# path to the configuration directory (must be writable by motionEye) conf_path /etc/motioneye # path to the directory where pid files go (must be writable by motionEye) run_path /var/run # path to the directory where log files go (must be writable by motionEye) log_path /var/log # default output path for media files (must be writable by motionEye) media_path /var/lib/motioneye # the log level (use quiet, error, warning, info or debug) log_level info # the IP address to listen on # (0.0.0.0 for all interfaces, 127.0.0.1 for localhost) listen 0.0.0.0 # the TCP port to listen on port 8765 # path to the motion binary to use (automatically detected if commented) #motion_binary /usr/bin/motion # whether motion HTTP control interface listens on # localhost or on all interfaces motion_control_localhost true # the TCP port that motion HTTP control interface listens on motion_control_port 7999 # interval in seconds at which motionEye checks if motion is running motion_check_interval 10 # whether to restart the motion daemon when an error occurs while communicating with it motion_restart_on_errors false # interval in seconds at which motionEye checks the SMB mounts mount_check_interval 300 # interval in seconds at which the janitor is called # to remove old pictures and movies cleanup_interval 43200 # timeout in seconds to wait for response from a remote motionEye server remote_request_timeout 10 # timeout in seconds to wait for mjpg data from the motion daemon mjpg_client_timeout 10 # timeout in seconds after which an idle mjpg client is removed # (set to 0 to disable) mjpg_client_idle_timeout 10 # enable SMB shares (requires motionEye to run as root) smb_shares false # the directory where the SMB mount points will be created smb_mount_root /media # path to the wpa_supplicant.conf file # (enable this to configure wifi settings from the UI) #wpa_supplicant_conf /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf # path to the localtime file # (enable this to configure the system time zone from the UI) #local_time_file /etc/localtime # enables shutdown and rebooting after changing system settings # (such as wifi settings or time zone) enable_reboot false # timeout in seconds to use when talking to the SMTP server smtp_timeout 60 # timeout in seconds to wait for media files list list_media_timeout 120 # timeout in seconds to wait for media files list, when sending emails list_media_timeout_email 10 # timeout in seconds to wait for zip file creation zip_timeout 500 # timeout in seconds to wait for timelapse creation timelapse_timeout 500 # enable adding and removing cameras from UI add_remove_cameras true # enables HTTP basic authentication scheme (in addition to, not instead of the signature mechanism) http_basic_auth false # overrides the hostname (useful if motionEye runs behind a reverse proxy) # server_name motionEye