Zoneminder/Installation

Latest revision as of 02:08, 9 June 2014

This was all done on ubuntu 14.04lts server

$sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
$sudo apt-get install -y apache2 mysql-server php5
$sudo apt-get install -y zoneminder

$sudo vi /etc/init.d/zoneminder
start() {
       echo -n "Starting $prog: "
       sleep 15  <<< Added
   zmfix -a
       $command start

$sudo ln -s /etc/zm/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf
$sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/zoneminder.conf
$sudo a2enmod cgi
$sudo service restart apache2

$sudo cd /usr/src && wget http://www.andywilcock.com/code/cambozola/cambozola-latest.tar.gz
$sudo tar -xzvf cambozola-latest.tar.gz
$sudo cp /usr/src/cambozola-0.935/dist/cambozola.jar /usr/share/zoneminder

$sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/zoneminder.conf
#next 6 lines should be in zoneminder.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
	DocumentRoot /usr/share/zoneminder
	ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

$sudo a2dissite 000-default
$sudo a2ensite zoneminder
$sudo service apache2 restart

for a single bt878 chipset pci card (capable of up to 720x480)
$sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/bttv.conf
#next 2 lines should be in bttv.conf
alias char-major-81-0 bttv
options bttv card=77 pll=1

for a quad saa7130hl chipset pci card (capable of up to 640x480)
$ sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/saa7130hl.conf
#next 2 lines should be in saa7130hl.conf
alias char-major-81 saa7134
options saa7134 gbuffers=16 card=1,1,1,1

$sudo reboot

[edit] trying to get video from cameras

$sudo usermod -a -G video www-data