Platform Overview

These guides cover every tab in the OpenNVR web interface, grouped exactly like the app’s sidebar. Each page walks through what the feature does, the step-by-step to use it, and the exact fields and example values to enter.

Most feature tabs are permission-gated — you’ll see only the ones your role allows. A superuser sees everything; admin-only actions are called out on each page. See Access Control (RBAC) for the full role and permission model.

[!NOTE] New here? Start with First-Time Setup & MFA to bootstrap your admin account, then add your first camera from Cameras & Retention.

NVR & Live Video

• Dashboard — the at-a-glance landing view: camera status, health, and recent activity.
• Live View — low-latency multi-camera streaming and adding cameras (ONVIF discovery or manual RTSP).
• Recordings & Playback — browse recordings, scrub the DVR timeline, and export clips.
• Cameras & Retention — the camera inventory, per-camera settings, and how long footage is kept.

AI & Detections

• AI Engine — motion and object detection, schedules, and event webhooks.
• AI Models (BYOM) — bind your own local models (YOLO, BLIP, InsightFace) or route to cloud inference.
• Detection Results — the searchable feed of what the models detected.
• AI Adapters Monitor — health and performance of every registered adapter.
• App Catalog — installable analytics apps (intrusion, loitering, license-plate, …).

Security & Network

• Network — camera-LAN and uplink configuration.
• Logs & Forensics — search, filter, and export system logs for investigations.

Governance & Compliance

• Audit Logs — the immutable record of who did what, when.
• Compliance & Reports — compliance posture, security flags, and exportable reports.
• Alerts & Incidents — network intrusion alerts (Suricata IDS) and incident triage.
• Access Control (RBAC) — users, roles, permissions, and password policy.
• Customer Keys (BYOK) — bring your own TLS certificate/key for encrypted cloud streaming.

Administration

• Configuration — general, security, WebRTC, recording, and camera-config settings.
• Integrations — connect Slack, Teams, email, webhooks, MQTT, and S3.
• Media Server (MediaMTX) — the streaming/recording backbone configuration.
• Cloud Streaming & Recording — push camera streams (RTMP/SRT) and record to S3.
• Storage Mapping — map recordings to NAS, SAN, or local NVMe volumes.
• System Monitoring — host telemetry, logs, and AI adapter fleet health.
• Firmware & OTA Updates — check for and apply platform updates.
• Support — help resources and diagnostics.