Intro
Sadly, Zoneminder is not available in Debian 8. Here you can find my recipe for building debian package and installing Zoneminder, currently version 1.28.1 from git. Based on slightly amended instructions for Debian 8 Jessie from README.md
Prerequisite
aptitude install -y apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-mysql build-essential libmysqlclient-dev libssl-dev libbz2-dev libpcre3-dev libdbi-perl libarchive-zip-perl libdate-manip-perl libdevice-serialport-perl libmime-perl libpcre3 libwww-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libsys-mmap-perl yasm automake autoconf libjpeg8 apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cli libphp-serialization-perl libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libavutil-dev libv4l-dev libtool ffmpeg libnetpbm10-dev libavdevice-dev libmime-lite-perl dh-autoreconf dpatch
Build
cd /usr/src
git clone https://github.com/ZoneMinder/ZoneMinder.git zoneminder;
cd zoneminder
ln -s distros/debian8 debian
dpkg-checkbuilddeps # and apt install if anything is missing
vim zoneminder/debian/changelog # add new version on top with email address matching your GPG key and then
dpkg-buildpackage
Installation
One level above should hopefully find a deb package matching the architecture of the build host:
ls -l /usr/src/zoneminder*.deb
cd /usr/src
for i in `ls *.deb`;do echo "------------- $i";dpkg -i $i;done
apt-get install -f
dpkg-reconfigure zoneminder
Lets see:
systemctl status zoneminder
zoneminder.service - ZoneMinder CCTV recording and security system
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/zoneminder.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2015-06-16 13:28:12 BST; 3min 21s ago
Main PID: 5602 (zmdc.pl)
CGroup: /system.slice/zoneminder.service
/usr/bin/perl -wT /usr/bin/zmdc.pl startup
/usr/bin/perl -wT /usr/bin/zmfilter.pl
/usr/bin/perl -wT /usr/bin/zmaudit.pl -c
/usr/bin/perl -wT /usr/bin/zmwatch.pl
/usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/zmupdate.pl -c
Jun 16 13:28:11 sambor.home zmdc[5632]: INF ['zmaudit.pl -c' started at 15/06/16 13:28:11]
Jun 16 13:28:11 sambor.home zmfilter[5626]: INF [Scanning for events]
Jun 16 13:28:11 sambor.home zmdc[5638]: INF ['zmwatch.pl' started at 15/06/16 13:28:11]
Jun 16 13:28:11 sambor.home zmdc[5602]: INF ['zmwatch.pl' starting at 15/06/16 13:28:11, pid = 5638]
Jun 16 13:28:12 sambor.home zmwatch[5638]: INF [Watchdog starting]
Jun 16 13:28:12 sambor.home zmwatch[5638]: INF [Watchdog pausing for 30 seconds]
Jun 16 13:28:12 sambor.home zmdc[5602]: INF ['zmupdate.pl -c' starting at 15/06/16 13:28:12, pid = 5645]
Jun 16 13:28:12 sambor.home zmdc[5645]: INF ['zmupdate.pl -c' started at 15/06/16 13:28:12]
Jun 16 13:28:12 sambor.home zmupdate[5645]: INF [Checking for updates]
Jun 16 13:28:12 sambor.home zmupdate[5645]: INF [Got version: '1.28.1']
Well, well, well. Look who’s up and running!
Configuration
Alright, we can now connect to server IP address and start adding monitors
http://10.10.0.231/zm/index.php
Start with checking your cameras:
zmu -d /dev/video0 -q -v
It took me a while to experiment with settings and find the most optimal configuration. My camera is connected via BT878 video card and it worked with
Capture Method v4l2
Device Channel 1
Device Format NTSC
Capture Pallet Auto
Target Colorspace 32bit
Capture Width 768
Capture Height 480
# although Crop Capabilities in debug advertised it as 924 x 576
I use it in Mocord mode.
Last hint, make sure you have plenty of space to store data produced by Zoneminder.
I have changed symlinks /usr/share/zoneminder/{events,images,temp} and pointed them to dedicated zfs filesystem with ample of space:
for i in events images temp;do mkdir /tank/zoneminder/$i;ln -s /tank/zoneminder/$i /usr/share/zoneminder/$i:done
chown www-data. /tank/zoneminder/*
Logging
Is default Zoneminder inclination to log bloody EVERYTHING to blooming EVERYWHERE driving you mad? Well, welcome to the club!
vim /etc/rsyslog.conf
and replace line 62 adding local1.!*
# *.*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog
# As per http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Documentation#Logging
*.*;local1.!*;auth,authpriv.none -/var/log/syslog
And restart rsyslog
systemctl restart rsyslog