Configuration File

motioneye.conf

motionEye uses a configuration file (usually called motioneye.conf) that allows customizing your setup (including paths, logging, various timeouts and other options that cannot be modified through the UI). The default location for this file is /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf and can be changed using the -c command line switch.

Available Options

conf_path

Defines the folder for the various configuration files used by motionEye. These include motion.conf, thread-*.conf (both used by the motion daemon). This folder must be writable by the user with which motionEye runs. Defaults to /etc/motioneye.

run_path

Defines the folder where pid files are created. This folder must be writable by the user with which motionEye runs. Defaults to the first of the following which exists: /run, /var/run, /tmp, /var/tmp.

log_path

Defines the folder where log files are created. This folder must be writable by the user with which motionEye runs. Defaults to the first of the following which exists: /log, /var/log, /tmp, /var/tmp, run_path.

media_path

Defines the folder where the media files are created, by default. This folder must be writable by the user with which motionEye runs. Defaults to /var/lib/motioneye.

log_level

Changes the log level of motionEye as well as of the motion daemon started by motionEye. Accepted values are quiet, error, warning, info and debug. Defaults to info.

listen

Defines the IP address on which the motionEye server will listen. Use 0.0.0.0 for all interfaces or 127.0.0.1 for localhost. Defaults to all interfaces.

port

Defines the TCP port on which the motionEye server will listen. Defaults to 8765.

motion_binary

Instructs motionEye to use a specific motion daemon. The path will be automatically detected by default, using the PATH environment variable.

motion_control_localhost

Set this to false to restrict the motion daemon's HTTP control server to listen on all interfaces. Defaults to true.

motion_control_port

Defines the TCP port for the motion daemon's HTTP control server. Defaults to 7999.

motion_check_interval

Configures the interval in seconds at which motionEye checks if motion is running. Defaults to 10.

motion_restart_on_errors

Configures whether the motion daemon should be restarted when an error occurs while communicating with it. Defaults to false.

mount_check_interval

Configures the interval in seconds at which motionEye checks the mounted filesystems (notably SMB/network share mounts). Defaults to 300.

cleanup_interval

Configures the interval in seconds at which the janitor function is called to remove old media files. Defaults to 43200 (twice a day).

remote_request_timeout

Configures the timeout in seconds to wait for response from a remote motionEye server. Defaults to 10.

mjpg_client_timeout

Configures the timeout in seconds to wait for a MJPEG frame from the motion daemon. Defaults to 10.

mjpg_client_idle_timeout

Configures the timeout in seconds after which an idle internal MJPEG client is closed and removed (set to 0 to keep clients connected indefinitely). Defaults to 10.

smb_shares

Set this to true to enable management of SMB (network) shares (requires motionEye to run as root). Defaults to false.

smb_mount_root

Sets the directory where the SMB mount points will be created. Defaults to /media.

wpa_supplicant_conf

Defines the path to the wpa_supplicant configuration file used by the system. Set this to enable wifi management from the UI. This is disabled by default.

local_time_file

Defines the path to the localtime configuration file used by the system. Set this to enable time zone management from the UI. This is disabled by default.

enable_reboot

Enables shutdown and rebooting after changing system settings (such as wifi settings or time zone). This option requires motionEye to run as root. Defaults to false.

smtp_timeout

Configures the timeout in seconds to use when talking to the SMTP server. Defaults to 60.

list_media_timeout

Configures the timeout in seconds to wait for media files list. Defaults to 120.

list_media_timeout_email

Configures the timeout in seconds to wait for media files list, when sending emails. Defaults to 10.

zip_timeout

Configures the timeout in seconds to wait for zip file creation. Defaults to 300.

timelapse_timeout

Configures the timeout in seconds to wait for timelapse file creation. Defaults to 300.

add_remove_cameras

Set this to false to disable adding and removing of cameras from the UI. Defaults to true.

validate_certs

Controls whether HTTPS/SSL certificates are validated by various clients used by motionEye, or not. Defaults to true.

password_hook

Sets the full path to an external program to be executed whenever a password changes. The program will be invoked with environment variables MEYE_USERNAME and MEYE_PASSWORD set accordingly. This is unset by default.

http_basic_auth

Enables HTTP basic authentication scheme (in addition to, not instead of the signature mechanism). Defaults to false.