Introduction

Beame-Gatekeeper and Beame-Authenticator

In this project we will provide detailed instructions how to set up beame-gatekeeper, and motion eye to turn your Raspberry Pi into a real web cam, with motion detection capabilities, and real secure remote access. This is a beginner project, and in about 20 minutes, you will be rewarded with functioning remote viewing through encrypted & authenticated channel, for potentially several cameras.

The economics of this project are beautiful, Raspberry Pi - ~40$, WebCam - ~20, Gatekeeper - free. From functionality standpoint, you end up with a product that is probably in the ~$200 - ~$300 range.

To get started you will need to unpack your Raspberry, and connect it to the network, using either the Wi-Fi, or Ethernet.

Additional SW that will be required:

- Beame-Gatekeeper - on the Pi

- Mobile-Authenticator - on your iOS device

- MotionEye - on the Pi

Installation

The motionEye needs the latest Raspbian and its best to upgrade first

apt update && apt upgrade

You can compile your own motionEye, in this example we will just get the binaries, and generally follow the motionEye tutorial.

# Become root sudo -i apt update && apt upgrade wget https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneye/wiki/precompiled/ffmpeg_3.1.1-1_armhf.deb # Eliminate possible conflicts: apt remove libavcodec-extra-56 libavformat56 libavresample2 libavutil54 dpkg -i ffmpeg_3.1.1-1_armhf.deb apt-get install -y python-pip python-dev curl libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libjpeg-dev libx264-142 libavcodec56 libavformat56 libmysqlclient18 libswscale3 libpq5 git jq wget https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion/releases/download/release-4.0.1/pi_jessie_motion_4.0.1-1_armhf.deb dpkg -i pi_jessie_motion_4.0.1-1_armhf.deb pip install motioneye mkdir -p /etc/motioneye [ -f /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf ] || cp /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.conf.sample /etc/motioneye/motioneye.conf M=bcm2835-v4l2 grep -Fx "$M" /etc/modules || echo "$M" >> /etc/modules # Motion data directory mkdir -p /var/lib/motioneye # Make motion automatically start on boot [ -f /etc/systemd/system/motion.service ] || cp /usr/share/motion/examples/motion.service /etc/systemd/system/motion.service systemctl daemon-reload systemctl enable motion systemctl restart motion # Make motionEye automatically start on boot [ -f /etc/systemd/system/motioneye.service ] || cp /usr/local/share/motioneye/extra/motioneye.systemd-unit-local /etc/systemd/system/motioneye.service systemctl daemon-reload systemctl enable motioneye systemctl restart motioneye # Install NodeJS curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | bash - apt install -y nodejs # Install Beame-Gatekeeper npm_config_unsafe_perm=true npm install -g beame-gatekeeper

Follow instructions in the email for installing Beame-Gatekeeper as systemd service:

sudo beame-gatekeeper-install BIG_BASE64_TOKEN_FROM_EMAIL

You should see output similar to the following:

+ Running systemd installation + Using NodeJS at /usr/bin/node + Checking NodeJS version. Expecting Node 6. + Node 6 detected - OK + Adding user for beame-gatekeeper: beame-gatekeeper Adding system user `beame-gatekeeper' (UID 110) ... Adding new group `beame-gatekeeper' (GID 115) ... Adding new user `beame-gatekeeper' (UID 110) with group `beame-gatekeeper' ... Creating home directory `/home/beame-gatekeeper' ... + .beame directory for user beame-gatekeeper does not exist. Getting credentials. + Using provided token: ... + Getting Beame Gatekeeper credentials [2017-06-18 13:39:34] [Bootstrapper] INFO: Beame-gatekeeper config files ensured [2017-06-18 13:39:56] [Bootstrapper] INFO: Beame-gatekeeper sqlite DB updated successfully [2017-06-18 13:39:56] [Bootstrapper] INFO: beame-gatekeeper bootstrapped successfully [2017-06-18 13:39:56] [BeameStore] INFO: Registering credential https://ypxf72akb6onjvrq.ohkv8odznwh5jpwm.v1.p.beameio.net ... ... + Getting info --- Most important configuration -------------------------------------------------- Gatekeeper URL: https://SOMETHING.v1.p.beameio.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Getting admin URL [2017-06-18 13:40:33] [Bootstrapper] INFO: Beame-gatekeeper config files ensured [2017-06-18 13:40:48] [Bootstrapper] INFO: Beame-gatekeeper sqlite DB updated successfully [2017-06-18 13:40:48] [Bootstrapper] INFO: beame-gatekeeper bootstrapped successfully [2017-06-18 13:40:50] [SqliteServices] INFO: Sqlite services started [2017-06-18 13:40:50] [CLI-creds] INFO: Admin service found with app_id 1 -------------------------------------------------- Please use the URL below to configure/administer beame-gatekeeper You can use this URL within 10 minutes. If you don't, you will need to get another URL (issue same CLI command) Don't forget to run the server with 'beame-gatekeeper server start' command https://SOMETHING.v1.p.beameio.net/beame-gw/choose-app?... --------------------------------------------------

Configuration

Towards the end of the output beame-gatekeeper-install command of you will see a URL (after " Please use the URL below to configure/administer beame-gatekeeper "). Use this URL to access Beame-Gatekeeper administration interface.

If you need this URL later, please run: beame-gatekeeper-ctl admin

Select "Services" in the top menu

On the right side, just above the services table, click "Add a new record"

Enter the following values in the new row: CODE - MOTION_EYE , NAME - motionEye , URL - http://127.0.0.1:8765/, Check "EXTERNAL" checkbox.

Click "v" on the right side of the edited line to save the service

The services table should look like following:

Configured motionEye service

Click "Logout" in the upper right corner.

Installing iPhone application

On your iPhone surf to https://mobile.beameio.net

Install Beame Authenticator

Launch Beame Authenticator and set a PIN code

Accessing motionEye

This is illustration video. Detailed instructions follow.

Registering and logging into Beame-Gatekeeper

In order to access Beame-Gatekeeper you have to register your iPhone with your Beame-Gatekeeper:

Run beame-gatekeeper-ctl info to get Beame-Gatekeeper URL. The URL should look like https://SOMETHING.WEIRD.beameio.net

Navigate your browser to that URL

Click " Register " link

Fill the registration form

Click " Register " button

On your iPhone: launch Beame Authenticator application, choose " Connect to browser ", click " Scan ", scan the QR code in the browser

Logging in:

Run beame-gatekeeper-ctl info to get Beame-Gatekeeper URL. The URL should look like https://SOMETHING.WEIRD.beameio.net

Navigate your browser to that URL

Click "Sign in" button

On your iPhone: launch Beame Authenticator application, choose "Connect to browser", click "Scan", scan the QR code in the browser

Accessing motionEye application

After logging in, you will be presented with "Available applications" list on your iPhone. Select "motionEye".

motionEye should load in your browser. Default login credentials are "admin" and no password.

First time motionEye setup

First access to motionEye should look like the following:

Click the "... add one ..." link

Select camera parameters and click OK. The parameters above worked for us.

motionEye stream

Here is sample screenshot of how motionEye looks like next time you log in