Ubuntu Zoneminder
From: https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder/blob/master/docs/installationguide/ubuntu.rst 







Ubuntu

Contents

    Ubuntu
        Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)
        Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)
        Harder Way: Build Package From Source (Discouraged)
        Hints
            Make sure ZoneMinder and APIs work with security
            Socket_sendto or no live streaming
            Changed Default DB User




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 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

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 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,sel
ect,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




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
Yea, I know they skipped step 9




Step 10: Reload Apache service

systemctl reload apache2




Step 11: Making sure ZoneMinder works




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/Z
oneMinder/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__.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




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:

        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.