Frigate + SSD external storage issue

celodnb

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May 31, 2023
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Hi,

I'm very new to Proxmox, but am looking for some help as I'm having problems setting up recording storage on an external SSD. I apologize if I have some of the terminology incorrect.

I have Docker installed, where I'm using Turnkey and Portainer, where Frigate is installed. The same machine also has Home Assistant set up as a VM. All of this is installed on an HP elitedesk 800 g2.

I have Frigate running, and all my cameras working no problem, but I cannot get the recordings to be stored on an external SSD (1tb). I will try and explain what I have set up below, and hopefully, somebody with greater knowledge can help point me in the right direction.

I have added USB storage to my machine using this video by Virtualize Everything on YouTube, and can confirm I have the storage visible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oripI7F8tw

Here's my set up, where I can see the storage is attached to the path/target

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I've then added the path to the Frigate config under Volumes.

services:
frigate:
container_name: frigate
image: ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:stable
privileged: true
shm_size: "400mb"
restart: always

volumes:
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime
- /root/frigate:/config:rw
- /mnt/NVR:/media/frigate
- type: tmpfs # Optional: 1GB of memory, reduces SSD/SD Card wear
target: /tmp/cache
tmpfs:
size: 1000000000
ports:
- 5000:5000
- 1935:1935
environment:
FRIGATE_RTSP_PASSWORD: "xxx"

But I can see that when I look through the file manager in Turnkey, the files are being stored here (originally, before changing the config, they were stored under the root folder:

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Plus, I can't see any of my SSD being used.

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Can also see the storage size in Frigate is very small.

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Could anyone help explain what I am doing wrong, or if there's something I just don't understand, as I am very new at this?

Many thanks in advance.
 
#colodnb, did you ever solved this problem?

I would like to store my video on a separater SSD on my Intel Nuc.
But I do not know how to configureert 1) the SSD to be available in an CT and 2) how to set this up in frigate?

Any help ismuch appreciated.
Kind regards, Bert