ZONEMINDER for video surveillance.

 

Introduction:

This document is provided to help you install Linux (UBUNTU) along with Zoneminder for video surveillance.

 

1.1 References

Ubuntu.com

Zoneminder.com

 

1.2 Glossary, Terms & Abbreviations

zm Zoneminder sudo Root user Terminal Command prompt window

 

2 Assumptions The user would have basic knowledge of Linux and terminal window. Preferred P4 machine with 1 GB ram and available free PCI slot.

3 System Install

 

3.1 Install UBUNTU 11.10 server 32bit → VirtualBox

Make sure you write down all the passwords you use.

 

3.2 Install LAMP ( Linux, Apache, MySql, Php ) Server on Ubuntu Open the terminal window and issue following commands.

 

Install mysql

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server

 

Install Apache2

$ sudo apt-get install apache2

 

Install php and the apache module for it (select apache option in php install when prompted)

$ sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

 

Reboot apache (very important!)

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

 

PhpMyAdmin, if you need it

$ sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

 

TEST http://localhost

it should work and give u a webpage saying “IT WORKS!”

 

3.3 SSH server and client optional to enable remote shell

$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client

 

3.4 Install Zoneminder

$ sudo apt-get install zoneminder

 

Installation should go on with no complications. If needed, fix broken dependencies with

$ sudo apt-get -f install

 

Instruct apache what to do with Zoneminder a force a reload:

$ sudo ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/zoneminder.conf

$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload

 

For zm you need to run

$ sudo mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql

$ mysql -u root -p

>grant select,insert,update,delete on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';

>flush privileges;

>quit

 

$ sudo chmod 4755 /usr/bin/zmfix

$ zmfix -a

$ sudo adduser www-data video

 

 

MY-SCENARIO:

url → http:\\192.168.2.14\zm