MQTT FTPd for IP Cameras

Translates FTP uploads from IP Cameras into motion events for MQTT.


MQTT Events

Events about a device are sent to MQTT using the following format:

``
{PREFACE}/{USER_NAME}/motion
`
__PREFACE is defined as "camera" by default in your configuration__

For example, my Foscam is uploading to this FTP service as "Front Door". So the following topic will be published:

`


Motion state (active|inactive)


camera/Front Door/motion
`

Configuration

The bridge has one yaml file for configuration. Currently we only have three items you can set:

`
---
mqtt:
# Specify your MQTT Broker's hostname or IP address here
host: mqtt
# Preface for the topics $PREFACE/$USER_NAME/motion
preface: camera

Port number to listen on


port: 21
`

We'll be adding additional fields as this service progresses (mqtt port, username, password, etc).

Usage

1. Run the Docker container

`
$ docker run \
-d \
--name="mqtt-camera-ftpd" \
-v /opt/mqtt-camera-ftpd:/config \
-p 8080:8080 \
stjohnjohnson/mqtt-camera-ftpd
`
2. Customize the MQTT host

`
$ vi /opt/mqtt-camera-ftpd/config.yml
$ docker restart mqtt-camera-ftpd
``
3. Configure your cameras to use this service as a FTP server
4. Watch as MQTT is populated with events from your devices