Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x
Debian 12 Bookworm is being released with Zoneminder 1.36.33 and as usual for Debian the zm database needs to be created manually.
Note: This is an initial version done with Bookworm RC4. I am able to get a cam to stream and capture and have gotten the API's to work. If using ZmNinja you may have to clear the API cache.
In Bookworm sudo is installed with the desktop version but you will have to install sudo with the server version 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
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
Secure MySQL or Mariadb, create root password et. al.
mysql_secure_installation
Add timezone to PHP (This may not be necessary but dies 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
Install Zoneminder
apt install zoneminder
Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL) Use the database 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/cache <Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache> 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.