Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.29.0 the easy way

Ubuntu 16.04 is scheduled for release on April 21, 2016. As of this, March 25, 2016, the final beta has been released and it contains Zoneminder 1.29.0! The following procedures were run on the final Beta 16.04. Things could change in the next couple of weeks!

I would advise you not upgrade a working "production" Zoneminder server until I've had a chance to do some testing. If you must test yourself PLEASE use a VM or a PC you can afford to wipe and start over with!

This procedure uses the default MySQL 5.6. I will be working up procedures to use Mariadb in time.

Thanks,

bb

Zoneminder 1.29.0 on Ubuntu 16.04

Install Basic Server (if you used the mini.iso), OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server

Log in then become root:

sudo su

Make sure you are up to date

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

Install Zoneminder

apt-get install zoneminder php5-gd

You may be prompted to set up Nulmailer. You may accept the defaults and set this up later if you want to use it.

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/

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).