blumeops/docs/reference/services/frigate.md
Erich Blume 3e604d8fdc Review ntfy: upgrade to v2.17.0 and add reference docs (#201)
## Summary
- Upgrade ntfy from v2.11.0 to v2.17.0 (6 minor releases, no breaking changes)
- Add reference doc for ntfy service
- Add reference doc for frigate service (ntfy's sole producer via frigate-notify)
- Update reference index and service-versions.yaml tracking

## Notable upstream changes (v2.12.0–v2.17.0)
- **v2.14.0:** Declarative users/ACL config in files
- **v2.15.0:** `require-login` flag for topic-level auth
- **v2.16.0:** Dead man's switch (heartbeat) notifications, notification update/delete
- **v2.17.0:** Priority templating, crash fixes (nil pointer panics)

## Deployment and Testing
- [ ] ArgoCD sync ntfy after merge
- [ ] Verify ntfy pod healthy with new image
- [ ] Send a test notification via `curl -d "test" https://ntfy.ops.eblu.me/test`
- [ ] Verify frigate-notify still delivers alerts to ntfy

Reviewed-on: https://forge.ops.eblu.me/eblume/blumeops/pulls/201
2026-02-17 09:51:40 -08:00

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Frigate 2026-02-17
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surveillance

Frigate

Open-source network video recorder (NVR) with object detection. Runs cloud-free with all video stored locally on sifaka.

Quick Reference

Property Value
URL https://nvr.ops.eblu.me
Tailscale URL https://nvr.tail8d86e.ts.net
Namespace frigate
Image ghcr.io/blakeblackshear/frigate:0.16.4-standard-arm64
Upstream https://github.com/blakeblackshear/frigate
Manifests argocd/manifests/frigate/

Architecture

ReoLink Camera (GableCam)
    │ RTSP
    ▼
Frigate pod
    ├── go2rtc        — RTSP restream proxy
    ├── FFmpeg         — stream decoding
    ├── ONNX detector  — object detection (YOLO-NAS-s, CPU)
    ├── /media/frigate — NFS recordings (sifaka)
    └── /db            — SQLite (local PVC)
        │
        └──→ MQTT (Mosquitto) → frigate-notify → ntfy → mobile

Cameras

Camera IP Location Objects Tracked
GableCam 192.168.1.159 Front gable person, car, dog, cat, bird

Camera credentials are stored in 1Password and synced via external-secrets to the frigate-camera Secret.

Detection

Object detection uses ONNX with a YOLO-NAS-s model running on CPU (ARM64). The model file lives on the NFS recordings volume at /media/frigate/models/yolo_nas_s.onnx.

A driveway_entrance zone is configured for alert filtering — only detections in this zone trigger review alerts.

Retention

Type Duration Mode
Continuous recording 3 days all
Alert clips 30 days active objects
Detection clips 14 days motion
Snapshots 14 days

Storage

Mount Backend Size
/media/frigate NFS PV on sifaka (/volume1/frigate) 2 Ti
/db Local PVC (frigate-database) SQLite
/dev/shm Memory-backed emptyDir 256 Mi

Alerting (frigate-notify)

A separate frigate-notify pod (ghcr.io/0x2142/frigate-notify:v0.3.5) subscribes to Frigate's MQTT events via Mosquitto and pushes alerts to ntfy on the frigate-alerts topic. Alert messages include action buttons linking back to the Frigate review UI.