Ubuntu Server 19.04 Zoneminder 1.32.3

Zoneminder 1.28.0 on Ubuntu 14.04

I did this install on a 64 BIT server but it should work on 32 BIT. As of 20OCT14 I have tested this with a local USB camera and a remote h.264 camera with Ffmpeg and Libvlc.

If you install from CD install Ubuntu Server, OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server (LAMP installs Apache2, PHP, and MySQL server)

If you use the minimum ISO CD install Basic Server, OpenSSH Server, and LAMP Server (LAMP installs Apache2, PHP, and MySQL server)

Log in then become root:

sudo su

If you used the server install CD

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

Optional: Set static IP address

nano /etc/network/interfaces

Make changes similar to this:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
  address 192.168.1.10
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  gateway 192.168.1.1
  dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

Note: for Ubuntu 14.04 the resolv.conf is dynamically assigned. The "dns-servers" entry in the interfaces file will set the DNS Multiple DNS server entries can be used.

Reboot server

CGI is not enabled in Ubuntu 14.04 by default. Enable it this way:

a2enmod cgi

Restart Apache

/etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload 

or

service apache2 restart

Add Repository

apt-get install python-software-properties
add-apt-repository ppa:iconnor/zoneminder
apt-get update

Install Zoneminder

apt-get install zoneminder

Note: a couple of package configurations will open up. These are to configure Nullmailer. You can just OK them and come back to configure them later.

You will need to install "extra" VLC components torun Libvlc (verified 20OCT14)

apt-get install libvlc-dev libvlccore-dev vlc

Add delay to allow MySQL to start before Zoneminder

nano /etc/init.d/zoneminder

Add sleep 15 as shown:

start() {
      sleep 15
      echo -n "Starting $prog: "

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

Create a directory in apache2

mkdir /etc/apache2/conf.d

Create two symbolic links

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

ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf

Create a new user

adduser www-data video

Restart Apache

/etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload 

or

service apache2 restart

Note: There is a slight bug that causes the screen to not refresh when a camera is added. In a terminal edit file:

sudo nano /usr/share/zoneminder/skins/classic/js/skin.js

search for and remove line:

window.addEvent( 'domready', checkSize);

(should be line 89)

add the line to the end of the file as shown below:

{
     windowToFront();
}
window.addEvent( 'domready', checkSize);

Save the edited file (CTRL+o then CTRL+x)

Restart Zoneminder

Install Cambozola (needed if you use Internet Explorer)

cd /usr/src && wget http://www.andywilcock.com/code/cambozola/cambozola-latest.tar.gz

tar -xzvf cambozola-latest.tar.gz

replace 935 with cambozola version downloaded

cp cambozola-0.935/dist/cambozola.jar /usr/share/zoneminder

You should now be able to access the web server using https://servername

NTP Daily Sync

nano /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate

Copy the following into nano

!/bin/sh ntpdate ntp.ubuntu.com

Ctrl+o Enter to save

CTRL+x to exit

chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/ntpdate

Open Zoneminder in web browser

http://serverip/zm

Click Options

Uncheck: Check with zoneminder.com for updated versions (?) click Save

Click Images tab

check Is the (optional) cambozola java streaming client installed (?) Click Save