Xiaomi Camera No NAS Solution

Idea

Use Rclone and OpenList’s WebDAV API to mount 123Pan (or other cloud drives supported by OpenList) to a local directory, then share that directory via Samba; the Xiaomi CW500 camera and OpenWrt are on the same LAN, and the Xiaomi camera connects to the Samba share on OpenWrt via the Samba protocol to upload surveillance videos.

This solution is suitable for users who do not have a suitable NAS but do not want to purchase cloud storage services for monitoring.

Device Information

OpenWrt

Docker

REPOSITORY              TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED       SIZE
openlistteam/openlist   latest    6c11957205f7   2 weeks ago   136MB

Xiaomi CW500 Camera

NAS transfer function: Supported (requires a memory card)
NAS protocol: SMB1.0/SMB2.0
Currently only supports NAS transfer within LAN (as of 2025-07-26)

Prerequisites

Obtain the API key pair for 123Pan
https://www.123pan.com/developer

OpenList Configuration

Deploy OpenList

Create docker-compose.yml

vim docker-compose.yml

Fill in the following content

version: '3.8'

services:
  alist:
    image: openlistteam/openlist:latest
    container_name: openlist
    restart: unless-stopped
    network_mode: host
    volumes:
      - OpenList:/opt/openlist/data
    environment:
      - PUID=0
      - PGID=0
      - UMASK=022

volumes:
  OpenList:

Start the container

docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d

Check container status

docker logs openlist

You can see the container started successfully, and the password is in the output of docker logs openlist.

Add Cloud Drive

Visit http://<OpenWrtIP>:5244 and log in (password is from docker logs openlist output)

After logging in, click Manage

In the Storages section, click Add to add storage

Select 123Open

Fill in Mount Path, ClientID, ClientSecret

Return to the main interface, you should see the directory and be able to access it normally

Click the create file button in the bottom right toolbar to test access to the cloud drive, and create a test file test

Note: If you want to encrypt the surveillance footage before uploading, you need to configure a Crypt drive, and set the WebDAV user’s root directory to the encrypted drive. See OpenList Docs for details.

Add WebDAV User

Add a WebDAV user, paying attention to set permissions

Test access

curl -v http://127.0.0.1:5244/dav/

Shows 401 Unauthorized, meaning it works

Note: It is recommended to change the admin account password as well.

Rclone Configuration

Create Configuration

Enter the following command

rclone config

Enter n

Then give this configuration a name, I use WebDAV-123Open

Find the number for WebDAV and enter it, mine is 46

Enter the WebDAV URL (this is the WebDAV endpoint provided by OpenList: http://Openlist-IP:5244/dav/)

http://127.20.10.1:5244/dav/

Here, choose authentication method 5 (other)

Enter the username created in OpenList

Enter the password twice (password is not displayed)

Press Enter directly here

Enter n or just press Enter

Press y or Enter

Done

Now test access

rclone ls WebDAV-123Open:

You should see the test file we created earlier

Mount

Create the mount directory

mkdir -p /mnt/webdav

Test mount manually

rclone mount WebDAV-123Open: /mnt/webdav --allow-other --vfs-cache-mode writes &

Check if mounted successfully

df -h | grep webdav
ls /mnt/webdav

You can see it mounted successfully.

Unmount

fusermount -uz /mnt/webdav

Set Auto-mount on Boot

Edit the /etc/rc.local file (insert the script before ‘exit 0’ to run at system startup)

vim /etc/rc.local

Insert the command

sleep 15

mkdir -p /mnt/webdav
chmod 777 /mnt/webdav

/usr/bin/rclone \
  --config /root/.config/rclone/rclone.conf \
  mount WebDAV-123Open: /mnt/webdav \
  --allow-other \
  --dir-perms 0777 \
  --file-perms 0777 \
  --umask 000 \
  --vfs-cache-mode writes \
  --buffer-size 256M \
  --vfs-read-chunk-size 32M \
  --vfs-read-chunk-size-limit off \
  --vfs-cache-max-age 5m \
  --dir-cache-time 1h \
  --no-modtime \
  --no-checksum \
  --contimeout 5m \
  --timeout 10m \
  --retries 10 \
  --low-level-retries 20 \
  --log-level DEBUG \
  --log-file /tmp/rclone-mount.log \
  --daemon &

Manually trigger and check if it mounts (if there are other instructions in /etc/rc.local, you can directly execute the inserted command)

/etc/rc.local

df -h | grep webdav
ls /mnt/webdav

If you see text.txt as before, it works.

Reboot the device and check if it mounts automatically

reboot

After reconnecting, run

sleep 30
df -h | grep webdav
ls /mnt/webdav

Works.

Rclone configuration is complete. Next, configure Samba.

Samba Configuration

Install Samba

Install luci-app-samba4

opkg update
opkg install luci-app-samba4

This should automatically install:

• samba4-libs
• samba4-server
• autosamba
• luci-app-samba4
• luci-i18n-samba4-zh-cn

Configure Users

Install shadow-useradd

opkg update
opkg install shadow-useradd

If installation fails, try changing the repository (remember to back up).

Add a samba password for root:

smbpasswd -a root

Create a new linux user sambashare and set home directory:

opkg update
opkg install shadow-useradd

useradd sambashare -g root
passwd sambashare
mkdir /home/sambashare
chown sambashare /home/sambashare/

Add samba password for sambashare:

smbpasswd -a sambashare

Share Directory

Configure directly in the OpenWrt panel (make sure not to disable NetBIOS, otherwise the Xiaomi camera cannot find the device)

Check

Set restart and enable on boot

/etc/init.d/samba4 restart
/etc/init.d/samba4 enable

Check status

/etc/init.d/samba4 status
logread | grep smb
netstat -tuln | egrep '137|138|139|445'

Test remote connection

Test file read/write (drag a file in to test)

Xiaomi CW500 Camera Configuration

Enter the camera, go to: Settings -> Storage Settings -> NAS Storage
Simply add it

Check the mount point:

The files are correctly stored.

You can also see them on OpenList:

Issues Encountered

Q0: Why can’t the Xiaomi camera find the OpenWrt device?
A0: First check if they are on the same subnet, then check if Samba on OpenWrt has NetBIOS disabled (Must not be disabled)

Q1: Why can’t the Xiaomi camera write to the shared directory?
A1: Check the permission settings in the rclone mount parameters --dir-perms 0777, --file-perms 0777. Since the directory is mounted via rclone, chmod 777 does not apply; you need to configure permissions in the rclone mount parameters.

Q2: Why does it show no permissions?
A2: See Q1&A1

Supplement

If you want to access this internal “NAS” device from the public network, you can configure intranet penetration:

• Intranet penetration via Tailscale on OpenWrt
• Expose Socks5 port via Tailscale for proxy software
• Build a domain-free Tailscale DERP

Ref

Most complete rclone mount cloud drive to local (Alist chapter) solution
Setting up Samba share on OpenWRT