Ubuntu Server 14.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.26.5 the easy way
Zoneminder 1.26.5-1 on Ubuntu 14.04 64 BIT and 32 BIT
Install Ubuntu Server
Install Basic Server (if you used the mini.iso), OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server (LAMP installs Apache2, PHP, and MySQL server)
Log in then become root:
sudo su
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade
Optional: Set static IP address
nano /etc/network/interfaces
Make changes similar to this:
auto eth0 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
Note: for Ubuntu 14.04 the resolv.conf is dynamically assigned. The "dns-servers" entry in the interfaces file will set the DNS Multiple DNS server entries can be used.
Reboot server
Install Zoneminder
apt-get install zoneminder
Add delay to allow MySQL to start before Zoneminder
nano /etc/init.d/zoneminder
Add sleep 15 as shown:
start() {
sleep 15
echo -n "Starting $prog: "
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Create directory in apache2
mkdir /etc/apache2/conf.d
Create another zoneminder.conf file:
nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/zoneminder.conf
Copy this into zoneminder.conf
Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder>
php_flag register_globals off Options Indexes FollowSymLinks <IfModule mod_dir.c> DirectoryIndex index.php </IfModule>
</Directory>
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Link Apache to Zoneminder
ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf
CGI is not enabled in Ubuntu 14.04 by default. Enable it this way:
a2enmod cgi
Restart Apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload
or
service apache2 restart
Create a new user
adduser www-data video
Install Cambozola
cd /usr/src && wget http://www.andywilcock.com/code/cambozola/cambozola-latest.tar.gz
tar -xzvf cambozola-latest.tar.gz
replace 935 with cambozola version downloaded
cp cambozola-0.935/dist/cambozola.jar /usr/share/zoneminder
You should now be able to access the web server using https://servername
NTP Daily Sync
nano /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate
Copy the following into nano
!/bin/sh ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate
Open Zoneminder in web browser
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
Reboot server to insure Zoneminder starts on boot.