Devuan Ascii with Zoneminder 1.32.3 from ZM Repo
This is a guide for a Sysvinit based Devuan / Debian system. Debian Stretch / Devuan Ascii and Zoneminder Stable 1.32.3 from the ZMRepo.
Requirements:
- Debian 9/sysvinit
- Devuan Ascii
- Zoneminder 1.32.3
Install
install mariadb, apache2, php based on: https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-apache-with-php-and-mysql-lamp-on-debian-stretch/
apt-get install mariadb-server apache2 php7 libapache2-mod-php7.0
restart apache
service apache2 restart
Add zmrepo to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/release/ stretch/
NOTE: 1.32.3 is currently in release folder on zmrepo. This is subject to change. Confirm 1.32.3 is there before installing.
NOTE: In order to make this guide, all the existing guides for Debian were parsed.
https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_9_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.30.4_the_Easy_Way https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_10_Buster_with_Zoneminder_1.34.x_from_ZM_Repo (these names are changed periodically, so refer to Debian) etc...
apt-get update apt-get install apt-transport-https gnupg wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add - apt-get update apt-get install zoneminder vlc-plugin-base php7.0-gd adduser www-data video apt-get install zoneminder a2enmod cgi a2enmod rewrite a2enconf zoneminder chmod 740 /etc/zm/zm.conf chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf mysql -uroot -p < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql mysql -uroot -p -e "grant all on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';" mysqladmin -uroot -p reload
may need to set timezone in /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini (for 1.32.3 you do. In 1.34 it will be managed in zm options)
e.g. date.timezone America/New_York
service apache2 restart
At this point, you will not have an /etc/init.d/ file for zoneminder
You must copy one from an existing install, or from 1.29 or 1.30.4. I'm going to put the init script from 1.30.4 in Zoneminder_Init_Script
after copying that in, and chmod +x /etc/init.d/zoneminder
zoneminder should start:
# service zoneminder start Starting ZoneMinder: 01/27/2020 12:27:42.776878 zmpkg[2722].INF [main:57] [Command: start] 01/27/2020 12:27:42.778627 zmpkg[2722].INF [main:305] [Sanity checking States table...] 01/27/2020 12:27:42.780839 zmpkg[2722].INF [main:97] [Command: start] 01/27/2020 12:27:44.231615 zmpkg[2722].INF [main:205] [Single server configuration detected. Starting up services.] success
double check by reviewing
ps auxw | grep zm
Now, navigate to the Apache server which hosts ZM gui at http://serverip/zm
Review syslog for any error messages.
Upgrading
If you are importing an existing db, now is a good time. Stop zm, and import the db.
service zoneminder stop
mysqldump -u root -p zm > dump.sql (export old db) mysql -uroot -p zm < dump.sql (import old db)
After this is done, you need to update the db
# zmupdate.pl
run this at least twice, as it tends to error out. If it's already updated, nothing new will happen.
you should see something like: Database upgrade to version 1.32.3 successful.
Then start zm
service zoneminder start
you might want to run zmaudit.pl to delete non existing events on the new install
1.32.3 Version Notes
Make sure to configure storage for each camera. in 1.32.3 cameras can now record to specific partitions.
