“Camera Save Failed” Message When Adding Camera to Cloudvue Gateway

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Description

Getting a “Camera Save Failed” message when attempting to add a camera to a Cloudvue Gateway.

Product

  • Cloudvue Gateway 23.9.x

Steps to Reproduce

  • Scan to add the camera or add by IP Address

Expected Results

  • Camera adds and is visible in Cloudvue

Actual Results

  • Camera fails to add with the following Error
  • The error message in part contains the following.
"Error: Command failed: cameras initialize '--manufacturer=ONVIF' '--model=Generic ONVIF Camera' ...

Solution

  • This issue was due to an incomplete update.
  • The fix is to manually run the nvr-cameras installer script
smartvue@TCG16K1:/opt/smartvue/services/nvr-cameras$ ./installer.sh