Ubuntu Server 15.04 or 15.10 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.29.0 the easy way

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As of 29JUL16 this procedure is obsolete and has been replaced with a procedure for Zoneminder 1.30.0

See: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Server_15.04_or_15.10_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.30.0_the_easy_way

If you are not experienced with Linux and would like a quick way to get Zoneminder running for you, consider Zoneminder on a stick, a pre-configured Lubuntu 14.04 with Zoneminder 1.29.0. See: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Lubuntu_14.04_with_Zoneminder_1.29.0_pre-configured_CD_or_USB

Zoneminder 1.29.0 from PPA on Ubuntu 15.04 or 15.10

Install Basic Server (if you used the mini.iso), OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server

Log in then become root:

sudo su

Make sure you are up to date

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade


Add Repository

add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder

Update Sources

apt-get update

Install Zoneminder and PHP5-GD

apt-get install zoneminder php5-gd

Note: you may get an error about the database not being set up. This is known and will not cause you problems. Continue to set up the database manually after the install.

You may be prompted to set up Nulmailer. You may accept the defaults and set this up later if you want to use it.

Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL) You will be prompted for your MySQL password.

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

Set permissions of /etc/zm/zm.conf to root:www-data 740

chmod 740 /etc/zm/zm.conf
chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf

Create a new user

adduser www-data video

Enable CGI, Zoneminder and rewrite configuration in Apache.

a2enmod cgi
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite

Fix Permissions

chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

Search for [Date] (Ctrl + w then type Date and press Enter) and make changes as follows for your time zone

[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; http://php.net/date.timezone
date.timezone = America/New_York

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Open Zoneminder in a web browser (http://server-ip/zm).

Click on Options - Paths Change PATH_ZMS to /zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms (Caution: make sure you enter only /zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms with no space at the end or your video will not work!)