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title: "ONVIF"
description: "ONVIF is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 29.3k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/onvif"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/onvif.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# ONVIF

> ONVIF is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 29.3k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

ONVIF is a built-in integration that connects ONVIF-compatible network cameras to Home Assistant over the local network. It adds camera entities along with binary sensors, sensors, buttons and switches, including switches for autofocus, the IR lamp and the wiper. Cameras that support PTZ can be panned, tilted and zoomed through an action. Home Assistant can discover devices on the network and offer to add them, or the device can be searched for automatically or entered by host, port, username and password. Options cover webhooks, extra FFmpeg arguments, the RTSP transport mechanism and using the wall clock for timestamps. Setup is done in the UI, and a diagnostics file can be downloaded for bug reports.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=onvif)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Found by itself**: Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

### ONVIF device setup

- **Search automatically**

### Configure ONVIF device

- **Host**: The hostname or IP address of your ONVIF device.
- **Name**
- **Password**
- **Port**
- **Username**

### Configure profiles

- **Create camera entity**

### Select ONVIF device

- **Select discovered ONVIF device**

### Reauthenticate the ONVIF device

- **Password**
- **Username**

### After setup

- **Enable webhooks**
- **Extra FFmpeg arguments**
- **RTSP transport mechanism**
- **Use wall clock as timestamps**

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Switches**: Autofocus, IR lamp, Wiper

## Actions

- **PTZ**: If your ONVIF camera supports PTZ, you will be able to pan, tilt or zoom your camera.
  Fields: Continuous duration, Distance, Move Mode, Pan, Preset, Speed, Tilt, Zoom

## Troubleshooting

- **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report.

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Security and safety](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/security-and-safety.md), Cameras
- Number: 29.3k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `onvif`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/onvif/>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/onvif

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