Moonfire NVR on reComputer

Introduction

Moonfire-NVR is designed with the goal of providing an easy-to-use NVR system that is lightweight and minimalistic, meaning it doesn’t come with the complexity of other more bloated commercial NVR solutions. It emphasizes functionality and simplicity, enabling users to record from IP cameras directly to a file system or cloud storage.

Prerequisites

Hardware Requirements

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Download Moonfire

Update system

Please use the following command to run.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y

Download docker and docker compose

Please use the following command to install docker.

wget https://get.docker.com -O get-docker.sh
chmod +x 
sudo sh get-docker.sh
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker
docker --version

The result is shown as below:

Please use the following command to install docker compose.

sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/docker/compose/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
docker-compose --version

The result is shown as below:

Creat docker-compose.yaml

Please use the following command identify your IDand UID.

id

The result is shown as below.

Please use the following command to creat docker-compose.yaml.

cd ~ && nano docker-compose.yaml

Note: Rewrite the YAML file based on your own ID and UID.

Then input the following content into the YAML file.

services:
  moonfire-nvr:
    # The `vX.Y.Z` images will work on any architecture (x86-64, arm, or
    # aarch64); just pick the correct version.
    image: ghcr.io/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr:v0.7.23
    command: run

    volumes:
      # Pass through `/var/lib/moonfire-nvr` from the host.
      - "/var/lib/moonfire-nvr:/var/lib/moonfire-nvr"

      # Pass through `/etc/moonfire-nvr.toml` from the host.
      # Be sure to create `/etc/moonfire-nvr.toml` first (see below).
      # Docker will "helpfully" create a directory by this name otherwise.
      - "/etc/moonfire-nvr.toml:/etc/moonfire-nvr.toml:ro"

      # Pass through `/var/tmp` from the host.
      # SQLite expects to be able to create temporary files in this dir, which
      # is not created in Moonfire's minimal Docker image.
      # See: <https://www.sqlite.org/tempfiles.html>
      - "/var/tmp:/var/tmp"

      # Add additional mount lines here for each sample file directory
      # outside of /var/lib/moonfire-nvr, e.g.:
      # - "/media/nvr:/media/nvr"

      # The Docker image doesn't include the time zone database; you must mount
      # it from the host for Moonfire to support local time.
      - "/usr/share/zoneinfo:/usr/share/zoneinfo:ro"

    # Edit this to match your `moonfire-nvr` user.
    # Note that Docker will not honor names from the host here, even if
    # `/etc/passwd` is passed through.
    # - Be sure to run the `useradd` command below first.
    # - Then run `echo $(id -u moonfire-nvr):$(id -g moonfire-nvr)` to see
    #   what should be filled in here.
    user: "1000:1000"

    # Uncomment this if Moonfire fails with `clock_gettime failed` (likely on
    # older 32-bit hosts). <https://github.com/moby/moby/issues/40734>
    # security_opt:
    # - seccomp:unconfined

    environment:
      # Edit zone below to taste.
      TZ: "America/Los_Angeles"
      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1

    # docker's default log driver won't rotate logs properly, and will throw
    # away logs when you destroy and recreate the container. Using journald
    # solves these problems.
    # <https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/logging/configure/>
    logging:
      driver: journald
      options:
        tag: moonfire-nvr

    restart: unless-stopped

    ports:
    - "8080:8080/tcp"

Please use the following command to change the permissions.

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/lib/moonfire-nvr

Creat /etc/moonfire-nvr.toml

Please use the following command to creat /etc/moonfire-nvr.toml.

sudo nano /etc/moonfire-nvr.toml 

Then input the following content into the toml file.

ain@AI-Box:~ $ sudo cat /etc/moonfire-nvr.toml 
[[binds]]
ipv4 = "0.0.0.0:8080"
allowUnauthenticatedPermissions = { viewVideo = true }

[[binds]]
unix = "/var/lib/moonfire-nvr/sock"
ownUidIsPrivileged = true

Configure Moonfire

Run docker compose

Please use the following command to init database.

sudo docker compose run --rm moonfire-nvr init

The result is shown as below.

Creat a floder

Please creat a floder to save the video recorde:

sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/moonfire-nvr/recordings
sudo chown 1000:1000 /var/lib/moonfire-nvr/recordings

Run interactive configuration

sudo docker compose run --rm moonfire-nvr config 2>debug-log

Please follow the steps below to add the folder.

Please follow the steps below to add the camera.

Run Moonfire NVR

Please use the following command to run Moonfire NVR.

sudo docker compose up --detach moonfire-nvr

Then, open the localhost:8080 port on your device to access it. The result is shown as below：

Note:Don't forget to click the option in the top left corner.

Result

Once we have configured everything, we can view the live feed from the current camera.

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