Debian 10 Buster with Zoneminder 1.36.x from ZM Repo
Security Note: Prior version of my install procedure and install script contained a "Fix Permissions: chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/" step. It has been brought to my attention that this could allow the www-data user to write inthis area which is not a good thing. To correct this on your system run: chown -R root:root /usr/share/zoneminder/
Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.34.x on Debian 10 (Buster). If you are doing an upgrade I strongly recommend you check the Zoneminder-1.34 Forum area for recommendations from others.
Debian 10 Buster with Zoneminder 1.34.x from the ZM Release-1.34 Repo
This install procedure was developed to use the Debian package developed by iconnor. This is from the 1.34 release version of Zoneminder.
Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!
This procedure will work on a Raspberry Pi 3b+ and possibly other devices.
To begin, install Debian 10 (Buster) along with Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). See: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mariadb-php-lamp-stack-on-debian-10
Add the repo
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following line to the end of the file
deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/release-1.34 buster/
CTRL+o then [Enter] to save
CTRL+x to exit
Install the following and retrieve the key from the repro
sudo apt install apt-transport-https gnupg
wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Important - Make sure the above "wget" process completes without error! If it does not complete you will not get the most recent Zoneminder version this procedure is written for.
sudo apt update
Install Zoneminder
sudo apt install zoneminder
Create a new user if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.
adduser www-data video
Enable and start Zoneminder
sudo systemctl enable zoneminder.service sudo systemctl start zoneminder
Enable Apache Modules
sudo a2enconf zoneminder sudo a2enmod rewrite
Restart Apache
sudo service apache2 reload
Access Zoneminder (http://ip-address/zm) and remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder/Options
Zoneminder 1.34.x on Buster LEMP (NGNIX, Mariadb, PHP)
This procedure will work on a Raspberry Pi 3b+ and possibly other devices.
Thanks to "terdinglage" for the input to get this to work!
Start with a basic Buster install. You can use a server or desktop install. Do not install LAMP!
Become root
sudo su
Install Ngnix, Mariadb and PHP components
apt install nginx mariadb-server php-fpm php-mysql fcgiwrap
Secure the Mariadb server
mysql_secure_installation
Restart Mariadb
systemctl restart mysql
Edit the php.ini file
nano /etc/php/7.3/fpm/php.ini
Locate (Ctrl+w) cgi.fix_pathinfo=1 and change to
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
Remember to remove the leading ;
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Restart php-fpm
systemctl restart php7.3-fpm
Add the repro
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following line to the end of the file
deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/release-1.34 buster/
CTRL+o then [Enter] to save
CTRL+x to exit
Install the following and retrieve the key from the repro
sudo apt install apt-transport-https gnupg
wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Important - Make sure the above "wget" process completes without error! If it does not complete you will not get the most recent Zoneminder version this procedure is written for.
sudo apt update
Install Zoneminder
apt install zoneminder
Create a new user if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.
adduser www-data video
Change the ZM_PATH_ZMS in the 01-system-paths.conf file to /cgi-bin/nph-zms by dropping the /zm/
nano /etc/zm/conf.d/01-system-paths.conf
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Enable and start Zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
Edit the Ngnix default configuration.
nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
Locate the line "index index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;" and add index.php
index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
In the "server" section after listen [::] :80 default_Server; add
include /etc/nginx/zoneminder.conf;
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Create a Zoneminder conf file
nano /etc/nginx/zoneminder.conf
Enter the following into the zoneminder.conf file (This file was improved by databoy2k)
location /cgi-bin {
auth_basic off;
alias /usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
}
location /zm/cache {
auth_basic off;
alias /var/cache/zoneminder/cache;
}
location ~ /zm/api/(css|img|ico) {
auth_basic off;
rewrite ^/zm/api(.+)$ /api/app/webroot/$1 break;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
location /zm {
auth_basic off;
alias /usr/share/zoneminder/www;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args =404;
location /zm/api {
auth_basic off;
rewrite ^/zm/api(.+)$ /zm/api/app/webroot/index.php?p=$1 last;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
auth_basic off;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
}
}
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Restart Ngnix
service nginx restart
Note: If Nginx gives you an error on restart go back one step and re-enter include /etc/ngnix/zoneminder.conf;
If it does not exist create
nano /etc/default/fcgiwrap
and insert (with the number of children -c equal to the number of cameras) Note that you may need to have this value larger than the number if cameras. In my case I run "camera walls" from a custom web page that accesses the Zoneminder monitors. I have needed to increase the -c to include the number of cameras in the camera wall web pages.
DAEMON_OPTS=-c 10
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
then restart the fcgiwrap service.
systemctl restart fcgiwrap
Open Zoneminder and under Options set your timezone.
