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• Table of contents
• Prepare the Environment
  • Install yaourt
• Install Zoneminder
  • Configure Apache
  • Configure PHP
  • Initialize MySQL
• Start Zoneminder
• Resources

This is a guide for installing Zoneminder on Arch Linux.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  pacman -Syu
  

Install yaourt¶

• Install yaourt

Install Zoneminder¶

• Install zoneminder from the AUR:
  

  yaourt zoneminder
  

Configure Apache¶

• Edit the apache config:
  

  nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
  

  • And add/modify the following to ensure PHP, prefork and cgi are enabled:
    

    #LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so
    LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
    LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
    LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
    

• Append the Zoneminder inclusion to the apache config:
  

  echo 'Include conf/extra/php5_module.conf' >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
  echo 'Include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-zoneminder.conf' >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
  

  • NOTE: I needed to comment out the php_admin_value in httpd-zoneminder.conf file.

Configure PHP¶

• Edit the PHP configuration:
  

  nano /etc/php/php.ini
  

  • Ensure the following extensions are enabled:
    

    extension=pdo_mysql.so
    extension=gd.so
    extension=gettext.so
    extension=mcrypt.so
    extension=sockets.so
    extension=openssl.so
    extension=ftp.so
    

  • Ensure open_basedir has the following directories added/included:
    

    open_basedir = /srv/http/:/home/:/tmp/:/usr/share/pear/:/usr/share/webapps/:/dev/:/etc:/srv/http/zoneminder:/srv/zoneminder/:/var/cache/zoneminder/
    

  • Set the local timezone:
    

    date.timezone = America/Los_Angeles
    

Initialize MySQL¶

• Initialize the MySQL database:
  

  cd /usr
  mysql_install_db --user=mysql --ldata=/var/lib/mysql/
  

• Start and enable MySQL on boot:
  

  systemctl enable mysqld
  systemctl start mysqld
  

• Secure the installation:
  

  mysql_secure_installation
  

• Import the zoneminder SQL data:
  

  mysqladmin --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf -p -f reload
  cat /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql | mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf -p
  

• Set permissions on the zm database for the user zmuser with the password zoneminder
  

  echo 'grant lock tables, alter,select,insert,update,delete on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by "zoneminder";' | mysql --defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf -p mysql
  

• Edit the zoneminder config
  

  nano /etc/zm.conf
  

  • And update the host, database, username, and/or password:
    

    ZM_DB_HOST=localhost
    ZM_DB_NAME=zm
    ZM_DB_USER=zmuser
    ZM_DB_PASS=zoneminder
    

Start Zoneminder¶

• Start and enable Apache on boot:
  

  systemctl enable httpd
  systemctl start httpd
  

• Start and enable zoneminder on boot:
  

  systemctl enable zoneminder
  systemctl start zoneminder
  

Resources¶

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ZoneMinder
• https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zoneminder/