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