Once you have confirmed Mosquitto is up and running, we can deploy a Frigate stack. This particular stack has a device mapping for a Google Coral A+E key device, as well as using /dev/dri/renderD128 for onboard graphics (Intel, in this case). You’ll want to adjust some things, such as whatever MQTT username and password you created during MQTT setup/install (see the guide for help!), as well as your camera admin username and password. If you use different usernames and passwords for all your cameras, you can specify them individually in your Frigate configuration file after the stack is deployed.
Also in this stack is a configuration for using a Samba/Windows based NAS as a volume for /media/frigate, which is where recordings and snapshots will be saved to. Basically, what I’m saying is, you’ll need to make some changes to the below code after pasting it, in order to have it suit your needs.
The majority of my configuration file was taken from the Full Reference Configuration File which is an excellent reference with comments about the various options in the configuration file.
I had also initially planned to include my nvidia setup/configuration sections, but the machine I just moved Frigate into can only take one full length card, I have used it for something else.
services:
frigate:
container_name: "frigate"
image: "ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable"
hostname: "frigate"
shm_size: 1024mb # increase if getting bus errors
privileged: true
restart: unless-stopped
cap_add:
- CAP_PERFMON
devices:
- /dev/dri/renderD128:/dev/dri/renderD128:ro # onboard video
- /dev/apex_0:/dev/apex_0:ro # coral
environment:
- "TZ=EST5EDT" # your timezone
- "FRIGATE_RTSP_USERNAME=admin" # camera admin username
- "FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD=password" # camera admin password
- "FRIGATE_MQTT_USERNAME=frigate" # mqtt server username
- "FRIGATE_MQTT_PASSWORD=password" # mqtt server password
network_mode: host
volumes:
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
- data:/config
# if you're not using a NAS, change NAS to the path you're using
# e.g. /mnt/frigate:/media/frigate or /any/path:/media/frigate
- NAS:/media/frigate
- type: tmpfs
target: /tmp/cache
tmpfs:
size: 1G
volumes:
data:
mqtt_data:
NAS:
driver_opts:
type: cifs
o: "addr=IP.OF.NAS,username=SAMBA_USERNAME,password=SAMBA_PASSWORD,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0600,dir_mode=0700"
device: "//IP.OF.NAS/SharedFolder"
networks:
frigate:
Here is my Frigate configuration file. It will be in /var/lib/docker/volumes/frigate_data/_data/config.yml
I know it’s kind of a mess, and there’s probably some redundant things in here, but I just felt bad about not having anything up still after so long. So there’s definitely some useful examples in here I imagine, for Amcrest, Reolink, Hikvision cameras. Examples of how to use separate streams for recording and detection, etc. Unfortunately at the time of writing all of this up tonight, I am extremely tired and must just get it out as is at this point.
Now, admittedly, full on support and assistance with configuring your Frigate NVR is vastly out of the scope of this guide. There is plenty of great documentation already available on the Official Frigate Website. Good luck!
