How to enable OctoPi WiFi connection on boot

First, install OctoPi to the SD card – for example, using rpi-imager: How to install OctoPi using rpi-imager

Open the boot partition on the OctoPi SD card and create a file wpa_supplicant.conf there, with the following content:

country=de
update_config=1
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant

network={   
   scan_ssid=1
   ssid="MyWifi"  
   psk="abc123abc"
}

Always set the correct country code at the top ! If you don’t set it correctly, it won’t work!

Set ssid to the name of the wireless network.

Set psk to the wifi password.