Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.29.0 the easy way
Ubuntu 16.04 is released and I have verified the Zoneminder install with teh default LAMP!
Ubuntu 16.04 with LAMP
Install Basic Server (if you used the mini.iso), OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server (This procedure uses the default MySQL 5.7.)
If you get a blank screen after installing Ubuntu 16.04, press Alt + F1 to open a console.
Log in then become root:
sudo su
Make sure you are up to date
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade
At this point you should have Ubuntu 16.04 installed with LAMP which includes the default MySQL 5.7. You have the option to use Mariadb Server 10.0 which will replace MySQL 5.7 (Click on Options link in Contents above) or continue with MySQL 5.7..
You will need to make a settings change to MySQL as follows: Note: The MySQL configuration file is located at: /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf To better manage the MySQL server I recommend you move the config file and replace the default my.cnf symbolic link.
rm /etc/mysql/my.cnf (this removes the current symbolic link)
cp /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf
To change MySQL settings:
nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf
Underneath [mysql] add the following
sql_mode = NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Restart MySQL
systemctl restart mysql
Recommended: Secure MySQL.
mysql_secure_installation
Optional: A tool that you may want to install is mysqltuner. This is handy to see what database parameters need to be adjusted as your ZM system builds up events.
apt-get install mysqltuner
Once installed, run mysqltuner from a command prompt as root (sudo). Review recommended changes. Edit the configuration file (my.cnf) and make the recommended changes. Stop zoneminder, restart the database server then start zoneminder.
Install Zoneminder
apt-get install zoneminder php-gd
Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)
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
Create a new user
adduser www-data video
Enable CGI, Zoneminder and rewrite configuration in Apache.
a2enmod cgi
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
Fix Permissions
chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/
Fix to allow API to work
nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Change None to All two places as shown below
<Directory /usr/share> AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory>
<Directory /var/www/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory>
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Enable and start Zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
Add timezone to PHP
nano /etc/php/7.0/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 reload
Open Zoneminder in a web browser (http://server-ip/zm).
Upgrade to MariaDB Server 10.0. before installing Zoneminder
MariaDB has some enhanced features which do not exist in MySQL and thus migration back to MySQL might not always work.
Note: This procedure is to upgrade to Mariadb before installing Zoneminder!
Upgrade the LAMP installed MySQL 5.7 to Mariadb with the command:
apt-get install mariadb-server
Secure Mariadb, create root password et. al.
mysql_secure_installation
Note: The MySQL/MariaDB configuration file is located at: /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf To better manage the MariaDB server I recommend you move the config file and replace the default my.cnf symbolic link (this also works for MySQL 5.6).
rm /etc/mysql/my.cnf (this removes the current symbolic link)
cp /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf
To change Mariadb settings:
nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
A tool that you may want to install is mysqltuner. This is handy to see what database paramaters need to be adjusted as your ZM system builds up events.
apt-get install mysqltuner
Continue installing Zoneminder: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Server_16.04_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.29.0_the_easy_way#Install_Zoneminder
Here is a link to manually install LAMP with Mariadb server Install MariaDB Server 10.0