From ZoneMinder

+ Zoneminder 1.22.x from source (without ffmpeg)

NOTES: this guide uses ZoneMinder-1.22.1, but 1.22.2 should work without problem.

ZoneMinder-1.22.3 apparently has SQL statements that don't work in sarge.

recommended knowledge level: installing Debian + basic linux

Debian and Zoneminder installation

Install Debian and required LAMP packages

start PC with [Debian 3.1] bootCD and install with default options - no software packages

login as root and install apache 1.3, mysql server 4.0, php 4.3, required libraries...

debian:~# apt-get install apache mysql-server libmysqlclient12-dev php4 php4-mysql \
 g++ make netpbm libssl-dev libjpeg62-dev libmime-perl libwww-perl libarchive-tar-perl \
 libdate-manip-perl libarchive-zip-perl libmime-lite-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libpcre3-dev

increase shared memory and reboot...

debian:~# echo kernel.shmmax = 134217728 >> /etc/sysctl.conf
debian:~# reboot

Install Zoneminder and configure SQL

download, extract, configure zoneminder, import sql structure, create zmuser, compile...

debian:~# wget http://www2.zoneminder.com/downloads/ZoneMinder-1.22.1.tar.gz
debian:~# tar -xvzf ZoneMinder-1.22.1.tar.gz
debian:~# cd ZoneMinder-1.22.1
debian:~/ZoneMinder-1.22.1# ./configure --with-webdir=/var/www/zm \
 --with-cgidir=/usr/lib/cgi-bin --with-webuser=www-data --with-webgroup=www-data
debian:~/ZoneMinder-1.22.1# mysql mysql < db/zm_create.sql
debian:~/ZoneMinder-1.22.1# mysql mysql
mysql> grant select,insert,update,delete on zm.* to 'zmuser'@localhost identified by 'zmpass';
mysql> quit
debian:~/ZoneMinder-1.22.1# mysqladmin reload
debian:~/ZoneMinder-1.22.1# make install

Modify two ZM parameters

connect to http://debian/zm and in Options choose...

System/ZM_AUTH_RELAY - none

Paths/ZM_PATH_ZMS - /cgi-bin/zms

Recommended

create a script to start ZM during boot

follow these Debian_init.d instructions, and start ZM...

debian:~# /etc/init.d/zm start

enable web authentication

turn on System/ZM_OPT_USE_AUTH and change the admin password

change mysql root password

debian:~# mysqladmin -u root password 'passwordyouwant'

disable directory listings in apache

debian:~# nano -w /etc/apache/httpd.conf

hit CTRL-W and find: Directory /var/www

scroll down a few lines to Options and remove the word: Indexes

hit CTRL-O to save the file and CTRL-X to exit

finally restart apache...

debian:~# /etc/init.d/apache restart

install and configure a firewall to only allow incoming http

debian:~# apt-get install firehol
debian:~# firehol-wizard

install and configure a network time protocol client

debian:~# apt-get install ntpdate
debian:~# echo NTPSERVERS="pool.ntp.org" >> /etc/default/ntpdate

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