Update the firmware using VAPIX API

[vivekatoffice]

As per the VAPIX documentation Upgrade firmware we understand the firmware file can be uploaded to Axis device:

//<servername>/axis-cgi/firmwaremanagement.cgi

POST /axis-cgi/firmwaremanagement.cgi HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=<boundary>
Content-Length: <content length>

--<boundary>
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "apiVersion": "1.0",
  "context": "abc",
  "method": "upgrade"
}

--<boundary>
Content-Type: application/octet-stream

<firmware file content>

--<boundary>--

Please provide samples or cURL command for this if you have successfully implemented.

Please find my command(Not working) below:

 curl -u root:pass --digest --noproxy "*" --request POST 'http://195.60.68.14/axis-cgi/firmwaremanagement.cgi' 
--header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=--axis' 
--form '--axis' 
--form 'Content-Type="application/json"' 
--form '{ "apiVersion"=" \"1.0\",  \"context\": \"abc\", \"method\": \"upgrade\"}"' 
--form '--axis' 
--form 'Content-Type="application/octet-stream"' 
--form 'filename2="1.bin"' 
--form '--axis' 
--form '1.bin=@"1.bin"'

[mattias-kindborg-at-work]

Hi @axisvivek! I think the following curl command will work.

curl --anyauth -u "root:<device password>" \
  -F 'body={"apiVersion":"1.0","context":"my-context","method":"upgrade"}' \
  -F packfil=@Q1656_11_0_108.bin "<device ip>/axis-cgi/firmwaremanagement.cgi"

where <device password> is the device password, Q1656_11_0_108.bin is the firmware file in current directory, and <device ip> is the IP adress of the device.

By the way, \ are indicators on Linux and macOS that the command is continuing on the next line, on Windows you can simply omit them.

[vivekatoffice]

Thank you so much for the help.

[vivekatoffice]

Successful response 👍

[wiener-dog]

Worked great for me. I just added the -content-type: multipart/form-data option. Thank you @mattias-kindborg-at-work and @vivekatoffice, you made my life much easier. I can now fully deploy cameras from my script. Minus the initial root account setup. That still doesn't work.

[mattias-kindborg-at-work]

Do you have a discussion open for the initial root account setup?

[wiener-dog]

Yes I do. Its here. https://github.com/orgs/AxisCommunications/discussions/622

I have some spare cycles today, so might spend some time on it.