Network/zm setup notes

Overview

Steps to configure a zoneminder integration.

1. Install the latest debian (currently stretch)
2. As root, install sudo, create a user, add it to sudoers
3. Install zoneminder
   1. sudo apt update
   2. sudo apt upgrade
   3. sudo apt dist-upgrade
   4. sudo apt install php mariadb-server php-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.0
   5. sudo mysql_secure_installation
   6. sudo cp /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf
   7. sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf
      1. character-set-server = latin1
      2. collation-server = latin1_swedish_ci
   8. sudo service mariadb restart
   9. sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
      1. deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org stretch main non-free
   10. sudo apt install deb-multimedia-keyring
   11. wget http://www.deb-multimedia.org/pool/main/d/deb-multimedia-keyring/deb-multimedia-keyring_2016.8.1_all.deb
   12. sudo dpkg -i deb-multimedia-keyring_2016.8.1_all.deb
   13. sudo apt update
   14. sudo apt upgrade
   15. sudo apt dist-upgrade
   16. sudo apt install zoneminder vlc-plugin-base php7.0-gd
   17. sudo chmod 740 /etc/zm/zm.conf
   18. sudo chown root:www-data /etc/zm/zm.conf
   19. systemctl enable zoneminder.service
   20. sudo adduser www-data video
   21. sudo systemctl start zoneminder.service
   22. sudo systemctl status zoneminder.service
   23. sudo a2enmod cgi
   24. sudo a2enmod rewrite
   25. sudo a2enconf zoneminder
   26. sudo sed -i "s/;date.timezone =/date.timezone = $(sed 's/\//\\\//' /etc/timezone)/g" /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
   27. sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/zoneminder/
   28. sudo service apache2 restart
4. Modify zoneminder to use the Makers LDAP
   1. sudo a2enmod ldap
   2. sudo a2enmod authnz_ldap
   3. sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/zoneminder.conf
      1. <Location /zm>
      2. AuthType Basic
      3. AuthBasicProvider ldap
      4. AuthLDAPURL ldap://newldap.256.makerslocal.org/dc=makerslocal,dc=org?uid
      5. AuthName "LDAP user plz"
      6. AuthType Basic
      7. Require valid-user
      8. </Location>
   4. sudo systemctl status apache2.service
   5. sudo systemctl restart apache2
5. log into the new ZM using your ML256 creds and modify the options to match the old zm