Ubuntu Server 15.04 or 15.10 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.29.0 the easy way
As of 29JUL16 this procedure is obsolete and has been replaced with a procedure for Zoneminder 1.30.0
See: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Server_15.04_or_15.10_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.30.0_the_easy_way
If you are not experienced with Linux and would like a quick way to get Zoneminder running for you, consider Zoneminder on a stick, a pre-configured Lubuntu 14.04 with Zoneminder 1.29.0. See: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Lubuntu_14.04_with_Zoneminder_1.29.0_pre-configured_CD_or_USB
Zoneminder 1.29.0 from PPA on Ubuntu 15.04 or 15.10
Install Basic Server (if you used the mini.iso), OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server
Log in then become root:
sudo su
Make sure you are up to date
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade
Add Repository
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder
Update Sources
apt-get update
Install Zoneminder and PHP5-GD
apt-get install zoneminder php5-gd
Note: you may get an error about the database not being set up. This is known and will not cause you problems. Continue to set up the database manually after the install.
You may be prompted to set up Nulmailer. You may accept the defaults and set this up later if you want to use it.
Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL) You will be prompted for your MySQL password.
mysql -uroot -p < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql
mysql -uroot -p -e "grant all on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';"
mysqladmin -uroot -p reload
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 a new user
adduser www-data video
Enable CGI, Zoneminder and rewrite configuration in Apache.
a2enmod cgi
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
Fix Permissions
chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/
Enable and start Zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
Add timezone to PHP
nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Search for [Date] (Ctrl + w then type Date and press Enter) and make changes as follows for your time zone
[Date] ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions ; http://php.net/date.timezone date.timezone = America/New_York
Ctrl+o Enter to save
CTRL+x to exit
Restart Apache
service apache2 reload
Open Zoneminder in a web browser (http://server-ip/zm).
Click on Options - Paths Change PATH_ZMS to /zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms (Caution: make sure you enter only /zm/cgi-bin/nph-zms with no space at the end or your video will not work!)
