How to set up Frigate NVR

AI camera recording, 100% local. This guide covers how to access it, log in for the first time, configure the basics, and where its data lives so you can back it up.

1. What is Frigate NVR?

AI-powered camera recording with object detection. Runs locally on your hardware — your footage never leaves the server. Hardware-accelerated on Intel N100/N150.

2. Before you start

Frigate needs a camera with an RTSP stream. A placeholder config is installed so the service starts cleanly — edit config/config.yml to add your cameras.

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3. How to access it

Once it's enabled, Frigate NVR runs on your SparkBox at:

https://<your-NAS-IP>:5001

Works best with Intel N100/N150 for hardware-accelerated object detection. First-visit you may need to accept the self-signed cert.

4. First login

Frigate generates a random admin password on first boot. SparkBox has scraped it from the container logs and is showing it below. Username is 'admin'. You can change the password inside Frigate at Settings → Users.

If it instead asks for a password you didn't set, check Settings → Passwords in your SparkBox dashboard — every auto-generated credential is listed there.

5. Settings you can change

You can set these when you enable the module, or later from Apps → Frigate NVR in the dashboard:

• Frigate RTSP Password — Password used for Frigate's internal RTSP restream (go2rtc)

6. Where your data lives

Frigate NVR's config and persistent data are stored on the SparkBox host under:

/opt/sparkbox/modules/frigate/config/

Backups via the SparkBox dashboard's Backup tile include this directory by default, so a single restore brings Frigate NVR back to its current state on a fresh install.

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