# Common Raspberry SSH Prerequisites

In this documentation, you will set up the **Raspberry Pi board in a Headless** manner. In other words, you will control the Raspberry Pi remotely using SSH (Secure Shell).

Before you start, make sure you have fulfilled the following conditions.

1. Hardware **Board Raspberry Pi**, this board is a mini computer that has an operating system (OS) to receive data from various sensors and send the data to the Antares IoT Platform.
2. **SD Card**. Make sure that the SD Card that will be installed on the Raspberry Pi has an operating system (OS) installed by following the tutorial below.

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[operating-system-os-on-sd-card-installation](https://docs.antares.id/en/getting-started/software-installation/operating-system-os-on-sd-card-installation)
{% endcontent-ref %}

3. **Antares account**, this account is used to access the Antares website, get an access key to send data to this platform. If you don't have an Antares account, you can [register here](https://console.antares.id/register) by following the [Antares Account Registration tutorial](https://docs.antares.id/pendahuluan/registrasi-akun).
4. PuTTY application, this application is used to connect your computer to the Raspberry Pi via SSH. You can download the PuTTY application via the [following link](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html). Install the PuTTY application after you download it.