Running Agent DVR Video Surveillance Platform in Docker

What is Agent DVR?

Agent DVR (our next gen version of iSpy) is a super advanced video surveillance platform for Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi and Docker. Agent has a unified user interface that runs on all modern computers, mobile devices and even Virtual Reality. -https://www.ispyconnect.com/download.aspx

Installing Docker

  1. Log into the Linux based device
  2. Run the following commands in the terminal
    # install prerequisites
    sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
    # add docker gpg key
    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
    # add docker software repository
    sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
    # install docker
    sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
    # enable and start docker service
    sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
    # add the current user to the docker group
    sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
    # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
    su - $USER

Running the Agent DVR Container

  1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Agent DVR Docker container and run it
    # create working directory structure
    mkdir ~/docker/agentdvr/{config,media,commands} -p
    # set ownership on the working directories
    sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R
    # run the agentdvr container
    docker run -d --name=agentdvr -p 8090:8090 -p 3478:3478/udp -p 50000-50010:50000-50010/udp -v ~/docker/agentdvr/config/:/agent/Media/XML/ -v ~/docker/agentdvr/media/:/agent/Media/WebServerRoot/Media/ -v ~/docker/agentdvr/commands/:/agent/Commands/ -e TZ=America/New_York doitandbedone/ispyagentdvr
  2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8090
  3. Select a language > Click OK
  4. Welcome to Agent DVR

Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/doitandbedone/ispyagentdvr