allow db path to be customized

README.md

@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ logger:
  logs:
  frigate.mqtt: error
 
+# Optional: database configuration
+database:
+ # Optional: database path
+ # This may need to be in a custom location if network storage is used for clips
+ path: /media/frigate/clips/frigate.db
+
 # Optional: detectors configuration
 # USB Coral devices will be auto detected with CPU fallback
 detectors:

frigate/app.py

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def init_queues(self):
  self.detected_frames_queue = mp.Queue(maxsize=len(self.config.cameras.keys())*2)
 
  def init_database(self):
- self.db = SqliteExtDatabase(f"/{os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, 'frigate.db')}")
+ self.db = SqliteExtDatabase(self.config.database.path)
  models = [Event]
  self.db.bind(models)
  self.db.create_tables(models, safe=True)

frigate/config.py

@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ def ensure_zones_and_cameras_have_different_names(cameras):
 
 FRIGATE_CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema(
  {
+ vol.Optional('database', default={}): {
+ vol.Optional('path', default=os.path.join(CLIPS_DIR, 'frigate.db')): str
+ },
  vol.Optional('model', default={'width': 320, 'height': 320}): {
  vol.Required('width'): int,
  vol.Required('height'): int
@@ -214,6 +217,19 @@ def ensure_zones_and_cameras_have_different_names(cameras):
  }
 )
 
+class DatabaseConfig():
+ def __init__(self, config):
+ self._path = config['path']
+
+ @property
+ def path(self):
+ return self._path
+
+ def to_dict(self):
+ return {
+ 'path': self.path
+ }
+
 class ModelConfig():
  def __init__(self, config):
  self._width = config['width']
@@ -781,6 +797,7 @@ def __init__(self, config_file=None, config=None):
 
  config = self._sub_env_vars(config)
 
+ self._database = DatabaseConfig(config['database'])
  self._model = ModelConfig(config['model'])
  self._detectors = { name: DetectorConfig(d) for name, d in config['detectors'].items() }
  self._mqtt = MqttConfig(config['mqtt'])
@@ -813,6 +830,7 @@ def _load_file(self, config_file):
 
  def to_dict(self):
  return {
+ 'database': self.database.to_dict(),
  'model': self.model.to_dict(),
  'detectors': {k: d.to_dict() for k, d in self.detectors.items()},
  'mqtt': self.mqtt.to_dict(),
@@ -821,6 +839,10 @@ def to_dict(self):
  'logger': self.logger.to_dict()
  }
 
+ @property
+ def database(self):
+ return self._database
+
  @property
  def model(self):
  return self._model