Ubuntu Server 12.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.26.4 the easy way
Zoneminder has been upgraded to 1.26.5.
Updated Procedures here> [1]
Zoneminder 1.26.4-3 on Ubuntu 12.04 64 BIT and 32 BIT
Note: This has also been tested with 12.04 32 BIT.
Note 1: This also works for Ubuntu 13.04 server.
Note 2: I have tested this on Ubuntu Desktop versions 12.04 and 13.04. You will have to install tasksel before trying to install LAMP. The purpose of this was to use Teamviewer to remote control a PC behind multiple firewalls where the client was not able to do dynamic DNS or port forwarding.
Note 3: On November 3, 2013 there was an update to Zoneminder on the Launchpad PPA repository from 1.26.4-2 to 1.26.4-3. If you have installed this before this date you can do an upgrade to the new version with: apt-get update then apt-get upgrade. The install script will try to stop your Zoneminder but it is a good idea to stop it beforehand.
Install Ubuntu
Install Basic Server (if you used the mini.iso), OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server
Log in then become root:
sudo su
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade
Optional: Set static IP address
nano /etc/network/interfaces
Make changes similar to this:
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.1.1 dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1
Note: for Ubuntu 12.04 the resolv.conf is dynamically assigned. The "dns-servers" entry in the interfaces file will set the DNS Multiple DNS server entries can be used.
Reboot server
Install PPA Repository for Zoneminder 1.26.4-2
apt-get install python-software-properties
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder
apt-get update
InstallZoneminder
apt-get install zoneminder
Optional install H.264
apt-get install x264
Add delay to allow MySQL to start before Zoneminder
nano /etc/init.d/zoneminder
Add above "zmfix -a" sleep 15
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Link Apache to Zoneminder
ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/zoneminder.conf
/etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
adduser www-data video
Install Cambozola
cd /usr/src && wget http://www.andywilcock.com/code/cambozola/cambozola-latest.tar.gz
tar -xzvf cambozola-latest.tar.gz
replace 935 with cambozola version downloaded
cp cambozola-0.935/dist/cambozola.jar /usr/share/zoneminder
Optional Add SSL to Apache2
Create a self-signed certificate:
make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite
It creates the following files:
/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
Activate Apache SSL module:
a2enmod ssl
Activate Apache default ssl virtual host:
a2ensite default-ssl
Restart Apache:
service apache2 restart
You should now be able to access the web server using https://servername
NTP Daily Sync
nano /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate
Copy the following into nano
!/bin/sh ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate
Open Zoneminder in web browser
Click Options
Uncheck: Check with zoneminder.com for updated versions (?) click Save
Click Images tab
check Is the (optional) cambozola java streaming client installed (?) Click Save
Reboot server to insure Zoneminder starts on boot.
