Frigate is an open-source video surveillance software that can detect objects in live video streams, record the video footage, and send notifications in real-time. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Frigate on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we start the installation process, we need to make sure that the following dependencies are already installed on our system:
The first step is to clone the Frigate repository to our system. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:
git clone https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate.git
cd frigate
Next, we need to create a new environment file for Frigate. You can do this by copying the config/config.yaml file to a new file named .env. You can do this by running the following command:
cp config/config.yaml .env
Then, open the .env file in a text editor and update the following fields:
FRIGATE_RTSP_USERNAME: The username for the RTSP stream. You can set this to anything you like.FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD: The password for the RTSP stream. You can set this to anything you like.FRIGATE_DETECT_MOTION: This field specifies whether to detect motion in the video stream or not. Set this to true to detect motion.Once you have updated the .env file, save and close it.
We are now ready to start the Frigate Docker container. You can do this by running the following command:
docker-compose up -d
This command will start the Docker container in the background. It may take a few minutes to download and start the container.
Once the Frigate Docker container is up and running, you can verify the installation by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:5000. This should show the Frigate web interface.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install Frigate on Elementary OS Latest. Now you can use Frigate to monitor your live video streams and detect motion in them.
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