Write default config if no config is saved (#10847)

frigate/app.py

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 from frigate.storage import StorageMaintainer
 from frigate.timeline import TimelineProcessor
 from frigate.types import CameraMetricsTypes, PTZMetricsTypes
+from frigate.util.builtin import save_default_config
 from frigate.util.object import get_camera_regions_grid
 from frigate.version import VERSION
 from frigate.video import capture_camera, track_camera
@@ -120,6 +121,11 @@ def init_config(self) -> None:
  if os.path.isfile(config_file_yaml):
  config_file = config_file_yaml
 
+ if not os.path.isfile(config_file):
+ print("No config file found, saving default config")
+ config_file = config_file_yaml
+ save_default_config(config_file)
+
  user_config = FrigateConfig.parse_file(config_file)
  self.config = user_config.runtime_config(self.plus_api)
 

frigate/util/builtin.py

@@ -281,6 +281,32 @@ def find_by_key(dictionary, target_key):
  return None
 
 
+def save_default_config(location: str):
+ try:
+ with open(location, "w") as f:
+ f.write(
+ """
+mqtt:
+ enabled: False
+
+cameras:
+ name_of_your_camera: # <------ Name the camera
+ enabled: True
+ ffmpeg:
+ inputs:
+ - path: rtsp://10.0.10.10:554/rtsp # <----- The stream you want to use for detection
+ roles:
+ - detect
+ detect:
+ enabled: False # <---- disable detection until you have a working camera feed
+ width: 1280
+ height: 720
+ """
+ )
+ except PermissionError:
+ logger.error("Unable to write default config to /config")
+
+
 def get_tomorrow_at_time(hour: int) -> datetime.datetime:
  """Returns the datetime of the following day at 2am."""
  try: