Frigate Proxmox Deployment

Frigate LXC image creation and deployment on Proxmox using HashiCorp Packer and Terraform.

Prerequisite

Download this repo

Install Packer and Terraform

Install packer and terraform then download this repository

Optional - Coral M.2 drivers

Install the Google coral M.2 drivers on the Proxmox host with the following script

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade -y
apt install -y pve-headers git devscripts dh-dkms libedgetpu1-std
cd /home
git clone https://github.com/google/gasket-driver.git
cd gasket-driver/
debuild -us -uc -tc -b -d
cd ..
dpkg -i gasket-dkms_1.0-18_all.deb

Remember to disable the secure boot on the proxmox host

Packer - Create Frigate golden image

open the /packer folder and edit the variables.pkrvars.hcl then run the script below from the /packer folder

packer init .
packer build -var-file="variables.pkrvars.hcl" .

Configuration Example

frigate_version = "stable"
image_name = "FrigateProxmoxLxc"
image_output_path= "/mnt/storage/template/cache"
ssh_username = "root"
ssh_password = "ChangeMe"
remote_host = "127.0.0.1"

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
frigate_config	Frigate configuration to load into the LXC image	string	"mqtt:\n enabled: False\n\ncameras:\n dummy_camera:\n enabled: False\n ffmpeg:\n inputs:\n - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/rtspn roles:\n - detect\n"	no
frigate_version	Frigate docker image tag used for download	string	"stable"	no
image_name	Output image file name	string	"FrigateProxmoxLxc"	no
image_output_path	Path where to create the image (path to your Proxmox LXC storage)	string	"/mnt/storage/template/cache"	no
network_config	LXC network config file (will override content of /etc/network/interfaces)	string	"auto lo\niface lo inet loopback\n\n# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)\n# Include files from /etc/network/interfaces.d:\nsource /etc/network/interfaces.d/*\n\nauto eth0\niface eth0 inet dhcp\n"	no
remote_host	Remote host IP address (usually Proxmox IP address)	string	"127.0.0.1"	no
ssh_password	SSH user password	string	"ChangeMe"	no
ssh_username	SSH user with admin access to create and manage LXC containers	string	"root"	no
use_sudo	Run provisioning script as sudo	bool	false	no

Terraform - Deploy Frigate to proxmox

open the /terraform folder and edit the variables.tfvars then run the script below from the /terraform folder

terraform init
terraform validate
terraform apply -var-file="variables.tfvars"

Providers

Name	Version
null	3.2.2
proxmox	2.9.14

Outputs

No outputs.

Configuration Example

proxmox = {
  ip = "127.0.0.1"
  user = "root@pam"
  password = "ProxmoxUserPassword"
  target_node = "pve-node-name"
}

image = {
  name = "FrigateProxmoxLxc"
  storage = "storage"
}

lxc_password = "ChangeMe"

network = {
  name = "eth0"
  bridge = "vmbr0"
  ip4 = "10.10.10.10"
  ip4mask = "24"
}

storage_fs = {
  name = "local-lvm"
  size = "8G"
}

storage_media = {
  name = "storage"
  size = "20G"
}

frigate_config = <<-EOT
mqtt:
  enabled: False

cameras:
  dummy_camera:
    enabled: False
    ffmpeg:
      inputs:
        - path: rtsp://127.0.0.1:554/rtsp
          roles:
            - detect
EOT

Inputs

Name	Description	Type	Default	Required
ct_id	Frigate container ID	number	0	no
frigate_config	Frigate configuration to upload to the container	string	""	no
image	Frigate LXC image name and storage location	object({ name = string storage = string })	{ "name": "", "storage": "" }	no
lxc_extraconfig	Extra configuration to append to the frigate .conf file	list(string)	[]	no
lxc_hostname	Hostname for the Frigate container	string	"frigate"	no
lxc_password	Root user password for the Frigate container	string	""	no
network	Network details for the Frigate container	object({ name = string bridge = string ip4 = string ip4mask = string })	{ "bridge": "vmbr0", "ip4": "", "ip4mask": "24", "name": "eth0" }	no
on_boot	Start the Frigate container when the host boot	bool	true	no
proxmox	Target proxmox instance	object({ ip = string user = string password = string target_node = string })	{ "ip": "", "password": "", "target_node": "", "user": "root@pam" }	no
resources	Resources assigned to the Frigate container	object({ cores = number memory = number swap = number })	{ "cores": 2, "memory": 2048, "swap": 512 }	no
storage_fs	Storage name and size of the virtual disk to create for Frigate container root fs	object({ name = string size = string })	{ "name": "", "size": "8G" }	no
storage_media	Storage name (or path for binding mount) and size of the virtual disk to create for Frigate container root fs	object({ name = string size = string })	{ "name": "", "size": "20G" }	no

Resources

• resource.null_resource.frigate_config (terraform/main.tf#116)
• resource.null_resource.frigate_lxc_config (terraform/main.tf#65)
• resource.null_resource.frigate_start (terraform/main.tf#95)
• resource.proxmox_lxc.frigate_lxc (terraform/main.tf#23)