Add TrueNAS Frigate App Installation Guide

[micjohnson777]

Add TrueNAS installation guide

Includes step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the Frigate app in TrueNAS, covering dataset creation, storage configuration, hardware acceleration setup, and post-installation camera configuration.

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• Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature
• Breaking change (fix/feature causing existing functionality to break)
• Code quality improvements to existing code
• Documentation Update

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[hawkeye217]

Thanks for this PR. However, I don't think we want to maintain an entirely new, fullly built out guide for a particular platform.

Additionally, there's a lot of information in the guide that is not quite correct and/or redundant and duplicated from other parts of the documentation. I think we'd prefer a central source.

I'd suggest condensing your guide into a couple of paragraphs with bullet points and a few screenshots and including it in the list on the Installation page. See the other ones there for examples: https://docs.frigate.video/frigate/installation

Finally, before we'd consider merging any changes, it would be good to have other community members who also use TrueNAS to look at the instructions and give feedback as well.

[micjohnson777]

@hawkeye217 Thank you for your feedback and we'll make changes to comply with the requested changes. Would you provide more specifics on what is incorrect? We are publishing a tutorial in the TrueNAS applications website and want to make sure that content is also correct.

[hawkeye217]

There are a number of things in your document that I'd suggest changing before posting to your app's website. Here are a few I found just after a quick glance:

1. The Coral is no longer recommended for new installations. There are many more hardware options that far exceed the accuracy and capabilities of the Coral now.
2. The Frigate UI is best for configuring zones and masks, which are stored as relative coordinates in the config file.
3. The SHM size recommendations seem unusually low.

I'd suggest reviewing Frigate's official documentation, which will always have the most up-to-date, correct information for installation and configuration. Perhaps the guide you post on your site could cover TrueNAS-specific things and then link to the Frigate docs for further information.

[micjohnson777]

Thank you for this information! Which Frigate guide is best to link to? We want to make sure our information is accurate and that we point users to the correct links in Frigate documentation.

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[hawkeye217]

You can link to the appropriate pages at https://docs.frigate.video