zoneminder

Home assistant add-on: Zoneminder

I maintain this and other Home Assistant add-ons in my free time: keeping up with upstream changes, HA changes, and testing on real hardware takes a lot of time (and some money). I use around 5-10 of my >110 addons so regularly I install test machines (and purchase some test services such as vpn) that I don't use myself to troubleshoot and improve the addons

If this add-on saves you time or makes your setup easier, I would be very grateful for your support!

Addon informations

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About

"Zoneminder" is a full-featured, open source, state-of-the-art video surveillance software system.

This addon is based on the docker image https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zmdockerfiles/blob/master/utils/entrypoint.sh

Configuration

Use the add-on env_vars option to pass extra environment variables (uppercase or lowercase names). See https://github.com/alexbelgium/hassio-addons/wiki/Add-Environment-variables-to-your-Addon-2 for details.

Webui can be found at http://homeassistant:3778/zm.

Setup Steps

1. Access the web interface after starting the addon
2. Configure cameras through the web interface
3. Set up motion detection zones and alerts
4. Configure storage locations for recordings
5. Requires MariaDB addon for database storage

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
Images_location	str	/config/addons_config/zoneminder/images	Path for storing camera images

Example Configuration

Images_location: "/share/zoneminder/images"

Database Requirements

ZoneMinder requires a MySQL/MariaDB database. Install the MariaDB addon and configure Zoneminder to use it.

Storage Paths

• Images: Configured via Images_location option
• Events: /var/cache/zoneminder/events2
• Sounds: /var/cache/zoneminder/sounds2
• Config: /config/addons_config/zoneminder

Additional Resources

For detailed configuration: https://github.com/ZoneMinder/zmdockerfiles/blob/master/utils/entrypoint.sh

Installation

The installation of this add-on is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other add-on.

1. Add my add-ons repository to your home assistant instance (in supervisor addons store at top right, or click button below if you have configured my HA)
2. Install this add-on.
3. Click the Save button to store your configuration.
4. Set the add-on options to your preferences
5. Start the add-on.
6. Check the logs of the add-on to see if everything went well.
7. Open the webUI and adapt the software options

Integration in home assistant

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zoneminder/

Support

Create an issue on github

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