Axis Camera NTP sync with AWS

[rafiomeon]

Is there a way to NTP sync Axis camera time with AWS server(EC2 Instance).

[mckee3304]

This worked for me. Update the staticServers param to your NTP address. I'm going to try to iterate through a loop referencing an excel file of IP addresses. I'll update the forum if I am successful.

import requests
import sys

print("Update NTP on Axis Cameras\n")

ip = input("Enter IP Address of Camera: ")
username = input("Enter Username of Camera: ")
password = input("Enter Password of Camera: ")

auth = requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(username, password)
body = {
"apiVersion": "1.1",
"method": "setNTPClientConfiguration",
"params": {
"serversSource": "static",
"staticServers": ["time.google.com"]
}
}
r = requests.post("http://{}/axis-cgi/ntp.cgi".format(ip), json=body, auth=auth)

if r.status_code == 200:
print("\nSuccess")
else:
print(r.status_code)
print(r.text)

[n04h-zz]

I'm curious, how did you set up the iteration through the spreadsheet? Did you add additional camera settings in the script?

[n04h-zz]

I'm curious, how did you set up the iteration through the spreadsheet? Did you add additional camera settings in the script?

[mckee3304]

Here's my final code with a spreadsheet and exporting results to a log file. In the csv file called "devicelist.csv" I had two columns; Device in the first column and IPAddress in the second column. So the csv file looked like this:

Device | IPAddress
Back Yard Camera | 192.168.1.xxx
Front Yard Camera | 192.168.1.xxx

I ran this through about 5000 cameras in like an hour. Let me know if you need more of an explanation.

import csv
import os
import requests
import sys
import time
from datetime import datetime, date

# define time
now = datetime.now()

# define script start time
startTime = time.time()
startTimeNormal = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(time.time())) #converts time from epoch to normal

# define log file name to include filename + time
logSavePath = './'
logFileNameString = str("ScriptLog-")
logFileDate = now.strftime("%m%d%Y")
LogFileDateString = str(logFileDate)
logFileExtension = ".txt"
logFileName =  os.path.join(logSavePath, logFileNameString + LogFileDateString + logFileExtension)

# create log file
logFile = open(logFileName, "a")

# start script 
print("Starting NTP Update on Axis Cameras...\n")
logFile.write("Start Time: " + str(startTimeNormal) + "\n")

# prompt for username & password
username = input("Enter Username of Camera: ")
password = input("Enter Password of Camera: ")
NTPServer = input("Enter new NTP Server IP Address/Hostname: ")

# open list of devices
with open('devicelist.csv', 'r') as csvinput:
    reader = csv.DictReader(csvinput)       
    for row in reader:
        ip = row["IPAddress"]
        auth = requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(username, password)
        body = {
            "apiVersion": "1.1",
            "method": "setNTPClientConfiguration",
            "params": {
                "serversSource": "static", 
                "staticServers": [NTPServer]
            }    
        }
        response = os.popen(f"ping {ip} -n 1").read()
        if "Received = 1" in response:   
            r = requests.post("http://{}/axis-cgi/ntp.cgi".format(ip), json=body,  auth=auth)
            if r.status_code == 200:
                device = row["Device"]
                ipAddress = ip
                statusCode = str("Success ")
                # write success to log
                logFile.write(str(statusCode) + "     " + str(ipAddress) + "   " + str(device) + "\n")
            elif r.status_code == 401:
                device = row["Device"]
                ipAddress = ip
                statusCode = str("Authentication Failed ") + str(r.status_code)
                # write authentication failure to log
                logFile.write(str(statusCode) + "     " + str(ipAddress) + "   " + str(device) + "\n")              
            else:
                device = row["Device"]
                ipAddress = ip
                statusCode = str("Failed ") + str(r.status_code)
                # write failed to log
                logFile.write(str(statusCode) + "     " + str(ipAddress) + "   " + str(device) + "\n")             
        else:
            logFile.write(str("Ping Failed") + "     " + str(ipAddress) + "   " + str(device) + "\n")  
            continue     

# calculate time it took to complete script
endTime = time.time()
endTimeNormal = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", time.gmtime(time.time())) #converts time from epoch to normal
executionTime = ((endTime - startTime)/60)
calulatedTime = round(executionTime, 2)

# close log file
logFile.write("End Time: " + str(endTimeNormal) + "\n")
logFile.write("Total Execution Time: " + str(calulatedTime) + " Minutes" + "\n")
logFile.close()

# script complete
print("\n" + "NTP Update Complete!")

[n04h-zz]

Thank you, I'm going to try this out on a few cameras. I modified that original a bit to include certificate verification and password hashing. I was playing with it working on updating overlays.

import requests
import sys
import maskpass # hashes the password in the terminal
import certifi #Certificate verification; creates a secure connection to the camera to void MIM issues

print("Update Dynamic Overlay on Axis Camera\n")

name = input("Enter in name of the camera:")
ip = input("Enter IP of Camera:")
username = input("Enter Username of Camera:")
#hashes password
password = maskpass.askpass(prompt="Camera Password:", mask="*")

auth = requests.auth.HTTPDigestAuth(username, password)

body = {

"apiVersion": "1.0", #api version
"method": "setText", #method used for each setting and parameters. Get these from the vapix library
"context": "321",
"params": {
"identity": 1,
"text": name + " " + "%F %T %Z",
"position": "bottomLeft",
"textColor": "black"

}
}
#Put the intermediatary and root cert in a .pem format file to use -veryify= option to complete the certificate chain if using a signed certificate on the cameras. File goes into the certifi folder like below.
r = requests.post("https://{}/axis-cgi/dynamicoverlay/dynamicoverlay.cgi".format(ip), json=body, auth=auth, verify="C:\PathTo\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\certifi\my_trust_store.pem")

if r.status_code == 200:
print("\nSuccess")
else:
print(r.status_code)
print(r.text)