Smart Factory camera server

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This repository contains a camera server written in Go, that aims to convert RTSP video streams from IP cameras to a WebRTC compatible format, allowing the display of the camera streams in a web browser.

System Requirements

The project is mostly written in the Go programming language. It is intended to be compiled using Go version 1.19. If not already installed, the official Go site contains instructions as to how to install it.

The camera server also requires the GStreamer libraries to be available in the system. This can be installes following the instructions available in their official wiki.

Fetch the sources

You can fetch the latest development release by directly cloning the repository:

git clone https://github.com/SmartFactory-Tec/camera_server.git

Building and running the server

First, enter the repository's folder and download all of the project's dependencies:

cd camera_streamer
go mod download

Next, to run the program run the following command:

go run camera_streamer/cmd/camera_streamer

If you otherwise want to only build the server and get it's executable, use the following command (don't forget to give the executable a name):

go build -o {EXECUTABLE NAME} camera_streamer/cmd/camera_streamer

Configuring the server

The server automatically generates a default configuration file in your distribution's default location. Normally, this is ~/.config/camera_server/config.toml. This can be overriden by setting the SERVER_CONFIG_PATH environment variable to any other folder.

Running in docker

An image for running this server is available in the GitHub Container Registry. Pull it with the following command:

docker pull ghcr.io/smartfactory-tec/camera_streamer:latest

To configure the server inside the docker image, override the /config folder inside the image (with a volume or bind mount).

By default, the image exposes the 3000 port.