Player · Raspberry Pi 5 image
The downloadable Canvas Relay Raspberry Pi 5 image boots directly into a managed Cage/Chromium player with A/B system partitions, persistent playback state, local fleet telemetry, screenshot and reboot controls, and layered watchdog recovery.
Appliance setup
Canvas Relay Raspberry Pi 5 Trixie A/B image
Use custom image on an 8 GB or larger card or drive
Connect HDMI, storage, Ethernet, and the correct Pi 5 power supply
Use an existing account and select a published screen
Tested Pi 5 image · direct download
The flashable Raspberry Pi 5 image is live. It uses the full browser renderer in Cage/Chromium and an Ethernet-first, on-device account setup flow.
The standard ZIP is the 1.00 GiB default download. Raspberry Pi Imager can open it directly, or any normal archive tool can extract the raw image. ZIP SHA-256: 4a279a99df00f2677788b0d2668fcb40eba561af2e6f13522423a0ec92a79c27.
Raw IMG SHA-256: 1b6d5a4348fc66e8cbc8de4d318734ff28096b7e9854bda3d6cce1a521eb3756. In Raspberry Pi Imager choose OS → Use custom; in Rufus choose the raw IMG. Select an 8 GB or larger target and confirm carefully because flashing erases it.
Insert the flashed storage, connect HDMI and Ethernet, then use a Raspberry Pi 5 power supply suitable for the attached storage. The branded appliance boots into Canvas Relay automatically.
Use an existing Canvas Relay email and password, choose the workspace if prompted, then select a published screen. Google-only accounts should first set a Canvas Relay password under Settings → Account & security.
The account token, unique device credential, selected screen, and browser cache live in shared persistent storage, so normal reboots and slot changes retain setup and last-known-good playback.
The local agent and kiosk are supervised by systemd, the Pi hardware watchdog covers a wedged OS, and Fleet Health can request diagnostics, actual screenshots, reload, cache clear, and clean reboot.
Choose the standard single-image ZIP or the 5.81 GiB raw IMG. Both contain the same 64-bit Debian Trixie A/B appliance image for Raspberry Pi 5.
Open the hosted player directly on a desktop-class Chrome or Edge device without flashing an image.
Read more →Follow the complete checksum, flashing, boot, account, screen-selection, and recovery instructions.
Read more →Review telemetry, actual captures, deployment state, and capability-gated remote actions.
Read more →This release targets Raspberry Pi 5 with a 64-bit Debian Trixie A/B appliance layout. Do not assume Raspberry Pi 4 or earlier boards are supported by this image; those need separately built and tested targets.
Use the standard ZIP for the smaller, familiar download; Raspberry Pi Imager can open the ZIP directly, or you can extract it to get the raw image. Use the raw .img download when Rufus or another flashing tool expects an uncompressed disk image.
Boot the Pi with HDMI and Ethernet connected. On first use, sign in on the Pi with an existing Canvas Relay email and password, then choose a published screen. This appliance setup does not use the dashboard pairing-code form.
Not in this A/B release. Its immutable layout does not claim Raspberry Pi Imager cloud-init customization support. Use Ethernet for first boot and deployment unless you have separately validated network provisioning for your hardware.
Prepare an existing Canvas Relay account and published board, boot the Pi 5 on Ethernet, and finish setup directly on the appliance.
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