Nx-Lyve-Cloud-Plugin

Nx-Lyve-Cloud-Plugin is a cloud storage plugin for Network Optix VMS's including Nx Witness and Digital Watchdog Spectrum. This plugin allows the user to easily configure their cloud and create a local mount of their cloud on their system. This mount can then be used as a backup location for video recordings in the VMS. The plugins utilizes cloudfuse to create and manage the local mount.

Building the Nx-Lyve-Cloud-Plugin

The following are instructions to build our plugin from source.

The following are the currently supported platforms and architectures:

• Windows 10, 11 x64 (Microsoft Visual Studio).
• Linux Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 (GCC or Clang) x64

Ubuntu

You should have a modern version of GCC or Clang and cmake installed on your system.

1. Clone GitHub repository

git clone https://github.com/Seagate/nx-lyve-cloud-plugin
cd nx-lyve-cloud-plugin

2. Run the build script

Run one of the following to build the plugin.

The following will default to your OS selected C compiler.

./build_plugin.sh --no-tests

The following will use gcc. You may also replace gcc/g++ with clang/clang++.

./build_plugin.sh --no-tests -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=g++

After running the script the resulting .so file can be found at ../nx-lyve-cloud-plugin-build/cloudfuse_plugin/libcloudfuse_plugin.so.

Windows

You should have a modern version of MSVC from Microsoft Visual Studio, cmake, and vcpkg installed on your system.

1. Clone GitHub repository

git clone https://github.com/Seagate/nx-lyve-cloud-plugin
cd nx-lyve-cloud-plugin
git checkout -b main origin/main

2. Setup VCPKG with Cmake

Assuming you already have cmake installed and vcpkg, then we need to set the cmake toolchain to use the vcpkg toolchain.

$Env:VCPKG_ROOT = "Path/To/Vcpkg"

3. Run the build script

Run the following to build the plugin.

./build_plugin.bat --no-tests --debug

After running the script the resulting .so file can be found at ..\nx-lyve-cloud-plugin-build\cloudfuse_plugin\Debug\cloudfuse_plugin.dll.

Installing the Nx-Lyve-Cloud-Plugin

To install the plugin, copy the .dll or .so file to the plugins folder of the VMS.

Additionally, you need to install cloudfuse on your system. Follow install instructions for cloudfuse here.

After installing cloudfuse, and copying the plugin file, restart the VMS and the plugin will appear in the System Administration settings windows. Then you can enter your S3 credentials and a mount will appear on the system connected to the cloud. This can be selected as a backup mount and video files will be backed up to the cloud.

License

Most of the project is licensed under the Mozilla Public License and the rest is under MIT; check the specific license in each file to determine which is which.

Third-Party Notices

See notices for third party license notices.