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Install Zoneminder on Arch

Added by Daniel Curtis over 9 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Curtis
Category:
Camera Server
Target version:
Arch Linux
Start date:
06/11/2015
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
6.00 h
Spent time:
6.00 h

Description

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 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

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