From e2c1c7f96f819aeebc7e58dc9064ce737f5cee4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil <philgibbons@ncltech.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:48:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added first version of the script

---
 kiosk-display-setup.sh | 144 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 144 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 kiosk-display-setup.sh

diff --git a/kiosk-display-setup.sh b/kiosk-display-setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bfcd0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kiosk-display-setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+die() { echo "ERROR: $*" >&2; exit 1; }
+warn() { echo "WARNING: $*" >&2; }
+
+[[ "${EUID}" -ne 0 ]] || die "Run as your regular user, not sudo."
+
+command -v firefox >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "Firefox is not installed or not in PATH."
+command -v systemctl >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "systemctl is not available."
+
+read -r -p "Enter the display location (e.g. Lobby): " LOCATION
+LOCATION="$(
+  printf '%s' "$LOCATION" |
+    tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' |
+    sed -E 's/[ _]+/-/g; s/[^A-Z0-9-]//g; s/-+/-/g; s/^-|-$//g'
+)"
+[[ -n "$LOCATION" ]] || die "Location can't be empty."
+
+HOSTNAME="DISPLAY-NVR-$LOCATION"
+[[ ${#HOSTNAME} -le 63 ]] || die "Hostname too long: $HOSTNAME"
+
+read -r -p "Enter the NVR server URL (default: http://192.168.25.248): " URL_INPUT
+URL="${URL_INPUT:-http://192.168.25.248}"
+[[ "$URL" =~ ^https?:// ]] || die "URL must start with http:// or https://"
+
+read -r -p "Enter daily reboot time in HH:MM format (default: 06:00): " REBOOT_TIME
+REBOOT_TIME="${REBOOT_TIME:-06:00}"
+[[ "$REBOOT_TIME" =~ ^([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]$ ]] || die "Invalid time format."
+
+APP_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin"
+AUTOSTART_DIR="$HOME/.config/autostart"
+XORG_CONF_DIR="/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
+LAUNCHER="$APP_DIR/launch-nvr.sh"
+DESKTOP_FILE="$AUTOSTART_DIR/launch-nvr.desktop"
+CONFIG_FILE="$HOME/.config/nvr-display.conf"
+
+mkdir -p "$APP_DIR" "$AUTOSTART_DIR" "$HOME/.config"
+
+cat > "$CONFIG_FILE" <<EOF
+HOSTNAME=$HOSTNAME
+URL=$URL
+REBOOT_TIME=$REBOOT_TIME
+SETUP_DATE=$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)
+EOF
+chmod 600 "$CONFIG_FILE"
+
+cat > "$LAUNCHER" <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+URL="$URL"
+
+cleanup() {
+  rc=\$?
+  if [[ \$rc -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Firefox launcher exited with code \$rc" >&2
+  fi
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+if command -v xset >/dev/null 2>&1 && [[ -n "\${DISPLAY:-}" ]]; then
+  xset s off || true
+  xset -dpms || true
+  xset s noblank || true
+fi
+
+exec firefox --kiosk "\$URL"
+EOF
+chmod 700 "$LAUNCHER"
+
+cat > "$DESKTOP_FILE" <<EOF
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Name=Launch NVR Display
+Exec=$LAUNCHER
+Terminal=false
+X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true
+X-MATE-Autostart-enabled=true
+StartupNotify=false
+NoDisplay=false
+Comment=Automatically launch NVR display in kiosk mode
+EOF
+chmod 644 "$DESKTOP_FILE"
+
+echo
+echo "User-level setup complete:"
+echo "  Launcher: $LAUNCHER"
+echo "  Autostart: $DESKTOP_FILE"
+echo "  Config: $CONFIG_FILE"
+echo
+
+read -r -p "Continue with system-level changes (hostname, reboot timer)? [y/N] " -n 1 CONFIRM
+echo
+[[ "$CONFIRM" =~ ^[Yy]$ ]] || exit 0
+
+echo "Setting hostname to: $HOSTNAME"
+sudo hostnamectl set-hostname "$HOSTNAME" || warn "Failed to set hostname."
+
+echo "Installing daily reboot timer for $REBOOT_TIME..."
+sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/nvr-daily-reboot.service >/dev/null <<'EOF'
+[Unit]
+Description=Reboot NVR display computer
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl reboot
+EOF
+
+sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/nvr-daily-reboot.timer >/dev/null <<EOF
+[Unit]
+Description=Reboot NVR display computer daily at $REBOOT_TIME
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar=*-*-* $REBOOT_TIME:00
+Persistent=true
+Unit=nvr-daily-reboot.service
+AccuracySec=1s
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
+EOF
+
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable --now nvr-daily-reboot.timer || warn "Failed to enable reboot timer."
+
+if sudo systemctl is-active --quiet nvr-daily-reboot.timer; then
+  echo "Reboot timer is active."
+else
+  warn "Reboot timer may not be active."
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "=== Setup Complete ==="
+echo "Hostname: $HOSTNAME"
+echo "NVR URL: $URL"
+echo "Daily reboot: $REBOOT_TIME"
+echo
+echo "Next steps:"
+echo "1. Reboot to test autostart: sudo reboot"
+echo "2. Verify Firefox opens in kiosk mode"
+echo "3. Check timer: systemctl list-timers nvr-daily-reboot.timer"
+echo "4. View logs: journalctl -u nvr-daily-reboot.service -f"
+