View source for Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x

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==Debian 12 with Zoneminder 1.36.x==

Debian 12 Bookworm is released with Zoneminder 1.36.33 and as usual for Debian the zm database needs to be created manually.

'''Note: This version has been verified with Bookworm Debian 12 official release. A few issues have been found and corrected. Zoneminder now opens in Firefox (Windows, Linux and Android), Edge, Chrome (on Android). ZmNinja on Android also works. If using ZmNinja you may have to clear the API cache. Please report other errors on the Zoneminder forum.'''

In time a version of Zoneminder for Bookworm will be made available in the zmrepo.

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file. 

Become root with 

 su

Install sudo

 apt install sudo

Then add the user

 /sbin/adduser username sudo 

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Become root

 sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:

 timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is: 

 apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Add timezone to PHP (This may not be necessary but does not hurt and will allow the time of events to be displayed correctly)

 nano /etc/php/8.2/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 restart

or

 systemctl restart apache2

Install Zoneminder

 apt install zoneminder

Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL) Use the server root password when prompted.

 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 

 chmod 640 /etc/zm/zm.conf
 
 chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf
 
 chown -R www-data:www-data /var/cache/zoneminder/
 
 chmod 755 /var/cache/zoneminder/

Replace zoneminder.conf

 cp /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf.sav

 rm /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

 nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

Paste the following content into nano:

 # Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
 ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
 <Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
     Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
     AllowOverride All
     Require all granted
 </Directory>
 
 
 # Order matters. This alias must come first.
 Alias /zm/cache "/var/cache/zoneminder"
 <Directory "/var/cache/zoneminder">
     Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride None
     <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
         # Apache 2.4
         Require all granted
     </IfModule>
 </Directory>
 
 Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
 <Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
   Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
   <IfModule mod_dir.c>
     DirectoryIndex index.php
   </IfModule>
 </Directory>
 
 # For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
 # default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
 # Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
 <Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
    RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
    RewriteBase /zm/api
 </Directory>
 
 <Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
    RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
    RewriteBase /zm/api
 </Directory>
 
 <Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
     RewriteEngine On
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
     RewriteBase /zm/api
 </Directory>
 
Enable Zoneminder service to start at boot

 systemctl enable zoneminder.service

Add www-data to the sudo group (to enable use of local video devices)

 adduser www-data video

Start Zoneminder

 systemctl start zoneminder.service

Enable Zoneminder configuration in Apache.

 a2enconf zoneminder
 
 a2enmod rewrite
 
 a2enmod headers
 
 a2enmod expires
 
 a2enmod cgi
 
 service apache2 reload

Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone in Options/System. Add cameras.

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==Debian 12 with Zoneminder 1.37.x==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 12

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file. 

Become root with 

 su

Install sudo

 apt install sudo

Then add the user

 /sbin/adduser username sudo 

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is: 

 apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2


Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

 #!/bin/sh
 clear
 read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
 This script must be run as root!
 Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
 clear
 apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
 echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release  -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
 wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
 read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing. 
 Press enter to continue" nothing
 apt update
 clear
 apt install -y zoneminder
 systemctl enable zoneminder
 service zoneminder start
 adduser www-data video
 a2enconf zoneminder
 a2enmod rewrite
 a2enmod headers
 a2enmod expires
 service apache2 reload
 clear
 read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
 clear


Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

 nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

 Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

 chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

 ./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!