Install OpenRTSP on pfSense
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Hi guys.
I hope someone faced this scenario before me... hoping it will help me to solve.
Scenario: I'd like to buy an IP CAM which is able to send video data via the RTSP protocol (port 554).
Since I have a pfSense which is 24/7 powered on, I'd like to install - as possibile - the RTSP client, and then connect to the cameras and then save data locally.
I found this package: OpenRTSP, but unfortunately is not available on the official repos via the pkg utility.
Does anyone faced this before? In case is there an alternative? Or something to be installed on pfSense by compiling from sources?
Thank you,
Giuseppe -
@heavymetalforever78 you want to use pfsense as a NVR to store your camera video? That is not really a great idea if you ask me.
If you do want to leverage the hardware pfsense is running on to do such other tasks - I would run some VM OS on the hardware, then run pfsense as a vm, then you could create other vms on this hardware for other such tasks like a NVR.
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@johnpoz Hi, thank you for your response.
The matter is: I have a MiniPC with 4 GB of RAM (unfortunately not upgradable).
In the past I tried installing Debian as OS + Virtualbox + pfSense as VM, but when activating some services like SSL filtering, memory's usage was at limit.
There's not space for another VM.
That's why I decided to install directly on hardware, now it's about 2,8 of 4 GB used RAM.
I know this is not the best scenario, but I'd avoid honestly to buy another PC which must run 24/7, if possible. -
@heavymetalforever78 pfsense can for sure run on 1gb of ram - and other VMs could run on far less.. I have both a 2.8 vm and a 24.03 vm running on my nas, they only get 1GB each, etc.
Don't try running some type 2 VM, run something like esxi or proxmox or something on the hardware..
To be honest if your goal is a NVR - get an actual NVR.. They use very little power, and are not all that expensive. I see some on amazon for like 60 bucks.. You would have to add some HDD.. but how much can a 2 or 4TB disk cost these days?
Trying to use your "firewall" as your everything box is never a good idea.
