Ubuntu Server 18.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.30.4 the easy way
Ubuntu 18.04 with Zoneminder 1.30.4 Preliminary Install Procedure
Warning!!! This is a preliminary procedure and changes to the nightly build may cause problems.
Ubuntu 18.04 Server Nightly Build (18FEB18) installed with LAMP and OpenSSH Server
You will need to make a settings change to MySQL as follows:
NOTE: The MySQL default configuration file (/etc/mysql/mysql.cnf)is read through several symbolic links beginning with /etc/mysql/my.cnf as follows:
/etc/mysql/my.cnf -> /etc/alternatives/my.cnf /etc/alternatives/my.cnf -> /etc/mysql/mysql.cnf
/etc/mysql/mysql.cnf is a basic file
To better manage the MySQL server I recommend you copy the sample config file and replace the default my.cnf symbolic link.
This removes the current symbolic link
rm /etc/mysql/my.cnf
This moves the MYSQL Configuration file
cp /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf
To change MySQL settings:
nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf
In the [mysqld] section add the following
sql_mode = NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
Note: if you are installing on an existing database server you can use the folowing as an alternate:
init_connect = 'SET @@sql_mode = CASE CURRENT_USER() WHEN \'zmuser@localhost\' THEN \'NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION\' ELSE @@sql_mode END;'
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Restart MySQL
systemctl restart mysql
Secure MySQL and set root password (Password not set in nightly build). Do not install the password validation plugin as the default Zoneminder password is not strong.
mysql_secure_installation
Install Zoneminder
apt install zoneminder
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
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
a2enmod rewrite
a2enconf zoneminder
Add timezone to PHP
nano /etc/php/7.1/apache2/php.ini
Search for [Date] (Ctrl + w then type Date and press Enter) and make changes as follows for your time zone. Be sure to remove the ; before date.timezone
[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
Change permissions in /usr/share/zoneminder/
chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/
Restart Apache
service apache2 restart
Open Zoneminder in a web browser (http://server-ip/zm).