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Zoneminder 1.38.x on Supported Debian Versions

2026-02-07T16:37:28Z

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Zoneminder 1.38.x from zmrepo

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.
Install LAMO (Apache2, MariaDB and PHP. A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.2/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

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.38.x on Debian 13 with LAMP installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian

2026-02-07T16:35:43Z

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[http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux] is an operating system with a focus on stability. It's based on a sophisticated package management system that lets you choose from three releases of varying stability. The software packages included in the ''stable'' release have been tested thoroughly and are ideal for a server environment, whereas ''testing'' and ''unstable'' releases have more recent versions of software which usually contain some bugs. Ironically, Debian's ''unstable'' release is often more stable than many other distributions' final releases.

Zoneminder's even version numbers are stable releases.

==Installation Guides==
*[[Zoneminder 1.38.x on Supported Debian Versions]]
*[[Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x]]
*[[Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x]]
*[[Debian 11 Bullseye with Zoneminder 1.36.x]]

==Sysvinit Installation Guides==
Those who wish to use sysvinit can follow these guides.

* [[Devuan Ascii with Zoneminder 1.32.3 from ZM Repo]]
* [[Devuan 5 Daedalus with Zoneminder 1.36 from ZM Repo]]

Debian 13 Trixie Zoneminder 1.38.x

2026-02-07T16:34:51Z

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Zoneminder 1.38.x on Supported Debian Versions

2026-02-07T16:34:51Z

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Debian 13 Trixie Zoneminder 1.38.x

Stay tuned! Release date 31JAN26

Ubuntu Server or Desktop Zoneminder 1.38.x

2026-02-02T16:13:35Z

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==Install Zoneminder 1.38.x on Ubuntu Supported versions with shell script==

This will install Zoneminder 1.38.x by using a shell script with one basic command (how easy is that!).

You will need a Ubuntu install with LAMP (Apache, MySQL or Mariadb and PHP) installed desktop or server.

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:

sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

Google is your friend if you need instructions for setting up a LAMP server. However, a simple LAMP can be installed with these commands:

apt install apache2 php mariadb-server php-mysql libapache2-mod-php

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.38.x on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, 20.04 or 18.04 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
read -p "Next we will add the PPA repository, install and configure the system to run Zoneminder.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt install -y software-properties-common
clear
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-1.38
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder --install-recommends
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o
Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Ubuntu Server or Desktop Zoneminder 1.38.x

2026-02-02T16:12:46Z

Bbunge:

==Install Zoneminder 1.38.x on Ubuntu Supported versions with shell script==

This will install Zoneminder 1.38.x by using a shell script with one basic command (how easy is that!).

You will need a Ubuntu install with LAMP (Apache, MySQL or Mariadb and PHP) installed desktop or server.

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:

sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

Google is your friend if you need instructions for setting up a LAMP server. However, a simple LAMP can be installed with these commands:

apt install apache2 php mariadb-server php-mysql libapache2-mod-php

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.38.x on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, 20.04 or 18.04 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
read -p "Next we will add the PPA repository, install and configure the system to run Zoneminder.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt install -y software-properties-common
clear
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-1.38
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o
Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2026-01-31T00:13:56Z

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__TOC__

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from ZM Repo==

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.x on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql systemd-timesyncd

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.36.x on Debian 13 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/proposed "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x from zmrepo==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 13 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2026-01-31T00:08:35Z

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Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2026-01-30T19:02:01Z

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__TOC__

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo==

'''Recommendation! There are some issues with this procedure and Debian 13.3. You would be better to install the 1.37.x version below or wait until 31JAN26 for the 1.38.x release'''

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql systemd-timesyncd

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in Mariadb)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x from zmrepo==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2026-01-30T18:40:23Z

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Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2026-01-30T17:03:46Z

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Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2026-01-29T17:37:50Z

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__TOC__

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo==

'''Recommendation! There are some issues with this procedure and Debian 13.3. You would be better to install the 1.37.x version below or wait until 31JAN26 for the 1.38.x release'''

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql systemd-timesyncd

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in Mariadb)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

Ctrl+o Enter to saveScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x from zmrepo==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

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==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo==

'''Recommendation! There are some issues with this procedure and Debian 13.3. You would be better to install the 1.37.x version below or wait until 31JAN26 for the 1.38.x release'''

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql systemd-timesyncd

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in Mariadb)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# This file is recommended by the developer to fix the Zoneminder display not working. 05SEP25
# PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILE IS INTENDED FOR GUIDANCE ONLY AND MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR DISTRIBUTION
#
# This is for use with debian/ubuntu based distributions
#
# Sample configuration file for running ZoneMinder as name based virtual host
# Some values may need to manually adjusted to suit your setup
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot "/usr/share/zoneminder/www"

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache "/var/cache/zoneminder"
# IF you aren't using /zm in the url to access ZM then uncomment the following line as well
# Alias /cache "/var/cache/zoneminder/cache"

<Directory "/var/cache/zoneminder/">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin/"
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin/"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin/">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm "/usr/share/zoneminder/www"
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>
# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>
# Use the first option to have Apache logs written to the general log
# directory, or the second to have them written to the regular Apache
# directory (you may have to change the path to that used on your system)
ErrorLog /var/log/zm/apache-error.log
#ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/zm-error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

# Use the first option to have Apache logs written to the general log
# directory, or the second to have them written to the regular Apache
# directory (you may have to change the path to that used on your system)
CustomLog /var/log/zm/apache-access.log combined
#CustomLog /var/log/httpd/zm-access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x from zmrepo==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian

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[http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux] is an operating system with a focus on stability. It's based on a sophisticated package management system that lets you choose from three releases of varying stability. The software packages included in the ''stable'' release have been tested thoroughly and are ideal for a server environment, whereas ''testing'' and ''unstable'' releases have more recent versions of software which usually contain some bugs. Ironically, Debian's ''unstable'' release is often more stable than many other distributions' final releases.

Zoneminder's even version numbers are stable releases.

==Installation Guides==
*[[Debian 13 Trixie Zoneminder 1.38.x]]
*[[Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x]]
*[[Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x]]
*[[Debian 11 Bullseye with Zoneminder 1.36.x]]

==Sysvinit Installation Guides==
Those who wish to use sysvinit can follow these guides.

* [[Devuan Ascii with Zoneminder 1.32.3 from ZM Repo]]
* [[Devuan 5 Daedalus with Zoneminder 1.36 from ZM Repo]]

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Ubuntu

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Bbunge: /* Guides for Ubuntu */

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian. It's a good system for a home / office user and the install CD installs 'most everything the home / office user will need.

Zoneminder's even version numbers are stable releases.

==Installation Guides==

* Using an Ubuntu Desktop distro, you will be able to host a complete ZM installation, and also watch the console/events/streams on the same machine;

* Using an Ubuntu Server distro, '''you will not be able to watch ZM''' on the same machine at all; but the system becomes much more light, using fewer resources and using an '''optimized Kernel''' for server applications;

* Using an install from a Net Boot CD or USB (http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/) you can do a minimal "server" install or add as much as you want

Before choosing, consider checking

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/features

http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition/features/kernel

===Guides for Ubuntu===

[[Ubuntu Server or Desktop Zoneminder 1.38.x]]

[[Ubuntu Server or Desktop Zoneminder 1.36.x]]

[[Ubuntu Server or Desktop Zoneminder 1.34.x]]

===Note for Ubuntu Desktop===

Installing Zoneminder on a desktop system can have its benefits. It can also pose problems!

If you use one of the desktops provided with Ubuntu (Gnome, Unity, KDE, et. al.) use the corresponding Ubuntu server install/upgrade instructions. You may need to install tasksel to make it easier to install LAMP as most of the Ubuntu instructions start with a system set up with LAMP. It is recommended to install Zoneminder from a terminal. Using a software/package manager can get you in trouble!

If you are using a distro such as Mint, find out which Ubuntu system your version is based on and use the corresponding Ubuntu server install/upgrade. And do the install procedure from a terminal!

===Other Guides for Ubuntu===

[[Ubuntu_Install_ZoneMinder_on_Ubuntu_Server|Install ZoneMinder on Ubuntu Server]] (This is not in English and contains unneeded steps)

===Outdated versions===

* You may find useful or related info under the following guides to older ubuntu versions:

[[Lubuntu_16.04_with_Zoneminder_1.30.0_pre-configured_DVD_or_USB]]

[[Ubuntu Server 14.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.28.1 the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 14.10 64-bit server with Zoneminder to use systemd]]

[[Ubuntu Server 17.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.30.0 the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 17.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.30.4 the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 17.10 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.30.4 the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 14.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.30.4 the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.30.4 the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 18.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.30.4 the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 19.04 Zoneminder 1.32.3]]

[[Ubuntu_Install_ZoneMinder_on_Ubuntu_Server|Install ZoneMinder on Ubuntu Server]]

[[Ubuntu Server 14.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.26.5 the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Any Version 12.04+ 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.28.1 the Docker way (two commands)]]

[[Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.29.0 the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 14.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.32.x the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 16.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.32.x the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 18.04 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.32.x the easy way]]

[[Ubuntu Server 18.10 Zoneminder 1.30.4]]

[[Ubuntu Server 19.10 Zoneminder 1.33.x]]

[[Common Issues with Zoneminder Installation on Ubuntu]]

==Installation Notes==
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5633
GUI package that installs Mplayer etc.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=356392
EXTRA_LIBS parameter in .configure script

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6141

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13140 How to install latest Zoneminder on Ubuntu 8.10

==Links==
[http://ubuntulinux.org http://ubuntulinux.org]

[[Categories: Linux distributions]]

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Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

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==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo==

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql systemd-timesyncd

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in Mariadb)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# This file is recommended by the developer to fix the Zoneminder display not working. 05SEP25
# PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILE IS INTENDED FOR GUIDANCE ONLY AND MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR DISTRIBUTION
#
# This is for use with debian/ubuntu based distributions
#
# Sample configuration file for running ZoneMinder as name based virtual host
# Some values may need to manually adjusted to suit your setup
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot "/usr/share/zoneminder/www"

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache "/var/cache/zoneminder"
# IF you aren't using /zm in the url to access ZM then uncomment the following line as well
# Alias /cache "/var/cache/zoneminder/cache"

<Directory "/var/cache/zoneminder/">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin/"
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin/"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin/">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm "/usr/share/zoneminder/www"
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>
# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>
# Use the first option to have Apache logs written to the general log
# directory, or the second to have them written to the regular Apache
# directory (you may have to change the path to that used on your system)
ErrorLog /var/log/zm/apache-error.log
#ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/zm-error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

# Use the first option to have Apache logs written to the general log
# directory, or the second to have them written to the regular Apache
# directory (you may have to change the path to that used on your system)
CustomLog /var/log/zm/apache-access.log combined
#CustomLog /var/log/httpd/zm-access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x from zmrepo==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-09-05T23:00:34Z

Bbunge:

__TOC__

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo==

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in Mariadb)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# This file is recommended by the developer to fix the Zoneminder display not working. 05SEP25
# PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS FILE IS INTENDED FOR GUIDANCE ONLY AND MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR DISTRIBUTION
#
# This is for use with debian/ubuntu based distributions
#
# Sample configuration file for running ZoneMinder as name based virtual host
# Some values may need to manually adjusted to suit your setup
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost

DocumentRoot "/usr/share/zoneminder/www"

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache "/var/cache/zoneminder/cache"
# IF you aren't using /zm in the url to access ZM then uncomment the following line as well
# Alias /cache "/var/cache/zoneminder/cache"

<Directory "/var/cache/zoneminder/cache">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>

ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin/ "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm "/usr/share/zoneminder/www"
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.2
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>
# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>
# Use the first option to have Apache logs written to the general log
# directory, or the second to have them written to the regular Apache
# directory (you may have to change the path to that used on your system)
ErrorLog /var/log/zm/apache-error.log
#ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/zm-error.log

# Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit,
# alert, emerg.
LogLevel warn

# Use the first option to have Apache logs written to the general log
# directory, or the second to have them written to the regular Apache
# directory (you may have to change the path to that used on your system)
CustomLog /var/log/zm/apache-access.log combined
#CustomLog /var/log/httpd/zm-access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x from zmrepo==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-21T18:52:04Z

Bbunge:

__TOC__

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo==

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in Mariadb)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x from zmrepo==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian

2025-08-18T19:22:47Z

Bbunge: /* Installation Guides */

[http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux] is an operating system with a focus on stability. It's based on a sophisticated package management system that lets you choose from three releases of varying stability. The software packages included in the ''stable'' release have been tested thoroughly and are ideal for a server environment, whereas ''testing'' and ''unstable'' releases have more recent versions of software which usually contain some bugs. Ironically, Debian's ''unstable'' release is often more stable than many other distributions' final releases.

Zoneminder's even version numbers are stable releases.

==Installation Guides==

*[[Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x]]
*[[Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x]]
*[[Debian 11 Bullseye with Zoneminder 1.36.x]]

==No Longer Supported - For Reference only==

*[[Debian 9 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.32.3 the Easy Way]]

==Sysvinit Installation Guides==
Those who wish to use sysvinit can follow these guides.

* [[Devuan Ascii with Zoneminder 1.32.3 from ZM Repo]]
* [[Devuan 5 Daedalus with Zoneminder 1.36 from ZM Repo]]

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo

2025-08-18T19:21:41Z

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#REDIRECT [[Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x]]

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-18T19:21:41Z

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__TOC__

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo==

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x from zmrepo==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-18T19:19:53Z

Bbunge:

__TOC__

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo==

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x from zmrepo==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-18T19:18:33Z

Bbunge:

__TOC__

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.36.35==

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

==Debian 13 with Zoneminder 1.37.x==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 13

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-18T19:16:48Z

Bbunge:

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-17T17:16:05Z

Bbunge:

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Become root with the command:

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)

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 if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

systemctl enable zoneminder.service
systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x

2025-08-17T17:01:25Z

Bbunge:

__TOC__

==Debian 12 with Zoneminder 1.36.35==
Debian 12 has been released with Zoneminder 1.36.33 and as usual for Debian the zm database needs to be created manually. This is not user friendly. So we will be using the packages provided by the ZoneMinder development team hosted at zmrepo.zoneminder.com.

'''Note: Debian installs with a swap partition of 1 GB. This may not be large enough for a server or desktop running Zoneminder regardless of the ammount of installed RAM. You can add a swap file after install of Debian or a larger swap partition, equal to installed RAM recommended, at install via manual drive partitioning. Search the web for specific instructions for adding a swap file or installing with a larger swap partition.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.
Become root:
sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

1. Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

New install process with a shell script!

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.36.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/release-1.36 "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Old procedure retained for reference

Debian 12 Bookworm is released with Zoneminder 1.36.33 and as usual for Debian the zm database needs to be created manually.

'''Note: This version has been verified with Bookworm Debian 12 official release. A few issues have been found and corrected. Zoneminder now opens in Firefox (Windows, Linux and Android), Edge, Chrome (on Android). ZmNinja on Android also works. If using ZmNinja you may have to clear the API cache. Please report other errors on the Zoneminder forum.'''

In time a version of Zoneminder for Bookworm will be made available in the zmrepo.

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Become root

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Add timezone to PHP (This may not be necessary but does not hurt and will allow the time of events to be displayed correctly)

nano /etc/php/8.2/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 restart

or

systemctl restart apache2

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder

Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL) Use the server root password when prompted.

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

chmod 640 /etc/zm/zm.conf

chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/cache/zoneminder/

chmod 755 /var/cache/zoneminder/

Replace zoneminder.conf

cp /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf.sav

rm /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

Paste the following content into nano:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache "/var/cache/zoneminder"
<Directory "/var/cache/zoneminder">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

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

Enable Zoneminder configuration in Apache.

a2enconf zoneminder

a2enmod rewrite

a2enmod headers

a2enmod expires

a2enmod cgi

service apache2 reload

Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone in Options/System. Add cameras.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==Debian 12 with Zoneminder 1.37.x==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 12

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-17T13:16:34Z

Bbunge:

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

sudo apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)

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

sudo chmod 740 /etc/zm/zm.conf

sudo chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf

Create a new user if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

sudo adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

sudo systemctl enable zoneminder.service
sudo systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

sudo a2enconf zoneminder
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2enmod expires
sudo a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

sudo service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-17T13:15:53Z

Bbunge:

'''Notice: These procedure are for a new install of Zoneminder 1.36.35 on Debian 13 Trixie.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su root. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

'''Note: This is an install procedure for new installations! Upgraders are encouraged to search the Zoneminder Forum for upgrade information!'''

To begin, install Debian 13 Trixie along with Apache2, PHP and Mariadb (recommended). A quick way to do this is:

sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql

Add timezone to PHP

nano /etc/php/8.4/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

Install Zoneminder

sudo apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y

Create Zoneminder database in Mariadb (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL)

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

sudo chmod 740 /etc/zm/zm.conf

sudo chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf

Create a new user if you plan to use local (USB or capture card) cameras.

sudo adduser www-data video

Replace the zoneminder.conf file (The API functions were not included in the Trixie Distro version)
Make a copy of the original file

cp /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf.org

Edit the zoneminder.conf

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-availible/zoneminder.conf

Replace the original contents with the following:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache /var/cache/zoneminder/cache
<Directory /var/cache/zoneminder/cache>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Enable and start Zoneminder

sudo systemctl enable zoneminder.service
sudo systemctl start zoneminder

Enable Apache Modules

sudo a2enconf zoneminder
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2enmod expires
sudo a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

sudo service apache2 reload

Remember to set your timezone in Zoneminder - Options

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-16T18:08:35Z

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Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-16T17:02:36Z

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Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

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Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-16T16:54:10Z

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Debian

2025-08-16T15:30:52Z

Bbunge: /* Installation Guides */

[http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux] is an operating system with a focus on stability. It's based on a sophisticated package management system that lets you choose from three releases of varying stability. The software packages included in the ''stable'' release have been tested thoroughly and are ideal for a server environment, whereas ''testing'' and ''unstable'' releases have more recent versions of software which usually contain some bugs. Ironically, Debian's ''unstable'' release is often more stable than many other distributions' final releases.

Zoneminder's even version numbers are stable releases.

==Installation Guides==

*[[Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo]]
*[[Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x]]
*[[Debian 11 Bullseye with Zoneminder 1.36.x]]

==No Longer Supported - For Reference only==

*[[Debian 9 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.32.3 the Easy Way]]

==Sysvinit Installation Guides==
Those who wish to use sysvinit can follow these guides.

* [[Devuan Ascii with Zoneminder 1.32.3 from ZM Repo]]
* [[Devuan 5 Daedalus with Zoneminder 1.36 from ZM Repo]]

Debian

2025-08-16T15:30:20Z

Bbunge: /* Installation Guides */

[http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux] is an operating system with a focus on stability. It's based on a sophisticated package management system that lets you choose from three releases of varying stability. The software packages included in the ''stable'' release have been tested thoroughly and are ideal for a server environment, whereas ''testing'' and ''unstable'' releases have more recent versions of software which usually contain some bugs. Ironically, Debian's ''unstable'' release is often more stable than many other distributions' final releases.

Zoneminder's even version numbers are stable releases.

==Installation Guides==

*[[Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x]]
*[[Debian 11 Bullseye with Zoneminder 1.36.x]]
*[[Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo]]

==No Longer Supported - For Reference only==

*[[Debian 9 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.32.3 the Easy Way]]

==Sysvinit Installation Guides==
Those who wish to use sysvinit can follow these guides.

* [[Devuan Ascii with Zoneminder 1.32.3 from ZM Repo]]
* [[Devuan 5 Daedalus with Zoneminder 1.36 from ZM Repo]]

Debian 10 Buster with Zoneminder 1.36.x from ZM Repo

2025-08-16T15:29:16Z

Bbunge: Bbunge moved page Debian 10 Buster with Zoneminder 1.36.x from ZM Repo to Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo

#REDIRECT [[Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 from Debian Repo]]

Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

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Debian 13 Trixie with Zoneminder 1.36.35 or Zoneminder 1.37.x

2025-08-16T15:27:32Z

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Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x

2025-06-30T20:34:09Z

Bbunge:

__TOC__

==Debian 12 with Zoneminder 1.36.34==
Debian 12 has been released with Zoneminder 1.36.33 and as usual for Debian the zm database needs to be created manually. This is not user friendly. So we will be using the packages provided by the ZoneMinder development team hosted at zmrepo.zoneminder.com.

'''Note: Debian installs with a swap partition of 1 GB. This may not be large enough for a server or desktop running Zoneminder regardless of the ammount of installed RAM. You can add a swap file after install of Debian or a larger swap partition, equal to installed RAM recommended, at install via manual drive partitioning. Search the web for specific instructions for adding a swap file or installing with a larger swap partition.'''

Debian, unlike Ubuntu, does not install sudo with the initial setup. While you can log in as root, a user with sudo authority is recommended.

To enable sudo:
In a terminal,become root with su. Enter your root password.
Install sudo with:
apt install sudo
Add the user account to the group sudo with:
/sbin/adduser username sudo
where username is your user account.
Exit root then log out and then log in with the same user.
Become root:
sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

1. Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

New install process with a shell script!

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.36.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/release-1.36 "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install zoneminder --install-recommends -y
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Old procedure retained for reference

Debian 12 Bookworm is released with Zoneminder 1.36.33 and as usual for Debian the zm database needs to be created manually.

'''Note: This version has been verified with Bookworm Debian 12 official release. A few issues have been found and corrected. Zoneminder now opens in Firefox (Windows, Linux and Android), Edge, Chrome (on Android). ZmNinja on Android also works. If using ZmNinja you may have to clear the API cache. Please report other errors on the Zoneminder forum.'''

In time a version of Zoneminder for Bookworm will be made available in the zmrepo.

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Become root

sudo su

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Add timezone to PHP (This may not be necessary but does not hurt and will allow the time of events to be displayed correctly)

nano /etc/php/8.2/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 restart

or

systemctl restart apache2

Install Zoneminder

apt install zoneminder

Create Zoneminder database in MySQL (Note: this also creates the default Zoneminder user and permissions in MySQL) Use the server root password when prompted.

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

chmod 640 /etc/zm/zm.conf

chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/cache/zoneminder/

chmod 755 /var/cache/zoneminder/

Replace zoneminder.conf

cp /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf.sav

rm /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf

Paste the following content into nano:

# Remember to enable cgi mod (i.e. "a2enmod cgi").
ScriptAlias /zm/cgi-bin "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin"
<Directory "/usr/lib/zoneminder/cgi-bin">
Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>

# Order matters. This alias must come first.
Alias /zm/cache "/var/cache/zoneminder"
<Directory "/var/cache/zoneminder">
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
# Apache 2.4
Require all granted
</IfModule>
</Directory>

Alias /zm /usr/share/zoneminder/www
<Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www>
Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php
</IfModule>
</Directory>

# For better visibility, the following directives have been migrated from the
# default .htaccess files included with the CakePHP project.
# Parameters not set here are inherited from the parent directive above.
<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app">
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

<Directory "/usr/share/zoneminder/www/api/app/webroot">
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
RewriteBase /zm/api
</Directory>

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

Enable Zoneminder configuration in Apache.

a2enconf zoneminder

a2enmod rewrite

a2enmod headers

a2enmod expires

a2enmod cgi

service apache2 reload

Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone in Options/System. Add cameras.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

==Debian 12 with Zoneminder 1.37.x==
Install Zoneminder Development Branch 1.37.x on Debian 12

You will have to install sudo and add the user to the sudoers file.

Become root with

su

Install sudo

apt install sudo

Then add the user

/sbin/adduser username sudo

I recommend rebooting at this point but a log out and back in also works.

Install Apache2, PHP and your favorite database (Mariadb recommended). A quick way to install LAMP is:

apt install apache2 mariadb-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql lsb-release gnupg2

Become root with sudo su before running this!

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.37.x on Debian 12 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
This script must be run as root!
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
apt install -y lsb-release gnupg2
echo "deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/master "`lsb_release -c -s`"/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zoneminder.list
# The key is stored in the deprecated keyring trusted.gpg.
# wget -O - https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
wget -O- https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmour -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/zmrepo.gpg
read -p "Warning! Check above to insure the line says OK. If not the GPG signing key was not installed and you will need to figure out why before continuing.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Ubuntu Server or Desktop Zoneminder 1.36.x

2025-05-01T18:07:51Z

Bbunge:

==Install Zoneminder 1.36.x on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, 20.04 and 18.04 with shell script==

This will install Zoneminder 1.36.x by using a shell script with one basic command (how easy is that!).

You will need a Ubuntu 24.04. 22.04, 20.04 or 18.04 install with LAMP (Apache, MySQL or Mariadb and PHP) installed desktop or server.

Timezone: it is recommended you set your specific timesone with:
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
Of course use your timezone in place of America/New_York.

Google is your friend if you need instructions for setting up a LAMP server. However, a simple LAMP can be installed with these commands:

apt install apache2 php mariadb-server php-mysql libapache2-mod-php

Optional: Secure MySQL or Mariadb, create root password et. al.

mysql_secure_installation

Mariadb additional settings
The default values for the database are adequate for initial setup. However, I recommend you make these changes before installing Zoneminder.
Note: If you have sufficient memory double the values below.
Edit the Mariadb config file:
sudo nano /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf
Add the following in the [mysql] area:
innodb_file_per_table = ON
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 256M
innodb_log_file_size = 32M
CTRL+o then [Enter] to save

CTRL+x to exit

Reatart Mariadb:
sudo service mysql restart

I recommend you install mysqltuner and run it from time to time and adjust the database settings as the number of saved events grows.

Shell script file contents:

#!/bin/sh
clear
read -p "This script installs ZoneMinder 1.36.x on Ubuntu 24.04, 22.04, 20.04 or 18.04 with LAMP (MySQL or Mariadb) installed...
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl + c to quit" nothing
clear
read -p "Next we will add the PPA repository, install and configure the system to run Zoneminder.
Press enter to continue" nothing
apt install -y software-properties-common
clear
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder-1.36
apt update
clear
apt install -y zoneminder
systemctl enable zoneminder
service zoneminder start
adduser www-data video
a2enconf zoneminder
a2enmod rewrite
a2enmod headers
a2enmod expires
service apache2 reload
clear
read -p "Install complete. Open Zoneminder/Options and set the timezone. Press enter to continue" nothing
clear

Copy the contents of the script, open a terminal and run:

nano zm-install

Paste the contents of the script into Nano

Then:

Ctrl + o
Ctrl + x

Next run:

chmod 755 zm-install

Start the script by entering:

./zm-install

Follow the prompts. Things are pretty simple. The timezone is now set in Zoneminder/Options.

Good Luck!

Debian

2024-08-24T23:47:51Z

Bbunge:

[http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux] is an operating system with a focus on stability. It's based on a sophisticated package management system that lets you choose from three releases of varying stability. The software packages included in the ''stable'' release have been tested thoroughly and are ideal for a server environment, whereas ''testing'' and ''unstable'' releases have more recent versions of software which usually contain some bugs. Ironically, Debian's ''unstable'' release is often more stable than many other distributions' final releases.

Zoneminder's even version numbers are stable releases.

==Installation Guides==

*[[Debian 12 Bookworm with Zoneminder 1.36.x and 1.37.x]]
*[[Debian 11 Bullseye with Zoneminder 1.36.x]]
*[[Debian 10 Buster with Zoneminder 1.36.x from ZM Repo]]

==No Longer Supported - For Reference only==

*[[Debian 9 64-bit with Zoneminder 1.32.3 the Easy Way]]

==Sysvinit Installation Guides==
Those who wish to use sysvinit can follow these guides.

* [[Devuan Ascii with Zoneminder 1.32.3 from ZM Repo]]

* [[Devuan Beowulf with Zoneminder 1.34 from ZM Repo]]