Ubuntu Server 18.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.32.x the easy way

This "Easy" install will use the Snapshot version of Zoneminder from the PPA "master." Be advised

that sometimes there are bugs in the snapshot version. My experience is that everything important

in Zoneminder does work.

If you install Ubuntu from server CD, install OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server (LAMP installs

Apache2, PHP, and MySQL server)

If you use the minimum Ubuntu ISO CD, install Basic Server, OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server (LAMP

installs Apache2, PHP, and MySQL server)

Log in then become root:

sudo su

If you used the server install CD

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

Reboot server

CGI is not enabled in Ubuntu 15.04 by default. Enable it this way:

a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 restart

Add Repository

apt-get install python-software-properties

add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-master

apt-get update

Install Zoneminder

apt-get install zoneminder

You may need to install "extra" VLC components (I will check this and edit as needed)

apt-get install libvlc-dev libvlccore-dev vlc

Note: as of the latest Snapshot builds the zoneminder.service file is included. Am leaving this section in place for reference.

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Create a file called zoneminder.service

  nano /lib/systemd/system/zoneminder.service

Paste or enter the following:

 # ZoneMinder systemd unit file
 # This file is intended to work with all Linux distributions
 [Unit]
 Description=ZoneMinder CCTV recording and security system
 After=network.target mysql.service apache2.service
 Requires=mysql.service apache2.service
 [Service]
 User=www-data
 Type=forking
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/zmpkg.pl start
 ExecReload=/usr/bin/zmpkg.pl restart
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/zmpkg.pl stop
 PIDFile="/run/zm/zm.pid"
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target

Ctrl+o Enter to save CTRL+x to exit

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Create a file called zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/tmpfiles.d/zoneminder.conf

Paste or enter the following

d /var/run/zm 0755 www-data www-data

CTRL+o to save the file CTRL+x to exit nano

Change permissions on the file

chmod 755 /etc/tmpfiles.d/zoneminder.conf

Enable Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service

Start Zoneminder

systemctl start zoneminder.service

Check to see that Zoneminder is running

systemctl status zoneminder.service

Create a directory in apache2

mkdir /etc/apache2/conf.d

Create two symbolic links

ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/zoneminder.conf

ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf

Create a new user

adduser www-data video

Restart Apache

service apache2 restart

Install Cambozola (needed if you use Internet Explorer)

cd /usr/src && wget http://www.andywilcock.com/code/cambozola/cambozola-latest.tar.gz

tar -xzvf cambozola-latest.tar.gz

replace 936 with cambozola version downloaded

cp cambozola-0.936/dist/cambozola.jar /usr/share/zoneminder

You should now be able to access the web server using https://servername

Optional 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

http://serverip/zm

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