From dc236e561dca8003bd97e952f9376ab3b6cc8d6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cclohmar <claus.lohmar@lohmar.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 19:41:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: storage path in Settings UI, deploy creates directory

---
 deploy_nvr.sh | 4 ++--
 public/app.js | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deploy_nvr.sh b/deploy_nvr.sh
index bc02c58..8b19565 100755
--- a/deploy_nvr.sh
+++ b/deploy_nvr.sh
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ if $GREENFIELD; then
     # Build config.json from sample with sensible defaults.
     cp config.json.sample "${CONFIG_FILE}"
     STORAGE_PATH=$(jq -r .storage.recordings_path "${CONFIG_FILE}")
-    sudo mkdir -p "${STORAGE_PATH}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    sudo mkdir -p "${STORAGE_PATH}" 2>/dev/null || mkdir -p "${STORAGE_PATH}"
     sudo chown "$(whoami):$(id -gn)" "${STORAGE_PATH}" 2>/dev/null || true
     log "Config created: ${CONFIG_FILE}"
-    log "Storage: ${STORAGE_PATH} (change via web UI Settings)"
+    log "Storage: ${STORAGE_PATH}"
 else
     log "Config preserved: ${CONFIG_FILE}"
 fi
diff --git a/public/app.js b/public/app.js
index 93410ba..004d8b4 100644
--- a/public/app.js
+++ b/public/app.js
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ async function renderCameraCards() {
     container.innerHTML = `
         <div class="camera-card" id="auth-card" style="grid-column:1/-1">
             <h3>🔐 Access Setup</h3>
+            <label style="margin-bottom:12px">Storage path <input type="text" id="storage-path" value="${escAttr(config?.storage?.recordings_path || '/mnt/recordings')}" style="width:100%"></label>
             <div style="display:flex;gap:16px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin-top:8px">
                 <div style="flex:1;min-width:200px">
                     <h4 style="font-size:13px;color:var(--accent);margin-bottom:6px">Port 8080 — Admin</h4>
@@ -433,6 +434,10 @@ document.getElementById('btn-save').addEventListener('click', async () => {
         cfg.auth.viewer.username = viewerUser;
         cfg.auth.viewer.enabled = viewerEnabled || false;
         cfg.server.viewer_port = viewerEnabled ? ":8090" : "";
+
+        // Storage path from settings field.
+        const storagePath = document.getElementById('storage-path')?.value;
+        if (storagePath) cfg.storage.recordings_path = storagePath;
         if (masterPass) { cfg.auth.master.password = masterPass; cfg.auth.master.enabled = true; }
         if (viewerPass) { cfg.auth.viewer.password = viewerPass; }