Live Monitoring
Multi-camera video wall with selectable grid layouts. WebRTC (WHEP) streaming with automatic HLS fallback, live status, and a full-screen camera overlay.
Alta VMS
A self-hosted video management system for Cesbo Alta. Live monitoring, archive playback, motion alerts, and multi-server camera management — one Go binary, your infrastructure.
Key Features
Section titled “Key Features”Archive Playback
Scrub recorded footage on a DVR-style timeline. Jump to events, review the past, and export clips straight from the archive.
Cameras & Groups
Manage cameras across multiple Alta servers. Organize them into groups with per-group operator and viewer roles.
Maps
Place cameras on floor plans with field-of-view cones and open any camera live directly from the map.
Investigate
Search and review motion events, exported clips, and screenshots with filters by camera, time range, and status.
Alerts & Notifications
Rule-based alerts for offline, degraded, and motion events with live in-app delivery and email notification channels.
Multi-Admin & Audit
Role-based access control, user invitations, and a full audit log of logins and changes.
Single Binary
One Go binary with the web UI and SQLite embedded. No containers, no runtime — altavms install sets up a systemd service in one command.
Architecture
Section titled “Architecture”graph LR
A["Browser (Admin)"] -->|HTTPS + WebRTC/HLS| B["Alta VMS<br/>:3303"]
B -->|REST + WHEP/HLS| C["Cesbo Alta<br/>media servers"]
C --> D["Cameras"]
E["Object Recognition"] -->|webhook| B
| Component | Role |
|---|---|
| Alta VMS | Go binary + embedded SQLite and web UI. Serves the admin UI and proxies streaming on :3303. |
| Cesbo Alta | One or more HLS media servers that ingest cameras. Alta VMS manages them over REST and streams via WHEP/HLS. |
| Object Recognition | Optional external service that posts detection webhooks for motion and object events. |
System Requirements
Section titled “System Requirements”| Component | Minimum |
|---|---|
| Server | Linux x86-64 (Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 11+, RHEL 8+), 512 MB RAM, ffmpeg for clip export |
| Alta | One or more reachable Cesbo Alta servers |
| Browser | Any modern browser with WebRTC support |
Get Started
Section titled “Get Started” Install Alta VMS Download one binary and install the service in a single command.
Configuration config.yaml reference, environment variables, and production hardening.
Connect an Alta Server Add your first Alta server and start adding cameras.
How It Works Streaming, Alta integration, workers, and the single-binary design.