Raspbian

Raspbian is a distribution for the Raspberry Pi that has some customizations which benefit it over traditional GNU/Linux ARM releases. The FFMPEG binary and libraries are compiled with hardware acceleration, and this can be used in situations where you have an h264 camera in Zoneminder (RPI3, and ZM 1.32+ only). As the RPI is a moving target, and many variations abound, we will try to cover only each Major RPI iteration here.

For the Raspberry Pi 3, it is recommended to install 1.30.4

How to install ZoneMinder 1.30.4 on Raspberry PI 3 with Raspbian 9 (Stretch)

For Zoneminder on Pi 3 Raspbian Stretch see the Debian install at: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_9_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.30.4_the_Easy_Way#Debian_9_with_Zoneminder_1.30.4

I started with a Raspbian Lite install then added Apache with

sudo apt install apache2

Then followed the install instructions from:

apt install php mariadb-server php-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.0

I did not change

/etc/mysql/my.cnf 

or add

character-set-server = latin1
collation-server = latin1_swedish_ci

How to install ZoneMinder 1.32.2 on Raspberry PI 3 with Raspbian 9 (Stretch)

As of January 2019, ZM 1.32.2 is only in the Debian Experimental Repos. It can be installed by following this guide https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_9_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.30.4_the_Easy_Way#Debian_9_with_Zoneminder_1.32.2_from_the_Experimental_Repro however it's recommended for beginners to wait for a later 1.32 release, as the default install has some minor bugs (search ARM in the 1.32 forum for more details).

How to install ZoneMinder on Raspberry PI 1 or 2 with Raspbian 8.1 (Jessy) 64 bit

A special Thanks to "Felixr" and "BBunge" from which I took the initial FAQ.

Prereq before starting:

• SD card created with raspbian Jessie 64bit
• filesystem is extended.
• the systems boots in console mode with autologin disabled (X is disabled)

Log in as pi

pi  (followed by your root password)

sudo to root

sudo su

Configure your network and Set static IP address

 nano /etc/network/interfaces

Make changes similar to this:

auto eth0
 
#allow-hotplug eth0 (make sure this is commented or you will get 2 ip's)
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

Update Raspbian Sources

apt-get update

Check to be sure everything is up to date for the raspbian distribution

apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

Add the Debian Jessie backports

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

add to the top of the list:

deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-backports main

Ctrl+o Enter to save CTRL+x to exit

add priority to this repository

nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/zoneminder

add to the file:

Package: *
Pin: origin http.debian.net
Pin-Priority: 1100

Ctrl+o Enter to save CTRL+x to exit

Update Sources

apt-get update

you will get a GPG error message like this:

W: GPG error: http://http.debian.net jessie-backports InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8B48AD6246925553    NO_PUBKEY 7638D0442B90D010

Fix this as following:

gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key  8B48AD6246925553
gpg -a --export 8B48AD6246925553 | sudo apt-key add -
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key  7638D0442B90D010
gpg -a --export 7638D0442B90D010 | sudo apt-key add -

Update Sources again (now should go fine)

apt-get update

Package 'tar' (tar (1.29b-1~bpo8+1)) seems to be broken. exclude tar from upgrade

aptitude hold tar

Check to be sure everything is up to date for the raspbian distribution

apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

Install PHP, and MySQL server (This installs MySQL server 5.5. If you want to use MySQL 5.6 follow the instructions Install MySQL 5.6 on Debian Jessie (using mariadb also works fine, as tested on Debian 8.2, replacement package for mysql-server is then mariadb-server)

apt-get install  php5 mysql-server php-pear php5-mysql

Install Zoneminder

apt-get install zoneminder

You may need to install "extra" VLC components (I will check this and edit as needed)

apt-get install libvlc-dev libvlccore-dev vlc

Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)

This next step creates a file which contained the MySQL user and password. Otherwise you will have to enter the user and password on the command line which is not secure!

Go to the root directory

cd ~

Create a hidden password file

nano .my.cnf

Enter this content (but use your MySQL root password!)

[client]
user=root
password=(mysqlpass)

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Create database (press ENTER after each command)

mysql < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql 

mysql -e "grant select,insert,update,delete,create on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';"

Remove password file

rm .my.cnf

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 link for apache (paths can differ)

ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf

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

Check to see that Zoneminder is running

systemctl status zoneminder.service

Enable CGI and Zoneminder configuration in Apache.

a2enmod cgi

a2enconf zoneminder

Restart Apache

service apache2 restart

• • • You may be tempted to try Zoneminder at this point but there is one setting you will need to change from the web gui. Read on!!!

Optional: 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 with cambozola version downloaded

cp cambozola-0.936/dist/cambozola.jar /usr/share/zoneminder

Kernel shared memory settings:

Set shared memory for 512MB RPi board: 1) 128MB shhmax shared:

 sudo su -
 echo "kernel.shmmax = 134217728" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
 exit

2) 2MB shmall pages:

sudo su -
echo "kernel.shmall = 2097152" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
exit

Set PHPs Default Timezone

sudo nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

ctrl+w to search, and type

date.timezone

Remove the initial ';' and enter your timezone from the list at http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php

The line should look something like

date.timezone = Europe/London

ctrl + x

'y' to save and exit

Restart Apache

service apache2 restart

You should now be able to access the web server using http://servername

Open Zoneminder in web browser

http://serverip/zm

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

Click Paths

Change PATH_ZMS from /cgi-bin/nph-zms to /zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms Click Save

Optional: under Paths change PATH_SWAP to /dev/shm (puts this process in RAM drive) Click Save

Restart Zoneminder

Your Zoneminder install is now ready to add cameras!