How to install Zoneminder on Ubuntu Server 16.04

UPDATED VIDEO HERE……

This video is a tutorial on how to install Zoneminder on Ubuntu server 16.04.

Here is a great link that has a lot of information on installing zoneminder

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Server_16.04_64-bit_with_Zoneminder_1.29.0_the_easy_way

Prequisites needed are
– Apache2
– Mysql
– PHP

As always make sure your system is up to date….
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo rm /etc/mysql/my.cnf
sudo cp /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Edit the mysql config file…..
sudo vi /etc/mysql/my.cnf
(Under mysqld section add….)
sql_mode = NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION

sudo systemctl restart mysql

Install zoneminder…..
sudo apt-get install zoneminder php-gd

mysql -uroot -p (NEED ANGLE BRACKET HERE) /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

sudo chmod 740 /etc/zm/zm.conf

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

sudo adduser www-data video

sudo a2enmod cgi
sudo a2enconf zoneminder
sudo a2enmod rewrite

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/

sudo vi /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf
– Add a – before Indexes and a + before FollowSymLinks
– Add this at bottom….
(ANGLE BRACKET)Directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www/api(ANGLE BRACKET)
AllowOverride All
(ANGLE BRACKET)/Directory(ANGLE BRACKET)

sudo systemctl enable zoneminder
sudo systemctl start zoneminder

sudo vi /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
– add your timezone
date.timezone =

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Now you should be able to visit your zoneminder server web gui
http://(YOUR IP ADDRESS)/zm

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