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Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)¶
These instructions are for a brand new ubuntu 22.04 LTS system which does not have ZM installed.
Step 1: Update system
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Step 2: Update repositories (Optional)
ZoneMinder is part of the current standard Ubuntu repository, but sometimes the official repository can lag behind. To find out check our releases page for the latest release.
Alternatively, the ZoneMinder project team maintains a PPA, which is updated immediately following a new release of ZoneMinder. To use this repository instead of the official Ubuntu repository, enter the following commands:
sudo apt install -y software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-1.36
sudo apt update
Step 3: Install Zoneminder
sudo apt install -y zoneminder
Step 4: Configure Apache correctly:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enconf zoneminder
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Step 5: Enable and start zoneminder
sudo systemctl enable zoneminder
sudo systemctl start zoneminder
Step 6: Open Zoneminder
Open up a browser and go to http://hostname_or_ip/zm
to open the ZoneMinder Console.
Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)¶
These instructions are for a brand new ubuntu 18.04 system which does not have ZM installed.
It is recommended that you use an Ubuntu Server install and select the LAMP option during install to install Apache, MySQL and PHP. If you failed to do this you can achieve the same result by running:
sudo apt-get install tasksel
sudo tasksel install lamp-server
Installing LAMP is not ZoneMinder specific so you will find plenty of resources to guide you with a quick search.
Step 1: Either run commands in this install using sudo or use the below to become root
sudo -i
Step 2: Update Repos
Latest Release
ZoneMinder is now part of the current standard Ubuntu repository, but sometimes the official repository can lag behind. To find out check our releases page for the latest release.
Alternatively, the ZoneMinder project team maintains a PPA, which is updated immediately following a new release of ZoneMinder. To use this repository instead of the official Ubuntu repository, enter the following from the command line:
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-1.36
Update repo and upgrade.
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
Step 3: Configure MySQL
Certain new defaults in MySQL 5.7 cause some issues with ZoneMinder < 1.32.0, the workaround is to modify the sql_mode setting of MySQL. Please note that these changes are NOT required for ZoneMinder 1.32+ and some people have reported them causing problems in 1.32.0.
To better manage the MySQL server it is recommended to copy the sample 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
In the [mysqld] section add the following
sql_mode = NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
CTRL+o then [Enter] to save
CTRL+x to exit
Restart MySQL
systemctl restart mysql
Step 4: Install ZoneMinder
apt-get install zoneminder
Step 5: Configure the ZoneMinder Database
This step should not be required on ZoneMinder 1.32.0.
mysql -uroot -p < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql
mysql -uroot -p -e "grant lock tables,alter,drop,select,insert,update,delete,create,index,alter routine,create routine, trigger,execute,references on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';"
Step 6: Set permissions
Set /etc/zm/zm.conf to root:www-data 740 and www-data access to content
chmod 740 /etc/zm/zm.conf
chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf
chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/
Step 7: Configure Apache correctly:
a2enmod cgi
a2enmod rewrite
a2enconf zoneminder
You may also want to enable to following modules to improve caching performance
a2enmod expires
a2enmod headers
Step 8: Enable and start Zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
systemctl start zoneminder
CTRL+o then [Enter] to save
CTRL+x to exit
Step 10: Reload Apache service
systemctl reload apache2
Step 11: Making sure ZoneMinder works
Open up a browser and go to
http://hostname_or_ip/zm
- should bring up ZoneMinder Console(Optional API Check)Open up a tab in the same browser and go to
http://hostname_or_ip/zm/api/host/getVersion.json
If it is working correctly you should get version information similar to the example below:
{ "version": "1.34.0", "apiversion": "1.34.0.1" }
Congratulations Your installation is complete
PPA install may need some tweaking of ZMS_PATH in ZoneMinder options. Socket_sendto or no live streaming
Harder Way: Build Package From Source (Discouraged)¶
Historically, installing ZoneMinder onto your system required building from source code by issuing the traditional configure, make, make install commands. To get ZoneMinder to build, all of its dependencies had to be determined and installed beforehand. Init and logrotate scripts had to be manually copied into place following the build. Optional packages such as jscalendar and Cambozola had to be manually installed. Uninstalls could leave stale files around, which could cause problems during an upgrade. Speaking of upgrades, when it comes time to upgrade all these manual steps must be repeated again.
Better methods exist today that do much of this for you. The current development team, along with other volunteers, have taken great strides in providing the resources necessary to avoid building from source.
(These instructions assume installation from source on a ubuntu 15.x+ system)
Step 1: Grab the package installer script
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/master/utils/do_debian_package.sh
chmod a+x do_debian_package.sh
Step 2: Update the system
sudo apt-get update
Step 3 Create the package
To build the latest master snapshot:
./do_debian_package.sh --snapshot=NOW --branch=master --type=local
To build the latest stable release:
./do_debian_package.sh --snapshot=stable --type=local
Note that the distribution will be guessed using lsb_release -a 2>/dev/null | grep Codename | awk '{print $2}'
which simply extracts your distribution name - like “bionic”, “hirsute” etc. You
can always specify it using –distro=your distro name if you know it. As far as the script
goes, it checks if your distro is “trusty” in which case it pulls in pre-systemd
release configurations and if its not “trusty” it assumes its based on systemd
and pulls in systemd related config files.
(At the end the script will ask if you want to retain the checked out version of ZoneMinder. If you are a developer and are making local changes, make sure you select “y” so that the next time you do the build process mentioned here, it keeps your changes. Selecting any other value than “y” or “Y” will delete the checked out code and only retain the package)
This should now create a bunch of .deb files
Step 4: Install the package
sudo gdebi zoneminder_<version>_<arch>.deb
(example sudo gdebi zoneminder_1.34.0-bionic-2021020801_amd64.deb)
This will report DB errors - ignore - you need to configure the DB and some other stuff
Step 5: Post install configuration
Now that you have installed from your own package you can resume following the standard install guide for your version, start at the step after Install Zoneminder.
Hints¶
Make sure ZoneMinder and APIs work with security¶
- Enable OPT_AUTH in ZoneMinder
- Log out of ZoneMinder in browser
- Open a new tab in the same browser (important) and go to
http://localhost/zm/api/host/getVersion.json
- should give you “Unauthorized” along with a lot more of text - Go to another tab in the SAME BROWSER (important) and log into ZM
- Repeat step 3 and it should give you the ZM and API version
Socket_sendto or no live streaming¶
After you have setup your camera make sure you can view Monitor streams, if not check some of the common causes:
Check Apache cgi module is enabled.
Check Apache /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf ScriptAlias matches PATH_ZMS.
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin /usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin
From console go to
Options->Path
and make sure PATH_ZMS is set to /zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms.
Changed Default DB User¶
If you have changed your DB login/password from zmuser/zmpass, you need to update these values in zm.conf.
- Edit zm.conf to change ZM_DB_USER and ZM_DB_PASS to the values you used.