Support #627
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 8 years ago
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This is a guide for installing Zoneminder on Arch Linux.
h2. Prepare the Environment
* Make sure the system is up to date:
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pacman -Syu
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h3. Install yaourt
* Download the packages for yaourt:
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cd /tmp
wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/package-query.tar.gz && wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/yaourt.tar.gz
tar xzf package-query.tar.gz
tar xzf yaourt.tar.gz
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#* Install "yaourt":https://project.altservice.com/issues/509 package-query:
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cd package-query
makepkg -csi
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#* Install yaourt
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cd ../yaourt
makepkg -csi
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h2. Install Zoneminder
* Install zoneminder from the AUR:
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yaourt zoneminder
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h3. Configure Apache
* Edit the apache config:
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nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
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#* And add/modify the following to ensure PHP, prefork and cgi are enabled:
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#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
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* Append the Zoneminder inclusion to the apache config:
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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
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#* *NOTE*: I needed to comment out the @php_admin_value@ in httpd-zoneminder.conf file.
h3. Configure PHP
* Edit the PHP configuration:
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nano /etc/php/php.ini
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#* Ensure the following extensions are enabled:
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extension=pdo_mysql.so
extension=gd.so
extension=gettext.so
extension=mcrypt.so
extension=sockets.so
extension=openssl.so
extension=ftp.so
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#* Ensure open_basedir has the following directories added/included:
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open_basedir = /srv/http/:/home/:/tmp/:/usr/share/pear/:/usr/share/webapps/:/dev/:/etc:/srv/http/zoneminder:/srv/zoneminder/:/var/cache/zoneminder/
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#* Set the local timezone:
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date.timezone = America/Los_Angeles
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h3. Initialize MySQL
* Initialize the MySQL database:
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cd /usr
mysql_install_db --user=mysql --ldata=/var/lib/mysql/
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* Start and enable MySQL on boot:
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systemctl enable mysqld
systemctl start mysqld
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* Secure the installation:
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mysql_secure_installation
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* Import the zoneminder SQL data:
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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
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* Set permissions on the zm database for the user +zmuser+ with the password +zoneminder+
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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
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* Edit the zoneminder config
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nano /etc/zm.conf
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#* And update the host, database, username, and/or password:
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ZM_DB_HOST=localhost
ZM_DB_NAME=zm
ZM_DB_USER=zmuser
ZM_DB_PASS=zoneminder
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h2. Start Zoneminder
* Start and enable Apache on boot:
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systemctl enable httpd
systemctl start httpd
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* Start and enable zoneminder on boot:
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systemctl enable zoneminder
systemctl start zoneminder
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h2. Resources
* https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ZoneMinder
* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zoneminder/