Zoneminder Installation on NethServer 6.6

[nethcman (cristian_manoni)]

source: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/CentOS#Zmrepo_-_A_ZoneMinder_repository_for_RPM_based_distros

1. Install prerequisites for NethServer:

   yum install nethserver-mysqld nethserver-httpd

2. install zmrepo

   wget http://zmrepo.connortechnology.com/el/6/i386/zmrepo-6-4.el6.noarch.rpm
   yum localinstall --nogpgcheck zmrepo-6-4.el6.noarch.rpm

3. Install Zoneminder

   yum install zoneminder
   yum remove zmrepo

4. Configure Mysql db and http

   mysql -e "create database zm"
   mysql -e "grant all on zm.* to ‘zmuser’ identified by 'YOUR_PASS’"
   mysql < /usr/share/zoneminder/db/zm_create.sql
   echo “/etc/zm.conf” > /etc/backup-config.d/zoneminder.include

edit /etc/zm.conf

ZM_DB_PASS=‘YOUR_PASS’

edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/zoneminder.conf and delete (or edit to restrict the access) the row:

Deny from all # DELETE THIS LINE

5. start zoneminder

   service zoneminder start
   service httpd restart

Now you can access zm:
http://nethserver/zm

Documentation is available here: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Documentation

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

Impressive! Thanks for sharing

[rolf (Rolf Bakker)]

Did anyone try to install zoneminder on NS7 using this howto already?
Is it hard to do?

[dnutan (Marc)]

For NethServer 7 almost the same procedure can be used, but replacing step 2 with:

yum -y install http://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/el/7/x86_64/zmrepo-7-7.el7.centos.noarch.rpm

On step 4, changing the 4th command to:

echo "/etc/zm/zm.conf" > /etc/backup-config.d/zoneminder.include

and as the conf file now it’s on another directory, to change the password edit /etc/zm/zm.conf

ZM_DB_PASS=‘YOUR_PASS’

It’s no longer necessary to edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/zoneminder.conf

Step 5 may work as is, but can also be changed to:

systemctl enable zoneminder
systemctl start zoneminder

If this step fails, stop mysqld service and try again, or reboot the computer.

Then open a web browser and navigate to https://server-address/zm, replacing server-address with your server’s FQDN or IP address.

[rolf (Rolf Bakker)]

thanks. Hopefully I’ll find some time this weekend to give it a try.
I’ll report back when done!

[hucky (kai)]

Good Morning, interesting thing but on Centos 7 we use MariaDB and not mysql. Is it possible also to make it with MariaDB?

[dnutan (Marc)]

Yes, on CentOS7/NethServer7 zoneminder is using mariadb by default

[dnutan (Marc)]

As recently there were some questions about ZoneMinder installation I’ve decided to
create a wiki page for ZoneMinder, having this howto as basis. For both, NS6 and NS7.

If you see any error or something missing, please report it or add it to the guide.

[rolf (Rolf Bakker)]

Works great, thanks!
Although I messed something up in creating the user (I guess), but deleting user and database and restart fixed it.
Now working on configuring my cams.
(What is easiest way to disable the firewall for testing purposes? ‘service shorewall stop’?)

[dnutan (Marc)]

Sorry for late reply.
Yes, that should do it (althought some admins will recommend against stopping it, for security reasons).
Note changing nethserver settings might start shorewall.

[rolf (Rolf Bakker)]

Zm is running smoothly, now I am trying to find out all capabilities of this suite.
I’ve encountered 1 error so far:
the entries in e.g. logfile are off by 1 hour .
On the main page, it says now (21:37 CET):
Mon 12th Dec, 8:37pm
whereas the link ‘log’ brings up a window with logentries:
2016-12-12 20:37:55
So. they’re off by one hour.
When looking at live streams of a cam, the time displayed in the capture is right.

I’ve googled for it, and I see answers that you should edit php.ini.
But, there are many ini files parsed by php. And, are any other applications impacted when I edit php.ini (or one of the parsed files).

BTW: just adding my TZ to php.ini and restart apache & zoneminder didn’t change the time on the admin-page or log…

Does anyone experience the same?

[dnutan (Marc)]

You’re right, same here.

But, there are many ini files parsed by php. And, are any other applications impacted when I edit php.ini (or one of the parsed files).

I don’t know, we may ask someone from the @dev_team
The value is set to UTC in nethserver.ini template, and it overrides the value you set in php.ini

A possible workaround is a custom template:
mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/php.d/nethserver.ini/
echo ‘date.timezone = “YOUR_TIMEZONE”’ > /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/php.d/nethserver.ini/20timezone
expand-template /etc/php.d/nethserver.ini
systemctl restart httpd
In this way it’s working… but better wait until we hear from the developers.

Regards.

Edit: no need for a custom template. The php timezone can be set with the command:

config setprop php DateTimezone YOUR_TIMEZONE

Didn’t try it yet, but should work.

[rolf (Rolf Bakker)]

Did try it.
Had to be followed by
signal-event nethserver-php-update
and I also did a service httpd restart (don’t know if it was necessary).
But now the time in ZM is right!
(hopefully I don’t find other applications that are now an hour ahead…

[dnutan (Marc)]

Are you reading my mind? jk
I was testing it and about to update the guide.
Both commands are necessary. I’ve to test it on NS6.8, but I think it’s the same.

Edit: On NethServer 6.8 the php timezone is already set correctly, matching the one from the timezone page in server-manager. Not so on NS7, so maybe you have found a bug

/cc @davidep, @filippo_carletti, @giacomo

[giacomo (Giacomo Sanchietti)]

PHP timezone has been reverted to upstream default which is UTC.
The code to set the timezone using the system time was ugly and could cause unexpected behavior.

Rolf solution is the best one.

[hucky (kai)]

sorry for my post, was my fault cause i forget the / in Europe/Berlin

[hucky (kai)]

But now i got a different Problem with that error:

socket_sendto( /var/lib/zoneminder/sock/zms-624329s.sock )

failed: No such file or directory /usr/share/zoneminder/www/includes/functions.php

[dnutan (Marc)]

The error happens after configuring a monitor?

IMO one of the reasons this can occur is when ZoneMinder fails to get the stream from the camera.

I’ve seen the same error when configuring a webcam. In that particular case was due to misconfiguration (wrong capture width/height). So just in case, recheck the monitor parameters are within the manufacturer specs. Surrounding log events might give some clues.

There also are some helpers, like the Probe and Presets links, the zmu command (eg. zmu -d /dev/video0 -qv), or the Hardware Compatibility List.

[hucky (kai)]

thanks a lot Marc, i do the setup with the compatibility list. it happens when the camera is moving but after a reboot of the server it works. but also a manual restart from command line did not work. do you have a idea for an app under ios? ZM View with Android works great, with Ios dont get a connect and receive connection errors at the server. Same Configuration as on Android. Have a great Friday !!!

[dnutan (Marc)]

For iOS there’s zmNinja, the official app, for five bucks. But I haven’t tried it.