 5 (or 4)
   • Choose OS → Raspberry Pi OS (other) → Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit). "Lite" skips the desktop environment — the Pi runs headless, so a GUI just wastes resources. 64-bit is required; Aurono Start only ships a 64-bit build.
   • Choose Storage → your microSD card

   Click Next. Imager prompts you to apply OS customisation — choose Edit Settings and fill in:

   • Hostname — something easy to remember like aurono. The Pi will be reachable at aurono.local on your network.
   • Username + password — note these down, you'll need them in step 3 to SSH in.
   • Configure wireless LAN — only if you're not plugging the Pi in with an Ethernet cable.
   • Set locale settings — timezone and keyboard layout. Worth doing: log timestamps follow this, and the nightly database backup runs at 03:30 local time.
   • Services tab → Enable SSH with password authentication — required, since the Pi runs without a monitor.

   Click Save, then Yes to apply the settings. Imager writes the card (5–10 minutes).

2. 2. Boot the Pi

   Insert the microSD card into the Pi. Plug in an Ethernet cable (recommended) — or rely on the Wi-Fi you configured above. Connect power.

   Wait about 30 seconds for the first boot to complete.

3. 3. SSH into the Pi from your laptop

   Open Terminal on your Mac (or Terminal / PowerShell on Windows) and run:

   ssh <username>@<hostname>.local

   Replace <username> and <hostname> with what you set in step 1 — e.g. ssh aurono@aurono.local. Enter the password you set.

   If .local doesn't resolve on your network, find the Pi's IP address in your router's admin page and use that instead: ssh aurono@192.168.x.x.

4. 4. Run the install command

   From the Pi's prompt, paste the install one-liner from the download page. It downloads the install file, unpacks it, and runs sudo ./install.sh — you'll be asked for the password you set in step 1.

   Installation takes about a minute. The script ends by printing an access URL like http://aurono.local:8420 (or http://192.168.x.x:8420 if you used the IP address). Copy that URL.

5. 5. Open the dashboard

   Paste the printed URL into any browser on the same network. The Setup Wizard launches automatically — it walks you through connecting an exchange, running your first strategy in shadow mode, and (when you're ready) activating a license to enable live trading.

Aurono Start now installs as a background service that survives reboots. Power cycles, network glitches, and crashes don't need manual recovery — systemd restarts the service for you.