Add Wifi credentials to your Raspberry Pi without a montior and keyboard

Sometimes you just want to enable Wifi on your Raspberry Pi without leaving your laptop or desktop. I get it.

Luckily Raspbian has made this really easy. You just need to add a file wpa_supplicant.conf to the root of the SD card.

The file contents look like this:

country=US
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev
update_config=1

network={
    ssid="your network's Wifi name here"
    psk="your network's Wifi password here"
}

Then eject your SD card and plug it into the Pi. It should automatically connect to your Wifi.