Docker Volume

Use the Quick Setup script to format a disk or use an existing directory in Scrypted NVR. Manual Docker Setup steps are also available.

Quick Setup

Run the following to download the script:

mkdir -p ~/.scrypted
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/koush/scrypted/main/install/docker/setup-scrypted-nvr-volume.sh > ~/.scrypted/setup-scrypted-nvr-volume.sh

If a recording directory is already formatted and mounted, follow the steps at Existing Storage Directory. Otherwise continue on to formatting a New Disk.

Existing Storage Directory

TIP

The existing storage directory should be on an ext4 filesystem.

sudo SERVICE_USER=$USER bash ~/.scrypted/setup-scrypted-nvr-volume.sh /path/to/existing/directory

The docker container will be updated and restarted with the new Recordings Directory.

New Disk

Run the following to list available disks:

lsblk

The output will be similar to below:

NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0    7:0    0  63.4M  1 loop /snap/core20/1974
loop1    7:1    0  63.9M  1 loop /snap/core20/2105
loop2    7:2    0 111.9M  1 loop /snap/lxd/24322
loop3    7:3    0  53.3M  1 loop /snap/snapd/19457
loop4    7:4    0  40.4M  1 loop /snap/snapd/20671
sda      8:0    0   128G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0     1M  0 part 
└─sda2   8:2    0   128G  0 part /
sdx      8:16   0  4096G  0 disk 
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom

In the example above the 4TB storage disk is listed as sdx. To format and use sdx, run:

sudo SERVICE_USER=$USER bash ~/.scrypted/setup-scrypted-nvr-volume.sh sdx

The docker container will be updated and restarted with the new disk.

Continue on to Enable Camera Recording.

Manual Docker Setup

1. The storage disk must be formatted as ext4 or xfs.
2. Edit ~/.scrypted/docker-compose.yaml.
3. Make the highlighted changes in the yaml block below, adjust the storage directory as appropriate.
4. Restart the container by running the following:

cd ~/.scrypted && docker compose down && docker compose up -d

docker-compose.yaml

services:
  scrypted:
    environment:
      # Scrypted NVR Storage (Part 2 of 3)

      # Uncomment this line to configure the NVR plugin to store
      # recordings within the /nvr directory inside the container.
      # DO NOT MODIFY /nvr.
      # The Recordings Directory in the NVR Plugin will autopopulate
      # with /nvr (unless it was manually changed earlier).
      # The disk or network share will ALSO need to be configured in
      # Part 3.
      - SCRYPTED_NVR_VOLUME=/nvr

      - SCRYPTED_WEBHOOK_UPDATE_AUTHORIZATION=Bearer SET_THIS_TO_SOME_RANDOM_TEXT
      - SCRYPTED_WEBHOOK_UPDATE=http://localhost:10444/v1/update

      # Uncomment next 3 lines for Nvidia GPU support.
      # - NVIDIA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all
      # - NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES=all

      # Uncomment next line to run avahi-daemon inside the container
      # Don't use if dbus and avahi run on the host and are bind-mounted
      # (see below under "volumes")
      # - SCRYPTED_DOCKER_AVAHI=true
    # runtime: nvidia

    volumes:
      # Scrypted NVR Storage (Part 3 of 3)

      # Modify to add the add a Recordings Directory for Scrypted NVR.
      # The following example would mount the /mnt/media/video path on
      # the host to the /nvr path inside the docker container.
      # Modify /mnt/media/video according to the server path.
      # DO NOT MODIFY /nvr.
      - /mnt/media/video:/nvr

      # Or use a network mount from one of the CIFS/NFS examples at the top of this file.
      # - type: volume
      #   source: nvr
      #   target: /nvr
      #   volume:
      #     nocopy: true

      # uncomment the following lines to expose Avahi, an mDNS advertiser.
      # make sure Avahi is running on the host machine, otherwise this will not work.
      # not compatible with Avahi enabled via SCRYPTED_DOCKER_AVAHI=true
      # - /var/run/dbus:/var/run/dbus
      # - /var/run/avahi-daemon/socket:/var/run/avahi-daemon/socket

      # Default volume for the Scrypted database. Typically should not be changed.
      - ~/.scrypted/volume:/server/volume