A special Thanks to “Felixr” and “BBunge” from which I took the initial FAQ.
Prereq before starting:
- SD card created with raspbian Jessie 64bit
- filesystem is extended.
- the systems boots in console mode with autologin disabled (X is disabled)
Log in as pi
pi (followed by your root password)
sudo to root
sudo su
Configure your network and Set static IP address
nano /etc/network/interfaces
Make changes similar to this:
auto eth0
#allow-hotplug eth0 (make sure this is commented or you will get 2 ip's)
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.10
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1
Update Raspbian Sources
apt-get update
Check to be sure everything is up to date for the raspbian distribution
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
Add the Debian Jessie backports
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
add to the top of the list:
deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-backports main
Ctrl+o Enter to save CTRL+x to exit
add priority to this repository
nano /etc/apt/preferences.d/zoneminder
add to the file:
Package: *
Pin: origin http.debian.net
Pin-Priority: 1100
Ctrl+o Enter to save CTRL+x to exit
Update Sources
apt-get update
you will get a GPG error message like this:
W: GPG error: http://http.debian.net jessie-backports InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8B48AD6246925553 NO_PUBKEY 7638D0442B90D010
Fix this as following:
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key 8B48AD6246925553
gpg -a --export 8B48AD6246925553 | sudo apt-key add -
gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key 7638D0442B90D010
gpg -a --export 7638D0442B90D010 | sudo apt-key add -
Update Sources again (now should go fine)
apt-get update
Package ‘tar’ (tar (1.29b-1~bpo8+1)) seems to be broken. exclude tar from upgrade
aptitude hold tar
Check to be sure everything is up to date for the raspbian distribution
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
Install PHP, and MySQL server (This installs MySQL server 5.5. If you want to use MySQL 5.6 follow the instructions Install MySQL 5.6 on Debian Jessie (using mariadb also works fine, as tested on Debian 8.2, replacement package for mysql-server is then mariadb-server)
apt-get install php5 mysql-server php-pear php5-mysql
Install Zoneminder
apt-get install zoneminder
You may need to install “extra” VLC components (I will check this and edit as needed)
apt-get install libvlc-dev libvlccore-dev vlc
Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)
This next step creates a file which contained the MySQL user and password. Otherwise you will have to enter the user and password on the command line which is not secure!
Go to the root directory
cd ~
Create a hidden password file
nano .my.cnf
Enter this content (but use your MySQL root password!)
[client]
user=root
password=(mysqlpass)
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Create database (press ENTER after each command)
mysql < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql
mysql -e "grant select,insert,update,delete,create on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';"
Remove password file
rm .my.cnf
Set permissions of /etc/zm/zm.conf to root:www-data 740
chmod 740 /etc/zm/zm.conf
chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf
create link for apache (paths can differ) ———- Skipped this to get it to work…0———-
ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf
Enable Zoneminder service to start at boot
systemctl enable zoneminder.service
Add www-data to the sudo group (to enable use of local video devices)
adduser www-data video
Start Zoneminder
systemctl start zoneminder.service
Check to see that Zoneminder is running
systemctl status zoneminder.service
Enable CGI and Zoneminder configuration in Apache.
a2enmod cgi
a2enconf zoneminder
Restart Apache
service apache2 restart
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- You may be tempted to try Zoneminder at this point but there is one setting you will need to change from the web gui. Read on!!!
Optional: Install Cambozola (needed if you use Internet Explorer)
cd /usr/src && wget http://www.andywilcock.com/code/cambozola/cambozola-latest.tar.gz
tar -xzvf cambozola-latest.tar.gz
replace 936 with cambozola version downloaded
cp cambozola-0.936/dist/cambozola.jar /usr/share/zoneminder
Kernel shared memory settings:
Set shared memory for 512MB RPi board: 1) 128MB shhmax shared:
sudo su -
echo "kernel.shmmax = 134217728" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
exit
2) 2MB shmall pages:
sudo su -
echo "kernel.shmall = 2097152" >> /etc/sysctl.conf
exit
Set PHPs Default Timezone
sudo nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
ctrl+w to search, and type
date.timezone
Remove the initial ‘;’ and enter your timezone from the list at http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
The line should look something like
date.timezone = Europe/London
ctrl + x
‘y’ to save and exit
Restart Apache
service apache2 restart
You should now be able to access the web server using http://servername
Open Zoneminder in web browser
http://serverip/zm
Click Options
Uncheck: Check with zoneminder.com for updated versions (?) click Save
Click Images tab
Check Is the (optional) cambozola java streaming client installed (?) Click Save
Click Paths
Change PATH_ZMS from /cgi-bin/nph-zms to /zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms Click Save
Optional: under Paths change PATH_SWAP to /dev/shm (puts this process in RAM drive) Click Save
Restart Zoneminder
Your Zoneminder install is now ready to add cameras!
