Setting Up Motioneye On Ubuntu

I tried motion on its own and the configuration of it rather scary… So more googling and came across MotionEye.

Extremely well documented Ubuntu Installation Instructions, easy to install and fully featured, once you don’t forget to run the following line with sudo pip install motioneye (otherwise it will install, will start manually but the service will not…).

Makes adding cameras a doddle (once you get pass the guesswork of figuring out which USB ports on the computer are providing enough power for the USB Video Adapter I use to connect my CCTV cameras). Just plug in the webcams, add from the UI and it just works!

Code sample is even provided for a sample nginx configuration to put in front of the default UI.