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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 per-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
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For Ubuntu 15.10 with default Zoneminder 1.28.1
 
Install Ubuntu 15.10 from the server CD with LAMP. If you use the minimum setup disk install basic server and LAMP. You may configure a static IP address for you server. Learn how to do this elsewhere.
 
Become root
 
sudo su
 
Install Zoneminder
 
apt-get install zoneminder
 
Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)
 
You will be prompted for MySQL root 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
 
Enable Zoneminder service to start at boot
 
systemctl enable zoneminder.service
 
Create a new user
 
adduser www-data video
 
Start Zoneminder
 
systemctl start zoneminder.service
 
Check to see that Zoneminder is running
 
systemctl status zoneminder.service
 
Enable CGI and Zoneminder configuration in Apache.
 
a2enmod cgi
 
a2enmod rewrite
 
a2enconf zoneminder
 
 
Restart Apache
 
service apache2 restart
 
Sending email notifications. This version of Zoneminder does not install an email client.
You may install nullmailer if needed:
 
apt-get install nullmailer
 
Install Cambozola (needed if you use Internet Explorer)
 
cd /usr/src && wget http://www.andywilcock.com/code/cambozola/cambozola-latest.tar.gz
 
tar -xzvf cambozola-latest.tar.gz
 
Replace "936" in the next line with the cambozola version downloaded
 
cp cambozola-0.936/dist/cambozola.jar /usr/share/zoneminder/www
 
Open Zoneminder in web browser
 
http://serverip/zm
 
Click Options
 
Click Images tab
 
Check Is the (optional) cambozola java streaming client installed (?) (to view streams on Internet Explorer. May need Java installed)
 
Check Is the ffmpeg video encoder/decoder installed (?) (to enable exporting of videos. Note that avconv is installed in 15.10)
 
Click Save
 
Additional documentation is available at: http://zoneminder.readthedocs.org/en/latest/

Revision as of 15:13, 10 September 2018

10SEP18 - ZM 1.32.0 release soon!