Build artifacts have expired

[szh]

Taking a look at the latest GH Actions run, https://github.com/interactionresearchstudio/NaturewatchCameraServer-CommunityDevelopmentEdition/actions/runs/14881691380, we can no longer download the pre-built image because it's expired. Can you please make use of the GH Releases feature and add the artifact there so it won't expire?
A short term solution would be to manually re-run the build action.

[szh]

Also, I forked the repo and tried to run the workflow but it failed: https://github.com/szh/NaturewatchCameraServer-CommunityDevelopmentEdition/actions/runs/19827996892/job/56806337262

It appears the error is related to initramfs-tools and initramfs-tools-core

[szh]

Looking through other forks, it looks like @lionel- might have a fix for this: https://github.com/lionel-/NaturewatchCameraServer-CommunityDevelopmentEdition

[lionel-]

Feel free to download the built image on my fork, we got our camera working!

But I did have to do some admin gymnastics at first. Sorry I didn't take notes. Working through issues with LLMs was super useful though. I remember I had to:

• Adjust the login/user file on the file system from another computer because the default user/password wasn't working. This was a bit awkward, I had to generate some encrypted data with a Python tool IIRC (or maybe the Python tool wasn't working and I used another approach). Once that was done, I was able to ssh into the raspberry pi.

• The server did not start at first. I changed a bunch of config files related to the camera which was not properly recognised. Look for clues in logs.

Sorry I can't be more helpful. Don't despair, pair up with chatgpt/claude (they seem to know a bit about raspberry pi and the camera setup), and you'll get it working :)

[szh]

Thanks @lionel-! I forked your repo and am working on my own fixes :)

[szh]

@lionel- your build is working but I'm having other issues getting it to run on my Zero 2 W. I decided to go a different route and come up with steps to install it on a vanilla installation of Raspberry Pi OS. PR incoming soon if all goes well...