Add MySQL Cache Manager & code cleanup

deployment/Dockerfile

@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libgstreamer1.0-dev \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-base \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
-    libcurl4-openssl-dev
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    libmysqlclient18 \
+    mysql-client
 
 ADD cameradar_*_Release_Linux.tar.gz /
 RUN mv cameradar_*_Release_Linux cameradar

deployment/conf/cameradar.conf.json

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 {
-  "subnets" : "172.16.100.13,localhost",
+  "mysql_db" : {
+    "host" : "__MYSQL_ADDR__",
+    "port" : __MYSQL_PORT__,
+    "user": "root",
+    "password": "root",
+    "db_name": "cmrdr"
+  },
+
+  "subnets" : "localhost",
 
   // If not specified, will scan all ports (1-65535)
   "ports" : "554,8554",
@@ -9,6 +17,9 @@
   // You must give an accessible path to an already existing directory
   "thumbnail_storage_path" : "/tmp",
 
+  // This is the path that will be used in the Docker container
+  // if you're not familiar with Docker, only change the
+  // cache_manager_name value
   "cache_manager_path" : "/cameradar/cache_managers",
-  "cache_manager_name" : "dumb"
+  "cache_manager_name" : "mysql"
 }

deployment/docker-compose.yml

@@ -5,3 +5,12 @@ cameradar:
   volumes:
     - "./conf:/tmp/conf:ro"
     - "./cameradar_thumbnails:/tmp/cameradar_thumbnails"
+  links:
+   - ext_cctv_mysql
+ext_cctv_mysql:
+  image: mysql:5.7
+  environment:
+   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+   MYSQL_DATABASE: cmrdr
+  ports:
+   - "3306:3306"

deployment/run.sh

@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ echo -n "replacing cameras ports in configuration "
 sed -i s#__PORTS_TO_CHECK__#$CAMERAS_PORTS#g $CONF
 echo -e $COL_GREEN"ok"$COL_RESET
 
+# Replace ext_cctv_mysql with the IP address of your DB or the name of its Docker
+# container. The container has to be linked in docker-compose.yml for cameradar
+# to be able to interact with it.
+echo -n "replacing mysql host and port in configuration "
+sed -i s#__MYSQL_ADDR__#ext_cctv_mysql#g $CONF
+
+# Reaplce 3306 with the port of your DB
+sed -i s#__MYSQL_PORT__#3306#g $CONF
+echo -e $COL_GREEN"ok"$COL_RESET
+
 /cameradar/bin/cameradar -l 1 -c /conf/cameradar.conf.json &
 cameradar_pid=$!