Bluecherry is a powerful open-source video surveillance software that can be used for recording and monitoring video from IP cameras. Fedora CoreOS is a minimal, container-focused operating system designed for running containerized applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Bluecherry on Fedora CoreOS latest version.
Before you begin, you need to have the following:
Before installing any software, it is important to update your system to the latest versions of all packages. To do this, connect your Fedora CoreOS instance via SSH and run the following commands:
sudo rpm-ostree upgrade
sudo reboot
The first command will update all the packages on your system, while the second command will reboot your system to apply the changes.
Bluecherry requires several packages to be installed on your system. To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install curl ffmpeg libjpeg-turbo-utils gstreamer gstreamer-plugins-base-devel gstreamer1-plugins-base gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free createrepo dnsmasq
The first command installs the EPEL repository, which contains various additional packages that are not included in the Fedora CoreOS repositories. The second command installs the required packages for Bluecherry.
To download and install Bluecherry, follow these steps:
Download the Bluecherry installation script from the official website via the following command:
curl -O https://www.bluecherrydvr.com/run
Make the script executable with the following command:
chmod +x run
Run the installation script with the following command:
sudo ./run install
Follow the prompts from the installation script to complete the installation process.
After installing Bluecherry, you need to configure it to start recording video from your IP cameras. To do this, follow these steps:
Open the Bluecherry web interface on your browser by navigating to the following URL:
http://[your-server-ip]:7001/
Log in with the default username and password:
Username: admin
Password: bluecherry
Navigate to "Sources" -> "Add Source" and follow the prompts to add your IP cameras.
To configure Bluecherry to start automatically at system boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable bluecherry
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Bluecherry on Fedora CoreOS latest version. You can now start monitoring and recording video from your IP cameras.
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