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Resize LVM to have more storage
We resize our LVM storage to give Frigate more temporary storage until the cloud file server is ready.
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Add advanced camera card
To have a better ui we installed teh advanced camera card for the lovelace ui (formerly known as Frigate card).
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Add Frigate Integration to Home Assistant
We add our Frigate server to Home Assistant using the integration available on HACS.
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Add a separate user for Home Assistant access
We create a seperate user to access Frigate from Home Assistant.
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Disable TLS
To avoid problems with custom certificates when accessing frigate from Home assistant we disable TLS completly.
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Test MQTT
Test if the MQTT messages are received.
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Add doorbird camera of main entrance (cam-10)
We add the camera of the doorbird station at the main entrance.
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Setup object detection and recording
To improve our config we need to define how long to keep recordings and what objects to detect.
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Add ONVIF config for cam-01
To allow controlling the pan, tilt and zoom of the camera we need to add ONVIF configuration.
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Add go2rtc to Frigate config
To allow restreaming of video content for Home Assistant dashboard use and generic WebRTC access we need to add a go2rtc config section and change the camera section accordingly.
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Activate hardware acceleration
To perform encoding and decoding tasks with improved performance we need to activate hardware acceleration.
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Setup Frigate network video management system
We install the Frigate network video recorder and management system with all requirements to connect it to MQTT and Home Assistant later on.
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Setup initial Frigate configuration
Create a first working frigate config.
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Add Reolink RLC-842A camera (cam-01)
We add a Reolink RLC-842A 8MP camera as cam-01.
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Add firewall rules for VIDEO_LAN
We prohibit all devices on the VIDEO_LAN from communicating with the internet and other internal networks. Only the Frigate server is allowed to communicate with Home Assistant, MQTT and the outside world to update itself. And we connect Frigate with the DoorBird door station camera.
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Install Linux kernel module for Coral TPMs with kernel 6.8
Due to changes in the new 6.8 kernel series which Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS uses the gasket-dkms package from the Google Coral repository doesn't install out of the box.